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I think those types have got the concepts inverted, heavy bike, lighter person will improve times...

Going forward, would it be worth having a 'memorial garden' on the forum? Something along the lines of 'in memory of: FM and others.

This is the kind of movement needed to open a debate on real police reform. Whilst I think there are some potentially problematic with implementing and/or unintended outcomes of points 2, 3 and 4 specifically, this is a programme that can be debated and compromises made to deliver an end goal...

The predominant objective of the movement is to end ‘systemic injustices’. The precise meaning of this is not clear. There is a subsection If the movement that is neo-Marxist, a co-founder of the movement claim they are ‘trained Marxists’. So the term for them, would be the overthrow of...

If you’re cynical, the vague nature of what any success would like is deliberate. To use an example, dismantling Physical legal structures e.g. discrimination laws (against women, LGBT and POC) was a objective goal that could be achieved. On social media, and even close friends of mine talk...

I’ll potentially be in a position to buy next year, but I’m waiting out Covid-19 and Brexit - which allows me to accumulate more capital anyway. If you’re a first-time buyer, the government’s proposed housing policy is apparently to include a 30% discount for first time buyers on the new builds...

RIP FM! My condolences for his friends and family! I hoped Fernando made a horrible mistake and I'm saddened that this tragedy has been confirmed.

Wokeness, ironically, is destroying parties on the left of the political spectrum. In the UK, the Tories win the working class vote, and Trump secures a 16% swing in favour of the Republicans from the lowest income bracket in 2016. Yet, the same working class voters who swung for Trump viewed...

Agreed. But, the constant threat of an SNP-Labour coalition does have an impact on the electorate, particularly in 2015. The party needs a breakthrough somewhere, at the minute it’s just haemorrhaging votes in its traditional safe seats.

See my last post for Germany. PR worked well when the FDP played king maker. The 2010s seen them lose a lot of votes and have ceased to have enough influence to form a government with the CDU or SDP. Now, with the rise of AfD (Alternative for Deutschland) and Die Linke (an offshoot of the old...

I disagree with proportional representation (PR). With first first past the post (FPTP), the unequal outcomes leads to majoritarian governments. To use 2019 as an example, whilst I’m against Brexit, the electorate voted Conservative and to ‘Get Brexit Done’. The large Tory majority has broke...

Earlier in the thread, I spoke of Blue Labour... These graphs suggest that adopting more socially conservative, Keynesian centre-left economics could really be a vote winner and route back to power for Labour.

Jonathan Pie is a gem. For me, the re-reading Orwell’s ‘1984’ and other text has never felt more relevant, or important at this moment in time.

I agree with this. Thankfully, I’ve been working normal hours, even had extra overtime offered because the company I work at is doing very well. My routine has been messed up a lot working from home. I was waking up at 5:30am, walk the dog and go to the gym before work. Now I roll out of bed...

I seen this shared on FB, rolled my eyes and scrolled passed it before the news broke RLB had been sacked. What’s really pushed me away from Corbyn, RLB and the left of the party is their seeming lack of awareness of politics and power (as a concept) outside of their echo chamber.

Having worked in security at uni, I can tell you that you get taught ‘by the book’ restraints and methods of dealing with conflict. Which, for the large part, work well and are effective. There are times, that this training goes out of the window. Like I said in a prior comment, I’ve seen...

That’s certainly my thinking atm. There isn’t much in life that will give you a guaranteed return of 25%. That said, I’ve got a good amount to play around should I decide to get in the market. However, I’d like to be in a position to buy a house in the next 2-4 years (on my own). Would an...

Ok, assuming that it is the case. US police aren’t learning this from Israeli secret services - they’re being trained by their own police departments. That still doesn’t account for similar instances of police brutality in US that predates these kind of seminars/conferences delivered to US...

It is a direct quote and the original article I shared with you had the excerpt where Maxine Peake made the claim that the move was learnt from Israeli special services. Here is the unedited, original quote, from the original Independent article which RLB shared. I’ve attached a screenshot...

I want to get into stocks and shares, and my disposable income is about to double now I’m out of my overdraft. I’m 25, so looking to get on the property ladder. I have a LISA and I max that every year. The guaranteed government bonus of 25% initially made me stick to a standard cash LISA (1%...