Could it be that Greens offered hope, Labour offered a slightly better version of the same old shit and Goodwin is an odious, right wing knobhead

So, trump uses taxpayers money to remove dictator, support the replacement and ensure compliance, allowing large corporations to get richer? Anyone truly believe they will want to make life better for ordinary Venezuelans (or Americans)?

liberals often get baited into being overly fair:

Q: what if clinton's in the files?

A: then fuck him

& that's not wrong, but note how the conversation has now changed from trump being a pedo, to IF a dem is

The lack of insight and self reflection is really something to behold

Just an idea but…

If you don’t want to be accused of being racist stop saying and doing racist things??

Just an idea I’ve had, if you don’t want to be called far right, probably best you don’t go to a rally led by a far right thug, shout racist abuse and believe far right crap

I agree entirely, I would think a significant number of people would not want to attend counter protest given the proclivity for violence shown by the far right. There is certainly opportunity to develop an opposing picture of Britain as you outline

This is state sanctioned speech, all speech is acceptable as long as it doesn’t cross challenge the “official” line

Yet Elon musk and his brainless followers seem to think you can’t say anything in the U.K. without being arrested

Too much consideration of their “legitimate concerns”, you can’t back down to the far right, violence is a key part of the fascist play book as we see again.

We need to see the government standing up for our true values, not this racist bile

Such patriots, defending the traditional English values, of getting pissed, peeing in public, being obnoxious and attacking police.

I think this is a really important thread, particularly today. Right wing outlets are using this tragic murder to demonise liberals, twisting reality in real time. Again the media are complicit in not challenging this, and reflecting the truth

If you work it out, tell me.

So many of us want the answer to this question because the prospect of Reform in power is terrifying.

Correct. Our media, which is either neutered or more interested in entertainment and clicks, has a lot to answer for in allowing the active promotion of 'its fine to be racist' to become mainstream without any challenge.

Couldn’t agree more, but without the engagement of the media, how is that achieved? To the average voter who isn’t as interested as “us” how is the message transmitted? Currently they go on TV and spout bollocks unchallenged

Next year we could have a tenth anniversary festival of the benefits of Brexit. It would be quite the spectacle

Withdrawal from ECHR would be another necessary step, making an incoming right wing government less susceptible to external scrutiny

It raises the question of the true desired outcome when we started down the road of Brexit? If the aim was to slowly withdraw UK from external oversight and commitments then one could argue it was successful and economic damage was an unfortunate complication.

Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement 1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.

Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.

davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

This is my flag.

It’s quite nice to see a sensible discussion about the merits of custodial sentence vs other options. Rather than the madness of Twitter exchanges. No doubt what she did was vile, the question is what an appropriate sentence is/was

Sadly it’s not really “unbelievable”, even though it’s absolutely idiocy.
No concern for the US, only following a recognised authoritarian playbook

Brexit was and is a disaster for our economy, starting to correct it is sensible and what the majority of the population want.

Similar challenges to the NHS, always bleating about waste, too many managers etc. no doubt some efficiency could be made as in any business . But easier to believe this than face the reality of increase pressure on finances and need for higher taxation

Conservatives actively working against the wishes of the population (based on polls) and reducing growth making them poorer. A very strange way to behave, all it needs is an honest media to explain

Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it?

We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.

A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.

The general immigration debate is driving me bonkers, fact free drivel laced with performative cruelty. The only way to confront the reform lies is to be open, concise and realistic. We need immigration for our economy, to support our ageing population and a fit for purpose asylum system

I know, intensely frustrating

Why does it seem to be so hard for politicians to talk about benefits and trade offs? Constantly pandering to the lowest common denominator and assuming the electorate is too stupid to understand logical arguments.

Seems to be the difference between the reality and messaging. Shouldn’t be too hard to say we need significant immigrations across our economy and a fit for purpose asylum system with safe routes to reduce dangerous channel crossings