Marius S.

I do mingle in bubbles where Corbyn/Polanski supporters tend to have majority so maybe they were more comfortable doing it than in other environments but I think it's more widespread than people realise.

I had friends calling other friends/family/colleagues racist for not supporting Corbyn and I've now seen people telling others they're genocide supporters for liking Starmer. Either people who know each other exchanging insults online or awkward friend meetings where it happens.

Oh sorry, should have been clearer, I don't think randos on social media would be the main vehicle for this. But it translates into real life interactions too. I've seen more Corbyn supporters removed from group chats than what I suspect to be Farage voters.

I have to disagree here, contrary to what the comments said after 2019, later studies showed that if voters believe the culture of a party disrespects people like them, they won’t vote for it regardless of how much they’d agree ideologically. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

I wrote the below as a response to someone else and I think it fits here. The issues I see are not about Polanski or the party themselves, but there is a certain profile of supporters that will actively damage the party's chances to build a coalition that can give them enough power to enact policy

Learn from the success of the German Greens and from Corbyn's mistakes, and before Labour replaces leader with someone who can squeeze the Greens. I'd say the Green's opportunity ends if Lab's new leader is more charismatic. There is a genuine chance for the Greens to replace Lab, don't squander it

You don't get to set the agenda, but you get to react to it. Polanski has been good at reacting but the supporters are not great. If you want to replace Labour, you need to learn to adapt to the media, including in reacting to their attacks, instead of dismissing it from a moral high ground

I say this as advice because I still believe Polanski can prove to be a positive force in British politics. The Greens will never gain meaningful power if their new supporters keep accusing everyone of genocide, or refuse to engage with the attacks on Polanski.

Have you tried checkatrade or mybuilder apps? I recently moved houses and needed quite a few jobs done and they saved me weeks on finding workmen and getting the work done. Hope it all gets sorted soon 🤞

No

Responses to this and reactions to any critical look at Polanski remind me of 2019 reactions to any criticism of Corbyn.

Romania allows 'defensive' US refueling, monitoring at its air bases Romania will host U.S. refuelling planes, surveillance and satellite communications gear for its Tehran operations, President Nicusor Dan said on Wednesday, adding the equipment was "defensive" and ca...

Romanian Parliament set to allow expanded US presence and usage of bases from its territory in Trump's war on Iran. This request was always going to be approved but good to see Romania allowing a Parliament vote on it, something the UK did not have.

His child was also killed in the attack, not just the wife. So his parents, wife and child all killed by the US. I wonder how likely he'll be to sit down for negotiations.

The volume of crude production that Iraq has *already* shut-in is larger than the peak of *feared* [but never realized] Russian supply loss in early 2022 that spiked crude prices above $120 per barrel.

Yes but any projected opponent fares worse. Politics is relative, not absolute. If the Dems aren't able to propose a leader with better ratings, Trump doing badly means nothing.

The Iranians will stop as soon as the bombing stops. Ironically Iran has acted more like a rational actor these last few years than the US. And there’s no sign yet that power structures are crumbling.

Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don’t understand how anything works

Tbf pedophilia, murder, hate crimes, secret police, the abduction of a foreign leader, rape, fraud, nazi salutes, shitting himself on live TV and falling asleep during meetings have not had an obvious effect on their purchasing power. This might.

China watching the US dealing with its first huge millenarian cult trying to destroy the country:

I think even this is a bit of an overcomplication, I'm not sure the GOP were eager to spike gas prices just as they start campaigning for the midterms. But Netanyahu playing on Trump's stupidity and desire for a spotlight is 100% on point.

This might just be what finally breaks Trump

The CEO was a Trump supporter but more in a free trade type way. A board member recently resigned because he felt Politico is not pro Trump enough. Personally I don't think much will change for Telegraph, if the market buys what they sell, Axel Springer will be happy enough.

Probably not much will change. He’s a right wing populist, neither for or against the EU. Politico, for example, has definitely taken a more populist tone since they were taken over but it hasn’t become more anti EU.

I genuinely prefer Chinese propaganda to this 💩

I this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if Orban starts some sort of attack on Ukraine. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Zelenskyy ordered Orban’s assassination.

Sally Phillips did an interview for the i expressing concern about botox; the headline had her endorsing it.

Zak Asgard wrote for the Times about the awfulness of Gen Z men demanding obedience from women; the headline had him endorsing it.

Rage bait is now the lifeblood of the British press.

Am scăpat de dracu’ și am dat de tac-su.
(I escaped the devil and ran into his father. - Romanian proverb)

And his lie contradicts the lie from just a few months ago when he insisted that Iran's abilities to develop nuclear weapons were obliterated in the previous attack.

this the FT not The Onion