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AnatolyKasparov

Never mind Diane Abbott, its Angela Rayner who some on the right like to use as a distraction tactic just now.

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She has a point https://twitter.com/HackneyAbbott/status/1776504619423666178 wragg has been near the top of news bulletins since at least Friday morning, let's not exaggerate. And was there really that much "outrage" about Abbott's mojito? I know that Paul Staines tried to build it into a...

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Not *all* the Western left (or even "Left") tbf.

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Good morefternoon to anyone about.

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He probably wasn't wise to name specific people, that always comes with a risk.

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"LOTO and others" have already changed their line on this conflict a great deal since it started. That is just stating the facts.

AnatolyKasparov

Has finally stopped raining here now.

Should make the most of it as more of the previous same is promised for Thursday and Friday

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Anyone about today?

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We were discussing birthdays in the long weekend thread, its my sisters today and she is 56.

(almost exactly 20 years after our mum, and roughly 18 months younger than me)

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Good morefternoon to anyone who is about.

AnatolyKasparov

They did this just a week before nominations close for next months's elections? Not impressed tbh.

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So I have now been on this planet 53 times as it has hurtled round that big fiery thing in the sky. A lot of people feel miserable about reaching such an age. I however feel fucking amazed that I've made it this far. Being in your fifties isn't so bad, and certainly on balance preferable to the alt...

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You do know one of the most famous Keynes sayings, right - "when the facts change, I change my mind"? What happened on October 7 was a horrific bestial depraved crime, and there was no way Israel was not going to significantly respond. Indeed, they had a right to - under international law,...

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Its another nice day today, I suppose that explains why it is so quiet here.

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But as I have said before - they are pitching this at a media-political class that is, for the most part, hugely economically illiterate.

(and because of that, so are an awful lot of voters)

AnatolyKasparov

In practice, it will almost certainly turn out that "fiscal rules" turn out to be a bit more flexible when Labour is in office.

AnatolyKasparov

So you haven't been on Twitter this morning and noted what is trending?

Have to be careful here, so will just note that a 61 year old man and his 57 year old wife have been arrested in connection with "historic sex offences".

No doubt people can join the dots from there if they wish.

AnatolyKasparov

Happy hols to all on here.

A rather startling rumour - though that's currently all it is - coming from Northern Ireland this morning.

AnatolyKasparov

Its always someone else's fault with the far right. Always.

AnatolyKasparov

Good morefternoon, all.

Don't forget that tomorrow starts a four day weekend (in effect)

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frog222 wrote: ↑Wed 27 Mar, 2024 10:01 pm

They were "seriously considering" a May 2nd one as well.

If they do get curb stomped in the elections that are actually happening then, don't expect a GE before the winter.

AnatolyKasparov

Though as with Putin, you do wonder what might happen after Orban goes.

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I aim to please.

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Well its not really an "implication" given that one of the few things she has gone public with is strongly supporting Israel. Anyway it was given as one reason why her husband takes the line he does, and yes its a more credible one than "he takes his orders from the Israeli embassy&qu...

AnatolyKasparov

I am taking that as "I dislike the vibes of the previous post, but don't actually have an argument against it" ;) Again - and yes sometimes I like to play devil's advocate on here, but I mean this at least with total seriousness - your political tendency need to cut out all this "Star...

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Actually not quite, the only real difference is that the speaker referred to "Keir Starmer and his Israeli sponsors" and that "so many in the Labour party are supported and funded by Israel". Are you seriously saying that is significantly better? Genuinely, just stay off this stu...

AnatolyKasparov

I don't think anyone has been suspended *just* for supporting an immediate ceasefire per se.

Some may have been for stuff like voting for opposition motions, after they were explicitly whipped not to.

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Good morefternoon, all.

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Except that he was (probably) from modern day Turkey, as pointed out in the comments

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I assume that Sky is still on his hols then?

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Russia on yesterday's terrorist atrocity - "it wasn't actually Ukraine who did it, but it was Ukraine's fault anyway"

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I think the words "involving Jews" was at least intended somewhere?

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I think that is three Reform PPCs dropped after dodgy social media stuff now. One safe prediction is that there will be at least a few more.

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Good morefternoon, all.

AnatolyKasparov

Liddle has also got worse rather than better over time, back in the noughties he did have some redeeming features.

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Nah, I'm fine

Actually, have remembered the PM's quip now - it was after the Mid Beds byelection and he commented that at least the new Labour MP would actually be more supportive of him than their predecessor for that seat had been. Even lots of the opposition benches found it genuinely funny.

AnatolyKasparov

So he came out with a goodish joke, OK then.

I think even Sunak has managed that at least once.

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Short list, even so.

He is a charmless nerk, Blackford did it better whatever else you say about him.

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One of three PMs in Europe of indian extraction - the other (Costa) is about to step aside following the recent Portuguese election.

Which will just leave Sunak - but for how long?

AnatolyKasparov

Sunak seems to have grown fond of attacking Starmer for doing his actual job as a lawyer.

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If you say so, I haven't read the whole thing so can't comment. Hughes (whose Twitter account I do look at) aren't exactly the most disinterested observer themselves, though. And the Labour "iron chancellor" isn't exactly a new thing is it. Apart from the almost mythical Snowden, some stil...

AnatolyKasparov

George Eaton had a rather different interpretation of her speech, interestingly.

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Labour is generally not in favour, dismissing them as fundamentally gimmicks with few positive features.

Stuff like the above is why I would have voted for Miles if I had a say in that election.

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Quiet today innit?

AnatolyKasparov

Watch them lose to Coventry in the semi now

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Jason Cowley taking a break from making the Staggers well nigh unreadable, then.

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Just realised it was a Reform Party bus, all makes sense now

AnatolyKasparov

Brilliant, wasn't it.

Effective filibustering is indeed an art.

AnatolyKasparov

Yes, in the seventies and eighties doing musical instruments at school was entirely normal - I know this as a former clarinet (Grade 5) player.

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Vaughan Gething is the new leader of Welsh Labour (and thus also first minister in the coming days)

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