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So whip Mark Spencer confesses it was him that offended Nusrat Ghani, but says that there is no substance to her claims!

This just made me

Thanks for confirming Sky

On the Braveman thing, presumably all the Court of Appeal could do would be to find that due process was not followed (e.g. the jury wasn't selected properly). As everyone else is saying, they can't revisit the decision of the jury can they?

RIP Jack Dromey

@gilsey yes interesting point

This Tweet made me laugh

“ Does Maureen Lipman just have a direct line to BBC News?

We don’t need daily updates on what she thinks, that isn’t news”

@RoT class!

The number of people posting on Twitter that it’s a disgrace and we have to uphold the rule of law is rather amusing when the four were cleared by a jury in Bristol Crown Court.

How exactly do they want the rule of law to be upheld?

Confused smear grinder thinks desecrating Marx’ grave is now legal (6,6).

For clarity I didn’t pay specifically to dance with her!!!

@Sky @AK

I am proud to say that I danced with Hazel Blears at a fundraiser at the Queens Hotel

Someone just retweeted this year-old thread from Jon Stone - I guess it’s relevant to the knighthood

@tc nice

Yeah and I guess folk like Ferguson and Dershowitz make themselves super easy to contact etc, unlike real experts who may actually be busy doing something.

It is remarkable that the BBC managed two entirely unnecessary and deranged interviews with Dershowitz in the same week.

Author of report on Downing Street refurbishment is, shockingly, gilded rot (4,5).

Back to the isolation thing, a very unscientific survey suggests younger folk are getting out after 7 days more easily, which makes sense….

Lots of folk on Twitter lauding this as a late entry for Twitter burn of 2021

Thanks frog yes understood. I think I shall venture out but be cautious, to coin a phrase.

On a more personal note, it’s my last day of isolation! I don’t have a temperature or any symptoms apart from an occasional cough, so I shouldn’t be a danger to anyone. However, I do still test positive on lateral flow, which seems to be the case with more or less everyone. It’s very confusing, beca...

Me, but there’s not much new to say. The government’s Covid policy is “bonkers” according to a SAGE member. And it obviously is. People are rightly calling the establishment media on their reporting of “favourite daughter” and “socialite” Ghislaine Maxwell brought to justice by the testimony of her ...

This looks like genuinely good news. A cheap, easily manufactured, not patented Covid vaccine

https://www.texaschildrens.org/texas-ch ... -emergency

I hope it’s as promising as it sounds!

BBC acknowledges Alan Dershowitz was an unsuitable choice as an “impartial analyst”.

Ha ha

Yeah if you are going to shout dictionary definitions at people….

@refitman

I am now literally crying with laughter at “adult human chicken”

(as seen on Twitter)

@ak Regardless of that party, which I don’t think is “hers”, I’d think twice if I found myself in the other side of an argument to Thelma.

@PF spot on!

This hasn’t gone down terribly well

I hope so AK. The optimist in me says playing a waiting game was important. We really need people who voted (a) Boris and (b) Brexit to come round to the idea that they were misguided (careful choice of word). The first of those has now happened it seems. Brexit is going to be interesting in the New...

A policy supported by the majority according to polls.

Good Morning

Kamala Harris

“Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a fervent, vocal opponent of apartheid and committed champion of human rights. He inspired millions, not just in South Africa, but worldwide to stand with those fighting for freedom and justice. My thoughts are with his wife Leah and his entire family.”

Sorry to be so conciliatory, but it’s Boxing Day, I’m still isolating with Covid (still testing positive) and can’t really handle an argument!

Perhaps we could agree that neither covered themselves in glory in that episode?!

On balance, I think I’ll stick with my assessment that it wasn’t a very comfortable Day for Starmer

There’s nothing wrong with it, but even Johnson managed to talk about the fight against apartheid, which ultimately is his outstanding, Nobel Prize winning contribution.

“ Desmond Tutu was a tower of a man, and a leader of moral activism.

He dedicated his life to tackling injustice and standing up for the oppressed. His impact on the world crosses borders and echoes through generations.

May he rest in peace.”

Which is a shame, because I’m delighted to see Starmer and Labour doing better in the polls.

But he just seems to fumble these things in a way that really great leaders don’t.

@ak I think his Tweet was asking for trouble. Calling him a “leader of moral activism” so missed the mark IMO. Tutu was uncompromising in calling Israel an apartheid state and calling for sanctions against Israel. I’m not saying people have been expelled from Labour over those issues, but Starmer’s ...

I don’t think Tutu was Blair’s number one fan either!

Yes it hasn’t been a comfortable day for Starmer

So, Andrew Adonis just posted this.

‘My motto of the year is from Roy Jenkins - “never worry about criticism from people you wouldn’t dream of taking advice from”’

The problem it seems is this relies on careful choice of advisors. I suspect Jenkins got it right. I’m less certain about Adonis.

Yeah poor isn’t it Refitman?

Which made me think of It’s a Sin - easily the best TV of 2021?

In fact @Refitman it must surely be against the site rules

You have all been warned!!!

@tc I accidentally pressed play on that - my life is ruined!

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