Wednesday 8th January 2025

[refitman]

Morning all.

[refitman]

So, as well as Meta removing their fact checkers (in the US at least), there's also this

[Frog222]

Recommend today's Behr !

First lol of the day goes to EarlBerteoni 2 hours ago 15

people from alien cultures

Oddly enough, this concept sounds very apt in respect of Trump and Musk.



Koolio 2 hours ago 4

Politicians will jump on bandwagons but it's been painful to watch Badenoch and colleagues in action, too conspicuous and almost humiliatingly clumsy too, although shame seems rare these days. While they think it's for their own ends this is probably just putting wind in the sails of electoral rivals. Robert Jenrick seems only a couple of speeches away from wearing khaki fatigues and I can't cite a parliamentary colleague who has called him out.

[refitman]

[refitman]

[Frog222]

From the Andrew Sparrow snap verdict --

"And, in terms of saying something that appeals to the rightwing media, Badenoch’s decision to leap on the grooming gangs inquiry bandwagon seems to be delivering. She has had a good press in the Tory papers on this issue. And, with the Speaker confirming her amendment will be put to a vote, she has go to the point where she can run this advertising campaign." -

Her 'ad' plus the blindingly obvious answer from a commenter --



Has anyone seen criticism of Jenrick's race hate speech yesterday from a Tory ?

[AnatolyKasparov]

There's some anonymous grumbling, but that's about it.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

I'm just going to come out and say this...*ahem*...I thought Starmer did really well today in PMQs.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Yeah, and this short term Tory "win" because they are forcing an opportunistic vote tonight is being severely overrated by the political bubble.

Not a universally popular opinion on here perhaps, but I am reminded of the SNP playing procedural games over Gaza last spring.

Which apart from being morally disreputable, didn't actually work when it came to the election a few months later.

[RogerOThornhill]

Good afternoon.

I had a thought. I wondered whether any call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs appeared in Reform's election manifesto.

Stop Child Grooming Gangs
Deport offenders holding dual citizenship. Make
child grooming an aggravating offence. Improve
safeguarding of victims and vulnerable. No bail for
grooming gang offenders

So that's a no then?

Shocked etc.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

The difference being the SNP took a moral stance on Gaza from the very beginning. The Tories however are shamelessly jumping on a bandwagon.

[Frog222]

Finally watched Milo and Malone on the Jeremy Vine show . Wow !

Meanwhile --

@tonysu8860 il y a 4 heures
"Many Sinologists mark 2007 as the approximate year the faction wanting to restore Greater China of yesteryear began to take hold and rise within the CCP culminating in Xi who wishes to be leader for life and has terminated his term limits."

[refitman]

Liverpool fans not letting us down

https://bsky.app/profile/esherukweku.bs ... auubbwrk2w

[refitman]

Have you ever wondered what happens inside a watch?

[refitman]

Piers Morgan being a 'stopped clock'