Dr Gloom

sounds like paul mitchell is their top target.

their players aren't much better

i agree. i hope that once in power they do finally stand for something. controlling the narrative early on is also key. the tories dined out on labour's handling of the economy after the global financial crisis of 08 for years, as if it were labour's fault that the world went into financial meltdown - and they were even bold enough to push through massively disruptive change, from austerity to brexit. the spin doctors have got to seize the opportunity as much as the policymakers. we have to make the tories pay for what they have done to the country so they own and the effects of brexit and the disastrous truss government. that will require courageous leadership - something we haven't seen much of from starmer to date

he looks even more ridiculous because you can't see his torso, shoulders, arms, legs - anything! all dwarfed by the lectern.

must be photoshopped - he looks like a gnome!

that's the only strategy as far as i can tell - hoover up the floating voters in the middle by default by not promising - or standing for - anything. it's not exactly an inspiring vision for the future, i agree, but it worked for biden. there are two ways to look at it: it's either a massive missed opportunity to bring about transformative change from a position of strength, or the win at all costs strategy will pave the way for stealth policies that will reverse some of the damage the tories have done to the country. i guess time will tell. however, i do think it's true that most elections are won from the centre, but once in power the governing party can introduce legislation that matters, that wasn't in the manifesto

i admire your commitment to your own values. i too jumped ship and voted green for a couple of elections after we invaded iraq. not that it made any difference to anything, i live in such a safe labour seat.

it's a broad church - people holding "queers for gaza" signs marching alongside others wearing hamas headbands

cunt

shit, i hope this isn't a sign of things to come for me and mine. though mine is about 3-4 years old now and i haven't had any bother with it....yet. but i mainly use it for short hops around london so it isn't getting drilled on a regular basis. i've only done two or three trips beyond the m25 so far

i've only had the tesla for a few months but i've never loved a car more. it's a joy to drive and it wasn't that expensive. mine was three years old and i got it for 25k, which set me back 12k in total once the insurance paid out

it isn't a competition. i'm sure many muslim people feel threatened by islamophobia too i can't speak for them but what i can say is antisemitic hate crimes are massively on the rise and jewish people are scared to speak for fear of visibly identifying themselves. i feel this fear less than many others because i'm a secular jew and i can walk around london and you wouldn't know i was jewish, but i definitely think twice before engaging in debate about israel with fiends or colleagues. where i live there are many palestinian flags in windows. i would be too afraid about what might happen to put a star of david in mine. i want to see a ceasefire in gaza but i wouldn't go anywhere near the gaza rallies in london either, for obvious reasons.

thank you, alex.

i can only put my forward my view, as a jew, which is this: the threat of arrest for being "visibly jewish", is antisemitic and the police officer in question warning the bloke that he isn't safe to walk the streets of london is both problematic and concerning. this is supposed to be a free country but jewish people are afraid to be visibly jewish in the capital - in fact we're being warned not to be! in what world is this okay? it's no wonder so many jews are so afraid to join the gaza marches, or to even do anything which might bring attention to their identity at the moment https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68446781

you might be right, but he was threatening to arrest the bloke for, in his words, antagonising the protestors because what he was wearing made him visibly jewish. we have to park whatever we think of israel for a moment and call that for what it is. this is supposed to be a free country. i imagine there would be similar uproar if a woman in a burka or a man in in a thobe were threatened with arrest for being visibly islamic, had they turned up at the march against antisemitism

it wouldn't be a bad result. keep the unbeaten run going

Fucking typical that we have to play these just as they’ve found some form. Our record down there is minging. I’m at the game but in the home end. Could be a long evening behind enemy lines if I’m forced to listen to those fanatic twats singing along to their stupid goal celebration song

why give them a target? The polls say we’re going to win anyway. Okay, it would signal a direction of travel but I think we’ll see plenty of stuff in labour’s first term which will do that anyway.

I definitely don’t think you’re a simpleton! But why do you need a party to run on a rejoin ticket given you know how long it’s going to take to implement? It’s just political suicide at this point, right?

yeah, I generally find her deliberately provocative, inconsistent and snarky, and I’m no fan of the spectator, which is why I was surprised to find myself agreeing with her general point about the met’s inconsistencies. Open support for Islamist terrorists through the chanting of songs or waving of flags is fine but wearing a kippah on the streets of London is apparently now a crime. I despair, honestly

I wholeheartedly agree about rejoining. But it just isn’t politically possible in this election cycle. I can see how you must feel politically homeless however as every major party has come to this conclusion, other than the SNP. I agree with Renton too though. As soon as they win power Labour will start unilaterally aligning regulation in certain key areas - whether it’s cars, chemicals, food and drink etc. But it’s not as simple as just rejoining. The EU wouldn’t have us back anytime soon. We have to prove to them that the headbangers aren’t in charge anymore. And that’s going to talk time and patience

I’m sure lots of people are marching in support of innocent civilians and those marching in solidarity with terrorists aren’t the majority. However, the article is entirely accurate on many levels. You don’t have to spend long looking at the footage from the marches to find images of people waving Hamas and hezbollah flags, or carrying flags with swastikas on them ffs. Or to see clips of people chanting “intafada” or “from the river to sea” - which call for violent revolution and the destruction of the state of of Israel respectively. None of this is apparently unacceptable but it is a crime to be “openly Jewish” - can’t you see how appalling that is?