I think we will indulge in the same fantasy discussions about what we can have without referencing Article 49 or the sentiments of the existing member states all of whom have a right of veto.

Return of the Mancunian Candidate

If the Greens don’t speak for the planet there’s no point to them. They decay into pure fantasy politics and we have more than enough of that on the right.

So the message is Vote Green - we’re just like every other party

My wife’s book is The Times’ historical fiction book of the month. Beyond proud ❤️

What was it Marx said about first time as tragedy second time as farce?

Trying to remember which author described a mini golden age between the fall of the wall and the fall of the towers

I used to have a 770 as my work machine. Used to swap out the floppy drive for a second battery and then it could run for 7 hours on batteries

Well if we’re brutally honest with ourselves the whole situation is looking less than ideal

There are 6 year olds who are more sophisticated in their attempts to get attention

A statement from Melvin Benn, Managing Director at Festival Republic: I am a deeply committed anti-fascist and have been all my adult life. I lived on a kibbutz for many months in the 1970’s that was attacked on October 7th, am pro Jew and the Jewish state, while being equally committed to a Palestinian state. Having had a person in my life for the last 15 years who suffers from mental illness, I have witnessed many episodes of despicable behaviour that I have had to forgive and move on from. If I wasn’t before, I have become a person of forgiveness and hope in all aspects of my life, including work. What Ye has said in the past about Jews and Hitler is as abhorrent to me as it is to the Jewish community, the Prime Minister and others that have commented and - taking him at his word - to Ye now also. Ye’s music is played on commercial radio stations in this country. It is available via live streams and downloads in this country without comment or vitriol from anyone and he has a legal right to come into the country and to perform in this country. He is intended to come in and perform. We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature, only to perform the songs that are currently played on the radio stations in our country and the streaming platforms in our country and listened to and enjoyed by millions. Forgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue in this ever-increasing divisive world and I would ask people to reflect on their instant comments of disgust at the likelihood of him performing (as was mine) and offer some forgiveness and hope to him as I have decided to do. – ENDS –

The boss of the company that runs Wireless Festival has just put out a statement *defending* their decision to have Kanye West headline it (see below).

I have some thoughts on that statement, and I think it's easiest if I do a thread on it:

www.jewishnews.co.uk/wireless-fes...

I do get your point, but it seems to me the history of the empire is same broom with a new head or handle every couple of years. Incorporating Goths and moving government to Milan or Ravenna is just the empire moving with the times

Well Trajan was a Spaniard, so not Roman at all, and took the empire to its greatest extent

Because it’s not 1968

All he cares about is carving out a coalition of voters linking the loopier new age traditional Greens with the most conspiracy gullible ex Corbybistas. Ain’t much of a power base but it gets him media coverage

I hope the drones went on to form “It was alright when it left us” in huge letters

2pm at an airport - I’d say you’re a couple behind. Catch up.

Left populism just as insanely stupid as right populism

Oh this began with those same voters having to accept a man of colour

The lack of oxygen and a magnetosphere are slightly more worrying

And you can’t even turn the lights off because you must Remain In Light

The conspiracy frame is infinitely elastic and can be made to fit anything. Responding with facts just doesn’t work

Great. When will he move in?

There are Easter door wreaths and I do not approve

The End. The Doors

The same people never called Thursday the pre-kend

Love Palermo - even in the rain

Found myself in a strange new world seeking out new life and new civilisations
Though I’ve only been here for 3 weeks now.

Machines don’t have an ethical framework, they calculate based on learned or provided algorithms. If they had a philosophy it would be utilitarian. At the heart of the trolley problem is understanding the consequences of utilitarian philosophy.