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This is very very good

Starmer should explicitly link rejoining the EU and substantially reinforcing Britain's military strength.

Give voters a big song and dance about how the financial gains from undoing most of the Brexit damage will unlock the funds to defend ourselves much more easily without hurting livelihoods.

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It's no surprise that Farage, Badenoch and Starmer don't want to be in the same room as Zack Polanski. He'd wipe the floor with all of them.

I began to have doubts about Starmer when he very quietly forgot about, one by one, each of his 6 tests for Labour supporting Brexit.

I lost respect for him when he announced about 18 months ago that there "is no case for rejoining the EU, SM or CU.". There could hardly be a more compelling case.

I lost respect for him when he received thousands of pounds of free clothing and glasses - not dignified for a leader.

Should we ban the over 65s from social media?

The government are considering banning the elderly from social media as their brains haven't properly developed. But is a ban a step too far?

Being blocked seems to me optimal for Burnham. He gets to "would have easily won" without actually having to contest the seat, establishes himself as the contender Starmer fears most and, if Labour lose, gets "Keir would rather hurt the party by losing a seat, than have a rival win it" as a bonus.

Lab to DK is a group twice as large as Lab to Ref (and losses to DK are often easiest to win back)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)

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Have you tried asking @seatsixtyone.bsky.social?

Should add that I've no quarrel with the presenters or the reporters. They are all just trapped in a terrible format that hasn't changed for years and desperately needs to - not least by dropping the regular timed slots (especially for the paper review, which should be dumped completely).

Impressive and interesting photo. Well worth keeping.

Starmer seems always to be trying to please those who will never support him, whether voters or media, whilst ignoring, offending or dispiriting his natural supporters. Of course the result is contempt. He appears empty and foolish.

A nice example of how not to use the word 'formally'.

'Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of this country'.

This presumably means lessons in morris dancing; queueing; using an eye-roll as a formal complaint; going 'waa-hey' when someone drops a load of plates in a restaurant; saying 'sorry' if someone bumps into you. Etcetera.

I agree with a lot in this article.

The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.

This would be transformative.

And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.

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You get a bonus point for not allowing the railing to distract you from the need for the horizon to be level.

So will I.

Don't blame the Japanese for something too banal and obvious to be even a proverb, let alone a 'legend'. It's obviously fake.

There's a typo. It should read 'A beautifully put-together and elegant 17'.

Fast track back to the EU? Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU

Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU.

That's why politicians need to focus on persuasion rather than trying to figure out exactly what their target voters think and then parrot it back.

People are open to different arguments!

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Exciting and practical house designs coming out of Scandinavia