The essence of right wing politics, distilled by Keir Starmer...
Starmer said Reform and Nigel Farage were exploiting the issues. “They feed on grievance. They don’t want the problem solved because they’ve got no reason to exist if the problems are solved,”
#democracy
Like a UK expat in Spain voting for Brexit the dumb doesn't get any dumber than this ..
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Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
Happy Easter
How many of them voted for the chump, because y'know, freedom and low taxes..
The level of dumb being displayed over the Trump tariffs is jaw dropping.. Trump wants a third term. To get it he needs the votes for a bill to allow it. Which means he needs a booming stock market by the mid terms. Which means he needs a recession now to pop inflation and bring interest rates down.
After a week of turmoil, one thing needs saying about our NHS: slowly it is healing | Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What private health care insurance gets you ..
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
It's not surprising doing more will cost more - that doesn't mean markets should dictate whether or not we do more... That's our decision.
#buildbritain #labour
If you manage your own pension or savings, now's the time to buy long term gilts and lock in a decent rate - demonstrate your commitment to building Britain..
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Both of you are proving my point. Labour's job is representation not preaching. By definition it should win every election by representing the majority....
This is despicable behaviour.. Flouncing out the room when Starmer is trying to grow the base shows a shocking lack of understanding of the need to build a broad spectrum of beliefs that can win elections. Division is our weakness. #labour #starmer
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Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
My small part in trying to get people to understand why it seems like running government like a business is a good idea, when in fact it's a terrible one (1/4):
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This is excellent. The best post-budget piece on the political economy of Reeves and Starmer I’ve seen by far. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The trick to garlic bread is to make at least 5 times too much of it then eat it all hunched over in the corner of the basement like a rat
So what is a post here called - a flutter?
The essence of the dichotomy between right and left for me is consideration of risk.. the left likes to consider the minority of all perspectives and ensure there is a safety net in place for that unlikely circumstance. The right ignores the minority and the cost of such tail risks..
