That would actually make way more sense.

The thing you've quote posted says: Blocked.

I can't see. I'm blocked.

I agree to an extent. I don't think Bishops should be allowed in the HoL as an example. However, I also don't see anything wrong with putting out messages on religious holidays. Glad we've found some common ground eventually!

Okay, fair enough. I don't think the headline helps matters. I'll admit, I've tied myself in knots.

I think we should have attendance requirements.

Easter is a Christian tradition is it not?

Fair enough, but unless, I've misread it, nowhere does Keir Starmer say that people should look to faith, rather faith can offer reassurance. I don't see the problem with that.

Faith isn't exclusive to religion.

Faith can bring people together at all times, not just when times are difficult. To suggest that Keir Starmer is using it as a get out clause is both absurd and misunderstands what faith is about.

At least Kemi Badenoch doesn't pretend that she is above all of the "pedophile apologist" sh*t. Polanski, on the other hand...

Forget that for a second, this is some of the worst graphic design I have ever seen.

"In moments like these, faith offers reassurance and grounding - a reminder that we are not alone, and that hope can still take root even in difficult soil." What is the issue with this?
I think people's response to this is another example of going out of one's way to be offended.

"In moments like these, faith offers reassurance and grounding - a reminder that we are not alone, and that hope can still take root even in difficult soil." Where is the issue with this?

Also - I think this is really being underplayed - if you are subsidising rich world energy consumption (let alone questions around what you are doing re domestic or business) during a fuel crisis, then you are pushing up developing world energy costs. You are - basically - going to kill poor people

The Vibes Economy vibe (noun): a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed”

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If we could speed run the inevitable that would be grand.

A photograph of Rachel Reeves MP and Keir Starmer MP, with a post underneath containing text that reads: From today, Labour has increased the minimum wage to £12.71 an hour, cut energy bills by £117, frozen prescription charges, expanded sick pay and brought in day one rights at work. Not bad for a government that's supposedly "no different".

I laughed at this way more than I should have done.

We've seen this already, James. No need to share it again, unless you are doing so for the sole purpose of being irritating.

Yes, it is a bit all over the place, but I spent far too long trying to force myself to finish it when I got writer's block halfway through, so I simply cannot bear to look at it anymore.

Populism?

In his defence, at times, he has tried to pitch trade offs and has been prepared to say "No", but just isn't all that good at it.

But it isn't though...

Everything you've said here just isn't true.

Universal energy support. You don't solve a supply crisis by encouraging people to use more by making it cheaper.

It is also easy to say you'll do exactly what the public want regardless of how unworkable the said thing is.

It is also untrue.

What I learned from my first few weeks as a Green MP? Most politicians have no clue how tough things are out there | Hannah Spencer With this escalating cost of living crisis, so many are really suffering – yet Labour lacks the imagination, boldness and will to do anything about it, says Green party MP Hannah Spencer

Im not sure how many of us Hannah has bothered to talk to before writing this, but it’s insulting and over simplistic.

I would suggest she engages with colleagues, rather than making populist slurs like this - feeding anti trust in politics. Really disappointing tbh.

Some advice for Shabana Mahmood: If you see Michael Gove. RUN A MILE.