NotThePars

Corbyn notably going to struggle against *squints* the Conservatives and the Lib Dems if people view him as insincere.

I must’ve missed the blockade, persecution, land grabs, forcible resettlement and bombing of Sudeten Germans that continues to this day.

I must've missed the Sudeten Germans being shot at the border a month ago.

Would agree with this. The best way for Labour to counter persistent claims of anti-semitism is to be more robust in challenging anti-semitism. The left parties have to be more stringently opposed to any form of bigotry because anti-bigotry is a core component of leftist politics. It might not be fair that the media are ignoring a member of the Conservative Party calling her own party Islamophobic but that doesn't excuse the poor response from Labour affiliated media and members such as Skawkbox.

Only time I remember the mask slipping was being called a creep. Must've hit home.

It’s an AI, mate. You can’t expect it to do more than badly approximate human speech.

Tbf the last brainwave they had was “when I said “would”, I actually meant to say “wouldn’t” so we probably shouldn’t judge too harshly.

The government, and intelligence services, can and do exert influence over the BBC’s hiring and programming. Tom Mills covers it really well in his book. I think the BBC probably does retain more independence than RT but it’s still ultimately subject to the government if it strays too far from the establishment consensus.

Think it’s quite obvious that the last two major votes, Brexit and the US election, were won by grifters who didn’t anticipate actually winning.

The problem with the worst case scenarios that the media are pushing atm is that if we brexit and that doesn’t happen there’ll be scope for the government to claim some sort of success if we aren’t rioting and looting after 12 hours.

Did banana lend you this?

I can’t disagree with liberalism’s record on climate change. The markets are sure keeping those water levels and temperatures down.

Liberal values is placating fascists and not rocking the boat. Everyone from Lusurdo to MLK has taught us this.

Much of the Republican opposition to Trump isn’t based on policy but optics. They don’t like the way he conducts himself but are happy to co-sign his shit.

Prestige and pretension at still being a great power are two other reasons I imagine.

He’s acknowledged it before I think. He just claimed the meeting was done SO QUICKLY that collusion could not have taken place.

Don’t think the Spanish will fancy holding on to Ceuta for much longer after today and the dozens of new asylum applications they’ll have to process.

Ah I remember him. A risible little dickhead. With the anti-semitic stuff it’s worth remembering there were people claiming Bin-Salman was a better ally for Jewish people than Corbyn because he was less likely to criticise Israel. Those are the people who equate Judaism with Israel but accuse other people of doing the same. Transparent behaviour.

Gonnae post up your masters thesis Pep it’s bound to be a screamer. In other news: I’m not sure why Scots are worried about Dominic Raab not looking after our interests.

Give all of Spain (except for Asturias) back to the Umayyad Caliphate. That’s my opinion.

Who said that? Genuinely interested because I can’t find it via quick Google.

White House announces they’re no longer going to issue readouts of Trump’s calls with world leaders so people can’t read him getting owned by virtually everyone he speaks with.

They can't swim?

Can only hope the Independent’s campaign goes better than their endorsement of the coalition in 2015.

Can't work out if JLD is being deliberately thick or if he just can't help it. I'll try and help him. Google Stuart Hall and his concept of race as a "floating signifier" and see how racism is politically constructed so that specific religious, nationality and ethnic groups are discriminated against.