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You won’t believe that what led to this tweet was me saying that you can criticise Islam without branding all Muslims as terrorists and that you cannot form a reasonable coalition or a formidable opposition with any group while being bigoted towards them. It’s so over. 😅
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According to the logic of Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias and other centrists the purpose of the Democratic Party is to win Blue legislative seats by 12 points instead of 10, not to make the country a better place.
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Whenever Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman etc. talk about the British Empire, it is with full-throated praise, no room for nuance, "the British Empire was an undiluted positive influence on Humanity".
On the contrary, a David Cameron would feel a lot more at ease to start a nuanced discussion on the British Empire.
This is a common problem with politicians from ethnic/racial minority backgrounds in Western conservative parties. They seldom feel "comfortable in their own skin" - you can feel it from a mile.
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I think dems are moving towards their left base and Labour is purging the left within it.
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The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4%, supposedly to tackle inflation.
There is just one problem with this decision. The Bank knows that much of the inflation we are suffering is being driven by rising oil and energy prices, largely resulting from conflict in the Middle East.
It also knows that raising interest rates cannot reduce those prices.
So why is it doing this?
The answer is that the Bank believes it must suppress demand elsewhere in the economy to compensate for rising energy costs.
In other words, it is deliberately making mortgages more expensive, increasing business borrowing costs, discouraging investment and reducing household spending power.
And all this when people are already struggling with higher energy bills. That is problem number one.
There is, however, another problem. Higher interest rates increase costs for businesses, which can then feed through into higher prices. They can, in that case, add to inflation rather than reduce it.
The Bank is imposing economic pain to address a problem its chosen policy cannot directly solve.
That is not sound economic management. It is the consequence of an economic dogma that refuses to recognise the difference between inflation caused by excessive demand and inflation caused by supply shocks.
When will we learn?
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The thing I find strangest about the Brand case is that from the moment he was exposed he knew he was done. The fake religious conversion. The embrace of MAGA. The great conspiracy theories. They were his last desperate defence. And there are still people on the Right falling for his bullshit.
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You fool, are you not the same stupid person that called the Pope a Democrat?
The Pope is not even Christian enough for you, but you are out here talking about progressives and feminists.
Mumu.
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Trying to use feminism or atheism as a cover to recruit me into your empty, purposeless bigotry will not — and never — work because we do not operate from the same level of empathy, logic, or nuance. My criticism of Islamism is institutional, not essentialist. The same applies to my criticism of any other (religious) system. It’s why some of you can claim to hate Iranian leadership because of its position on women’s rights, yet celebrate or look away when the US rains bombs on scores of schoolgirls. You are so blinded by hate that you don’t see those girls as human beings anymore because, ultimately, you want all Muslims dead. I am not like you. I am not one of you. Go to hell.
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Bank of England logic: clearly this is a problem of too much money in the economy — look at what these fools are prepared to pay for butter!
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First day of WOKE 3!!!
California city makes history allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners trib.al/injZnvo
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This district is the home of the Jack Daniels distillery.
Which has not been able to sell its booze in much of Canada for almost two years.
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Worst media coverage of any race in the entire country. There was no issue with black voters or with Jewish democrats and Democrats for Mike Rogers was a fake movement. It all just amounted to one bitter lady crashing out bc she got beat.
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Remember when Charlie Kirk got killed and Republicans were like YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE UNLEASHED, TREMBLE IN FEAR AT WHAT’S COMING and then nothing happened and then they lost everything?
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Witnessing a Pakistani and a Nigerian fight over who should protect the homeland of White British people was not on my bucket list for 2026.
Shabana has made a serious mistake surrendering to Labour MPs. So I’m putting people on notice - when we get into government we will scrap this weak policy.
Immigration is too high. Labour are making a bad situation much, much worse.
The Conservative Party is under new management. I accept this problem started under a previous Conservative govt. Many of those in that Cabinet have gone to Reform where they belong.
And I’ve got a proper plan to fix it👇
