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You just get elected to lead the country’s biggest union, representing cleaners, care workers, binmen and other public sector workers so you write an article about your priorities. It talks about her plan for the union and approach to strikes and disputes etc, before moving on to political issues. What do you think would be the first issue? Maybe low pay, job security, rights in the workplace, training, apprenticeships? Here’s a clue, it’s 3000 miles away and begins with the letter ‘P’. The far left seem utterly obsessed with Israel. What sort of priority is that for a union leader? Most ordinary members will think she’s nuts. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

2. I used to think Vajpayee type PM is the best for our country. I was, for years, caught up in the zealous anti Congress derangement that many Indians still have. Looking back, Vajpayee was just Modi without a full majority and with coalition restraints. Sanghis gonna Sangh.

The only reason India isn't socioeconomically on par with China is the BJP.

True but it has also sown and watered and grown that very hate themselves through the RSS for decades, even before WhatsApp made them extra powerful. India's default state for centuries was not Hindu Muslim enmity. It's a creation of modern sanghis & jamati types dividing us.

Suggested solution: Those who believe a god exists should consider the possibility that they are invading His privacy, in fact, aggressively doxxing Him, when He has clearly kept Himself hidden and erased all unambiguous evidence of Himself. May be He is very private, or may be He wants no responsibility for his creation. So may be, just may be, you should keep it quiet and private?

Academic life would improve if universities would dispose the 19th century decorum and be run like a business with clear roles: pure administration, pure research, pure teaching. Administration needs actual MBAs not theoretical physics PhDs