Recent content by highflyer

Similar I think (I don't live there but have many colleagues and friends there). Murdoch press is strong for obvious reasons. But someone that lives there may be able to confirm one way or the other.

Lessons from Australia: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/asia/australasia/australia/69889/what-can-keir-starmer-learn-from-anthony-albanese?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb Most important IMO is this line: 'increasing the salience of your opponents’ core issues is a recipe that has...

I really don't think Carney wins without the Trump effect. It sounds to me that Trudeau became unpopular for the same reasons that Macron, Biden and now Starmer became unpopular. Cost of living going up, salaries not keeping pace, the rich becoming richer, workers rights eroded, the environment...

Carney has won on the backlash to Trump. Not on who he is or what his internal policies will be. He's head of a party which is unpopular and he is very much a centre right, paid up member of 'the establishment'. He simply does not have the solutions to the problems that made Trudeau so...

This statement is surely correct entirely independently of how it affects us?

To be fair, £55m would still qualify as bargain basement in this case. I have no problem with Liverpool. And was happy that Ali Mac went there (also appreciated them pushing the price of caicedo into the stratosphere). Proper club, run well (now) and even the southern plastic fans are...

Nicole?

Broadly I agree with you, although if you are a trans person then I can understand that the fight over trans rights will seem quite important, given how central it is to you, who you are, how you live etc. For everyone else though...a few small adjustments, a bit of tolerance, understanding and...

The true 'threats to our society' are to be found on super yachts and private jets. Not in women's toilets, prisons or sporting events. Or on small boats crossing the channel for that matter. We are being played by the billionaires. We should live by principles of tolerance and empathy. Not...

Ends 1-1. Decent away result. And if you think commentators are biased in favour of the big six in the Premier league, try listening to commentary on a Wrexham game. The absolute DESPERATION for a Wrexham win!

Oh. This has been taken the wrong way I think. I liked the analogy and it echoes stuff that Gary Stevenson has said, that the aim of the rich is to pit us against each other so we don't target them. It was just a (poor) play on words. Sorry.

As per post #92. 'Gary's analogy'.

Paging doctor No. The rich get richer through capital accumulation.

More importantly (though I agree that the threats are far lower than the daily mail.and torygraph endlessly insist) the alternative, rarely spoken aloud, is that we have accepted that the rich now decide policy. In their own interests. And that there is nothing we can do about it. I don't think...

Because he's a c*nt