It’s all well and good doing performative nonsense to “own the libs”, like they did with that silly woman at their conference. It doesn’t really leave them with a leg to stand on when they want to - probably fairly - complain about something comparable
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Jon Loveridge
Optimistic but pragmatic. Data & Analytics enjoyer. Derby County and Bromsgrove Sporting supporter
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It is worth taking the time to read Infantino’s comments. Things were bleak with the underhand corruption of Blatter, but the utter delusion under Infantino is arguably much worse
This is obviously very serious, but as much as anything it just reinforces how immature and fragile Musk’s character is. It’s not rational or logical to take this approach just because he feels wronged or embarrassed by that interview - and that’s before you consider how extreme his position is
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
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Yes & herein lies the problem. When Labour was dragged to the hard left by Corbyn, centre-left Labour MPs fought for their traditions and their principles. When the same thing happens in the Tory party, centre-right Conservative MPs go gently into that good night.
CraigThe Tory MPs left who are properly centre right at heart are resolutely keeping their mouths shut, having learnt from the Johnson purge in 2019 that they’ll just be replaced by people who will do as they’re told, regardless of the damage to the Party.
Useful to recall the Conservative Party apparently tried to improve social care by implementing spending cuts for 14 years and it achieved almost nothing
Peter WalkerKemi Badenoch has written to Andy Burnham to say the Tories are "happy" to work cross-party on reforming social care.... but only if he rules out the only two ways you could realistically pay for it (contributions from individuals, or higher taxes/borrowing).
Have always found Habib an interesting character. Through Brexit to 2026, its clear many on the right - Farage included, as Habib confirms in the video is motivated primarily by money - are in it for the grift or are useful idiots. Habib seems smart and yet believes it all, he’s very much an outlier
Zoë GrünewaldThe Reform donations story is obviously exploding right now, and it just so happened that on Thursday I spoke to Ben Habib, Reform's former deputy leader, about what he knew and what he thinks of Farage now. It's worth a watch, it's pretty excoriating. Some key bits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_L...
The point that “why don’t you just write HMRC a cheque” is so stupid. People like the group Lineker is part of are arguing for a change to the system that applies to & is equitable for all. It’s not hard to recognise or understand this. This sort of dumbing down & performative ignorance is so tiring
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So herein one of the main problems with focus on "cost of living" issues. Much of the complaining isn't really about a few pounds but a general feeling we should all be much richer like in the good old days whenever they were.
Sky News'£50 doesn't even buy a meal': What people think of Burnham's electricity VAT cut