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He's definitely a noob at politics, and doesn't seem to have great advisors. But from interviews etc I think he's reasonably sharp in comparison to Truss at least. He's not fit to be PM for the reasons you've alluded to. But for me he's the most dangerous candidate to beat Starmer... open to the idea I'm being too generous

Dude Truss is very dim - for someone in her position at least. Something you can't say for Sunak, although he's patently unqualified for other reasons

Random thought I was having earlier. I notice few Tories - vocal ones at least - on forums. Here, or reddit, for example. Assuming that's the case, is that possibly because people who use forums lean towards valuing researched opinions, knowledge, logic, good faith discussions based on evidence.... things which generally lead people away from right wing ideology ....same why intellectuals and academics generally tend to lean to the left also? Or is that just really patronising

Yep, or anyone who: - cares about fighting climate change - uses infrastructure of any kind - wants the Police to investigate crimes; fire service to operate; ambulances to turn up - thinks education or housing is a right - wants protection from tech billionaires - is concerned about infotech and biotech revolutions eliminating entire swathes of the job market Etc etc

I can't believe anyone still thinks low tax small state is a viable program for a functioning country in the 21st century

I think he's been crap. The whole point of him was to sacrifice left wing policy to sweep up the centrist vote, and as far as I can see he's completely failing to do that in the context of the worst British government of all time.

Small point in the grand scheme of things but this is untrue. He and his team massively exaggerated how sick he was to gain public sympathy, and it worked amazingly well. Look it up. Edit: https://www.gbnews.uk/news/boris-johnson-denies-he-was-ever-put-on-a-ventilator-after-being-hospitalised-with-covid/268207 You don't spend three days in the ICU if your survival chances are 50/50, which was what was reported *globally*. And you're getting put on a ventilator ASAP. And finally you're not back at work within a couple of days of discharge.

It might be if you are one yourself/completely indifferent, to be fair

Starmer is a coward, terrified of the far right, and completely lacks strategy. There is absolutely no need to rule out rejoining the SM at this point - it'd probably be a vote winner if he said it was on the table. I'm also guessing the LDs are seeing that and wondering if a coalition is even possible. What a disappointment he is, in so many respects. Agree there is no positive reason to vote Labour atm.

Won't they just strike out any attempt at legislation as "unconstitutional" though

*Trigger warning So Private Eye are reporting that in 2018, Sir Gavin Williamson walked in on Boris (whose wife had cancer) getting a blow job off Carrie on the Foreign Office sofa*, hence all the furore over that Times FO Carrie story which got removed, and hence Williamson's baffling knighthood.

A party that believed in its policies and helping people would see this as a great result.

A myth that the pyramids were built by slaves FYI It was more like Bournville https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves/

I'm ever more certain these days that the Christian Fundamentalist Right in the USA are the group representing the single greatest danger to the future of humanity. Hear me out. They don't believe in man made climate change, and if they recognise it, they believe it is evidence of God's wrath They believe in an afterlife, and many believe that we are in fact in "end times" - approaching the final destiny of humanity They believe they are acting upon God's will They have massive (disproportionate) political influence in the most powerful country in the world, which has 5000+ nukes

The pro-life / evangelist lobby are just useful idiots who've been weaponized by the billionaire class, this is about: - correcting the falling US birth rate and ensuring a healthy supply of wage slaves for said billionaire class (a poor kid born out of wedlock with no social power whatsoever - perfect) - keeping the prisons full and profitable I say they're idiots because their position is fundamentally inconsistent - you won't find the pro-life camp also campaigning for free healthcare and midwifery for all pregnant women, funny that? Kanye West's position that all women who choose not to get an abortion should get a $1m cheque is more logically coherent, and he's bipolar

Can we just take a moment to savour this 5* entertainment in front of us, we deserve it after the last 12 years *chef's kiss* I almost don't want it to end

Feels like the dial might be shifting. The tory mouthpieces have no answer to the facts that a) the railways take public money in subsidies and b) the enormous shareholder dividends distributed, even in 2020 As an aside, I hate how the UK / West / World is socialist when it comes to propping up private business when they need help, but capitalist when it comes to supporting individual poor people when they do. Either be capitalist, and let private businesses fail when the market determines, or socialist, but be consistent please.

I'm nearly 32 and my partner is nearly 30. We don't have kids but both have previously said we intend do. I'm increasingly of the feeling however that bringing a person unwillingly into this world, to face this future, is not something I want to have on my hands. Sorry if that offends people - and I'm sure it will - but it's how I feel sometimes. I'm already scared enough for our own future let alone that of my potential children. Anyway happy Sunday!

These b**** lawyers, bringing cases to the court within the confines of our existing laws, they must be stopped And these woke judges who apply the law, don't get me started

He was 100% smashing the gear last night before facing the cameras.

It's been pointed out that this is a really good letter. And I would agree, if the guy hadn't just voted through the Public Order Bill, wasn't a hard Brexiteer, and hadn't professed to support Johnson for 15 years **** these self-serving words removed, the lot of them

It's a dead cat which neatly doubles up as a fake Brexit benefit, in case that needed to be pointed out We drink pints Our speed limits are set to miles per hour We report our weight in stones and pounds, height in feet, lengths of other things in inches Merits of imperial vs. metric to one side, what is this actually going to impact

I have never understood why this is interpreted to mean every individual US citizen has an unqualified right to own a gun. It's just not what the 2nd Amendment says. "Well regulated" - how else except by federal or state law. It literally says well regulated in the constitution. "Militia" - Specifically groups, not individuals. "Necessary to the security of a free State" - The purpose of this amendment is to protect the freedom of individual States (not individual people). Am I missing something?!

Reckon he's in a suit because he's the guest of some major polluter or something