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An example of the angry madness infesting the Left and Centre, perhaps


"We need to be very clear about this.
Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all."

https://x.com/theAliceRoberts/status/1968953193771016434

This is a reputable BBC presenter. She thinks the gravest threat to the nation is.... Christians. With their coffee mornings

Thw particularly American kind of Puritan raducalism we're beginning to import isn't coffee mornings and bring-and-buy sales, though.

It's Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Buchanan, tele-evangelists, and manifest destiny, in the general style seen at Tommy's rally.

Just on Alice Roberts: she seems to have a particular atheist axe to grind. Her Domination book reportedly is more about personal opinion and pushing that agenda than historical facts.

Christian nationalism is not a major movement in this country.

Mind you those nationalists last Saturday seem very keen on the cross of St George, a decent Christian + nationalism combo.
I agree it’s largely empty cosplay and these people are likely to think Christian doctrine involves having a wee prayer before seeing your gp, but that doesn’t mean various scumbags aren’t willing to co-opt the symbols for their poundshop putsches.

They always start with the young.

Dog for scale.

Interesting interview on BBC News last night with a few of Tommy Robinson's flag wavers. They were asked why they chose to follow the several times convicted Tommy?

They said they were just ordinary working people who thought it was time that the English reclaimed their country. They were publicans and said Tommy represented the working class. When they were asked what they meant by 'The English' they preferred not to say

This is where the 'White British' shite that spread recently - including on here - is so pernicious. It's not just about Muslims; it's not just about boat people. It's about anyone who is seen as being 'different'.

The ugliness of the people on that march cannot be exaggerated. The confusion between them and the Faragists if such a confusion exists is probably a good thing. No self respecting person would want to tarnished by association with those gruesome fascists

What did I say about sneering condescension?

Good morning, everyone.

Thank goodness, seems Labour may well axe the two child benefit cap.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy917g0420o

With our ballooning surplus and endlessly overflowing national coffers, I'm ever so grateful they've found a way to finally spend some of our excess cash.

Good morning

Labour want to spend £3.5 billion on this policy and incredibly some think a betting tax will pay for it

Reeves faces upto £40 billion problem so now that becomes £43.5 billion and the betting tax being one source of closing the gap effectively closes nothing

When will labour understand that you cannot continue to spending and taxing and that difficult decisions have to be made and that includes not adding more to the spend just because it's popular with the left but ironically not popular with the public

The bond rates continue to rise and Reeves nightmare must be that she is buried in a Truss style crisis

The BBC is all over the shop. They keep trying and failing to attract da yuff. They get a hit show, but still stuck in the time warp where its fine to just make 6 episodes every 2-3 years. They make these bizarre decisions like hiring Wayne Rooney on big money. And then cut cheap shows like Hardtalk that is squarely in their remit.

As for Newsnight, its viewership numbers absolutely tanked when they tried to go "cool" with Evan Davis. I think they have recovered a bit, but it isn't an agenda setting programme where all the leading politicians felt they had to go on there and get a Paxo-ing, because at the time it was a key way of getting a message out to the engage public. Every so often they get a hit story, but it became quite rare even before all the cuts.

It is noticeable after Jenrick viral hit, a load of the Tories are really trying to be more engaging social media with flashy videos vs the Starmerbot (that seems stuck in social media of 2010). And politicians doing the podcast rounds, even old Uncle Vince popped up this week to do some. They clearly that is where to go these days.