The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
What do we suppose Boris is doing on his final night as PM? Taking his pick of the wine cellar? Defacing the gold wallpaper with his bodily fluids? Something good I bet.
A clinch with Carrie, a stroke of Larry, and some red wine on the sofa ? And some furious scribbled plottings for his return, perhaps ?
Writing the first of his new weekly articles in the Telegraph.
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
I think it's progress. I've said so before. But if you're a black bus driver or a nurse of Indian descent, you're unlikely to feel especially represented by the Cabinet. The Conservative Party no longer minds people of ethnic minorities, on condition that they're rich or move in rich circles. It's better than the raw prejudice of yesteryear, but doesn't take us very far.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
I just have. The are diverse, but they are still numpties.
Plenty of diverse numpties on the opposition benches too.
What do we suppose Boris is doing on his final night as PM? Taking his pick of the wine cellar? Defacing the gold wallpaper with his bodily fluids? Something good I bet.
A clinch with Carrie, a stroke of Larry, and some red wine on the sofa ? And some furious scribbled plottings for his return, perhaps ?
Writing the first of his new weekly articles in the Telegraph.
Indeed. He supposedly wants to put “hay In the loft”
I bet imaginary folding money with myself he is running up a proposal for his memoirs - chapter breakdown, suggested title, etc - which his agent will now take to senior editors in London and NYC
Then he will watch the offers roll in. They will be big
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
I think it's progress. I've said so before. But if you're a black bus driver or a nurse of Indian descent, you're unlikely to feel especially represented by the Cabinet. The Conservative Party no longer minds people of ethnic minorities, on condition that they're rich or move in rich circles. It's better than the raw prejudice of yesteryear, but doesn't take us very far.
Wasn't Sajid Javid's father a bus driver?
Yes, but that's no excuse. Nor Patel's refugee parents. Nor Sunak's parents' pharmacy shop.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
My piece Sunday will cover this.
It begins with 'Enoch Powell was right, the darkies have got the whip hand over the white man.'
So Truss offered Dorries the same job to destroy the BBC and Channel 4 and she turned it down and will apparently resign .
She got bored of trying to kill the channel that the tory membership love the most as they slabber over the items on antiques roadshow and pray to Songs of praise whilst secretly occasionally watching Mrs Browns Boys.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
My piece Sunday will cover this.
It begins with 'Enoch Powell was right, the darkies have got the whip hand over the white man.'
Why oh why did you have to ban @isam? He must be so conflicted right now.
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
I think it's progress. I've said so before. But if you're a black bus driver or a nurse of Indian descent, you're unlikely to feel especially represented by the Cabinet. The Conservative Party no longer minds people of ethnic minorities, on condition that they're rich or move in rich circles. It's better than the raw prejudice of yesteryear, but doesn't take us very far.
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
Labour have never come close to electing a female leader. Their best chance of a non white leader was Chuka and he was hounded out the party to the Lib Dems along with most of the Jewish MPs. And yet somehow they claim to be the party of feminism and racial equality. Ridiculous.
I don't think Labour are incapable of electing a woman just as the Tories are not incapable of electing a non white leader, even though they didn't today. But whilst overall Labour have overwhelming support from non-white voters (though clearly not universally), I don't know why some people seem to get furious at non-white Tories - it's not uncommon, so clearly they are representative of a certain strand of opinion, if indeed we must demand they represent someone more than their constituents of all kinds.
But then I would say that as a middle class white person.
Diversity in the top jobs is to be celebrated. No caveat to that. What's a bit 'pass the sick bucket' is right wing loons who don't give a shit about racial equality trolling the left with nonsensical assertions that the make-up of this Truss cabinet shows the Tories are the bees knees on the subject and are more committed than Labour to fighting racism.
It can be overblown, certainly. It's why people like the original bit quoted should not give them an opening via caveats to over egg their achievements and whitewash any concerns.
Likewise, three female PMs doesn't mean the Tories are the only ones who get the concerns of women. But if a fool claims they don't count as they had the wrong views and didn't really support women, well, that just helps the Tories so much.
Yes there's 2 things if say a woman makes the top in politics.
The role model aspect. Just being there is enough for this
The active representation aspect. This depends on whether or not - and to what extent - she works to promote women's interests generally.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Perhaps we have got so used to Trump, who did not tack to the centre after the election was over, that we have forgotten that almost every leader does.
Denys Davydov, the popular Ukrainian military vlogger, seems pleased Truss has won. He expects her to offer as much support for Ukraine as Boris Johnson has and possibly even more.
If I had a vote in this I’d have picked her too for the same reason. Sunak is a bean counter who may have been persuaded by his PR team to be anti Putin. For Truss it’s personal, after Lavrov and his gang’s behaviour to her.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
My piece Sunday will cover this.
It begins with 'Enoch Powell was right, the darkies have got the whip hand over the white man.'
Why oh why did you have to ban @isam? He must be so conflicted right now.
He is still on the PB fantasy football league, and I have had occasional emails from him.
In all seriousness this new Tory Cabinet is going to be quite startling in appearance
A female leader with all three major places filled by minority ethnic MPs (even if they “don’t count” because they are posh)
Labour is going to seem very white and perhaps a tad old fashioned in contrast. Maybe this accounts for lefty dyspepsia on here tonight
I'm delighted that skin colour is evidently not a barrier to people making it to the top of our politics.
I haven't done an equality audit of Labour politicians, but on the face of it a female shadow Chancellor, Asian Mayor of London and a black shadow Foreign Secretary doesn't look like a Labour party that's going to suffer from an appearance of being, "pale, male and stale."
The question is still whether they're going to inspire confidence in being good enough.
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
Labour have never come close to electing a female leader. Their best chance of a non white leader was Chuka and he was hounded out the party to the Lib Dems along with most of the Jewish MPs. And yet somehow they claim to be the party of feminism and racial equality. Ridiculous.
I don't think Labour are incapable of electing a woman just as the Tories are not incapable of electing a non white leader, even though they didn't today. But whilst overall Labour have overwhelming support from non-white voters (though clearly not universally), I don't know why some people seem to get furious at non-white Tories - it's not uncommon, so clearly they are representative of a certain strand of opinion, if indeed we must demand they represent someone more than their constituents of all kinds.
But then I would say that as a middle class white person.
Diversity in the top jobs is to be celebrated. No caveat to that. What's a bit 'pass the sick bucket' is right wing loons who don't give a shit about racial equality trolling the left with nonsensical assertions that the make-up of this Truss cabinet shows the Tories are the bees knees on the subject and are more committed than Labour to fighting racism.
It can be overblown, certainly. It's why people like the original bit quoted should not give them an opening via caveats to over egg their achievements and whitewash any concerns.
Likewise, three female PMs doesn't mean the Tories are the only ones who get the concerns of women. But if a fool claims they don't count as they had the wrong views and didn't really support women, well, that just helps the Tories so much.
Yes there's 2 things if say a woman makes the top in politics.
The role model aspect. Just being there is enough for this
The active representation aspect. This depends on whether or not - and to what extent - she works to promote women's interests generally.
Same thing with eg people of colour.
I see you have finally and thankfully moved on from the awful, reductionist and frankly racist “BAME” to “people of colour”. The last PB-er to do so, I believe
When we get a Cabinet minister who's lived a decade on benefits, that's inclusive.
Paddy Ashdown was on the dole for a year after he left the Marines. Not sure any other party leader has signed on.
John Major did. John left the ornaments business the following year to care for his ill mother, though when she got better he was unable to find a new job and was unemployed for much of the latter half of 1962, a situation he says was "degrading". After Major became prime minister, it was misreported that his failure to get a job as a bus conductor resulted from his failing to pass a maths test; he had in fact passed all of the necessary tests but had been passed over owing to his height. In the meantime he studied for a qualification in banking via correspondence course. Eventually in December 1962 he found a job working at the London Electricity Board (LEB) in Elephant and Castle.
Woke department, channelling Leon - an interesting piece about how the meaning of "Jerusalem" has changed back and forth over the years. The musical discussion is over my head, but I see the abiguity of the text.
Does Golda Schulz sing the Tory words "those Satanic mills", which change the entire articulation 180 degrees away from what William Blake actually wrote, namely "these Satanic mills"?
Jazmin Sawyers sings the words right. So did Paul Robeson.
You only have to look at the grammatical tenses and moods to appreciate that the last line of the second verse is the fulcrum. Whether it's "these" or "those" matters a LOT.
Jason Whittaker wrote his long article without mentioning public schools at all, or for that matter the actual 1917 battle for Jerusalem either. Christians retook the city from Muslims who had held it since 1187. That was considered rather momentous at the time, especially by posh Brits for obvious reasons. ("Take that, Mr Saladin!") Nor does Whittaker mention that the BBC blasted the song out on the radio to celebrate the defeat of the 1926 general strike.
Tories' mouths should burn when they try to appropriate anything by William Blake. It's even more annoying than John Major referencing George Orwell.
Blake was the guy who wrote "The Little Black Boy" and called the cathedral in the City of London "Paul's" rather than "Saint Paul's". Any Tories reading this...had you met Blake, no, you wouldn't have got on with him.
PS Glastonbury is a lovely town, with its Abbey and Tor and Thorn and its Dion Fortune memories and hippy vibe, and it would be an ace place to live were it not for all the rats which the last time I was there would often run into shops.
My son is 12 and tomorrow he will be onto his fifth PM of his lifetime.
I was nearly 29 when I had my first five PMs in my lifetime.
The lucky devil, so much more excitement. If only we could have been there in the Year of Five Emperors.
We had the year of the three emperors in 1936. Three-fifths as exciting.
The abdication crisis was more exciting than the year of five emperors.
It was great to see a Tory PM oust the monarch.
Hopefully Liz Truss will follow in Baldwin’s august footsteps.
Baldwin just replaced Edward VIIIth with his brother, if Truss even thought about reverting to republicanism we would of course have to throw her out within 5 minutes as she would no longer be a Tory
Not sure I remember the usual tabloids being so over the top gushing partisan.
Desperate. Desperate. Desperate.
They know the voters have rumbled the new PM.
They can see the ultimate nightmare approaching - two decades, if not longer, in futile Opposition.
Two decades is a stretch. How long has it been since we've seen such a thing, even during some awful times? The 20s onward almost counts, but not quite, plus a long time with no election skews it.
I suspect the gushing is an attempt to cement a picture of the new PM in the eyes of those who have not been paying attention and nothing more, 'See, she's actually really awesome'.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one Labour party member's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
When we get a Cabinet minister who's lived a decade on benefits, that's inclusive.
Paddy Ashdown was on the dole for a year after he left the Marines. Not sure any other party leader has signed on.
John Major did. John left the ornaments business the following year to care for his ill mother, though when she got better he was unable to find a new job and was unemployed for much of the latter half of 1962, a situation he says was "degrading". After Major became prime minister, it was misreported that his failure to get a job as a bus conductor resulted from his failing to pass a maths test; he had in fact passed all of the necessary tests but had been passed over owing to his height. In the meantime he studied for a qualification in banking via correspondence course. Eventually in December 1962 he found a job working at the London Electricity Board (LEB) in Elephant and Castle.
Interesting. I think signing on is a dive into how other people have to live, and the petty humiliations involved in the bureaucracy. I did for a while, but fortunately not for long, though one of my best friends was on the dole for several years in the Eighties.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Woke department, channelling Leon - an interesting piece about how the meaning of "Jerusalem" has changed back and forth over the years. The musical discussion is over my head, but I see the abiguity of the text.
Does Golda Schulz sing the Tory words "those Satanic mills", which change the entire articulation 180 degrees away from what William Blake actually wrote, namely "these Satanic mills"?
Jazmin Sawyers sings the words right. So did Paul Robeson.
You only have to look at the grammatical tenses and moods to appreciate that the last line of the second verse is the fulcrum. Whether it's "these" or "those" matters a LOT.
Jason Whittaker wrote his long article without mentioning public schools at all, or for that matter the actual 1917 battle for Jerusalem either. Christians retook the city from Muslims who had held it since 1187. That was considered rather momentous at the time, especially by posh Brits for obvious reasons. ("Take that, Mr Saladin!") Nor does Whittaker mention that the BBC blasted the song out on the radio to celebrate the defeat of the 1926 general strike.
Tories' mouths should burn when they try to appropriate anything by William Blake. It's even more annoying than John Major referencing George Orwell.
Blake was the guy who wrote "The Little Black Boy" and called the cathedral in the City of London "Paul's" rather than "Saint Paul's". Any Tories reading this...had you met Blake, no, you wouldn't have got on with him.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Few on here have done that though, certainly not to the extent of the piece quoted.
Would be interesting to see his opinion on who was most charismatic right now. A no score draw. And then an interminable series of penalties. Where it is a series of over the bar, wide, and easy saves. One of them will get a fortunate goal eventually.
What do we suppose Boris is doing on his final night as PM? Taking his pick of the wine cellar? Defacing the gold wallpaper with his bodily fluids? Something good I bet.
Oh do stop it. Who the fuck cares?
Well the new inhabitants of that living room do.
Lol - but let's just forget him please.
And PLEASE let's not fall for the false media narrative coming our way soon - courtesy of his mates in low places like the Spectator - about a possible comeback.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Is Miss Trusst still not PM yet? Which pen-pushing helmet at Central Office thought it a good idea to let this borefest go on all summer?
Boris. The contest got him past May's tenure, but he wanted some clear water between the pair of them so he needed to leapfrog Callaghan too.
Actually, I suspect it is as simple as they decided it needed to be at least 3 weeks or so for postal votes, at which point they'd be into August, so they just went 'F*ck it, no one wants to come back in August, wait til we're back in September'.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Some of the other leaders may well miss Boris a bit. Regardless of what they thought of his politics he's probably not as dull as some of them, and gossiping and bitching with other world leaders was something he'd be ok at. They're not allowed to moan about their problems with anyone else but other leaders.
@AlboMP · 9h Congratulations to @trussliz on your election as Conservative Party Leader and endorsement as UK Prime Minister - I look forward to a continued constructive relationship and friendship between our nations and people
Harry Cole @MrHarryCole 🚨🚨 NEW: Truss to freeze energy bills for homes and firms until at least Jan - massive multibillion intervention coming as soon as Thursday.
Energy firms in meetings with Mogg all day.. wholesale price cap likely coming with taxpayer meeting shortfall:
Can we just reread that guardian quote about the Tory cabinet
“It’s not enough to be a Black or ethnic minority politician in this country or a cabinet member. That’s not what representation is about.”
What the holy fuck is “representation about” if occupying all the senior positions in the actual British cabinet - unprecedented in western politics - is not seen as some kind of “racial progress”?
What does she want? What would satisfy Ms Shah, at least for now?
Labour have never come close to electing a female leader. Their best chance of a non white leader was Chuka and he was hounded out the party to the Lib Dems along with most of the Jewish MPs. And yet somehow they claim to be the party of feminism and racial equality. Ridiculous.
I don't think Labour are incapable of electing a woman just as the Tories are not incapable of electing a non white leader, even though they didn't today. But whilst overall Labour have overwhelming support from non-white voters (though clearly not universally), I don't know why some people seem to get furious at non-white Tories - it's not uncommon, so clearly they are representative of a certain strand of opinion, if indeed we must demand they represent someone more than their constituents of all kinds.
But then I would say that as a middle class white person.
Diversity in the top jobs is to be celebrated. No caveat to that. What's a bit 'pass the sick bucket' is right wing loons who don't give a shit about racial equality trolling the left with nonsensical assertions that the make-up of this Truss cabinet shows the Tories are the bees knees on the subject and are more committed than Labour to fighting racism.
It can be overblown, certainly. It's why people like the original bit quoted should not give them an opening via caveats to over egg their achievements and whitewash any concerns.
Likewise, three female PMs doesn't mean the Tories are the only ones who get the concerns of women. But if a fool claims they don't count as they had the wrong views and didn't really support women, well, that just helps the Tories so much.
Yes there's 2 things if say a woman makes the top in politics.
The role model aspect. Just being there is enough for this
The active representation aspect. This depends on whether or not - and to what extent - she works to promote women's interests generally.
Same thing with eg people of colour.
I see you have finally and thankfully moved on from the awful, reductionist and frankly racist “BAME” to “people of colour”. The last PB-er to do so, I believe
Since those with titles do not automatically sit in the Lords anymore and can in fact be MPs, I think PMs should be given earldoms upon taking office. The list of former PMs is much classier with all the 'Earl of X' 'Marquess of Y' talk rather than boring old names (though Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil is pretty good).
Harry Cole @MrHarryCole 🚨🚨 NEW: Truss to freeze energy bills for homes and firms until at least Jan - massive multibillion intervention coming as soon as Thursday.
Energy firms in meetings with Mogg all day.. wholesale price cap likely coming with taxpayer meeting shortfall:
I'd agree to a lot to get out of a room he was in too.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Awkward by-election in midBuvks when Nedine is elevated: Con 60, Lab 22, LD 13, Gr 4. In normal times I'd say it was simply unwinnable and everyone should forget tactical voting and vote for whoever they liked. But I suspect Lab and LD candidates will try to squeeze each other.
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Awkward by-election in midBuvks when Nedine is elevated: Con 60, Lab 22, LD 13, Gr 4. In normal times I'd say it was simply unwinnable and everyone should forget tactical voting and vote for whoever they liked. But I suspect Lab and LD candidates will try to squeeze each other.
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
Yes Nick. My mother suffers from vertigo badly as do I on occasion and both have had great success with it. Once you get the hang of it it is something you can do at home. It generally works well although not 100% of the time.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one Labour party member's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
Labour/Starmer in government will be absolutely stuffed by LOTO Kemi. They won't have the first clue how to deal with her.
Awkward by-election in midBuvks when Nedine is elevated: Con 60, Lab 22, LD 13, Gr 4. In normal times I'd say it was simply unwinnable and everyone should forget tactical voting and vote for whoever they liked. But I suspect Lab and LD candidates will try to squeeze each other.
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
Yes Nick. My mother suffers from vertigo badly as do I on occasion and both have had great success with it. Once you get the hang of it it is something you can do at home. It generally works well although not 100% of the time.
Thanks, Richard - that's really helpful. I imagine working on oil rigs with vertigo must be pretty daunting?
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one Labour party member's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
Labour/Starmer in government will be absolutely stuffed by LOTO Kemi. They won't have the first clue how to deal with her.
Kemi is pretty extreme. She will be defeated by her own words. Labour won’t need to do much. We won’t want to go back to the chaos, division and inflation of the Tory years. The last thing we will need is an ideologue like Badenoch.
Tim Harford @TimHarford Back in 1994/95, I studied mathematical logic with Liz Truss. Just the two of us + the prof. Cantor's infinities. Peano arithmetic. Turing machines. All the good stuff. I wonder if it will help her with the job? Let's hope so.
Awkward by-election in midBuvks when Nedine is elevated: Con 60, Lab 22, LD 13, Gr 4. In normal times I'd say it was simply unwinnable and everyone should forget tactical voting and vote for whoever they liked. But I suspect Lab and LD candidates will try to squeeze each other.
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
Yes, I had BPPV a few years ago, to the point where I was banging into the wall while trying to walk down the corridor. A friendly ENT surgeon did the Epley on me and I was dramatically but not completely better. It isn't that easy to do yourself, and a knowledge of the anatomy of the semicircular canals of the inner ear is very helpful.
I have had some flare ups since, but nowhere near as bad.
Well, I know what my nightmares will be about tonight - the dreaded fourheaded Toryhyrda beast of myth.
Politics aside that’s a terrible front page because it just doesn’t work. Man woman man woman for a start. And also quite a variety of ages. The faces don’t blur. We see the gender
Whereas the last four Labour leaders would be man man man man, all middle aged or late middle aged. (And all white)
Early signs that Labour might struggle with a comp-educated woman leading the Tories, surrounded by minority ethnic senior ministers
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one Labour party member's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
Labour/Starmer in government will be absolutely stuffed by LOTO Kemi. They won't have the first clue how to deal with her.
Awkward by-election in midBuvks when Nedine is elevated: Con 60, Lab 22, LD 13, Gr 4. In normal times I'd say it was simply unwinnable and everyone should forget tactical voting and vote for whoever they liked. But I suspect Lab and LD candidates will try to squeeze each other.
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
Yes Nick. My mother suffers from vertigo badly as do I on occasion and both have had great success with it. Once you get the hang of it it is something you can do at home. It generally works well although not 100% of the time.
Thanks, Richard - that's really helpful. I imagine working on oil rigs with vertigo must be pretty daunting?
Thankfully it is rare for me. I did get medivaced from a Norwegian platform about 20 years ago with it but that has been the only time I have had it offshore. Hope it goes well tomorrow.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Or it’s just…. True?
“All anecdotes of racism are true until they don’t support my political opinions, then they are clearly invented”
You guys are unbelievable. I guess you don’t realise how you come across
https://mobile.twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1566835323417645056 I kept an open mind. I really did. But reading Judge Cannon’s ruling left my jaw on the floor in its absurdity. Unless the federalist society wants to argue that this precedent would only apply to Trump, this ruling would demolish future white collar criminal investigations…
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
It’s comforting that on the day a new Tory was elected, we’re already talking about the next Tory leader in opposition. Doubly comforting considering last time all the popular candidates were passed over.
https://mobile.twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1566835323417645056 I kept an open mind. I really did. But reading Judge Cannon’s ruling left my jaw on the floor in its absurdity. Unless the federalist society wants to argue that this precedent would only apply to Trump, this ruling would demolish future white collar criminal investigations…
I don't think they are a fan of the reasoning inthis case.
This ruling MUST be appealed immediately. If it is not, criminal investigations can easily be crippled based on this absurd precedent
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
Another one. Someone chalk them up
“Allegations of racism by right wing black politicians are always wrong. They are invented by evil uppity posh black people who don’t count anyway how dare they ugh”
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
Another one. Someone chalk them up
“Allegations of racism by right wing black politicians are always wrong and invented by evil uppity posh black people who don’t count as black people anyway how dare they ugh”
No, I am sure she has been the butt of racism, but that anecdote seems suspicious.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
Again, how is it more 'suspiciously' convenient than any other anecdote? Would a gay MP who said they got abused once at a nightclub being suspiciously convenient because it supports a case they want to make about discrimination. Would a working class MP who says they were bullied by a toff at school be being suspiciously convenient?
I'm not saying we have to believe all anecdotes, but I'm having a problem seeing how her one, which supports what politics she is presenting, is any different to any other anecdote people tell. We don't tend to tell anecdotes that don't bolster our positions.
The contention appears to be that her anecdote very precisely illustrates the point she wants to make, presumably like those mock 'On the bus someone said X and everyone applauded' quotes, and therefore it is false.
I contend that is a path we don't want to go down too much, since I am confident 5 seconds of googling will reveal every politician on earth telling anecdotes which are suspicious.
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
Another one. Someone chalk them up
“Allegations of racism by right wing black politicians are always wrong and invented by evil uppity posh black people who don’t count as black people anyway how dare they ugh”
No, I am sure she has been the butt of racism, but that anecdote seems suspicious.
Please. Use the whole glorious phrase
You think Kemi Badenoch is SUSPICIOUSLY CONVENIENT
The PB Left - and on the Guardian, and beyond - would be FAR better off if they just celebrated this evidence of racial progress in Britain, and then moved swiftly on
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
Desperate stuff. The fact they are being criticised for their ideas and policies just goes to show how far some of us have travelled.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
Kemi Badenoch told an anecdote about campaigning in her first General Election when she stood against Tessa Jowell, and she knocked on one lady's door who was indignant about a young black woman standing for the Tories "after everything we've done for you people".
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Yeah. I wonder if it is true.
It's certainly very convenient! You couldn't craft one any better.
Embellishment may well occur, but is it any more 'convenient' than anyone else recounting an experience of racism or discrimination which they raise to emphasise whatever point they are making?
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
Who knows. Some anecdotes are true and some aren't.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Yes, suspiciously convenient.
Another one. Someone chalk them up
“Allegations of racism by right wing black politicians are always wrong and invented by evil uppity posh black people who don’t count as black people anyway how dare they ugh”
No, I am sure she has been the butt of racism, but that anecdote seems suspicious.
"TOMORROW 7.30am Boris Johnson to deliver a farewell address outside No10. He will then go to Balmoral in Scotland to ask the Queen to accept his resignation.
11.20am Mr Johnson arrives at Balmoral for his audience with the monarch.
12.10pm Mr Johnson departs and Ms Truss, having travelled to Scotland separately, will be welcomed by the Queen and asked to form a new government.
12.40pm Ms Truss heads back to London.
4pm The new PM arrives at No10 to address the nation for the first time. She will make the last Cabinet appointments and have meetings for updates on matters of national security."
Comments
Anything else looks disturbingly and bizarrely churlish, and also partisan to an odd degree. Tsk. Basic fail
I am not sure how that works for new households, who never got the primary benefit.
I do fear that neither Keir or Liz have very appealing voices though, nor much for excitement, but I can get past that.
Plenty of diverse numpties on the opposition benches too.
I bet imaginary folding money with myself he is running up a proposal for his memoirs - chapter breakdown, suggested title, etc - which his agent will now take to senior editors in London and NYC
Then he will watch the offers roll in. They will be big
Patel's replacement by Braverman might not be much of an improvement.
And Badenoch for Dorries?
It begins with 'Enoch Powell was right, the darkies have got the whip hand over the white man.'
The role model aspect. Just being there is enough for this
The active representation aspect. This depends on whether or not - and to what extent - she works to promote women's interests generally.
Same thing with eg people of colour.
You could always catching up instead of whingeing in the background.
If I had a vote in this I’d have picked her too for the same reason. Sunak is a bean counter who may have been persuaded by his PR team to be anti Putin. For Truss it’s personal, after Lavrov and his gang’s behaviour to her.
I haven't done an equality audit of Labour politicians, but on the face of it a female shadow Chancellor, Asian Mayor of London and a black shadow Foreign Secretary doesn't look like a Labour party that's going to suffer from an appearance of being, "pale, male and stale."
The question is still whether they're going to inspire confidence in being good enough.
John left the ornaments business the following year to care for his ill mother, though when she got better he was unable to find a new job and was unemployed for much of the latter half of 1962, a situation he says was "degrading". After Major became prime minister, it was misreported that his failure to get a job as a bus conductor resulted from his failing to pass a maths test; he had in fact passed all of the necessary tests but had been passed over owing to his height. In the meantime he studied for a qualification in banking via correspondence course. Eventually in December 1962 he found a job working at the London Electricity Board (LEB) in Elephant and Castle.
I suspect the gushing is an attempt to cement a picture of the new PM in the eyes of those who have not been paying attention and nothing more, 'See, she's actually really awesome'.
That’s a genius anecdote. We see the same attitude on here tonight. Paternalist lefty racism
Biden does it all the time
Biden certainly has.
A no score draw. And then an interminable series of penalties. Where it is a series of over the bar, wide, and easy saves.
One of them will get a fortunate goal eventually.
And PLEASE let's not fall for the false media narrative coming our way soon - courtesy of his mates in low places like the Spectator - about a possible comeback.
That will be free money to lay.
What were the BBC thinking?
Actually, I suspect it is as simple as they decided it needed to be at least 3 weeks or so for postal votes, at which point they'd be into August, so they just went 'F*ck it, no one wants to come back in August, wait til we're back in September'.
@TrussLiz
. The relationship between Canada and the UK is one of the strongest in the world, and I look forward to making it even stronger as we work to make life better for people on both sides of the Atlantic.
https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1566903820004823041?s=20&t=GrpkLEjDZe6gEJWDiYe-bw
And to Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
, thank you for your partnership with Canada over the years. We’ve made good progress on the many priorities we share, and I’m wishing you and your family nothing but the best in the years ahead.
https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1566903822332698625?s=20&t=GrpkLEjDZe6gEJWDiYe-bw
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1566858800656797697?s=20&t=GrpkLEjDZe6gEJWDiYe-bw
@trussliz
! I am looking forward to our cooperation in these challenging times. The UK and Germany will continue to work closely together - as partners and friends.
https://twitter.com/Bundeskanzler/status/1566754441436463104?s=20&t=GrpkLEjDZe6gEJWDiYe-bw
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Congratulations to
@trussliz
on your election as Conservative Party Leader and endorsement as UK Prime Minister - I look forward to a continued constructive relationship and friendship between our nations and people
@MrHarryCole
🚨🚨 NEW: Truss to freeze energy bills for homes and firms until at least Jan - massive multibillion intervention coming as soon as Thursday.
Energy firms in meetings with Mogg all day.. wholesale price cap likely coming with taxpayer meeting shortfall:
@trussliz
for being chosen to be the next PM of the UK. Confident that under your leadership, the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will be further strengthened. Wish you the very best for your new role and responsibilities.
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1566763645874356224?s=20&t=GrpkLEjDZe6gEJWDiYe-bw
Incidentally, has anyone had the Epley maneouvre? My attack of vertigo a week back hasn't really gone, so the GP is doing that tomorrow. I'm suspicious of remedies that are quite THAT natural (essentially lean back and let gravity work), but the statistics for cures (well over half of all cases) are impressive.
Hope Trussticles gets rid
Scroungers - we may as well give the money to Russia
Enter Kwasi…
From before she was an MP there are clips of her mentioning other similar experiences, so either she's played a very long game or she's had such experiences.
It's going to be a fascinating few months.
Does Liz like the wallpaper?
The message to tory members couldn't be clearer.
Thanks, so long for the vote, now feck you.
But this one does absolutely illustrate a right wing trope about the left. It's a precision bomb.
Tim Harford
@TimHarford
Back in 1994/95, I studied mathematical logic with Liz Truss. Just the two of us + the prof. Cantor's infinities. Peano arithmetic. Turing machines. All the good stuff. I wonder if it will help her with the job? Let's hope so.
I have had some flare ups since, but nowhere near as bad.
Whereas the last four Labour leaders would be man man man man, all middle aged or late middle aged. (And all white)
Early signs that Labour might struggle with a comp-educated woman leading the Tories, surrounded by minority ethnic senior ministers
“All anecdotes of racism are true until they don’t support my political opinions, then they are clearly invented”
You guys are unbelievable. I guess you don’t realise how you come across
https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1566858479112953858/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1566835323417645056
I kept an open mind. I really did. But reading Judge Cannon’s ruling left my jaw on the floor in its absurdity. Unless the federalist society wants to argue that this precedent would only apply to Trump, this ruling would demolish future white collar criminal investigations…
https://twitter.com/Liztruss/status/1566838847362801664?s=20&t=3ILlIZd_HM3GejMhYcNehA
JRM for LOTO.
This ruling MUST be appealed immediately. If it is not, criminal investigations can easily be crippled based on this absurd precedent
“Allegations of racism by right wing black politicians are always wrong. They are invented by evil uppity posh black people who don’t count anyway how dare they ugh”
I'm not saying we have to believe all anecdotes, but I'm having a problem seeing how her one, which supports what politics she is presenting, is any different to any other anecdote people tell. We don't tend to tell anecdotes that don't bolster our positions.
The contention appears to be that her anecdote very precisely illustrates the point she wants to make, presumably like those mock 'On the bus someone said X and everyone applauded' quotes, and therefore it is false.
I contend that is a path we don't want to go down too much, since I am confident 5 seconds of googling will reveal every politician on earth telling anecdotes which are suspicious.
You think Kemi Badenoch is SUSPICIOUSLY CONVENIENT
It could be, but what makes you think it is?
Boris Johnson to deliver a farewell address outside No10. He will then go to Balmoral in Scotland to ask the Queen to accept his resignation.
11.20am
Mr Johnson arrives at Balmoral for his audience with the monarch.
12.10pm
Mr Johnson departs and Ms Truss, having travelled to Scotland separately, will be welcomed by the Queen and asked to form a new government.
12.40pm
Ms Truss heads back to London.
4pm
The new PM arrives at No10 to address the nation for the first time. She will make the last Cabinet appointments and have meetings for updates on matters of national security."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11181285/Liz-Truss-PM-winning-Tory-leader-contest.html