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There was a discussion last night on Twitter about the fact that we seem to be seeing so few polls at the moment and this is felt more because so much been happening and those who follow the numbers want to get a sense of whether things are having an impact.
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Mr. Eagles, surely Sith* levels of cognitive dissonance?0
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Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:0 -
There were 8 polls last month, outside of a general election campaign which which last year began in April that does not look too unusual.
With local elections on May 3rd we should get a few more this month too0 -
Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.0
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But the reality is that all the things we get so excited about and seem so fundamentally critical to the engaged will have passed almost everyone else by and made no difference. Strangely, the unengaged seem quite content.0
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The suggestion is that this is a parody account not a genuine user.ydoethur said:0 -
How can you tell?ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
(To steal from Dorothy Parker, nee Rothschild)0 -
Oops..ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:0 -
I looked at the thread underneath it when I could finally get the links to work.YBarddCwsc said:
How can you tell?ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
(To steal from Dorothy Parker, nee Rothschild)0 -
That's not conclusive. Maybe he's an officer with the Met in his professional life?TheJezziah said:Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.
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I womder if Andrew Gilligan has a problem with Sadiq Khan because he is a muslim mayor. He must have forgotten Khans incredibly brave and heroic policy on incresing the congestion charge for old cars. In 50 years time a film will be made to celebrate this historic decision.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/sadiq-khan-is-a-lousy-london-mayor-why-hasnt-anyone-noticed/
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It's been Easter. Who polls over Easter (or at least, who polls expecting an unaffected result over Easter)?0
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It is a rather good one too:ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
https://twitter.com/PaulKilby87/status/981436276737019905?s=190 -
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:0 -
It seemed to me that his sympathy for the burglar was genuine.TheJezziah said:Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.
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Now this isn't a spoof.
https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/848984468484313089
As a former SNP MP observes
https://twitter.com/MrJohnNicolson/status/9821666894364139520 -
But I doubt if any of them have an 8 foot horn on their organ...TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Isn’t it something of a problem, when it’s so difficult to tell the parody accounts from the genuine Corbynista?TheJezziah said:Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.
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I had to look that up. As long as I avoid HYUFD’s posts I learn lots on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Nathan Poe wrote:
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.0 -
Mr. Sandpit, well, quite.
When the Leader of the Opposition appears to have strange eyesight problems when it comes to anti-Semitism and is happier snuggling up to the bloody paws of Russian bears than believing the authorities of his own country, it's no surprise some of his followers have views that border on deranged.0 -
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:0 -
Lucky to be seeing any action at all at his age.TheScreamingEagles said:Now this isn't a spoof.
https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/848984468484313089
As a former SNP MP observes
https://twitter.com/MrJohnNicolson/status/9821666894364139520 -
Morning all
"The only good poll is a deed poll" - as someone once said.
I could change my name to Septimus Stodge and promote myself as a Dickensian character.
On topic, we're going to have a fairly large poll to digest in four weeks time so I don't quite see the need to have a lot of polls now. In any case, those who want to will rubbish the local election results as being irrelevant and not indicative and in any case most people seem to think we're four years away from a GE so is it worth getting worried about ?
Nominations will be out on Monday so we can see who is running where.0 -
Mr Stodge, we are not debased colonials. Americans run. We stand.stodge said:Morning all
"The only good poll is a deed poll" - as someone once said.
I could change my name to Septimus Stodge and promote myself as a Dickensian character.
On topic, we're going to have a fairly large poll to digest in four weeks time so I don't quite see the need to have a lot of polls now. In any case, those who want to will rubbish the local election results as being irrelevant and not indicative and in any case most people seem to think we're four years away from a GE so is it worth getting worried about ?
Nominations will be out on Monday so we can see who is running where.0 -
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.0 -
Yup, how are righties supposed to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?Sandpit said:
Isn’t it something of a problem, when it’s so difficult to tell the parody accounts from the genuine Corbynista?TheJezziah said:Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.
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This Single Mother's Voting System Will Amaze You! Politicians Hate Her!TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.0 -
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?
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Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
https://twitter.com/Mendelpol/status/9821794993274798080 -
Ooh, I like doing threads on voting systems.Stereotomy said:
This Single Mother's Voting System Will Amaze You! Politicians Hate Her!TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.0 -
Re parody accounts. Leaving that to one side, the two tweets are a year apart. That should wind up the "it's all a Tory smear" brigade -- normal users would not have noticed: someone had to search.0
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Talk about putting your todger into a hornet's nest...TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.0 -
A question, what's wrong with hypocrisy ? It seems the worst crime of our age, to say one thing in one place and say another somewhere else.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
The notion of individuals trawling through Twitter to pick up any nuance of inconsistency in someone's tweets seems ludicrous but I suppose it's today's version of political dirty tricks.
Is consistency the only virtue, to hold the same view unchanging for years ? Is this why people admire JRM because he's held the same opinion since 1832 ?
I don't know - I've changed my mind and contradicted myself many times. Does that make me a bad person ? Perhaps.
I've been thinking about death a lot recently. It's not healthy but it's the one thing that unites Conservatives, Liberals, Socialists, Nationalists, Anarchists, Greens, Marxists et al.0 -
The Russians appear to be making a play for Morris Dancer's sympathy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/436612580 -
I did that. Well a thread about Corbyn's todger.Nigelb said:
Talk about putting your todger into a hornet's nest...TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
Those expecting Jeremy Corbyn to comport himself at the next general election with all the dignity, competence, and elan of a man who has just accidentally inserted his penis and scrotum into a hornets’ nest might be surprised at just how well Corbyn does at the next general election, in the past year nobody has become rich by underestimating Jeremy Corbyn.
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/08/30/in-praise-of-jeremy-corbyn/
Then a few weeks later I wrote
During PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn often displays the anguish of a man with a bumblebee trapped under his foreskin,
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/09/07/if-corbyn-wants-to-win-the-confidence-of-labour-mps-he-needs-to-improve-his-performance-in-the-commons/
Then someone said I had an unhealthy obsession with Corbyn's todger, so I stopped.0 -
Have you read the linked politicshome story or just the tweet and clickbait headline? The MP was not run out of town; the motion was defeated; another was not voted on.TheScreamingEagles said:Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
https://twitter.com/Mendelpol/status/9821794993274798080 -
At least no comments have ever been made about him putting his todger into pigs.TheScreamingEagles said:
I did that. Well a thread about Corbyn's todger.Nigelb said:
Talk about putting your todger into a hornet's nest...TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
Those expecting Jeremy Corbyn to comport himself at the next general election with all the dignity, competence, and elan of a man who has just accidentally inserted his penis and scrotum into a hornets’ nest might be surprised at just how well Corbyn does at the next general election, in the past year nobody has become rich by underestimating Jeremy Corbyn.
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/08/30/in-praise-of-jeremy-corbyn/
Then a few weeks later I wrote
During PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn often displays the anguish of a man with a bumblebee trapped under his foreskin,
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/09/07/if-corbyn-wants-to-win-the-confidence-of-labour-mps-he-needs-to-improve-his-performance-in-the-commons/
Then someone said I had an unhealthy obsession with Corbyn's todger, so I stopped.
(Can we take the Diane Abbott jokes as read and move straight on, please?)0 -
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?0 -
Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.0
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Monaco have said the same, and Mr Dancer hates street circuits.Nigelb said:The Russians appear to be making a play for Morris Dancer's sympathy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/43661258
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I read Jim Pickard's take on it, it wasn't a pleasant experience for her.DecrepitJohnL said:
Have you read the linked politicshome story or just the tweet and clickbait headline? The MP was not run out of town; the motion was defeated; another was not voted on.TheScreamingEagles said:Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
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Well considering what you said I do hate to get straight into whataboutery but according to studies it is pretty much a problem across the political parties.MikeSmithson said:
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?0 -
But some are keener at imposing it on their fellows than others...stodge said:
A question, what's wrong with hypocrisy ? It seems the worst crime of our age, to say one thing in one place and say another somewhere else.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
The notion of individuals trawling through Twitter to pick up any nuance of inconsistency in someone's tweets seems ludicrous but I suppose it's today's version of political dirty tricks.
Is consistency the only virtue, to hold the same view unchanging for years ? Is this why people admire JRM because he's held the same opinion since 1832 ?
I don't know - I've changed my mind and contradicted myself many times. Does that make me a bad person ? Perhaps.
I've been thinking about death a lot recently. It's not healthy but it's the one thing that unites Conservatives, Liberals, Socialists, Nationalists, Anarchists, Greens, Marxists et al.
As for consistency, the Emerson and Whitman quotes spring to mind.0 -
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It does say she left the meeting when the heckling became too severe.DecrepitJohnL said:
Have you read the linked politicshome story or just the tweet and clickbait headline? The MP was not run out of town; the motion was defeated; another was not voted on.TheScreamingEagles said:Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
https://twitter.com/Mendelpol/status/982179499327479808
Apparently the motion said this:
"when people see inequality, ecological disaster and war alongside the accumulation of unprecedented wealth, in the private hands of a few, it is reasonable that they seek out explanations".
I have to say Bristol Labour don't come out of this looking well.
But then in my experience they're a bunch of useless, stuck up, rude, arrogant and supremely stupid Tristrams who are unfit to run a village post office anyway.0 -
Interesting that the EU and Japan have joined US action against China at the WTO wrt to intellectual property theft.0
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No, really ?TheScreamingEagles said:
I did that...Nigelb said:
Talk about putting your todger into a hornet's nest...TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
I'd quite forgotten. 0 -
Nobody said she was "run out of town." Why are you denying what was never said, and how does the outcome of the two motions affect the claim that she was forced to leave the meeting?DecrepitJohnL said:
Have you read the linked politicshome story or just the tweet and clickbait headline? The MP was not run out of town; the motion was defeated; another was not voted on.TheScreamingEagles said:Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
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Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
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But not so much with the leader which is why this is so potent for Labour.TheJezziah said:
Well considering what you said I do hate to get straight into whataboutery but according to studies it is pretty much a problem across the political parties.MikeSmithson said:
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?
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Ironically Dan Hodges spent five years complaining about Labour's last Jewish leader.Scott_P said:0 -
She couldn't be run out of town in Bristol anyway. As the locals firmly remind everyone, it's a city.Ishmael_Z said:
Nobody said she was "run out of town." Why are you denying what was never said, and how does the outcome of the two motions affect the claim that she was forced to leave the meeting?DecrepitJohnL said:
Have you read the linked politicshome story or just the tweet and clickbait headline? The MP was not run out of town; the motion was defeated; another was not voted on.TheScreamingEagles said:Now I wish this was a spoof, but sadly is genuine.
https://twitter.com/Mendelpol/status/982179499327479808 0 -
I don't know if anyone remembers but around the time of the coup in 2016 this exact same thing happened with bad tempered CLP meetings and disagreements between members (each other) and the MP. That is this exact CLP and MP.
I imagine this is pretty much a continuation of that, as with most things in Labour it is seen through the factions. Though I imagine a lot changed their votes because of what it was about. If it had been a different issue which wasn't at risk of being interpreted as a vote for anti-semitism it would have gone the other way.0 -
What should be really worrying Labour is that it's been running for weeks and they keep having flare-ups every time the story should be dying down.MikeSmithson said:
But not so much with the leader which is why this is so potent for Labour.TheJezziah said:
Well considering what you said I do hate to get straight into whataboutery but according to studies it is pretty much a problem across the political parties.MikeSmithson said:
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?
It's incredibly poor news management.0 -
https://twitter.com/hugorifkind/status/982182851620712449ydoethur said:What should be really worrying Labour is that it's been running for weeks and they keep having flare-ups every time the story should be dying down.
It's incredibly poor news management.0 -
To be fair to Dan, I don't think Ed's religion was one of his complaints!DecrepitJohnL said:
Ironically Dan Hodges spent five years complaining about Labour's last Jewish leader.Scott_P said:0 -
There’s a difference between one’s views changing over time - that happens to all of us - and saying one thing to one audience and something different to another a week later. Or preaching family values while shagging your secretary. Or saying there’s no problem with antisemitism but reinstating holocaust deniers.stodge said:
A question, what's wrong with hypocrisy ? It seems the worst crime of our age, to say one thing in one place and say another somewhere else.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.
The notion of individuals trawling through Twitter to pick up any nuance of inconsistency in someone's tweets seems ludicrous but I suppose it's today's version of political dirty tricks.
Is consistency the only virtue, to hold the same view unchanging for years ? Is this why people admire JRM because he's held the same opinion since 1832 ?
I don't know - I've changed my mind and contradicted myself many times. Does that make me a bad person ? Perhaps.
I've been thinking about death a lot recently. It's not healthy but it's the one thing that unites Conservatives, Liberals, Socialists, Nationalists, Anarchists, Greens, Marxists et al.0 -
We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.0
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Yep. Today is also the closing date for council election nominations, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that there’s several cases being held back by the press, timed to come out when they can no longer be replaced as candidates.ydoethur said:
What should be really worrying Labour is that it's been running for weeks and they keep having flare-ups every time the story should be dying down.MikeSmithson said:
But not so much with the leader which is why this is so potent for Labour.TheJezziah said:
Well considering what you said I do hate to get straight into whataboutery but according to studies it is pretty much a problem across the political parties.MikeSmithson said:
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?
It's incredibly poor news management.0 -
Maybe they'll be some polls for the Sunday papers?0
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What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.0
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This debonair Tory's betting tips will make you lose pounds overnight (Some mistake surely? Ed)Stereotomy said:
This Single Mother's Voting System Will Amaze You! Politicians Hate Her!TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed, I wish I knew more about trolling and clickbait.Stereotomy said:
The favourite refrain of the trolledTheScreamingEagles said:
Poe's law.ydoethur said:
Ah, it seems it's a parody account. That's a relief.ydoethur said:
Just imagine the extra website traffic I could generate on my threads if I did some clickbait headlines and trolling.0 -
This is a serious question.TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
Don't you think - leaving aside Corbyn's own role and views, whatever they are, for the moment - that it looks bad for the party when a Labour MP is being barracked, threatened with deselection and allegedly is threatening to resign, because she attended a demonstration against racism?
I have to say, whatever the ins and outs of the overall affair, if she does resign or otherwise vacates her seat I think that will be a disaster for Labour.0 -
Fixed.ydoethur said:
What should be really worrying Labour is that it's been running for weeks and they keep having flare-ups every time the story should be dying down.MikeSmithson said:
But not so much with the leader which is why this is so potent for Labour.TheJezziah said:
Well considering what you said I do hate to get straight into whataboutery but according to studies it is pretty much a problem across the political parties.MikeSmithson said:
Jew hate racism does seem to be a particular problem on the left and whataboutery is no answer.Dura_Ace said:
It's amazing how woke the PB tories are on anti-semitism and yet seem completely out of fucks to give about all the other forms of massive and entrenched prejudice that disfigure our society.Theuniondivvie said:
Yup, how are righties going to get their daily dose of outrage when they can't tell whether they should be outraged or not?
It's incredibly poornewsmanagement.
The idea of them managing things like, oh, say the economy or foreign policy, well... A cold sweat ensues....
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Wasn't that more because "Dan The Man" thought Ed Miliband was useless rather than him being Jewish?DecrepitJohnL said:
Ironically Dan Hodges spent five years complaining about Labour's last Jewish leader.Scott_P said:0 -
I think this is going to run and run.TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
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We have had, I think, one poll on how London will vote in May, even though it is (a) easily pollable and (b) 42% of all councillors up for election0
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Maybe he does work for the Met then.Sean_F said:
It seemed to me that his sympathy for the burglar was genuine.TheJezziah said:Can't be bothered to find out for myself but some people seemed to think it was a parody account. Apparently at one point he was expressing sympathy for the guy who broke in to the old mans house the other day.
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With one KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! ICM went from hero to zero on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.
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Ed Miliband is (like Hodges himself I believe) an atheist.tlg86 said:
To be fair to Dan, I don't think Ed's religion was one of his complaints!DecrepitJohnL said:
Ironically Dan Hodges spent five years complaining about Labour's last Jewish leader.Scott_P said:
Only one fully practicing Jew has ever led a major political party and that is Michael Howard. Samuel was a part-practicing Jew. Miliband was an atheist and Disraeli was officially at least an Anglican.0 -
Noted.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
I do find opinions and viewpoints can change very quickly under certain circumstances. Those who supported one view suddenly find themselves able to support the contrary view because it's proven to be more popular.Sandpit said:There’s a difference between one’s views changing over time - that happens to all of us - and saying one thing to one audience and something different to another a week later. Or preaching family values while shagging your secretary. Or saying there’s no problem with antisemitism but reinstating holocaust deniers.
I suppose that's the nuance between hypocrisy and opportunism.
I've never got on with the notion of the "wisdom of the crowd" and I've always considered a majority is simply the largest number of people wrong about any given subject at any given time.0 -
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-050 -
To be fair to Martin all of the kabooms were justified.GIN1138 said:
With one KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! ICM went from hero to zero on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.
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Of course Ed Miliband was useless -- it turns out he was moonlighting as Theresa May's policy adviser.GIN1138 said:
Wasn't that more because "Dan The Man" thought Ed Miliband was useless rather than him being Jewish?DecrepitJohnL said:
Ironically Dan Hodges spent five years complaining about Labour's last Jewish leader.Scott_P said:0 -
As I noted in another post it has been worse than this before, with this exact MP and CLP during the coup back in 2016. The reason so many votes went that way is it because it was seen to some in a Corbyn vs MP vote, not as a vote for anti-semitism. Although the idea it could be interpreted that way probably did swing the vote when you consider how it went in 2016, with probably less favourable Corbyn members around.ydoethur said:
This is a serious question.TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
Don't you think - leaving aside Corbyn's own role and views, whatever they are, for the moment - that it looks bad for the party when a Labour MP is being barracked, threatened with deselection and allegedly is threatening to resign, because she attended a demonstration against racism?
I have to say, whatever the ins and outs of the overall affair, if she does resign or otherwise vacates her seat I think that will be a disaster for Labour.
Also the idea behind the demonstration wasn't just anti racism, otherwise it wouldn't have been such a political event, as obviously we all agree racism is bad. The idea was anti racism and Corbyn is a problem (or at least part of a problem), which bit do you think the Corbyn supporters might have had a problem with?0 -
I doubt it. This meeting has yet to happen:TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/04/jeremy-corbyn-jewish-leaders-antisemitism-talks-labour
Note in the Board of Deputies letter: "Ultimately the most important thing going forward will be action and not words." This is code for: they want a scalp - probably Livingstone permanently expelled from the party. This is not over.
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Whether that's what they saw it as or not, and accepting that there may well be other factors involved (there usually are) the situation is as I summarised it. And I note you haven't actually answered my question.TheJezziah said:
As I noted in another post it has been worse than this before, with this exact MP and CLP during the coup back in 2016. The reason so many votes went that way is it because it was seen to some in a Corbyn vs MP vote, not as a vote for anti-semitism. Although the idea it could be interpreted that way probably did swing the vote when you consider how it went in 2016, with probably less favourable Corbyn members around.ydoethur said:
This is a serious question.TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
Don't you think - leaving aside Corbyn's own role and views, whatever they are, for the moment - that it looks bad for the party when a Labour MP is being barracked, threatened with deselection and allegedly is threatening to resign, because she attended a demonstration against racism?
I have to say, whatever the ins and outs of the overall affair, if she does resign or otherwise vacates her seat I think that will be a disaster for Labour.
Also the idea behind the demonstration wasn't just anti racism, otherwise it wouldn't have been such a political event, as obviously we all agree racism is bad. The idea was anti racism and Corbyn is a problem (or at least part of a problem), which bit do you think the Corbyn supporters might have had a problem with?0 -
So Corbynism trumps anti-racism?TheJezziah said:
As I noted in another post it has been worse than this before, with this exact MP and CLP during the coup back in 2016. The reason so many votes went that way is it because it was seen to some in a Corbyn vs MP vote, not as a vote for anti-semitism. Although the idea it could be interpreted that way probably did swing the vote when you consider how it went in 2016, with probably less favourable Corbyn members around.ydoethur said:
This is a serious question.TheJezziah said:We'll be moving on to the next stage of the news cycle soon enough, although to be honest in regards to the papers I think we've mostly reached a bad news threshold. Unless Corbyn himself starts doing things wrong then finding some random Labour member who is or has said something anti-semitic has limited extra value.
Don't you think - leaving aside Corbyn's own role and views, whatever they are, for the moment - that it looks bad for the party when a Labour MP is being barracked, threatened with deselection and allegedly is threatening to resign, because she attended a demonstration against racism?
I have to say, whatever the ins and outs of the overall affair, if she does resign or otherwise vacates her seat I think that will be a disaster for Labour.
Also the idea behind the demonstration wasn't just anti racism, otherwise it wouldn't have been such a political event, as obviously we all agree racism is bad. The idea was anti racism and Corbyn is a problem (or at least part of a problem), which bit do you think the Corbyn supporters might have had a problem with?0 -
Did the pollsters come up with a reason or explanation as to how some of them got 2017 so badly wrong ?TheScreamingEagles said:
To be fair to Martin all of the kabooms were justified.GIN1138 said:
With one KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! ICM went from hero to zero on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.
Looking at the last polls, the likes of ICM and ComRes gave the Conservatives double figure leads while the final lead was just 2.5%. The problem seemed to be the Labour vote sharw which ended at 41% - not the 33-35% predicted by pollsters.
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Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-050 -
Yup, their samples were correct, it was when they applied their turnout/likelihood to vote filters that they got it so wrong.stodge said:
Did the pollsters come up with a reason or explanation as to how some of them got 2017 so badly wrong ?TheScreamingEagles said:
To be fair to Martin all of the kabooms were justified.GIN1138 said:
With one KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! ICM went from hero to zero on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.
Looking at the last polls, the likes of ICM and ComRes gave the Conservatives double figure leads while the final lead was just 2.5%. The problem seemed to be the Labour vote sharw which ended at 41% - not the 33-35% predicted by pollsters.
Ironically if most of the pollsters had used their 2015 methodologies in June 2017 they'd have got the election spot on or thereabouts.0 -
Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
I’ve said it over and over. We won’t run out of the stuff for generations. There will reach a point where the cost to extract and sell is greater than the alternatives. But nowhere near it yet. Let’s get drilling in Lancashire.
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@ydoethur
Sorry wasn't intentional skipping of the question. The problem is I don't accept the premise, if she gets deselected, she likely would have been deselected regardless of the protest. Also I don't accept the idea the protest was just anti racism, clearly part of it was to do with Corbyn and his leadership of the Labour party. Edit: Obviously with the idea being a link between racism and Corbyn's leadership in some way.
If she got deselected (or any of the other things) purely for going on this protest that would be wrong even if the protest wasn't just anti racism but obviously even more so if it was.
@Ishmael_Z
If you could point to where I said that?
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Agreed - though I suspect the cost to extract onshore in the UK might well already be greater than the alternatives. Worth finding out for sure, though.notme said:Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
I’ve said it over and over. We won’t run out of the stuff for generations. There will reach a point where the cost to extract and sell is greater than the alternatives. But nowhere near it yet. Let’s get drilling in Lancashire.0 -
Absolutely. Europe needs to decide if it’s happy relying on Russian gas, if theyre going to get it from Bahrain and Qatar, or if they’re going to start digging themselves. From a political point of view a large amount of Option 3 should be an absolute necessity.notme said:Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
I’ve said it over and over. We won’t run out of the stuff for generations. There will reach a point where the cost to extract and sell is greater than the alternatives. But nowhere near it yet. Let’s get drilling in Lancashire.0 -
This stood out:Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
"about as much as Russia’s entire oil reserve"!0 -
Your final rhetorical question suggests that if a demonstration is partly anti-racism in Corbyn's party and partly anti-Corbyn, Corbyn's supporters are justified in being opposed to the demonstration on a net basis. I think Corbyn's supporters have to live with it.TheJezziah said:@ydoethur
Sorry wasn't intentional skipping of the question. The problem is I don't accept the premise, if she gets deselected, she likely would have been deselected regardless of the protest. Also I don't accept the idea the protest was just anti racism, clearly part of it was to do with Corbyn and his leadership of the Labour party. Edit: Obviously with the idea being a link between racism and Corbyn's leadership in some way.
If she got deselected (or any of the other things) purely for going on this protest that would be wrong even if the protest wasn't just anti racism but obviously even more so if it was.
@Ishmael_Z
If you could point to where I said that?0 -
In theory - quite what the economically recoverable reserves are will take some time to determine.MarqueeMark said:
This stood out:Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
"about as much as Russia’s entire oil reserve"!
It does significantly change the strategic dynamics of the region (and possibly the global oil market).0 -
On the Facebook brouhaha, I though this a good article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2018/04/googles-one-time-chief-technology-advocate-on-making-facebook-likable/557378/
So, how might FB fix itself? What might government regulators seek? What could make FaceBook likeable? It is very simple. There are just two choices:
a. FB stays in its send-your-PII-to-their-customers business, and then must be regulated and the customers validated precisely as AXCIOM and EXPERIAN in the credit world or doctors and hospitals in the HIPPA healthcare world; or,
b. FB joins Google and ALL OTHER WEB ADVERTISERS in keeping PII private, never letting it out, and anonymously connecting advertisers with its users for their mutual benefit.
I don't get a vote, but I like (b) and see that as the right path for civil society. There is no way that choice (a) is not a loathsome and destructive force in all things—in my personal opinion it seems that making people's pillow-talk into a marketing weapon is indeed a form of evil.
This is why I never use Facebook…0 -
But, he wound a lot of people up.TheScreamingEagles said:
To be fair to Martin all of the kabooms were justified.GIN1138 said:
With one KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! ICM went from hero to zero on PB!TheScreamingEagles said:What we really need is a poll from Gold Standard Survation.
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The fact that the Corbyn supporters see a demonstration against racism as primarily a demonstration against Corbyn, shows how messed up his party is with their priorities.Ishmael_Z said:
Your final rhetorical question suggests that if a demonstration is partly anti-racism in Corbyn's party and partly anti-Corbyn, Corbyn's supporters are justified in being opposed to the demonstration on a net basis. I think Corbyn's supporters have to live with it.TheJezziah said:@ydoethur
Sorry wasn't intentional skipping of the question. The problem is I don't accept the premise, if she gets deselected, she likely would have been deselected regardless of the protest. Also I don't accept the idea the protest was just anti racism, clearly part of it was to do with Corbyn and his leadership of the Labour party. Edit: Obviously with the idea being a link between racism and Corbyn's leadership in some way.
If she got deselected (or any of the other things) purely for going on this protest that would be wrong even if the protest wasn't just anti racism but obviously even more so if it was.
@Ishmael_Z
If you could point to where I said that?
I’m still predicting that for every seat they win in London in the locals, Labour are going to lose two seats elsewhere in the country.0 -
It was notable in the ongoing war of words with Russia that they regard(ed) the mooted pipeline through Syria as a "provocation".Sandpit said:
Absolutely. Europe needs to decide if it’s happy relying on Russian gas, if theyre going to get it from Bahrain and Qatar, or if they’re going to start digging themselves. From a political point of view a large amount of Option 3 should be an absolute necessity.notme said:Sandpit said:
Yes, that was big news in the region last week. Potentially one of the biggest fields in the world - but it’s going to be difficult and expensive to extract, and is probably several years away.Nigelb said:
I see Bahrain just acquired strategic significance...Sandpit said:
Yes, Monaco is unique in being the only event that F1 attends, rather than promotes itself.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. B, I saw that story. However, it follows Monaco (which apparently is run by a different firm) indicating it's going to have grid girls.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bahrain-announces-huge-shale-oil-discovery-off-its-coast-2018-04-05
I’ve said it over and over. We won’t run out of the stuff for generations. There will reach a point where the cost to extract and sell is greater than the alternatives. But nowhere near it yet. Let’s get drilling in Lancashire.0 -
That depends on what the treaty says. Bear in mind the no 1 EU objective is to keep us in its system of regulation, they are not going to change their way of doing things to accommodate us and there isn't an alternative system available to us. Putting that all together it means us indefinitely committing to doing what we are told. There undoubtedly will be break clauses but they will be drastic and designed never to be used.ydoethur said:
That may depend a little bit on whether we stay fully aligned, or whether we take advantage of looser ties to loosen them further over time (a la Michael Collins and the Irish governments of Cosgrave and de Valera).FF43 said:Exactly. You trade your influence for the symbolism of being independent. Everything else stays the same. I am not sure being told what to do is going to sit well with us long term. We're not Norway and happy to outsource a large part of our foreign and trade relations to third parties. Short to medium term we need to move on and we'rebored with the subject.
That will also depend on what governments we elect and what economic options we follow.
Bottom line, our choice is between multilateralism and unilateral conformity. We rejected the first in the referendum and.so are stuck with the second. I wouldn't rule going back to multilateralism as it gives us more of what we want. It depends on how painful we find the conformity. Breaking the conformity would lead to a crisis.0
