To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
TfL take action on Jenrick video... The spoof statement from Sadiq Khan about distressing footage of a man harassing the fare-evading community wasn't far off:
Transport for London have said Tory MP Robert Jenrick didn’t have permission to film a video where he was calling out people for alleged fare evasion.
I think we have to chalk this up as a grudging win for Jenrick. Hopefully a unique event.
TfL doing their best to make Jenrick popular, there
Maybe the fare dodgers will sue Jenrick for harassment? Have TfL taken any action against the fare dodgers?
Isn’t it a huge mistake for a politician to shout “LOOK AT ME I’M MR CLEAN” just like Jenrick has done? If he has ever done anything in the past on a par or worse than fair dodging, then he’s finished isn’t he?
After today I genuinely believe we can declare we have had peak Reform.
From zero immigration to better spending giveaways than all other parties promising - all paid for by cutting spending that’s not needed, like asylum hotels, it’s an unserious General Election manifesto with Black Hole running into hundreds of billions of pounds.
Even before then, both Conservatives and Labour are certain to be rising in the polls again towards the end of this parliament, as both those parties will have better economic credibility than Reform.
I'm yet to be convinced. Farageonomics is not dissimilar to Trumponomics. The conned by the conmen voters still believe the Emperor is fully clothed beyond the smoke and mirrors.
No one was conned by Trumpnomics, the whole world just had strange election results because of historically long and derp credit crunch. But that’s time limited, normal elections becoming distant from unprecedented credit crunch are just around the corner.
Unless the pre-credit crunch demographics miraculously get restored then that’s unlikely.
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Yeah but where? To my untutored eye, if I'd not known how weak is Kemi's position, I'd have said that Jenrick's video was pitching for Mayor of London rather than LotO.
Jenrick's latest TickTock video is a direct attack on Sadiq Khan. It does appear as if Jenrick might be seriously thinking of running for Mayor.
I'm not sure whether a Court can rule a law to be unconstitutional. I don't see SCOTUS liking this, since they are very attached to the status of SCOTUS.
I'm not sure - there is precedent for SCOTUS changing it's own effective jursidiction though, Marbury V. Madison expanded the power of the court in 1803 and Trump vs United States contracted it in 2025. This would be congress limiting the power of the courts though, which is slightly different.
Congress was always intended to be the most powerful of the three branches of gov't by the founding fathers though but in practice it often acts like it is the weakest next to often muscular Supreme Courts and presidents fond of executive orders (Trump isn't the first)
My hunch is yes, congress can nix the court.
It can't "nix" the court without overturning the entire constitution - but there are a number of ways it might try to circumscribe its powers.
This one isn't likely to pass muster, I suspect.
Unless there's a full scale coup. But that would also be at Congress's expense.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
If he was smart, next he does shoplifting. Wait around outside a London Tesco or Greggs and confront those walking out without paying.
TfL take action on Jenrick video... The spoof statement from Sadiq Khan about distressing footage of a man harassing the fare-evading community wasn't far off:
Transport for London have said Tory MP Robert Jenrick didn’t have permission to film a video where he was calling out people for alleged fare evasion.
I think we have to chalk this up as a grudging win for Jenrick. Hopefully a unique event.
TfL doing their best to make Jenrick popular, there
Maybe the fare dodgers will sue Jenrick for harassment? Have TfL taken any action against the fare dodgers?
Isn’t it a huge mistake for a politician to shout “LOOK AT ME I’M MR CLEAN” just like Jenrick has done? If he has ever done anything in the past on a par or worse than fair dodging, then he’s finished isn’t he?
After today I genuinely believe we can declare we have had peak Reform.
From zero immigration to better spending giveaways than all other parties promising - all paid for by cutting spending that’s not needed, like asylum hotels, it’s an unserious General Election manifesto with Black Hole running into hundreds of billions of pounds.
Even before then, both Conservatives and Labour are certain to be rising in the polls again towards the end of this parliament, as both those parties will have better economic credibility than Reform.
Article 70302 of the OBB Bill seems to end enforcement of contempt by courts.
So that got through the House:
SEC. 70302. RESTRICTION ON ENFORCEMENT. No court of the United States may enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), whether issued prior to, on, or subsequent to the date of enactment of this section. https://rules.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/rules.house.gov/files/documents/rcp_119-3_final.pdf
There's a potential loophole, in that a Court could order a security of one dollar, since the amount in the Civil Procedure Rule is at the Court's discretion *, but that is certainly what Trump is trying.
I'm not sure whether a Court can rule a law to be unconstitutional. I don't see SCOTUS liking this, since they are very attached to the status of SCOTUS.
* (c) Security. The court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order only if the movant gives security in an amount that the court considers proper to pay the costs and damages sustained by any party found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained. The United States, its officers, and its agencies are not required to give security. https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_65
The UK is on the brink of signing a £1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states, amid warnings from rights groups that the deal makes no concrete provisions on human rights, modern slavery or the environment.
I was struck tonight how the BBC's US correspondents managed to report the court's tariff decision, at some length, as a political spat. Bothsidesing it.
Without once referring to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution which plainly states that among Congress's specific powers is that to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations", and the power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Presidential powers in this respect are highly circumscribed - and it's absurd to pretend that the courts have no say in determining whether Trump's actions are valid.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
It looks like we agree on things again Lucky. The Lib Dem’s should never have brought in the 2 child benefit cap, it’s a tax to prevent British babies and import migrants instead. Lib Dem’s can take a hit in the polls for bringing it in.
But main reasons Conservatives will be rising in the polls ahead of the next General Election because they will have more economic credibility than Reform. Most of the voters giving Reform 30% in polls have come from the Conservatives, and Conservatives have credibility on the economy and sound finance built up over 100 years. Reform has zero economic credibility - their weak spot is the huge black hole in their economic plans, and truth is they have actually been making it bigger in last few weeks with even more uncosted not affordable promises and not realising their stupid mistake doing that!
Whilst the inflation spike was worldwide and due to post covid reboot of world economy, the household incomes crash was also not fault of Conservative government but due to UK importing gas - lots of countries suffered with energy price when Putin started murdering Ukraine and Russian people - UK suffered from the amount of gas imports we are dependant on as we haven’t switched to renewables and energy security quickly enough.
likewise If Farage was PM 2020 to 2024, he can not explain how he would better manage with covid reboot inflation and imported gas prices. Farage is on the wrong side of Net Zero and UK energy security argument, the Conservatives on right side of those arguments. These are the argument the Tories will use over and over to bring voters back home from Reform.
And everything I have said here is true honest about how and why incomes were hit. You have to admit it was not all down To chancellor Rishi and PM Truss.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
This was the most surprising thing about Sunak. When he launched his leadership bid it was very slick social media operation and the guys behind it have a track record. From then on, it was a shit show.
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
I don’t care who takes over from Starmer as long as they are ferociously right wing and sort it all out
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Yeah but where? To my untutored eye, if I'd not known how weak is Kemi's position, I'd have said that Jenrick's video was pitching for Mayor of London rather than LotO.
Jenrick's latest TickTock video is a direct attack on Sadiq Khan. It does appear as if Jenrick might be seriously thinking of running for Mayor.
JENRICKVISION on 7.1m viewers, probably the best, most impactful rightwing video since Triumph of the Will
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
Mrs U in previous role had to interact with a lot of politicians and not always clear which ones are going to successfully climb the greasy pole. Although she did call Chuka Umunna as a fraud way before it all blew up.
To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
To give Kemi her dues, she is saying she won’t make glib promises for short term popularity, and that’s quite admirable. But I forgive Farage coming out with any old economic shit because I just want someone to sort out the immigration and woke lunacy
JENRICKVISION on 7.1m viewers, probably the best, most impactful rightwing video since Triumph of the Will
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
I don’t care who takes over from Starmer as long as they are ferociously right wing and sort it all out
Well in the US they have Trump, so.... be careful what you wish for.
JENRICKVISION on 7.1m viewers, probably the best, most impactful rightwing video since Triumph of the Will
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
I don’t care who takes over from Starmer as long as they are ferociously right wing and sort it all out
Well in the US they have Trump, so.... be careful what you wish for.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
I also don't know what incident he's talking about - which doesn't really help his case. Is he part of the cover-up in the media? Has he been mute? Is it too much for him to educate us in lieu of the regular media? If there was an alternate attack as he describes and no-one mentioned it - even people writing obliquely about it - should we be blamed in some way? Is pasting in a link to https://the-news.com/ too much effort for all concerned? It seems so.
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Yeah but where? To my untutored eye, if I'd not known how weak is Kemi's position, I'd have said that Jenrick's video was pitching for Mayor of London rather than LotO.
Jenrick's latest TickTock video is a direct attack on Sadiq Khan. It does appear as if Jenrick might be seriously thinking of running for Mayor.
Being leader of the Conservative Party is not going to be a pleasant experience & the most likely outcome will be spending 3 years in opposition, and then either facing a total wipout of the Party at the hands of Reform, or else spending even more time in opposition.
I don't know about his chances as candidate for Mayor, but being Mayor of London would certainly be a lot more enticing than Leader of the Opposition.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
“Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country,” Rodriguez wrote in one message, according to Klippenstein. “Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people.”
Big ‘Don’t know’ element to the Farage/Truss economics question from YG… but isn’t a bit weird that the DKs are 39, and the four main parties DKs are 35,34,35 & 21?
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
JENRICKVISION on 7.1m viewers, probably the best, most impactful rightwing video since Triumph of the Will
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I met Robert Jenrick about 4 or 5 years ago. Seemed businesslike but nothing out of the ordinary. Generic, as it were. Much less impressive than Kemi on the face of it. But now? Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
I don’t care who takes over from Starmer as long as they are ferociously right wing and sort it all out
Well in the US they have Trump, so.... be careful what you wish for.
Trump isn’t right wing. He’s just a mad twat
He is in his own way offering solutions to the things right wing people say they are concerned about.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
It looks like we agree on things again Lucky. The Lib Dem’s should never have brought in the 2 child benefit cap, it’s a tax to prevent British babies and import migrants instead. Lib Dem’s can take a hit in the polls for bringing it in.
But main reasons Conservatives will be rising in the polls ahead of the next General Election because they will have more economic credibility than Reform. Most of the voters giving Reform 30% in polls have come from the Conservatives, and Conservatives have credibility on the economy and sound finance built up over 100 years. Reform has zero economic credibility - their weak spot is the huge black hole in their economic plans, and truth is they have actually been making it bigger in last few weeks with even more uncosted not affordable promises and not realising their stupid mistake doing that!
Whilst the inflation spike was worldwide and due to post covid reboot of world economy, the household incomes crash was also not fault of Conservative government but due to UK importing gas - lots of countries suffered with energy price when Putin started murdering Ukraine and Russian people - UK suffered from the amount of gas imports we are dependant on as we haven’t switched to renewables and energy security quickly enough.
likewise If Farage was PM 2020 to 2024, he can not explain how he would better manage with covid reboot inflation and imported gas prices. Farage is on the wrong side of Net Zero and UK energy security argument, the Conservatives on right side of those arguments. These are the argument the Tories will use over and over to bring voters back home from Reform.
And everything I have said here is true honest about how and why incomes were hit. You have to admit it was not all down To chancellor Rishi and PM Truss.
Depends on what the main issue is at the next election. if it's the economy, the Tories may indeed have a chance, if it's immigration then it will be Farage
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
no Stephen, it's the Gazan civilians who are being murdered.
+1 - the problem none Israel Jews have is that Isreal is doing on to Gaza what Germany did to Jews that resulted in them being given Palestine / Isreal..
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
no Stephen, it's the Gazan civilians who are being murdered.
+1 - the problem none Israel Jews have is that Isreal is doing on to Gaza what Germany did to Jews that resulted in them being given Palestine / Isreal..
To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
It looks like we agree on things again Lucky. The Lib Dem’s should never have brought in the 2 child benefit cap, it’s a tax to prevent British babies and import migrants instead. Lib Dem’s can take a hit in the polls for bringing it in.
But main reasons Conservatives will be rising in the polls ahead of the next General Election because they will have more economic credibility than Reform. Most of the voters giving Reform 30% in polls have come from the Conservatives, and Conservatives have credibility on the economy and sound finance built up over 100 years. Reform has zero economic credibility - their weak spot is the huge black hole in their economic plans, and truth is they have actually been making it bigger in last few weeks with even more uncosted not affordable promises and not realising their stupid mistake doing that!
Whilst the inflation spike was worldwide and due to post covid reboot of world economy, the household incomes crash was also not fault of Conservative government but due to UK importing gas - lots of countries suffered with energy price when Putin started murdering Ukraine and Russian people - UK suffered from the amount of gas imports we are dependant on as we haven’t switched to renewables and energy security quickly enough.
likewise If Farage was PM 2020 to 2024, he can not explain how he would better manage with covid reboot inflation and imported gas prices. Farage is on the wrong side of Net Zero and UK energy security argument, the Conservatives on right side of those arguments. These are the argument the Tories will use over and over to bring voters back home from Reform.
And everything I have said here is true honest about how and why incomes were hit. You have to admit it was not all down To chancellor Rishi and PM Truss.
Depends on what the main issue is at the next election. if it's the economy, the Tories may indeed have a chance, if it's immigration then it will be Farage
The last period of Conservative government was a total s**t-show. The Tories won't be winning the next election.
The best they might be able to do is to save the Party from being completely annihilated by Reform & retain the position of official opposition.
The UK is on the brink of signing a £1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states, amid warnings from rights groups that the deal makes no concrete provisions on human rights, modern slavery or the environment.
JENRICKVISION on 7.1m viewers, probably the best, most impactful rightwing video since Triumph of the Will
More, please
Yeah but where? To my untutored eye, if I'd not known how weak is Kemi's position, I'd have said that Jenrick's video was pitching for Mayor of London rather than LotO.
Jenrick's latest TickTock video is a direct attack on Sadiq Khan. It does appear as if Jenrick might be seriously thinking of running for Mayor.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
As one of the correspondents on Newsnight said, the next smart move for Jenrick would be to try catching sausage roll and pork pie thieves in those types of shops.
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Well, he's failing if that's what he's trying to do. I've seen literally zero mentions of him in any of my social media. I guess if he's after the London mayor post then it probably doesn't matter that no-one outside the M25 has any idea who he is.
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
I also don't know what incident he's talking about - which doesn't really help his case. Is he part of the cover-up in the media? Has he been mute? Is it too much for him to educate us in lieu of the regular media? If there was an alternate attack as he describes and no-one mentioned it - even people writing obliquely about it - should we be blamed in some way? Is pasting in a link to https://the-news.com/ too much effort for all concerned? It seems so.
Pollard is talking about an incident at Hampstead tube on Monday. I briefly saw the story at the time, possibly in the Standard.
But even if Pollard is right that a similar attack on Muslims would have been widely covered – and, to be frank, I think he is entirely wrong about that, it is disingenuous in the extreme of Pollard to ignore that Monday's news was dominated by the news from Liverpool.
Big ‘Don’t know’ element to the Farage/Truss economics question from YG… but isn’t a bit weird that the DKs are 39, and the four main parties DKs are 35,34,35 & 21?
I think thst the reason for this is that there are a very large number of don't knows in rhe don't knows, so that all the groups. who know have less don't knows than the don't knows.
To soften the edges of his praise for Sir Keir, here’s John Rentoul’s ‘View From Westminster’ email
I think the only chance the Conservatives have is with a manifesto that is honest with people about the state of the nation’s finances, and promises to balance the books.
Yes. The 2-child thing and the general competition for the votes of the less well off is a lifeline for the Tories.
It looks like we agree on things again Lucky. The Lib Dem’s should never have brought in the 2 child benefit cap, it’s a tax to prevent British babies and import migrants instead. Lib Dem’s can take a hit in the polls for bringing it in.
But main reasons Conservatives will be rising in the polls ahead of the next General Election because they will have more economic credibility than Reform. Most of the voters giving Reform 30% in polls have come from the Conservatives, and Conservatives have credibility on the economy and sound finance built up over 100 years. Reform has zero economic credibility - their weak spot is the huge black hole in their economic plans, and truth is they have actually been making it bigger in last few weeks with even more uncosted not affordable promises and not realising their stupid mistake doing that!
Whilst the inflation spike was worldwide and due to post covid reboot of world economy, the household incomes crash was also not fault of Conservative government but due to UK importing gas - lots of countries suffered with energy price when Putin started murdering Ukraine and Russian people - UK suffered from the amount of gas imports we are dependant on as we haven’t switched to renewables and energy security quickly enough.
likewise If Farage was PM 2020 to 2024, he can not explain how he would better manage with covid reboot inflation and imported gas prices. Farage is on the wrong side of Net Zero and UK energy security argument, the Conservatives on right side of those arguments. These are the argument the Tories will use over and over to bring voters back home from Reform.
And everything I have said here is true honest about how and why incomes were hit. You have to admit it was not all down To chancellor Rishi and PM Truss.
Depends on what the main issue is at the next election. if it's the economy, the Tories may indeed have a chance, if it's immigration then it will be Farage
Ha! 😌
If the pledge is “Zero immigration” none at all not even one on the most temporary of visa” - that makes the GE ALL about the economy - and “zero immigration” party loses bigly.
If the policy is some sort of mature and realistic nuance “we will get it down to tens of thousands each year. Clamp down on workarounds and tricks.” Then where is the dog whistle differential that drew voters from other parties in the first place?
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
I also don't know what incident he's talking about - which doesn't really help his case. Is he part of the cover-up in the media? Has he been mute? Is it too much for him to educate us in lieu of the regular media? If there was an alternate attack as he describes and no-one mentioned it - even people writing obliquely about it - should we be blamed in some way? Is pasting in a link to https://the-news.com/ too much effort for all concerned? It seems so.
Pollard is talking about an incident at Hampstead tube on Monday. I briefly saw the story at the time, possibly in the Standard.
But even if Pollard is right that a similar attack on Muslims would have been widely covered – and, to be frank, I think he is entirely wrong about that, it is disingenuous in the extreme of Pollard to ignore that Monday's news was dominated by the news from Liverpool.
It doesn't sound anything like the incident where the Jewish kids on a bus were threatened by a mob. Now that was some disgraceful reporting where it was claimed they caused it when analysis of what they said was the absolute opposite i.e they were screaming for help.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Well, he's failing if that's what he's trying to do. I've seen literally zero mentions of him in any of my social media. I guess if he's after the London mayor post then it probably doesn't matter that no-one outside the M25 has any idea who he is.
wtf are you talking about. His video now has 8m views - just on X
You can despise the man - but he knows how to work the algos
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
I also don't know what incident he's talking about - which doesn't really help his case. Is he part of the cover-up in the media? Has he been mute? Is it too much for him to educate us in lieu of the regular media? If there was an alternate attack as he describes and no-one mentioned it - even people writing obliquely about it - should we be blamed in some way? Is pasting in a link to https://the-news.com/ too much effort for all concerned? It seems so.
Pollard is talking about an incident at Hampstead tube on Monday. I briefly saw the story at the time, possibly in the Standard.
But even if Pollard is right that a similar attack on Muslims would have been widely covered – and, to be frank, I think he is entirely wrong about that, it is disingenuous in the extreme of Pollard to ignore that Monday's news was dominated by the news from Liverpool.
Powerful stuff from Stephen Pollard although I don't know about the incident of which he speaks.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
I also don't know what incident he's talking about - which doesn't really help his case. Is he part of the cover-up in the media? Has he been mute? Is it too much for him to educate us in lieu of the regular media? If there was an alternate attack as he describes and no-one mentioned it - even people writing obliquely about it - should we be blamed in some way? Is pasting in a link to https://the-news.com/ too much effort for all concerned? It seems so.
Pollard is talking about an incident at Hampstead tube on Monday. I briefly saw the story at the time, possibly in the Standard.
But even if Pollard is right that a similar attack on Muslims would have been widely covered – and, to be frank, I think he is entirely wrong about that, it is disingenuous in the extreme of Pollard to ignore that Monday's news was dominated by the news from Liverpool.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Well, he's failing if that's what he's trying to do. I've seen literally zero mentions of him in any of my social media. I guess if he's after the London mayor post then it probably doesn't matter that no-one outside the M25 has any idea who he is.
wtf are you talking about. His video now has 8m views - just on X
You can despise the man - but he knows how to work the algos
If he was really smart, he already has BJ does Gregg shoplifters, BJ does phone snatcher, in the can.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Well, he's failing if that's what he's trying to do. I've seen literally zero mentions of him in any of my social media. I guess if he's after the London mayor post then it probably doesn't matter that no-one outside the M25 has any idea who he is.
wtf are you talking about. His video now has 8m views - just on X
You can despise the man - but he knows how to work the algos
X is now the riightwing rageosphere ,though. I expect other people measure wider visibility from the number of views on youtube, tiktok, etc.
What is interesting is BJs video has 7.5m views, the rebroadcast from the likes of Sky news, absolutely f##k all.
Views from the already committed (and their bots) rather than the wider public then?
No, it's all of the other social media pages linking to it directly driving the volume.
I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
Yes. The chatterati just don’t get this. For most people this is their first glimpse of Jenrick. He has achieved virality in a way that simply no other politician does - apart from Farage
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
I honestly couldn't pick Jenrick out of an identity parade of no-hopers. Or massive-hopers. I'm probably moderately above-average 'engaged' and... I have no idea what he looks like or what he stands for.
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
Jenrick is the only one of the Tories that seem to grasp that as the opposition you have to do things to grab attention (stunts if you will). See Ed Davey and his antics at the GE.
Well, he's failing if that's what he's trying to do. I've seen literally zero mentions of him in any of my social media. I guess if he's after the London mayor post then it probably doesn't matter that no-one outside the M25 has any idea who he is.
wtf are you talking about. His video now has 8m views - just on X
You can despise the man - but he knows how to work the algos
He does, or his media team does, but his direct attack on Sadiq Khan that vik posted an hour or so back shows Jenrick needs more practice at ‘walk and talk’ to avoid looking like Thunderbirds does Alan Partridge. https://www.tiktok.com/@robert_jenrick/video/7509927101487795478
And as noted earlier, it suggests a run for Mayor not LotO, taking the Boris route to Number 10, although both elections are far enough in the future that he can pivot later.
Obvs Rentoul has a point. But Starmer has weaknesses too. Like how have Labour got into the state where the very poor - those earning £13000 pa - are entering the income tax bracket and they are not even starting to address it. That's at about half the ft minimum wage. It's absurd. Farage is right to draw attention to it, and it will be some years before it matters that he can't solve it quickly.
And how have Labour made the error of withdrawing WFA from a group of fairly poor pensioners while wealthier pensioners get pretty generous tax treatment.
These are basic Labour errors. What they need to comprehend is that Reform, as they have every right to, is recasting itself as Old Labour social democrats, with Old Labour views on family life, the working class, the benefits class, borders, and watching Dixon of Dock Green in black and white.
I wrote on here about ten years ago, someone will be able to find it, that post referendum the existing parties will shape shift into
Cameroons & New Labour Old Labour, UKIP & posh Tories Corbynites, Greens & Lib Dems
I think
Not bad if I’m remembering rightly
Plausible. I predicted the country would turn right, with a left-wing party, an Atlanticist-right party, and a national-conservative party. And I may have been right. But it never occurred to me that the left-wing party would be the Greens, the Atlanticist-right party would be Labour, and the national-conservative party would be Reform...
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
Farage's bubble is probably going to be burst when Jenrick takes over as Tory leader.
Does he not remember who broke Britain? If he can't remember he must have Biden levels of age related neurological disorder.
Am I wrong to find Jenrick even less appealing than Farage?
Voters are probably more concerned about what anyone's going to do about it than who was to blame 15 years ago.
No, and that is why Reform is flying so high while the Tories are barely off the ground – voters do remember it is the Conservatives who broke Broken Britain.
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
It does show that Farage is willing to take risks, think outside the box & present a bold vision.
It might also lead to a flood of donations from Crypto Bros, which might be very helpful for Reform's finances.
Does he not remember who broke Britain? If he can't remember he must have Biden levels of age related neurological disorder.
Am I wrong to find Jenrick even less appealing than Farage?
Voters are probably more concerned about what anyone's going to do about it than who was to blame 15 years ago.
No, and that is why Reform is flying so high while the Tories are barely off the ground – voters do remember it is the Conservatives who broke Broken Britain.
Only last week immigration fell due to the tighter immigration rules Rishi brought in, not what Starmer did.
Brexit was what the voters themselves voted for in 2016 and 2019, austerity was a product of the massive debts Brown left.
Reform are only the main protest vote now as they are the only UK wide party not to have been in government in the last 15 years
Does he not remember who broke Britain? If he can't remember he must have Biden levels of age related neurological disorder.
Am I wrong to find Jenrick even less appealing than Farage?
Voters are probably more concerned about what anyone's going to do about it than who was to blame 15 years ago.
No, and that is why Reform is flying so high while the Tories are barely off the ground – voters do remember it is the Conservatives who broke Broken Britain.
Only last week immigration fell due to the tighter immigration rules Rishi brought in, not what Starmer did.
Brexit was what the voters themselves voted for in 2016 and 2019, austerity was a product of the massive debts Brown left.
Reform are only the main protest vote now as they are the only UK wide party not to have been in government in the last 15 years
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
Farage's bubble is probably going to be burst when Jenrick takes over as Tory leader.
I don't think it will & I think Jenrick probably understands this.
There is no reason for voters to prefer "Diet Reform" when the "Full Flavour Reform" is also available as an option.
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
Farage's bubble is probably going to be burst when Jenrick takes over as Tory leader.
I don't think it will & I think Jenrick probably understands this.
There is no reason for voters to prefer "Diet Reform" when the "Full Flavour Reform" is also available as an option.
That equation becomes more complicated if Jenrick and Lowe join forces. They could position the Tories to the right of Reform on some issues.
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
I wonder if there was someone in 1630s Amsterdam who proclaimed they were going to launch a "Tulip Revolution".
Farage's bubble is probably going to be burst when Jenrick takes over as Tory leader.
I don't think it will & I think Jenrick probably understands this.
There is no reason for voters to prefer "Diet Reform" when the "Full Flavour Reform" is also available as an option.
Indeed, which is why Jenrick's best bet is to hope that Labour defeat Farage and Starmer scrapes home with most seats in a hung parliament with Badenoch or indeed Cleverly or Stride also defeated at the next general election.
Then he will be ideally placed to reunite the right after Farage and the moderate wing of the Tories both flopped and shift the Conservatives further right under his leadership and have opposition largely to himself to a Labour minority government likely propped up by the LDs, Greens and SNP
Does he not remember who broke Britain? If he can't remember he must have Biden levels of age related neurological disorder.
Am I wrong to find Jenrick even less appealing than Farage?
Voters are probably more concerned about what anyone's going to do about it than who was to blame 15 years ago.
No, and that is why Reform is flying so high while the Tories are barely off the ground – voters do remember it is the Conservatives who broke Broken Britain.
Only last week immigration fell due to the tighter immigration rules Rishi brought in, not what Starmer did.
Brexit was what the voters themselves voted for in 2016 and 2019, austerity was a product of the massive debts Brown left.
Reform are only the main protest vote now as they are the only UK wide party not to have been in government in the last 15 years
No. It’s no more complicated than historic crash in incomes the pain of which is still going on. Normal Con Lab dominance will be resumed soon.
How can I be 100% confident of that? Easy. If it’s to do with all those things that happened in UK as you tried to say, then how come crazy things happened world wide General elections in same time of incomes crash?
All the evidence you need is there on wiki polling page. Where are reform over half way through last parliament. 1.9% on very good polling day. Now overlay when incomes started to bite and see Ref go up in polling.
The only key bit of UK politics to keep in mind is Farage is Godfather of Brexit, and British voters hate Brexit.
Ann has switched parties to what she sees as a purer more orthodox version of conservatism ie from Tory to Reform much like she switched churches from the C of E to the Roman Catholic church for what she saw as a purer more orthodox form of Christianity after the C of E synod approved women priests
Final result of the night is a Con gain from Indy in Maldon with LD second close behind and Reform third CON 41.1%(+23.8) LIBD 36.4%(+1.7) REF 16.7% GREEN 5.8%
"This is the moment Robert Jenrick confronted fare dodgers on the London Underground, asking if one of them was carrying a knife. The shadow justice secretary shared footage of himself approaching three men at Stratford station in an attempt to show the extent of lawbreaking in the capital. He can be heard asking one of them if they have a knife on them - as he questions why they think it is alright not to pay. "
Final result of the night is a Con gain from Indy in Maldon with LD second close behind and Reform third CON 41.1%(+23.8) LIBD 36.4%(+1.7) REF 16.7% GREEN 5.8%
Exceptional result for the Tories in Maldon, clearly they squeezed the ex Indy vote hard
Final result of the night is a Con gain from Indy in Maldon with LD second close behind and Reform third CON 41.1%(+23.8) LIBD 36.4%(+1.7) REF 16.7% GREEN 5.8%
Exceptional result for the Tories in Maldon, clearly they squeezed the ex Indy vote hard
They had a similar result in Maldon North in March with Reform again more muted. Their vote was also up in Canvey island despite Reform romping home. Tentative signs for them that Essex vote is holding up?
Edit - worth remembering Maldon was one of the safest seats in the country in 2019 with Tories netting 72%!
Final result of the night is a Con gain from Indy in Maldon with LD second close behind and Reform third CON 41.1%(+23.8) LIBD 36.4%(+1.7) REF 16.7% GREEN 5.8%
Exceptional result for the Tories in Maldon, clearly they squeezed the ex Indy vote hard
They had a similar result in Maldon North in March with Reform again more muted. Their vote was also up in Canvey island despite Reform romping home. Tentative signs for them that Essex vote is holding up?
Edit - worth remembering Maldon was one of the safest seats in the country in 2019 with Tories netting 72%!
You were doing okay till you added the unneeded edit.
The original ruling was from a panel of 3 judges from the total 9 Judges on the Court of International Trade.
Was it an actual Appeal Court, or an En Banc hearing (= all the Judges).
The judgement seems off to me - because of the timings. Either the President has the power to impose tariffs or he doesn't. If he doesn't, why did anyone think he did? If he does, you can't just recind that right because he's doing it 'a bit too much'. It makes no sense.
Logic is:
Trump’s tariffs are universal and permanent.
If law he is relying on permits that then it is unconstitutional as Congress doesn’t have the right to delegate power.
If the rights he has been granted under the law are limited then he has exceeded them
Even the Guardian is talking about fare dodgers and Robert Jenrick's efforts to confront them.
"Robert Jenrick turns vigilante in bid to tackle London’s fare dodgers Tory MP claims ‘law breaking is out of control’ in video in which he accosts travellers on the underground"
I am having a Press Conference tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. EST, with Elon Musk, at the Oval Office. This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House.
"This is the moment Robert Jenrick confronted fare dodgers on the London Underground, asking if one of them was carrying a knife. The shadow justice secretary shared footage of himself approaching three men at Stratford station in an attempt to show the extent of lawbreaking in the capital. He can be heard asking one of them if they have a knife on them - as he questions why they think it is alright not to pay. "
This of course is the reason why most people don't confront the fare dodgers, in case they have a knife.
I suspect very few do and, if they do, it'd be odd for them to use it at the drop of a hat - it's normally gang clashes that trigger that - but, still, who's going to want to take that risk?
TfL's reaction is simply hilarious. We are seeing two things here:
(1) Classic institutional embarrassment at being caught out - so their first reaction is to close ranks and try and shoot the messenger. We have seen this so many times before, like with the Post Office, the National Coal Board, the Met, South Yorkshire police, Rotherham and the NHS scandals. The fact this never works, looks petulant and tone-deaf, and always makez it worse never seems to change this fascinating psychological behaviour of human in-groups. (2) Sadiq Khan is really pissed off about it. TfL is his plaything, for his political purposes and no-one else's, and is thoroughly irritated that a rival like Jenrick has beaten him at his own game - particularly since he said his objective was to expose his failings. Of course, any "permission" (lol) would never have been granted if requested. Since TfL is controlled by the Mayor this is setting the tone from the top down.
TfL will be forced to respond, and Sadiq can only hope now he makes himself look less of a tit than usual in doing it. Through gritted teeth.
The original ruling was from a panel of 3 judges from the total 9 Judges on the Court of International Trade.
Was it an actual Appeal Court, or an En Banc hearing (= all the Judges).
The judgement seems off to me - because of the timings. Either the President has the power to impose tariffs or he doesn't. If he doesn't, why did anyone think he did? If he does, you can't just recind that right because he's doing it 'a bit too much'. It makes no sense.
Logic is:
Trump’s tariffs are universal and permanent.
If law he is relying on permits that then it is unconstitutional as Congress doesn’t have the right to delegate power.
If the rights he has been granted under the law are limited then he has exceeded them
Specifically: tariffs are taxes, and the Executive has no constitutional right to levy taxes. That is a power reserved to Congress.
However, Congress passed a narrow exception to that where the President is allowed to impose temporary tariffs on individual countries in the event of a national emergency.
The court cases are about whether Trump's actions exceed the authority granted to him by Congress.
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I've seen it all over Instagram today with most of the comments being very positive about him taking them on. Don't forget that the wider public have got no clue who he is and any attacks in his dodgy past will be seen as no different to Labour taking all the freebies so I don't think it's necessarily a bar to getting the top job.
https://www.tiktok.com/@robert_jenrick/video/7509927101487795478
This one isn't likely to pass muster, I suspect.
Unless there's a full scale coup. But that would also be at Congress's expense.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/29/police-drop-investigation-into-tory-mp-crispin-blunt-over-alleged-report-says
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/29/uk-gulf-trade-deal-worth-16bn-lacks-human-rights-provisions-groups-warn
Without once referring to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution which plainly states that among Congress's specific powers is that to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations", and the power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Presidential powers in this respect are highly circumscribed - and it's absurd to pretend that the courts have no say in determining whether Trump's actions are valid.
I will politely note that I spotted this after his first video from Birmingham in Jan/feb about the bins/garbage - he’s excellent at social media and he’s hired some skilful crew
Eg at the end of the Birmingham video you caught an audible snatch of the call to prayer. A tiny tiny dog whistle. Brilliantly done (even if you decry the purpose). That’s great sound editing
10/1 for Wimbledon. Probably about right, sadly. Sinner and Alcaraz just dominant.
But main reasons Conservatives will be rising in the polls ahead of the next General Election because they will have more economic credibility than Reform. Most of the voters giving Reform 30% in polls have come from the Conservatives, and Conservatives have credibility on the economy and sound finance built up over 100 years. Reform has zero economic credibility - their weak spot is the huge black hole in their economic plans, and truth is they have actually been making it bigger in last few weeks with even more uncosted not affordable promises and not realising their stupid mistake doing that!
Whilst the inflation spike was worldwide and due to post covid reboot of world economy, the household incomes crash was also not fault of Conservative government but due to UK importing gas - lots of countries suffered with energy price when Putin started murdering Ukraine and Russian people - UK suffered from the amount of gas imports we are dependant on as we haven’t switched to renewables and energy security quickly enough.
likewise If Farage was PM 2020 to 2024, he can not explain how he would better manage with covid reboot inflation and imported gas prices. Farage is on the wrong side of Net Zero and UK energy security argument, the Conservatives on right side of those arguments. These are the argument the Tories will use over and over to bring voters back home from Reform.
And everything I have said here is true honest about how and why incomes were hit. You have to admit it was not all down To chancellor Rishi and PM Truss.
But now?
Quite a makover with the weight loss; marathon running; coup de theatre attention grabbing - this is one seriously ambitious guy.
"Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It’s just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it’s only Jews.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry?
But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don’t count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight.
https://x.com/stephenpollard/status/1927981381474263353
But using tiktok? Is that wise?
I don't know about his chances as candidate for Mayor, but being Mayor of London would certainly be a lot more enticing than Leader of the Opposition.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/genocide-white-people-alleged-embassy-staff-shooter-s-reportedly-leaked-chats-are-anti-american-fever-dream/ar-AA1FBlfI
“Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country,” Rodriguez wrote in one message, according to Klippenstein. “Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people.”
https://x.com/yougov/status/1928116866599506070?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
I even know what Ed Davey looks like. Admittedly, also not what he stands for.
In fact can we abandon all our attempts at anti racism in the UK until people stop dying in Gaza? That has to be a bigger priority right?
It's not a good look...
The best they might be able to do is to save the Party from being completely annihilated by Reform & retain the position of official opposition.
Just cos the Mad king doesn't know or understand what they are doing doesn't change that
Jenrick may be after the same audience.
Aspiring successor to Farage?
Am I wrong to find Jenrick even less appealing than Farage?
'We are going to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a new initiative — the Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill — which his party has drafted and will actively campaign for.
But even if Pollard is right that a similar attack on Muslims would have been widely covered – and, to be frank, I think he is entirely wrong about that, it is disingenuous in the extreme of Pollard to ignore that Monday's news was dominated by the news from Liverpool.
If the pledge is “Zero immigration” none at all not even one on the most temporary of visa” - that makes the GE ALL about the economy - and “zero immigration” party loses bigly.
If the policy is some sort of mature and realistic nuance “we will get it down to tens of thousands each year. Clamp down on workarounds and tricks.” Then where is the dog whistle differential that drew voters from other parties in the first place?
You can despise the man - but he knows how to work the algos
Jewish boy in hospital after ‘racially motivated assault’ at Hampstead Tube station
British Transport Police called to ‘racially aggravated assault and robbery’ after three boys ‘threatened with knife’
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hampstead-tube-station-jewish-boy-attacked-british-transport-police-b1229953.html
But Liverpool drowned out what was, sadly, a pretty low key story, along with everything else.
https://www.tiktok.com/@robert_jenrick/video/7509927101487795478
And as noted earlier, it suggests a run for Mayor not LotO, taking the Boris route to Number 10, although both elections are far enough in the future that he can pivot later.
RUK 712
C 233
CIIP 200
Lab 131
Grn 67
https://x.com/LloydCymru/status/1928227302023819424
🌳 CON: 17.3% (+1.3)
🏘️ CIIP: 14.9% (-22.7)
🌹 LAB: 9.8% (-2.8)
🌍 GRN: 5.0% (-6.1)
No CR (-22.8) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Canvey Island Independents.
Changes w/ 2024.
https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1928227350237352042
🌹 LAB: 23.4% (-34.9)
🙋 Ind: 8.7% (New)
🌼 PLC: 8.0% (New)
🌳 CON: 7.0% (-8.7)
🙋 Ind: 6.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 3.1% (New)
🐉 GWL: 0.7% (New)
No Ind (-26.0) as prev.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1928222981307703731
Reform GAIN from Labour
Lliedi (Carmarthenshire) council by-election result:
REF: 42.6% (+42.6)
LAB: 23.4% (-34.8)
IND: 8.7% (-17.4)
PC: 8.0% (+8.0)
CON: 7.0% (-8.8)
+/- 2022
Newhaven North
Lib Dem 697
Reform UK 389
Green 122
Con 59
Ind 57
Lab 23
Electorate 3,953
It might also lead to a flood of donations from Crypto Bros, which might be very helpful for Reform's finances.
Brexit was what the voters themselves voted for in 2016 and 2019, austerity was a product of the massive debts Brown left.
Reform are only the main protest vote now as they are the only UK wide party not to have been in government in the last 15 years
https://youtu.be/ZcH87V11NNo
There is no reason for voters to prefer "Diet Reform" when the "Full Flavour Reform" is also available as an option.
Then he will be ideally placed to reunite the right after Farage and the moderate wing of the Tories both flopped and shift the Conservatives further right under his leadership and have opposition largely to himself to a Labour minority government likely propped up by the LDs, Greens and SNP
How can I be 100% confident of that? Easy. If it’s to do with all those things that happened in UK as you tried to say, then how come crazy things happened world wide General elections in same time of incomes crash?
All the evidence you need is there on wiki polling page. Where are reform over half way through last parliament. 1.9% on very good polling day. Now overlay when incomes started to bite and see Ref go up in polling.
The only key bit of UK politics to keep in mind is Farage is Godfather of Brexit, and British voters hate Brexit.
CON 41.1%(+23.8) LIBD 36.4%(+1.7) REF 16.7%
GREEN 5.8%
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14760909/Moment-Robert-Jenrick-asks-fare-dodger-carrying-KNIFE-confronts-brazen-passengers-jump-Tube-barriers.html
This of course is the reason why most people don't confront the fare dodgers, in case they have a knife.
Edit - worth remembering Maldon was one of the safest seats in the country in 2019 with Tories netting 72%!
Trump’s tariffs are universal and permanent.
If law he is relying on permits that then it is unconstitutional as Congress doesn’t have the right to delegate power.
If the rights he has been granted under the law are limited then he has exceeded them
"Robert Jenrick turns vigilante in bid to tackle London’s fare dodgers
Tory MP claims ‘law breaking is out of control’ in video in which he accosts travellers on the underground"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/29/robert-jenrick-turns-vigilante-in-bid-to-tackle-londons-fare-dodgers
Nothing for Labour. Nature is healing.
Labour look finished in Wales.
I am having a Press Conference tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. EST, with Elon Musk, at the Oval Office. This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House.
(1) Classic institutional embarrassment at being caught out - so their first reaction is to close ranks and try and shoot the messenger. We have seen this so many times before, like with the Post Office, the National Coal Board, the Met, South Yorkshire police, Rotherham and the NHS scandals. The fact this never works, looks petulant and tone-deaf, and always makez it worse never seems to change this fascinating psychological behaviour of human in-groups.
(2) Sadiq Khan is really pissed off about it. TfL is his plaything, for his political purposes and no-one else's, and is thoroughly irritated that a rival like Jenrick has beaten him at his own game - particularly since he said his objective was to expose his failings. Of course, any "permission" (lol) would never have been granted if requested. Since TfL is controlled by the Mayor this is setting the tone from the top down.
TfL will be forced to respond, and Sadiq can only hope now he makes himself look less of a tit than usual in doing it. Through gritted teeth.
However, Congress passed a narrow exception to that where the President is allowed to impose temporary tariffs on individual countries in the event of a national emergency.
The court cases are about whether Trump's actions exceed the authority granted to him by Congress.
Find Out Now : Reform 32%, SNP 28%, Labour 13%, Cons 12%
https://cms.findoutnow.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/05/28th-May-VI-Find-Out-Now.xlsx
More In Common: Reform 24%, SNP 24%, Labour 16%, Cons 16%
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/media/1xxnonjy/votingintention26may.xlsx
News article about the poll: https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-now-level-snp-35308063