Rayner is many things, but she is by no means a "Corbynite left wing nutter". (View Post)

One of the major positive functions of the Labour party is to identify Tory sleaze and point it out. Because they're entirely funded by the unions (which is a separate array of problems, but at least… (View Post)

Seriously? Yes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32428648 The breaches in the Tower Hamlets case were egregious, and it still took a heck of a lot of effort from some determined campaigne… (View Post)

Some elements of the socialist left really loved the idea of masks, and desperately wanted them to be the long term solution, rather than vaccines. There was a longish period where you saw this all o… (View Post)

Just a terminology issue. "Herd immunity" at that early stage actually meant "do nothing and hope it burns itself out", which was quickly shown to be flawed, since the hospitalisa… (View Post)