Sorry, what is closing the border to Chinese travellers supposed to achieve? Don’t get me wrong, I was all in favour back in February 2020 when we had no idea what the fuck what was happening. But it… (View Post)

Hold onto nurse for something worse, eh? Nope. That hasn’t worked. Turns out nurse has Munchausen’s syndrome. (View Post)

I disagree with the implicit equivalence here (as I read it). Yes, capitalism (and globalisation) has done its thing and given us smartphones and low-cost airlines. But a previous generation got peni… (View Post)

I don’t agree with Finkelstein’s full thesis posted above. Starmer is left-wing, yes, but no more left wing than Miliband or, say, John Smith. I don’t think he was quite content with Corbyn, either. … (View Post)

There’s nothing here that is not left wing and much here that is. (View Post)