With the usual resrervations, I think the anti-Tory coalition is very stable - the Conservatives have been under 30% for the last year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Unit… (View Post)

No, he got there in the end. He's pretty forthright about them here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/jeremy-corbyn-calls-hamas-terrorist-group-after-previous-demurral (View Post)

Yes, I agree. But the ambiguity of the word doesn't detract from the horror at what is going on. "Ceasefire" is ambiguous too, though - it's unlikely to be permanent unless at lea… (View Post)

The article does a good job of identifying the problems oin the way it's used. I think of "a deliberate attempt to kill out an entire ethnic group", which is a pretty narrow definition… (View Post)

I have a moderately lucrative side-hustle "translating" American to English for Uber (produces a few hundred pounds a month for modest effort). It's not as trivial as it sounds, though… (View Post)