It does feel like something has shifted recently in that the humanitarian situation has become unignorable. To the extent that: * Israeli Human rights organisations are saying that their own govt isn… (View Post)

Supposedly underwriters can be found to insure anything. I guess it must then be possible to insure against having to return a donation because the press find indefensible remarks by the donor. In th… (View Post)

My old boss used to tell the story of interviewing someone who volunteered, during the interview, that they were a furry. Which he then had to try not to be distracted by for the rest of the intervie… (View Post)

Yeah. They wanted a speaker that could be leaned on, and now they're angry because someone else leaned on him first. (View Post)

An interesting thesis, and worth some meditation. My initial reaction, though is that Starmer doesn't have to not stumble. He just has to stumble less than Sunak. So far he is clearing that bar. (View Post)