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Deeply whiny opening from Finkelstein, a man who has used his undeserved public platform to defend Israeli war crimes wondering why he should be questioned or criticised at all

I think the main defence is that it's pretty embarrassing for our country to engage in a moral panic about a band featuring "DJ Provo"

This is the most aggressive statement of the obvious I've ever seen. Of course a charismatic actor is far more attractive than an infamous sex trafficker

Whoooo remembers when we had to pretend the EHRC was a neutral organisation

So many people on the "centre-left" today are scared by countless defeats and now adopt a sort of Vulgar Popularism, believing that every single policy must get a thumbs up via polling. That's not how successful leaders lead and shows ignorance of how ordinary people interact with policy

One thing Keir Starmer supporters do not understand is that whilst they see their politics as being in conflict with right-wing nationalism, the people running the Labour Party do not

The best case scenario would have been to convict her of corruption but not ban her from public office for the misuse of public funds, which is fundamentally anti-democratic

Rachel Reeves has delivered the most monotone suicide note in history

The intellectual decay of Britain's centre-left since 2015 is astonishing. It functionally does not exist anymore. A strange unintended legacy of Jeremy Corbyn

Finally read this. V selective critique which imagines China as an ally to MAGA, instead of a xenophobic caricature villain to stir up militarism, but no mention of Israel in the alliance of ethno-nationalism. Also ignored: how Starmer prioritises subservience to the US over any democratic ideals

Trump is all about economics. He sincerely believes the United States having a trade deficit with another nation is a form of theft that can only be resolved via protectionism. He's now obsessed with President William McKinley. Supportive media don't cover this bc they know it's mad but it's there.