wumpyjumps.bsky.social
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Oh yeah the media as a whole absolutely are (same for "young men turning to Reform" (they aren't)) but this YouGov poll doesn't seem to. And at least they have public data that estimates for the first time directly the proportion of defectors to each party, through the sample sizes.
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It didn't look like YouGov was overstating the defections to Reform to me, but in the article at the bottom, they link to the tables which show the numbers of respondents for each category of Labour defectors (and those staying). Reform is the smallest.
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The only reason you can say that is because you don't see much of anything from the Greens, because our media is ideologically committed to keeping quiet about them and the Lib Dems.
They have been extremely vocally against Reform but it doesn't get them media attention.
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It should be paid for by taxes since it's basically mandatory already, so that the rich pay into it more; the organisation should be decentralised (such that the journalists and artists working there have more influence) and the leadership replaced.
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Isn't there a system setting for changing output display? Could that be the problem because I swear they showed settings that must imply 1440p output.
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It's true that the transphobes only have themselves to blame for having trouble making friends, but the generational divide in Britain is massive on many issues including trans rights. Even on opinions of JK Rowling specifically, its very large.
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I'm hearing about the other deputies and they all seem good to me. I'll want to hear more about them all before I decide but this might be the only time I've struggled to pick between good options in politics.
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I found them and yeah they all seem promising.
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Where can I see the candidates?
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He was on Turn Left and argued strongly for it, even when the host was suggesting it could be bad. I think UBI is a top priority along with other universal programs.
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To the "pragmatist" Labour right and the right-wing in general, cairng about others is truly considered a bad thing. Typically because it's seen as utopian and idealistic. It's especially cynical given that if it is unrealistic, it's only because they are the obstacle.
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I think this discussion is confused by whether "student politics" means NUS leaders looking for connections or the politics students tend to have. Like does 'politics' mean 'office politics' or opinions.
I think when people insult student politics on the right, they mean the latter.
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From my experience they talk about him being unpopular quite a lot. Usually my issue is having too much clickbait that attracts right wingers, although their points are better and what they say in podcasts is better.
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He's named a few names like Clive Lewis and Zara Sultana so he's not talking about Starmer-aligned MPs. Assumedly that includes not letting in Zionists.
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I prefer having trade unions getting close to the party leadership with easy communication but in terms of voting power, it should remain democratic - one person one vote, with direct voting from the party members.
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I'm in the middle of watching it as I write this and don't know about the latter except that Greens are already working with Independents. But he says in the interview that he wants to get trade unions to recognise Labour is a lost cause and move to the Greens.
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I'm currently watching it and am very impressed. It confirmed that he is a socialist and knows the right campaigning strategy: focus on inequality without giving an inch to fascists; focus on the sentiments of policy and who is in power rather than nitty-gritty - that's for the Civil Service.
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I think it's better to have the news appear below or beside the video rather than after as the tone gets shifted way down and people will leave. This helps keep attention and get the message out.
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To be fair, the replies show that socialism and communism mean completely different things to everyone. But collective ownership is basically an agreed pinnacle. I guess it depends if people think democratic state ownership, cooperative ownership or other methods count.
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The party now is in a weird spot because its divided by left-wing soc-dems that are basically Green voters and one-nation Tories that supported the coalition. The leader is one of the latter but has done a good job campaigning so there's little chance of replacement.
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They are a third party but his attitude is similar. The party actually campaigned on being left of both Labour and Tories but then decided to coalition with the party their whole base hated.
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The guy who destroyed the Lib Dems in UK by coalitioning with the Tories and doing austerity better than them.
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The manifesto was pretty good honestly even if jokey, so probably would've helped them. Although there probably would be a scandal for literally copying another candidate's manifesto and how they would be showing they are winning by default by doing that.
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How do you know that? I've always wondered why so many people consider Angela a progressive bulwark in the party.
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Labour is not left anymore though. The things Starmer is doing mean they are not only barely an improvement and continue to make things worse, but pave the way for Reform by validating their message.
Also seeing how polls are acting, I don't think any party is incapable of winning.
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The 18-24 demographic has too low of a sample size to take much from just one poll, but the latest one follows a growing trend for Lib Dems and Greens and has them at 27% and 26% respectively, higher than Labour and all the rest! Good on us youngens.
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She's so rubbish, all her own party expects her to go.
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I hate their inconsistency around it but the overall results will include "Other" in it. So it doesn't show how Green voters think but they are included in how Britain overall thinks.
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Yeah I know that the results are reasonable and in line with others, but sometimes the pollsters can deviate a bit; I've definitely seen it for other More In Common polling. Nowhere near as bad as FindOutNow where Reform is always 4 points ahead of other polls.
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Ed Balls was a prominent politician here in the UK so you don't even have that on us.
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I love how even Zara is confused about whether she is a Labour MP. I guess she doesn't work as a Labour MP after the whip is removed but she still is a member to the party.
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I think it's probably good to put a grade for quality beside each pollster. There's a ranking online and it might not be perfect but some ranking should be used so people don't treat YouGov and FindOutNow polls as equal. More In Common isn't great from my experience.
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Did Vaush transition?
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I love how obvious the shift to the right doesn't work because whenever he does something for the left, it works just as well to us. People want consistency and trying to move one way doesn't work if people remember your history.
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Taking a 'Rejoin' stance is absolutely possible. Unlike what Brexit media have tried to suggest, saying we should rejoin is not the same as expecting to waltz in without compromise or difficult - it means we take the opportunity if it comes and do what it takes to bring it about.
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Scottish Greens are now separate from Green Party of England and Wales so Zack can't actually influence much there.
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Well he doesn't want to destroy NATO, that's my point.
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When on earth did he say he supported Putin? If this is about NATO, then that's misinfo and the other reply with the JimmyTheGiant convo has him debunking that.
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Although I could see the divide shrinking since the leftie faction of the Greens seems to be much bigger than the tree-hugging Tory faction from my experience, while the leadership has been focused on the latter group for so long. Zack could change that a good bit.
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I get the impression that McSweeney has connections we don't know about. He has that exact vibe and position that feels like Mandelson. He's probably not stupid, just very corrupt. Same for the Blue Labour faction and Labour Together as a whole (including Starmer).
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Maybe if Zack is leader, although he more likely will ally them.
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What inequality in the disciplinary system are you complaining about exactly?
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He talks about both in the whole conversation. He's pro-both.
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And although the average may have changed a bit from people leaving, polling on 2024 Labour voters shows they are definitely left-wing generally, even if the party wasn't and so they can continue to leave.
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The parties being banned as a whole I think has a good outcome of preventing parties from pinkwashing, especially when they are at best internally divided and at worse actively hostile. But pro-LGBTQ politicians who fight for trans rights I think deserve to come here. Like Carla and Zack e.g.
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I'm an outsider but I feel like the party is trapped. There's lots of members and MPs that want social democracy but due to Davey's success, he's going to stay despite holding the party back with his Clegginess.
At least their base could move to Greens in places where they'd do better.
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Luckily his very next post was about the issue - very clear, direct and popular (lots of likes).
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FWIW I sided with the poster that bullied the transphobe for looking "more like a man" than the trans women she harassed. The downside of the implication that looks define gender (which only already pro-trans people care about) is outweighed IMO by the power of dark woke (ik its corny).