Maybe the mainstream right had been hiding its true agenda. Maybe there never was much difference. Maybe it's more honest to have things out in the open.
So perhaps less fear, because people can see better now.
UK economy failed to grow in January ahead of Iran war.
Neoliberalism has failed.
Need new economic strategy. Redistribute income/wealth. Too many struggling.
Profiteering pushing people into poverty. Nationalise essentials.
Govt to invest directly in infrastructure, new industries.
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What happened to Timon? Is there a mystery category?
Yes, we need to reframe billionaires as sick individuals with an insatiable appetite for money-people who require intervention rather than admiration.
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She never said Orwell said it. She said it's often attributed to him. She's right.
Well spotted.
Except, didn't Henry Root enclose a ten shilling note, or something. Indicates a generosity of spirit lacking over there.
Yeah, but Labour's Jon Ashworth put his defeat in Leicester South down to bullying and intimidation.
Is there much difference?
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when broadcasters repeat Mandelson claim he was “not motivated by financial gain”
please also report the $75,000 of financial gain Mandelson received from Epstein in 2004 and 2004
and the £10s of thousands Mandelson’s husband received from Epstein in 2009/10
plus free flights & mansion stays
a year is a long time in politics
PL looks amazing. Love the line numbers. So considerate.
Is that a single volume? Looks like it would make a lot of pages.
That's clever.
But why are you doing your best to reduce the chance of a prosecution?
Why do you call him the defendant? Bit previous. Even prejudicial.
A once in an opportunity lifetime sounds good. Far more poetic than the other way round.
All the best.
🔴Sunday Times splashing on Labour Together hiring a lobbying firm to investigate journalist
First broken on Democracy for Sale 10 days ago
Government briefed against us - but we pushed ahead
Today we report new details - will Josh Simons come clean?
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
When I was starting out as a pedant (aka copyeditor and proofreader) much was made of the evils of "try and". It's gotta be "try to" or you'll go to publishing hell.
Wondering if you were similarly afflicted.
I'm now trying to relax. "Try and" is fine. Not easy.
(So who wrote the hard book?)
But some of us don't want anything to do with it.
Did you reproduce an entire poem there? Doesn't seem fair.
That more link seems to go to X. Would have been nice to have been forewarned.
Always interested in your explanations. But could you deliver them with a lighter touch? Perhaps with a recognition that these are complicated matters for many of us. Thank you.
I know I'm old-school, but I did like it when the media's job was to report events, happenings, actions. Used to call it news. Didn't report feelings, moods, opinions.
When critics say it's got up by the media, they mean the media are reflecting moods, not actions. The media seem to agree.
I know it’s a very busy day but this story *really* matters
Josh Simons says he hired ‘a PR company’ to investigate a ‘suspected illegal hack’
But if you’re worried about a hack, why pay £30k to a PR firm?
A lot about this story isn’t right. And a cabinet office minister is at the centre of it
Funny to think that if Pound hadn't stuck his oar in we might all have rushed off to get a copy of OMF rather than the Golden Bough and Jessie L Weston. And been much better off for it.
What a book, indeed. Its reputation doesn't seem to match it. Perhaps its problem is that it's too good. Just so much in it.
Peter Mandelson is being investigated for potential “misconduct in public office” over emails he sent as a minister to Jeffrey Epstein.
Our explainer sets out what this means in UK law and why few politicians have been prosecuted over it.
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"entirely comfortable in the company of plutocrats"
Sure sounds like our petie.
Did you read it just for fun? Or are you getting him on the show? Hope so.
"My particular expertise is that I straddle the worlds of business and government"
We noticed that. But there are less flattering words than straddle.
This is a great thread. So much in it.
Part of me hopes the Met delay charges so sub judice doesn't end this excellent reporting.
