Francophone German speaker, actually native Brit but citizen of everywhere - it's nice to be anywhere at my age. At ease in Argentina, France, Spain, Germany and even in good old Blighty. Questing after unknown unknowns.
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Glasman is a rabble-rouser posing as a great mind.
Glasman is a bit like Matt Goodwin. Another dreadful rabble-rouser who peddles the beguiling myth that only neo-fascists understand and care about the working man. And McSweeney? Is he up there with these guys?
Starmer is such a disappointment.
He could afford to pay towards their treatment. It always makes me laugh when these neo-cons pretend they care about looking after their fellow Brits, when all they want is their vote.
Brexit: It's the fake picture narrative. The more you look at it and the more you invested in it, the more it has to be genuine.
Totally absurd. He is still young. Has he never heard of the seven year rule?
Indeed, Andy. These fools will besiege asylum seeker hotels, but they will never demonstrate for better NHS dental care. Has the Daily Mail ever published an article on the lack of NHS dentists?
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Exactly - stirring up fear and loathing is the main aim. Nixon did that. Trump does that. Demagogues the world over do just this. They target the vulnerable like a serial abuser.
But no mention of standing up to populism.
Release the Epstein Files!
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
Philp is a rabble-rouser, a demagogue. It really is that simple. The word fascist also springs to mind.
As they say 'you couldn't make it up'. In the media nobody points out that Brexit has not made anything better. Trade is much harder. We've lost our FoM - which was supposed to push up the wages of the poor but It has actually made them poorer. But it's taboo to mention any of this.
This is the deal Johnson did, and Starmer seems to be happy with it, or rather Glasman and McSweeney are happy with it.
But people believe that they are stealing our jobs (and pushing wages down) and claiming benefits and if they aren't doing that they are destroying our culture, or assaulting young women.
OK. I just thought it was an unnecessary comment.
I just think a tragedy like this should not be mentioned when discussing the antics of the appalling J.D. Vance. That's all. Mate.
I think this is an unnecessary comment.
I can travel from Liverpool Street to Reading on an off-peak travel card, and it is really quite quick enough. I wish they'd fix it so you don't need to take a bus to Heathrow from Reading (which is still a terrible rip-off, as is the fare from hayes and Harlington to the Heathrow terminals)
Same with the Dems, many of who lobby shamelessly, though they'd say they have no choice. Of course nothing beats a certain Nige when it comes to feathering his own nest, but he is a man of the people, so that's OK.
He wants to out-Faridge Faridge. This is the malign influence of Glasman and McSweeney.
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
This is the deal that Johnson wanted. If we are going to change it some 'concessions' will be needed, which actually won't be concessions, but given Starmer's inability to take on populism (or fascism) in the UK I can't see anything happening. Anyway, McSweeney and Glasman would go mad.
The Labour Left is a bunch of fantasists.
They are so like the Dems.
Starmer should sack her.
They are sooooooo stupid. Red lines. Winter fuel allowance, NI hikes.
Rabble-rousing.
You've got your memories, Kev, and he lives on in the memory of those who knew him and the next generations. My dad died at 90 back in 2019. I miss him still, but when I look at his grandchildren I I so happy. Here is my son DJing at Wilderness last weekend.
It has got got the stage, we have to respect people's belief in a lie for fear of offending them.
Any concern is 'legitimate' if someone can be persuaded to believe it!
Make sure you expose the lies told about immigration in your show today or tomorrow. I can't find the stats but another survey showed that Leave voters believe an even higher proportion of immigrants are 'illegals'.
Ignore the dude.
The richest 10% own 60% of all the wealth in the UK, and their share is growing. Let's hold a demo against this.
The richest 10% own 60% of all the wealth in the UK, and their share is growing. Why not demonstrate against this rather than scapegoating asylum seekers.
The very wealthy manage very nicely. Same with Brexit. It's the poor who are hit hardest.
Why no demos for better NHS dental care or cheaper public transport?
40% is a sufficiently large number to place them all under suspicion, which is wrong. But why don't they demonstrate for better NHS dental care or for cheaper public transport? Or against gross inequality (made worse by Brexit, of course). I think we know why.
I bet he was good in Cabaret.
Still an interesting statistic. And nobody was named.
It's amazing that these people do not protest for better dental care or free after school clubs, or cheaper public transport or against dirty rivers. Why don't they protest against growing inequality. Do they not realise that they are being manipulated to ignore their real problems?
I fear he has a higher IQ than 70!
Populism always screws the least well off whilst offering them the usual scapegoats. Brexit has hit the poorest the hardest. Ditto MAGA.
In the UK you can file your income tax online for free - perfect for people with simple tax affairs. There is no reason why anyone with uncomplicated income sources should have to pay for an accountancy service (which may well be online anyway). No reason other than corporate greed and corruption.
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
Yes, educating parents and kids is the way forward, not cack handed legislation like this. Alas, they are very stubborn.
Surely a government issued ID would work perfectly.
Alas, Starmer appeases the burghers of the Red Wall, who were the most beguiled the 'fear and loathing' narrative of Brexit and voted against their own best interests. They were hit hardest by Johnson's Brexit deal, so they must be distracted with, well, more fear and loathing! 'Stop the boats!'
Even the Gods fight in vain against stupidity.
Well, that isn't on offer and there is no Führerin. The idea that we Brits can prosper 'renfermés sur notre île, loin des bruits du monde' (to paraphrase Maupassant) is pure fantasy. We need to work with, not against the rest of Europe.
Global opinion on Trump is polarized and largely negative. Per Pew's June 2025 survey of 24 nations, a median 34% express confidence in his leadership, with 62% lacking it—lowest in Europe and allies, where he's seen as arrogant and dangerous. Trump would hate if you liked & reposted this 🤣
I am afraid I do not follow.
'Stand up to woke' That is taken by many gullible souls to mean 'Tolerate racism, mysognony, homophobia, inequality, xenophobia and fascism' Not 'question all extreme points of view be they on the left, right or in the supposed centre' The real meaning of woke is 'alert to inequality'.
Prohibition often fails. YouTube is a. very good teaching platform and a major news source.
A bass line for you!
Et Talbot est tombé à la bataille de Castillon. Nous nous souvenons seulement de la bataille d'Azincourt!
Je connais mieux 'Maria Stuart'. Très compliqué - je l'ai étudié avec mes élèves de terminale. Et j'ai oublié ce qu j'ai dû apprendre pour l'enseigner!
Schiller, 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans'. . 'Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens' (III, 6; Talbot)
Now who just did something like that?
'Selbst Götter kämpfen vergebens gegen Dummheit.'
Hm. Now let me think 🤔🤔🤔 www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Even the Gods fight in vain against stupidity. These fools watched the James Bond movies and swallowed the myth the Britain was the equal of the USA.
Just tell these fools to address their complaints to Johnson, who signed the shite deal. But after that, just ignore them. Just not worth it.
Legend!
But you are right - the disadvantaged can easily be distracted with imagined and exaggerated enemies at home and abroad. Fear and loathing work a treat. ... and a bit of performative cruelty. Like the Roman arena. Throw a few Christians to the lions.
But aren't the liberals a bunch of woke snowflakes who hate their country and are obsessed with transgender issues? And they want open borders, and, and...
2 Chainz sampled Tom Lehrer's The Old Dope Peddler 60 years after it had been recorded. Lehrer's response to the license request: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
Oklahoma as a 100% Republican state. Very poor and very poorly educated. Poor health outcomes too. (Poor life expectancy) And they still vote Red.
$3.49 for 3.5 litres is still a good deal. Still very cheap. In the Netherlands it is almost €2 A LITRE.
Exactly.
No country honors those who tried to destroy it by naming military bases after them. The Confederates fought against the United States—they shouldn’t be celebrated or memorialized by our military. It’s time for this to end.
And, as I keep saying, Johnson gave up our right to live and work freely in the EU - selling it as sovereignty. Well, the loss of liberty is the price we paid for freedom. The 90 day rule works very badly for many Brits - and the Brexiters don't care. And it isn't the fault of the EU.
'fusse' would be better.
Public housing - why not build flats and let them for $1000 a month (or - much - less)? It is soooooooooooo obvious. My son just had to buy a $500 000 apartment. One bedroom, all he could afford and with the help of the bank of mum and dad.
But then there would be fewer felons to bang up. Think about it! The Right wants us to be angry about crime, immigration, trans gender athletes, DEI ... These guys don't want solutions. Just oodles of fear and loathing.
'fut construit' - j'adore ça!
Yes, I remember the (very) secular father of Marcel Pagnol. I loved teaching 'Topaze'. He was a great 30s playwright, like Noel Coward and Terence Rattigan.
Me too.
Labour is appeasing the 'justified concerns' of a bigoted minority. It won't work.
Yes, that thought did cross my mind.
Herbie Hancock was amazing. You'd have loved it, Kev. ukjazznews.com/herbie-hanco...
British accounting firms had also done his bidding for far too long.
It is absurd to blame British Jews for Netanyahu. Anti-semites lurks in many corners and must always be challenged, just as apologists for the actions being committed in Gaza must also be challenged. It's best to keep religion out of the discussion. Not always easy.
It's very expensive. Full of very woke, open-minded people.
I don't know what motivates all of them, but it certainly isn't a realisation that they've been sold down the river by their own country. And 30% of Brits are still beguiled by Faridge, the principal architect of the mess.
You can be sure of that.
So weird! This is the deal Johnson did. People voted for him and undoing it involves rather a lot more than wishful thinking, plus Starmer isn't going to make the 'concessions' needed to regain our lost rights. You can't vote -from outside the EU - for the EU to undo the damage Johnson did.
Debe ser Madrid.
The obsession with superlatives os soooooo feeble. They want to be the greatest and they aren't even adequate.
Reading about the new trade deal with India & reflecting on the fact that, almost a decade after the referendum, the realities of international trade are reported with a tiny fraction of the excitement & attention dedicated to the nonsense Brexiters spouted on the subject.
The Express likes that and Starmer won't change this because he's scared. And then there are McSweeney and Glasman.
I was wondering that! Great photo.
Starmer understands all of this - he is playing to the ignorant base.
What did I say?
Just let them work, for God's sake.
Remember - those battlements are all fake!