Thread 6 Starmer: We're going to need a bigger skip!

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I don't have a cat. Or any pet. Not even beautiful flowers that have been posted (allergies)

But I love seeing everyone's pets and their fantastic facial expressions.

Even more so when they are linked to current affairs and added with captions of what they are saying/thinking.

Very fair.

Although if your party and its supporters claim the moral high ground you must really be held to it. I have contempt for socially moralising Tories - back to basics and all that - but I like to be consistent.

So I also have thoroughgoing contempt for Labour supporters who decry bad landlords (believe me, I fucking hate BTL and other private landlords, for all sorts of reasons) but who defend some Rachmanite Labour MP just because he’s Labour.

Agree.

We had a Tory councillor for years. He was my sociology lecturer in uni!
He was bloody fantastic. Couldn't fault him. No scandal. Genuinely nice guy doing what he felt best for everyone

Then I have Braverman as an MP. Yep - that's about all I need to say on that!

Point of order, it appears I misspelled Mr. Athwals name. I apologise for any discourtesy that may have been perceived.

He won’t mind. You’ve stuck up for him with aplomb.

His agent might have a different view about where you put the blame though.

It will take time to adjust to the indefensible not being defended

Well it will be a Latinised version from some form of Indian script anyway. So what letters you use to get the sounds are a little up for grabs. Someone did briefly try to explain how Hindi and Guajarati writing differs. I may possibly have fallen asleep. I mean we English have a hard enough time with our Celtic chums. And I could literally walk to Wales and not get my feet wet.

However generally it's good form to use what a person presents you with.

Righty-hoo. Not sure I get your meaning, but it was at least civil, for this thread. So thank you.

That's one cute kitten @Alwaystired94. I love the paws.😍

Horrific news, a boat carrying migrants capsized off the French coast in the English Channel, 12 people confirmed dead

Deaths include six minors and 10 females, 1 was pregnant

So dreadful.

Just awful. Poor, desperate people.

Also the 80 year old man allegedly killed by 5 children aged 14 or under. Some days the news is too much to bear.

I think you'll find I said it's east to blame a 3rd party if you don't check and suggested he gets the rollicking of all rollickings and if he doesn't sort pronto gets the whip withdrawn. Perhaps you should read more closely instead of making assumptions about what people say.

That's just so sad.

Actually @Rummly I think there are good and bad people in all the major parties. Our old Tory MP was one of the good ones but Johnson forced him out.

The aforementioned AB. Buys his papers in my local shop.

But that's not their MO. They like to take something out of context and try and use it to bash people that they have decided to shoehorn into their preferred pigeonhole.

It's standard bad faith "engagement". Maybe slightly more subtle than we've seen on some other threads...

Bah. It’s like a pub bore pushing their way to the table.

Two posters have come back and defended their comments about the Labour slum landlord. Each one has stood up for their comments. Which I respect.

On other threads I see posters changing their p.o.v. quite regularly. Which is their bad faith.

By definition they are less self-interested than those on the right. The fundamental belief of the left is collectivism and the right is individualism.

Or maybe a heckler at the back, the sort who want to remind the assembled that there are actually other points of view and some inconvenient facts?

When they're already worse for wear!

Always cute kitten 😻

That's such sad news about those who lost their lives at sea. It's so tragic when they've survived all they have to get to safety and fall at the last hurdle.

And that story of the 14yos and the 80yo man I'm really worried this will become so much the norm we'll become desensitised to it. We need to keep saying this is wrong. And do something for the children in this country to give them hope. So many disenfranchised teens who think violence is the answer. So violent too young. It's depressing, sad, disgusting and frustrating all rolled into one big mess.

Collectivism is more moral than individualism?

And that's why we need to ignore says the woman who didn't take her own advice 😊

A somewhat over inflated opinion of your contributions there...