Thread 36 Starmer - Triggered by ads and Da iawn, Caerffili.

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All right Comrades. Hows it hanging?
I really need to watch Slow Horses! I binge watched the Diplomat - which is a brilliant. Guilt pleasures are All Creatures great and small and Only Murders (I'm very excited it's coming to London).

Great news across the pond with Zohran Mamdani winning New York and Democrat wins across US.

We have similar guilty pleasures but I discover I can’t watch ACGAS and Slow Horses at the same time due to conflating Sam West’s characters.
So I’ve kept ACGAS for December/wintery viewing.
Excellent gif Comrade.

Very pleased to wake up to the news from across the pond. The commies are coming for you, orange man!

Interesting times. Watch the Trump propaganda machine go into overdrive.

Sounds good to me

https://news.sky.com/story/biggest-schools-shake-up-in-a-decade-to-cut-gcse-exam-time-and-add-ai-and-fake-news-lessons-13463831

Biggest schools shake-up in England a decade to cut GCSE exam time - and add AI and fake news lessons

The government will reduce GCSE exam time by up to three hours per student, introduce new Year 8 tests, and teach primary pupils how to identify misinformation under sweeping curriculum reforms.

I had to stop watching Worlds Apart after the second episode because the challenges were so unfair and it made me a bit emotional.

It's about time this happened. Gove's plans were counter productive.

Ah. Now I understand why it someone might want to suggest we are communists.
I’d better tell my fellow Lib Dems the jig is up.

Brief interruption to mention the US election results from NYC, VA and NJ - reminder that things can change.

There is stuff Labour are doing that is just not getting the attention it deserves.

Another one was on Child Prostitution convicts, The Cons had 9 years to address this but didn't.... took Labour 15months.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/child-prostitution-convictions-to-be-expunged

From the party that pre election was going to erase women and were a real and constant danger to children..... mmmmmmm

From the party that pre election was going to erase women and were a real and constant danger to children..... mmmmmmm

We had fun with those claims 😂

Sadly they quicly moved on to immigrants.

Some on MN are not very happy.

I am starting to thinks we should embrace the comrade label seeing it is taking on the meaning of being anti racist/fascist.

Christ alive, I had no idea that this was even a thing. Children being responsible for adult crimes.

That's a shame.

Comrade Pointy agrees with you.

Hmm...is it though? Its just the other end of the scale...neither of which should be something aspire to. Imho

Under normal circumstances yes, but I am talking about the way the right wing commentators are using it.

Look at Rex and Co for example, or the Trump fans on the Mamdani threads.

Yes, but we're talking about some very black and white thinking here. Some people are incapable of/unwilling to consider nuance.

Comrade refers to those who are centre or left of centre when it comes to extreme right wingers - they think it's a slur. I'm happy to adopt comrade.

Well speaking for myself, it wouldn't be the first time, Comrade Toffee.

Will they show on an enhanced DBS though ?

Hand in hand comrades, as my late dad's football club sings.

My late dad requested the Internationale be sung at his funeral.

So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race

We played Billy Bragg’s recording.

Aw <looks away shyly> you got me! You’re a Very Clever Caterpillar!