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Off the back of the above Esther Mc Vey is a currently serving Tory MP who, along with her husband, also a Tory MP, is a presenter on GB News. She has just been appointed as a minister by Rishi Sunak, with a brief which is being touted as 'Minister for Common Sense'. This in my view is best understood as a formalisation of Tory 'Culture Wars', surrounding Tory perceptions of 'woke', gender issues and many other areas of socio- political controversy. As such, it is my view that Mc Veys appointment boils down to a formalisation of Tory 'culture wars', at public expense. It is also

As I've already pointed out, GB'News', platforms numerous former and currently active piliticians, not just as interviewees, but as presenters. By far the majority of those are Tory Party members, or from other right wing groups. I found ONE former Labour member in the list of GB staff Ofcom has rules around 'news' broadcasting. As far as I can tell they concern impartiality, especially in content delivered by politicians who are campaigning for election. As you might expect, there are numerous grey areas. I remember at one point that someone, possibly Ofcom, said th

I've seen bits of it, but I find it nauseating. It's not a News channel, it's a right wing propaganda channel. Almost a sort of 'Daily Mail does Telly'. Other 'notables' on there are Farage (of course..), Arlene Foster, Lee Anderson, Eamonn Holmes etc. Some are overtly far right, other just seem to be there quite possibly because it's the only broadcast 'Gig' they can get. Other opinions are available.

Huge swathes of UK property, business, banking and private individuals etc., have historical connections with slavery. That won't change. Is it possible that the NT calendar you refer to assumes that in a nominally Christian country, most people know the dates of Christmas, Easter and other Christian festivals, but are less likely to know, Eid, Diwali etc.?

The cost after Govt. subsidy is almost twice the cost of my new boiler. However I applaud you for your Green credentials.

It's just a reference to the number of Tory MPs on GB News From memory, McVey and her husband (Phillips?), Johnson, Rees Mogg etc. Cameron wouldn't qualify, and is unelected, but can hold one of the great offices of state.

Working boiler!! First warm shower in 9 days! Luxureh! The time it's taking to get to its 22 degree target gives some clue as to how cold walls, floors and everything else have got in the last week. All good now though..

A little humour from elsewhere on he internet:

Bravernan sacked, and apparently a reshuffle in progress. AKA: Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. But..already the conversation has moved on since Cameron has been spotted in Downing Street. Speculation that he's to be offered Braverman's old job, but he'd need to be given a Peerage. When it comes to candidates for important jobs, Sunak is in full barrel scraping mode.

This morning I watched the Remembrance Day parade etc. I thought about family members in both WW1 and WW2. Most survived Grandad Jack with his Military Medal, my Dad after 5 years as a POW etc.. Some more distant relatives didn't. I watched the film 1917, which gives a startling view of WW1. See it if you can. My new knee has been excruciating all day.. Dimbleby finished with 'Only the dead know the end of war'. Makes you think.

P.S. Do you seriously believe that Michael Gove would wander about alone in the middle of a Demo, by whatever group, yet with cameras conveniently close by? An obvious put up job, just as Rees-Mogg did when he deliberately and inexplicably brought his son to Parliament and exposed him to anti Brexit protestors, but with the miraculous presence of cameras and a huge police escort. Totally staged My new specs are less transparent.

Sorry Jim but your last post was far from your usual standard and you've accused me of numerous views I don't hold and statements I've not made. I'm astonished you're astonished. Where did I say anything about not negotiating a ceasefire? Of course I'm not. Where did I say I am? As far as I'm concerned most Palestinians are just as much victims of Hamas as Israelis are. A total misreading of what I said. What I meant was that the IDS is killing thousands of Palestinians. I have seen nothing to indicate that Hamas is

Yes she did. Numerous marches have passed peacefully, but in her own inimitable way chose to reframe peace/ ceasefire and yes, Pro Palestinian (Not pro Hammas) marches as 'Mobs.' It's an emotive and inflammatory term, especially when applied to marchers who have protested almost excusively in peaceful fashion for weeks, and are drawn from all sectors of UK society. No, I am not extremist. I 'call out' extremists. My politics are democratic centre left as I have frequently stated. However it isn't difficult to find extremists among the members and fellow travellers of the presen

She called it and previous marches a 'hate march'. OK, didn't use jihad but deliberately tried to label the marchrs as supporters of Hammas, and anti semitic. In fact there were British Jews among the peace marchers. She also implied that marchers would disrupt the Armistice ceremony, but in reality, the only ones to try to do that were far right morons. Yaxley Lennon was reportedly out, but ran away in a Taxi All reports seem to indicate that 300000 disparate folks United only by a desire for peace, caused no trouble. Braverman's deliberate inflammatory tactics only served

Pretty obvious to me and much of the more sane media that Braverman's deliberate inflammatory language provoked the far right cretins into trying to get to the Cenotaph, despite there being no threat to the Armistice ceremony from anyone else. Latest news is that the Gaza march is progressing peacefully, ( Just like all the others) but that Far Right groups are expected to try to cause disruption. Time for the BBC to stop calling tham 'counter protesters' and name them for what they are. Far Right Thugs.

The Big Freeze continues. I suppose as well as lower outside temperatures, the gradual loss of heat stored in walls, floors and everything in the home explains why the temperature first thing has fallen by a degree or so each day. It was 14.5 degrees this morning. Last night I treated myself to a 'four kettle bath', and was planning on a four kettle rinse, but instead decided to rinse off under a cold shower. It was, as you might expect.. the work of seconds . But the result quite amazing The moment you stop, your skin glows with heat and you get a real 'buzz'. Can't wait for Monda

So today we will see how successful Braverman, the Daily Mail and other far right actors have been with their propaganda campaign. Braverman has referred to Gazs ceasefire/ peace marches as 'hate marches' and vastly inflated any threat which might exist to traditional Armistice Day ceremonial. She has cynically and deliberately re- framed the peace marches, to create the impression of a baying mob of Jihadists out for blood, and is so doing will have undoubtedly 'fired up' the hard of thinking braindead who run around under the banner of EDL.etc. Interestingly, yesterday, BBC featured

I think I'd probably agree on the ambitions of most of the current cabinet. From my perspective they are an exceptionally uninspiring mix of misplaced self belief, ( Schapps, Gove), smug venality ( Rees Mogg, Hunt), terrifying borderline fascist ( Braverman and Co.) and assorted other qualities which should automatically rule them out of suitability for any public office. That said, I dare say there are a few Tory MPs who genuinely believe their politics are 'best for the country' and don't seek to climb further up the greasy pole . In my short and undistinguished political career, I ne

Hi Margie and thanks. All good.. kind of... Possible explanation for issue with scar is a bunch of suture knots at the end. Practitioner on phone said possibly that and they should dissolve eventually. bot to just keep an eye on it. As for geral progress they just seem content with where I'm at. In other news, I've come out for a warm. Struggling to get living room to stay at 16 degrees. So we came out to do some banking then Mrs Col announced WE were going food shopping. I soon disabused her of that notion, so am currently sitting in the Tesco Cafe with all the other ''Owds', soaking u

@Brew, OK.Jim, Braverman is not a member of any Buddhist group..'sect' or otherwise, but she definitely had some sort of flirtation with a group which in turn has association with another, very controversial group. So we're both partly right. Moving on. I'm at a loss as to how you can see 'conspiracy' in the 'Pro Palestine'/Pro peace/ Pro ceasefire demonstrations, and not see the same amount among the UK far right. The BBC itself is on shaky ground here by continually characterising marches as 'Pro Palestinian' which by your logic would imply 'anti Israeli' or even anti Semitic.

We need to step back here. Nobody I know supports Hamas. Their actions were appalling when they killed hundreds and took hostages. Most of the civilised world sees Hamas as a terrorist organisation, Most Palestinias are neither Hamas members nor supporters. And yet Israel has oppressed Palestinians for decades. The far right Israeli leader Netanyahu then after monumentally failing to defend his country fron the Hamas incursion,.claims his country's right to defend itself and proceeds to do so b,y bombing thousands of innocent Palestinians, also victims of Hamss. out of

I disagree with almost everything you say here It's not hysterical, it's impassioned. There have already been numerous rallies and demonstrations which passed without trouble. There was one which filled the concourse of Lime St Station in Liverpool without disrupting anyone's travel Braverman and the right wing press are clearly engaged in a campaign to label peace and ceasefire campaigners as 'Pro palestinian Mobs' And we all know that any criticism of Israeli actions and policies automatically provokes cries of 'Anti Semitism' from many. If trouble is certain it is un

And finally I have to confess the Braverman's deception and media manipulation even had me barking up the wrong tree. I was thinking that Braverman was moaning about possible clashes between two marches on the same day, when in factcthe Palestine March is set for Armistice Day, Saturday 11, starting after 11:00 a.m. and nowhere near the Cenotaph. The main Rememberance Parade takes place the next day Remembrance Sunday. Sunday 12th.

Worth adding here that many think Braverman is actively trying to get sacked, as she's essentially running a leadership campaign against Sunak. She's definitely using her position to court the support of the far right. Also worth noting that she is a member of an obscure Buddhist group which describes itself as 'friends' of another Buddhist sect which has a long history of allegations os sexual misconduct from its leader and others. She really is an utter weirdo. It should go without saying that I am not 'anti Buddhist'

Lifted from elsewhere, because I couldn't have put it better: "It is becoming increasingly clear the far-right such as Braverman, Yaxley Lennon, Farage, the Daily Mail, Express etc are very actively trying to create a riot on Armistice Day. I’ve seen many of the week’s gutter tabloid front pages linked on Twitter etc and it looks like a very deliberate strategy to enrage and mobilise gammon thugs and racists. Lots of made-up tabloid stories, e.g. the poppy seller who claimed to have been attacked/abused was rejected by police as CCTV said otherwise. These people are an absolute di