Calvin, I like your stance on woke but you must stop this right-wing infighting.
Your anti-Reform post smacks of bitterness, e.g.
'On the evening of Polling Day, he celebrated with the self-named “Farage Fest”, in which at least a dozen middle-aged women danced in celebration of Nigel’s continued mandate.'
and you need to check your detail properly - it is CLACTON not Calton.
I suggest you do not disenchant followers like myself and others any further and save your firepower by using it against the common Leftist enemy. It is Labour, the Greens and the Libby Demmies who we need to crush!
People are welcome to follow Reform, just as I should be welcome to distrust them. I am sure you can cope with my disagreement and dislike of Reform. We do not need to agree on everything.
They are to the Left of me. I do not see it as right-wing infighting. But I appreciate your comment.
As for the typo, thank you for pointing it out. They will always pop up. I have no editors, and no matter how many times one re-reads one's own work, there will always be something that gets missed.
Yes, but why waste time and energy on attacking a fellow party on the right when this could be devoted to attacking the Leftists?
If we on the right are going to oust the Uniparty, it is going to take a UNITED right to do this, otherwise there is a strong chance of allowing a Labour or Labour/Green coalition in through the back door. Would you prefer to see Reform in government or Burnham and/or Polanski continuing to destroy our country?
Well, we need to give Reform a chance to enact the policies they will be elected on before bashing them, which only helps the Leftist parties between now and the General Election.
As David Vance points out here, Restore cannot have any hope of winning a General Election - I too, as he does, like many of their policies as a Reform member:
'Restore have put forward several excellent policy proposals and it has helped toughen up Reform. There has to be room for new parties with new ideas. But Restore will NOT be in a position to WIN very much outside of Great Yarmouth by 2029. Beyond that, if it survives, perhaps it could challenge the Reform Government and that is a nice problem to have'.
He did what every politician should do if there is a question over ethics or new direction. He sought a new mandate. He increased his vote. So far from losing voters he gained them.
He wasted no money. Unlike Burnham he agreed reform would fund it.
It is his opponents who wasted the money knowing they would lose.
The question of ethics is nonsense, it was before he was an mp.
Rayner should try re-election after blatant tax evasion. both in Oldham and hove that every tax specialist says nobody can get away with it exceot her. The candidate fraud in Denton was apparently plotted from her house . She should be forced to try reelection , as should the ex chair of stabdards Bryant ( who hounded boris ) for admitting lying to parliament in a high court
This is a witch hunt against farage as it was against boris . You understand witch-hunts .
I am a Boomer and my son is GenZ. There is no generational division here. As boomers we were taught to work very hard by our post war parents. We weren't handed anything on a plate. Similarly GenZ are up against it with the world changing beyond recognition with AI. The generations in between became lazy and entitled.
The enemies to fight are Marxism and Fascism which are both on the increase because the younger generations have forgotten the lessons of the second World War and the devastation of Communism after it. Today you could broaden the danger to authoritarianism which also encompasses the extremist religious ideologies.
Interesting. The enemies before WWI were Bolshevism and Zionism. The enemies in WWII were apparently fascism and communism, but liberal globalism somehow won.
I don't think I agree with that analysis. As far as I understand it, WWI was a hideous mistake which led to the rise of Fascism in Germany. The borders of many countries were in flux from the end of the 19th century to well into the 20th century. Zionism existed from the moment the Jews were exiled from Palestine or over run by opposing cultures. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire there was an opportunity to resolve the problem under the British mandate. Meanwhile it seemed at last that the West had largely purged itself of its antisemitism, that is at least until very recently when it has reared its ugly head once again.
Calvin, I like your stance on woke but you must stop this right-wing infighting.
Your anti-Reform post smacks of bitterness, e.g.
'On the evening of Polling Day, he celebrated with the self-named “Farage Fest”, in which at least a dozen middle-aged women danced in celebration of Nigel’s continued mandate.'
and you need to check your detail properly - it is CLACTON not Calton.
I suggest you do not disenchant followers like myself and others any further and save your firepower by using it against the common Leftist enemy. It is Labour, the Greens and the Libby Demmies who we need to crush!
People are welcome to follow Reform, just as I should be welcome to distrust them. I am sure you can cope with my disagreement and dislike of Reform. We do not need to agree on everything.
They are to the Left of me. I do not see it as right-wing infighting. But I appreciate your comment.
As for the typo, thank you for pointing it out. They will always pop up. I have no editors, and no matter how many times one re-reads one's own work, there will always be something that gets missed.
Yes, but why waste time and energy on attacking a fellow party on the right when this could be devoted to attacking the Leftists?
If we on the right are going to oust the Uniparty, it is going to take a UNITED right to do this, otherwise there is a strong chance of allowing a Labour or Labour/Green coalition in through the back door. Would you prefer to see Reform in government or Burnham and/or Polanski continuing to destroy our country?
Because I see them as a continuation of the uniparty I want to smash.
Well, we need to give Reform a chance to enact the policies they will be elected on before bashing them, which only helps the Leftist parties between now and the General Election.
As David Vance points out here, Restore cannot have any hope of winning a General Election - I too, as he does, like many of their policies as a Reform member:
'Restore have put forward several excellent policy proposals and it has helped toughen up Reform. There has to be room for new parties with new ideas. But Restore will NOT be in a position to WIN very much outside of Great Yarmouth by 2029. Beyond that, if it survives, perhaps it could challenge the Reform Government and that is a nice problem to have'.
https://thedavidvance.substack.com/p/its-reform-vs-the-uniparty-and-the
You are too hard on farage.
He did what every politician should do if there is a question over ethics or new direction. He sought a new mandate. He increased his vote. So far from losing voters he gained them.
He wasted no money. Unlike Burnham he agreed reform would fund it.
It is his opponents who wasted the money knowing they would lose.
The question of ethics is nonsense, it was before he was an mp.
Rayner should try re-election after blatant tax evasion. both in Oldham and hove that every tax specialist says nobody can get away with it exceot her. The candidate fraud in Denton was apparently plotted from her house . She should be forced to try reelection , as should the ex chair of stabdards Bryant ( who hounded boris ) for admitting lying to parliament in a high court
This is a witch hunt against farage as it was against boris . You understand witch-hunts .
Give him slack.
Anyone who uses "boomer" as a pejorative is a loser. And that includes Connor et al.
I do not believe I used the word boomer once in this article.
But Connor is correct; there is a generational problem in our country. Denying it helps no one.
I am a Boomer and my son is GenZ. There is no generational division here. As boomers we were taught to work very hard by our post war parents. We weren't handed anything on a plate. Similarly GenZ are up against it with the world changing beyond recognition with AI. The generations in between became lazy and entitled.
The enemies to fight are Marxism and Fascism which are both on the increase because the younger generations have forgotten the lessons of the second World War and the devastation of Communism after it. Today you could broaden the danger to authoritarianism which also encompasses the extremist religious ideologies.
Interesting. The enemies before WWI were Bolshevism and Zionism. The enemies in WWII were apparently fascism and communism, but liberal globalism somehow won.
I don't think I agree with that analysis. As far as I understand it, WWI was a hideous mistake which led to the rise of Fascism in Germany. The borders of many countries were in flux from the end of the 19th century to well into the 20th century. Zionism existed from the moment the Jews were exiled from Palestine or over run by opposing cultures. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire there was an opportunity to resolve the problem under the British mandate. Meanwhile it seemed at last that the West had largely purged itself of its antisemitism, that is at least until very recently when it has reared its ugly head once again.
We visited the forest where Luther was "abducted/rescued" and taken to Wartburg. It was very dark, and around dusk.
Prior to that we visited Wartburg Castle and the room where he translated the New Testament, and also his home in Eisenach.
On other trips we visited St. Mary's Cathedral in Erfurt where Luther was ordained.
Next, Wittenberg!