the idea there is a magic number that Labour could get immigration down to to appease Reform is for the birds

STARMER: i am proud to announce our "stop the boats" policy LABOUR (-3) STOP THE BOATS PARTY (+5)

For years, almost every UK journalist reported that Jeremy Corbyn is racist and Keir Starmer is anti-racist. It turns out they got it wrong. But let's just let it go. No harm done after all.

When these people talk about "democratic consent", you have to ask why they ignore overwhelming public support for rent controls, nationalisation, taxing the rich, ending support for Israel, etc. It is, of course, because they don't care about democratic consent at all.

"sniper's dream"

Remember when we had the Right to Freedom of Movement in all of Europe and this guy was apparently going to bring it back?

"Look to how people actually behave" says PhD student in economics

Whenever you see this dynamic the answer is usually - private equity.

It's important to remember that no only did Jaquci Smith expense her husband's porn, fiddle them too, she's also an idiot too!

'Economics isnt a real field of study, just a holding-pattern for weirdos' exhibit #2039234

if you are caught doing this you should be put into the stocks so the students can pelt you with vegetables, then ritually expelled from the faculty like the scene in Beckett

Jonathan Pie is unsurprisingly now a "legitimate concerns" guy

First genuine piece of AI art

Fairly ambivalent on this issue but find these kinds of objections the most annoying so on balance I agree the festivals should be cancelled

As ever, in the hands of liberals, both have become terms devoid of meaning

There's a reason this BBC "analysis" is phrased like a threat - because that's exactly what it is

The Lineker case is very illustrative. If you oppose the establishment you will have every move scrutinised and framed in bad faith until they eventually get rid of you. If on the other hand you support it there is no upper limit on the bigotry you can publicy engage in.

(thread) been toying around trying to make Rogue One as Andor-like as possible

"inevitably someone will be saying this" - truly a journalistic titan