Inner Circle Companions

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point. Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and

The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco, 1980)

"I'm not going to tell people how to live their lives", says man whose job is to pass new laws and alter the existing ones

Is anyone who actually voted for these dickheads still happy with their decision?

I’m disabled. Here’s why I am scared of the assisted dying bill ⤵️ opendemocracy.net/en/assisted-dy…

TW DWP Blight? A new low today. Starmer’s attack on benefit claimants is vile and deeply ableist. Framing vulnerable folk as fraudsters stokes stigma and endangers lives. It increases hate and worthlessness. Stop weaponising poverty and disability for political theatre.

The Labour Party is effectively cutting Scotland’s budget and punishing the Scottish Government for having better pay and conditions than they have for public sector workers in England.

Labour were Like This before Starmer and they'll be Like This after he fucks off to run a think tank advocating for the homeless to be crushed into oxo cubes or whatever

it's so unstoppable you don't even need to fund it!

We are now entering the "people who assured us Labour would pivot left in government themselves pivoting rightwards along with Labour to rationalise their increasingly jingoistic announcements in the wake of bad polling numbers" phase of The Most Predictable Shit Ever

If a judge believes there's a 40% chance that someone is being coerced into killing themselves, the UK's assisted suicide bill still requires them to approve it. Far from an effective safeguard.

My statement on the Assisted Dying Bill.

Kim Leadbeater's speech has so many untruths I can barely keep up.

ANOTHER LIE: she says not a single jurisdiction which passed assisted suicide laws on the basis of terminal illness has subsequently expanded them. There is no charitable way to put this: this is a blatant lie.

Diane Abbott: we need to become better at assisted living before thinking about legislating for the right to die.

It’s lucky we have a famously competent state, a well-funded health service, & courts with plenty of time on their hands, or I’d be worrying that this is a terrible decision

GOD, fuck these dweebs

AI will *double* productivity in <5 years? Starmer is a pie