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Conclusive proof that Dawkins has totally lost it (as if there wasn’t already enough proof over the last 15 years).

Yes, all of this. Honestly, it is better that Deathy flounced before he got comfortable and started throwing around slurs, openly wishing minority Allsparkers dead and so on. Never let a deadly infection spread untreated.

Looked up a brief description of what AOC believes in on Wikipedia (which, yes, I realise is itself a flawed resource): So, worker cooperatives, something that America has anyway, and isn’t incompatible with free-market capitalism. (We have a dedicated political party in parliament advocating...

I'm a cis-gender English guy sitting halfway around the world from most users here, and I don't want them here either. I absolutely do not want people of any minority group to feel threatened or unsafe while using this forum.

Whatever direction the Democrats go after this crushing defeat, I really hope that they don't end up taking the same route as the UK Labour Party, as in offering essentially the same policies as the Right, just with "sensible and grown-up" delivery and presentation. I mean, if there are any more...

Oh, if you thought the price rises during and after the pandemic were bad, wait until there’s those tariffs. I said this before, promising to “end inflation” by placing tariffs on everything, that’s like trying to extinguish an open fire by pouring petrol onto it. (Trump/Vance won’t be able...

I don’t get the whole “people voted Trump because they were insulted by the other side” narrative. It’s bollocks. I mean, the pro-Trump side were the ones lacking decorum and civilised manners. FFS, their whole modus operandi is being as openly unpleasant and thuggish as possible! Their führer...

FWIW, I sort of feel the same. I still can't believe that The Powers That Be spent four years not putting Trump away behind bars for (at least) January 6th. I mean, I will admit that I lack understanding of the US federal law system beyond the most rudimentary level, but c'mon, he tried to...

Grim. And doubly disgusting that it was AFC Ajax fans, given the club’s history.

Saw this earlier on when picking up my daily newspaper…

Oh, you had voting reform on the ballot in some states? I remember we had a national referendum on electoral reform back in 2011, and the “no” side ran adverts claiming that changing the voting system would lead to British soldiers dying due to lack of equipment, and that seemed to swing it in...

Can relate to what he said about Obama in particular — I remember thinking 16 years ago that America had left a dark place at last. Now it seems not only has it gone back, it’s in a far worse off situation than before. Gains and victories are only temporary, and if you ever get a non-Trump...

What, like your hero Trump isn’t a member of the wealthy elite?

The polls massively over-predicted the Democratic share of the vote, didn’t they? Back in the summer over here, there were numerous polls suggesting that the Tories would collapse to 2-dozen or fewer seats. They got 120 seats. Same problem. But many more magnitudes out. (That’s not to condemn...

I would say better luck in 2028, but we know that is now extremely unlikely. America has been Putinised. edit: the leader of the UK Liberal Democrats says it like it is…

Who here claimed that Rogan isn’t right-wing again?

Those figures got me back into collecting Transformers back in 1996. Discovered the online fandom, read about the then-new Beast Wars, checked my local Toys R Us, but no Beasts (it was another 2 whole years before Beast Wars even hit the UK). However, they had the Cyberjets among the dusty rows...

France has the lowest rate of unionisation in Western Europe, and actually lower than the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_comparisons_of_trade_unions

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/02/kemi-badenoch-wins-tory-leadership-election The Tories elect the “abolish maternity pay to boost the declining birth rate” woman as their new leader. She was the weirdest and most extreme of the leadership candidates…

Random, possibly irrelevant, question… Do you have party logos on your ballot papers, like we do in Britain?