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I'll agree her comments could lead you to call her ignorant. But she says nothing derogatory or inflammatory. Many of us have spent hours on here discussing whether there is a definition of Islamophobia that we can work with. And there isn't. The criminalisation of boycotts, the sacking of pundits for legitimate criticism of Israel etc are all part of the antisemitism label being tagged onto owt that dares do anything but bow down in full support.

Yeah, which comments crossed the line for you?

Dispatches spent 6 months ensconced inside Momentum trying to get anything they could to scandalise them and there wasn't a bit of antisemitism that they could point to, even behind closed doors. If there is antisemitism in the group then it seems to me that it's not overt or shared.

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Didn't understand crisis. Watched a film to explain it. Didn't understand film.

I'm in bed for half nine. No mention of ISIS in the write up though... http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37487312 Also....

That's Smith's position. Corbyn ridiculed him for it. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeremy-corbyns-isis-joke-4-8872308

Nope. I've got a carpet.

Marvel at the verbal dexterity in Trumps debating skills. He's gonna make D.A.R.Y.L. his intelligence chief.

I've got 1 A BBQ... but I was given that and never bought any gas for it so think I deserve a zero.

The good thing if he wins is a lot of his policies are unconstitutional or pie in the sky so he'll have very little he can implement. Stop and frisk, deporting muslims, Making Mexico pay for a wall, repealing Obamacare (already attempted 60 times)... it's all bollocks.,

Pie

It's from the daily mail

Which book would you recommend on the success of privatisation in the UK?

God bless those private companies paying for our trains and energy for no reward. It's over my head why they choose to handle such a costly enterprise for us. Don't worry about explaining to me, I'll bow to your insight without justification.

I'd forgotten that the Toontastic account on Twitter generates a tweet with every new topic title. What must people think!

You've mis-characterised the number. 89% of people don't think ALL students should pay tuition fees. The links are there and provide the context.

The average of the results was just 39.4% in favour of renewing Trident and 44.4% opposed http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/809-does-the-british-public-support-trident 68% of the public say the energy companies should be run in the public sector https://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/11/04/nationalise-energy-and-rail-companies-say-public/ 66% support nationalising the railway companies https://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/11/04/nationalise-energy-and-rail-companies-say-public/ 84% of all voters, and 77% of Tory voters, want the NHS run by the public sector http://nhap.org/what-you-can-do/facts-fingertips/public-and-professional-opinion-of-nhs-privatisation/ 61% support increasing the top rate of tax to 50p https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/01/28/majority-support-50p-tax/ 81% would support a governmental policy to build 250,000 affordable homes a year for the next four years. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/30/housing-crisis-poll-city-country-split-blame Only 11% of people thought that all students should pay toward their tuition fees http://wonkhe.com/blogs/british-social-attitudes-survey-3-in-4-people-support-tuition-fees/ The majority seem pretty left wing to me. The problem is how motivated they are to vote by the options they have... The general election result can be summarised in a nutshell: the Conservatives did well with voters that turn out. Labour did well with voters who don’t vote. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/22/election-2015-who-voted-for-whom-labour-conservatives-turnout

Bah. Cheers.

How does the family subscription work? Could 6 people on here chip in £30 each to cover 12 months to one account holder who shares the account?

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I'll gladly concede that Blair/Brown was better than a hypothetical 37 years of uninterrupted Tory rule that would have made all the mistakes we can criticise the Labour government for without any nods to the left whatsoever. Hypothetically though, a more left leaning party could have got into power in 1997 or 2001. No Iraq, no 7/7, less concessions to the city, more public housing and stronger restraints on lenders, lessening the impact from the financial crisis, still in Europe. Is that hypothetically worse?

Ridiculous. He's the bravest bastard in the entire American intelligence community. Sacrificed his entire life for his principles... and those of America which he had always believed in. Choosing not to walk into the type of incarceration/torture that Chelsea Manning has endured (solitary confinement, driven to hunger strike etc) rather than continuing to shine a light on the wrong doing of many governments to a massive audience wouldn't be brave. It would be complete stupidity.

Think it would be more of a diplomatic nightmare if Russia started Pussy Rioting Americans... even if the American establishment don't like the bloke.

September 2015 - Internet and homophobia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/05/snowden-criticises-russia-internet-homosexuality June 2016 - Surveillence law http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/world/europe/edward-snowden-criticizes-big-brother-measure-in-russia.html A fortnight ago - Human Rights and hacking https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/10/star-treks-zachary-quinto-calls-for-return-of-edward-snowden