I don't think it helps the argument about the escalation of knife crime in major cities that the left and the right argue about whether it is terror related or not. It kinda just turns into a situation where the crime gets forgotten about and sort of "oh well" if it isn't terror related. Both sides are just focused on trying to pin it or unpin it on terror.
Both sides are constantly wanting to score points against the other, over and above dealing with the actual issues. Ideology trumps action these days. (The fact we call them ‘sides’ says it all. Like it’s a sports team).
What you call 'Centrism' appears to be what I call global capitalism. If so, you and I can probably agree that governments should serve the interests of working people, not of the international oligarchs who have been enriching themselves for decades at our expense. The same oligarchs, that is, who own every newspaper in this country, who started GB News, and who also own twitter, Facebook, etc.
Not all. The Guardian is owned by Guardian Media Group, which has only one shareholder - the Scott Trust. The Scott Trust, named after our longest serving editor, CP Scott, exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity.
I’m sad that people keep electing a mayor of London who is overseeing the decline of our capital city into something that resembles mad max.
London was a ****hole a long time before Khan got elected as mayor. Can't really blame him for that. I blame the Vikings and the Wessex lot. Was fine when it was part of Mercia.
Not picking sides, in this case, just seeking clarification. It was quite an accurate statement from Os, because us lefties IMO do tend to care for the people who are least well off or living difficult lives and his comment seemed to indicate (to me) that those on the right don’t have their hearts in the right place, otherwise he would have added that.
Boo hiss. Waiting for reparations from Wessex here in Lindsey. And from the Romans, Vikings, Normans and anyone descended from Offa.
Q. What did William the Conqueror and Jeremy Thorpe have in common? A. They were both ****ing Normans
X is the scummiest platform I ever saw. Sheffield Weds fans mocking that lad that died. People who are upset by it being accused of being ‘they/ them’. Then I click on one of these guys and find close to 100k people liking a post that says Kamala only won in states with no voter ID. So I checked and that is a lie. I only pop on there every now and then and I need to disinfect my eyeballs after. Here is proof the Harris thing is a lie for those who cannot do their own research: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-win-only-where-voter-id-isnt-necessary-1982932
This is social media. not a twitter specific problem. check the comments on facebook or any other and you get the same rubbish. It is just fashionable to point at X because of Musk. Social media across the board is full of it. Both side just saying whatever they want and a lot of it just made up rubbish or downright vile.
It’s not the same. Twitter has changed beyond recognition since all the safety operatives were binned. Facebook still has ways for users to protect themselves from unwanted or offensive material, but Musk has removed all these from Twitter.
If you say so. What I see is the same idiocy on all of them. It may well be that bots are much more active on twitter.
Well I got my account suspended last week so I couldn't possibly comment. Maybe I am not right wing and vile enough to be on there.
Social media is the proof that it isn’t what you know but how loud you shout it (into your echo chamber). So many ****ing climate denying morons. You have to be dead inside to deny the evidence at this point. It is like grownups believing in flat Earth or Santa. If the internet blew up tomorrow we’d all be better off.
