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First they came for the misogynists...........

I think he was talking about sponsors who put political correctness ahead of profit by withdrawing advertising from X at the demand of woke 'activists'. He should be congratulated for not kowtowing to the baying mob and defending free speech at great personal cost.

"Musk is more inclined to support politicians who align with his worldview, further amplifying their influence through his platform." Just like The Guardian then. But under their double standards only they have the right to decide what's acceptable as free speech.

Even worse, an independent politician not afraid to speak her mind and criticise the deep state. We can't be having that.

It's neither Right nor Left. It's pro-establishment, elitist and will never go against the line imposed on it by the government of the day. Witness the level of propaganda it pumped out during the 'pandemic' and continues to do on Ukraine, Gaza and any other major issue. Don't rock the boat is the mantra. It long since ceased to be a serious news organisation, you'd have to go back to the days of Martin Bell to find any sign of proper journalism. The license fee should be abolished and it should be privately funded like any other media outlet.

So it's your taste in music that makes him "riff-raff"? Many would say his body of work is at least the equal of Handel's.

Riff-raff? Well that's a snobbish view of the greatest rock star of all time (also a long-standing member of MCC and a national treasure).

They don't actually. It all depends on how you interpret the research.

So left wing drivel, like preventing people from attending funerals and cancer treatment, is ok with you.

Of course it is. No-one would read the Guardian if they wanted unbiased journalism.

You mean like nothing you couldn't leave in 30 seconds when you feel the Heat around the corner?

Just as you assume that lawyers will be having a field day. Pot, kettle, black.

Excellent news. These self-entitled morons should not be allowed to get away with acts of vandalism under the pretext of 'activism'. The law should apply equally to everyone.

I wonder what Thatcher would have made of Sunak's largesse with other people's money during Covid. 17 billion lost to fraudulent 'bounceback loans', countless billions wasted in unused PPE, 37 billion (!) on a track and trace system that didn't work and was quickly abandoned. I suspect she would be turning in her grave.

Truss is certainly further to the right and put forward some interesting policies as PM, but her ill-timed and poorly presented budget got her kicked into the long grass. She was of course chosen by party members, not MPs, so your assertion that the current crop is right wing doesn't get past first base. Sunak is a cardboard cut-out politician, swaying with the winds and the opinion polls towards whatever policies he thinks will win votes. I honestly don't know what his political philosophy is (if he has one).

Poorly written, repetitive article trying and failing miserably to defend the indefensible. The Tory party has abandoned conservative values and represents an amorphous uniparty blob with Starmer's equally unappealing Labour party. Farage is playing the long game. After the Tories are wiped out at this election they will clamour for a saviour. That's his real objective.

That's how science should work. 'The science' is never settled.

What was there?

It's founded on hypocrisy. Do as I say, not as I do.

On the contrary, the term ‘Champagne Socialist’ implies someone who proclaims left-wing ideals - support of the 'working class', higher taxes, net zero etc - and rails against 'the rich', while hypocritically indulging in all of life's luxuries themselves. Rather like Gary Lineker. The French equivalent is 'la gauche caviar'.

Fair enough. If you're scraping the barrel I suppose you can't expect much in the way of professional journalism. Not that the Western media is much better. Most of it is written by robots now anyway.

Great movie.

It's definitely AI. And since AI is mostly trained on BS, that's what you get. GIGO.

'This incident highlights the unpredictable risks faced by foreign nationals in China.' B*l***ks. You're more likely to be attacked in most cities in the US and Europe than in China. And do we really need a photo of a huge knife to know what a stabbing looks like?

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