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It's going to be really tough to get that record low points total but with a couple of key injuries, a few more red cards for Stephens and KWP leaving this month I think we could do it.

Or maybe loads of completely separate posters are in unison over one poster because he's such a buffoon that he's the ultimate unifying presence. Just a thought.

Chickens coming home to roost somewhat there.

Voted down as it was always going to be.

I know the tories coukd have called for one earlier and they are culpable for not doing so. Good that they are calling for one now though.

If Labour supported an enquiry there'd be no need for an amendment.

He called Jess Phillips a rape apologist which is absolutely disgusting. I think you've also done the same thing on here but there really is no place for that kind of language in polite society:

What are the reasons for not wanting a national enquiry?

Maybe contribute by offering your own opinions and that might provoke a reasonable debate. Don't just snipe from the sidelines when someone on a wind up gets appropriately mocked.

James O'Brien doesn't want one.

Macron cried about it a bit and some unimportant people in the EU called for banning X.

Maybe but if that's the standard then that would be true for any potential Prime Minister who looks promising.

I agree. He'd have a job curtailing the extremists in his party but I could see a future where I'd consider voting for him if he managed it.

I've always liked Andy Burnham. Always strikes me as someone who genuinely wants to make a positive impact and is prepared to work across party lines and praise his opponents. I can respect that.

He knows what he's doing.

For me, the Democrats lost it more than the republicans won it. Had they not made key mistakes they would have won. Blaming the electorate for Trump will ensure they keep losing.

Democrats only have themselves to blame.

Let's not go overboard. No one is going to attempt to conquer Britain.

I haven't ignored all of human history. You're ignoring the Internet and the fact that it does things that haven't been possible in the rest of human history. You can disagree with me but it's not a stupid argument. He has an awful lot of power and influence, whether you believe it's the most in human history in some ways or not.

You're confusing saying things of value with influence. Just because a lot of what Musk says isn't valuable doesn't mean he has no influence. This is frankly a bizarre take to have. I'm not saying Musk is worth listening to, simply that lots of people do listen him and he has a very large influence and impact as a consequence. It's not a controversial thing to say. The availability of the Internet has changed the reach and power of what someone says and their influence to a degree that I don't think you have quite appreciated. The amount of people that Musk and others are able to reach almost instantly is unprecedented in human history.

Correct. In some ways he does. I wouldn't say more than Musk though given the latter's other business interests and spheres of influence and the technology he is in charge of. Starlink for example has enormous influence.

Harris didn't do a long form interview that reached tens of millions of people in less than a day with Beyonce or Swift. Rogan's channel absolutely dwarfs the traditional media and mainstream news. Similarly Musk's pronouncements and various media on X has had incredible viewerships. Beyond them, someone like Andrew Tate has had a giant influence on loads of young people, far greater than some random pop star or actor had decades ago. Social media has less of an impact over in the UK admittedly but I think it's impact is increasing. Farage for example has a large following on tiktok and that sort of thing is only going to grow as we tend to follow America with stuff like this.

Quite a number of commentators felt that Joe rogan and Musk swung the election for Trump. I do think your underestimating the influence that social media has on a global scale, even if Musk doesn't have much of an impact on your children specifically.

Surely part of the reason for bringing him back would be to try to assure him he has a future here and that he would have a big role next year. Quite possible he will be off in the summer and we get zero benefit from him and no effort to try to get him to stay.

Would be very interesting if something like this is part of the motivation for Musk's tweets. It would probably suit him if Trump goes to war with the EU and UK over free speech and regulation of social media.