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Short hand for a person who is transitioning but feel free to ignore the issue again by trying to create another. You would make a perfect candidate for Reform too. From what I have read, they often describe themselves as “trans” so if they don’t have a problem with it, why should you?

I have more of a problem with Trump/Vance running the country for 4 years than an elderly Biden plodding along for a few more months. At least now there is hope that Trump won’t win.

What has that got to do with anything?

You are sounding more like Duckie every day. I’ll read what I like and post what I like thanks. If you don’t care for the links that I post just don’t open them.

I am no expert on US politics but I am pretty sure that he doesn’t run the country on his own. There is no reason why he can’t keep things ticking over with his team while Harris is on the campaign trail

Starmer has previously been accused of flip flopping and now he is being accused of not flip flopping. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.

This seems to be a sensible approach to tackling child poverty which is clearly a complex issue and isn’t going to be solve by one action alone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn081lyqw44o.amp

Biden is giving a speech today so hardly being hidden away. From what I could tell there was a great deal of pressure put on Biden from Democrats prior to Biden’s decision not to run for a second term, so I really don’t buy the conspiracy theory nonsense.

Given the stupid money that is spent on home grown players by EPL clubs KWP has got to be worth £15m of anyone’s money, even in the last year of his contract. Whether we get it or not is another matter but I don’t blame the club for holding out for decent money for him.

If only people didn’t troll or behave as WUMs at every opportunity, eh, so that it wasn’t necessarily to ignore the childish nonsense. Maybe then we could concentrate on having grown up conversations. But well done you for reading every single post ever written in the Lounge and posting adult, well informed, replies and never resorting to Anglo- Saxon rich name calling. 👍 Here’s a thought, if there are duplicate posts, why not concentrate on the first one and reply to that? It might help your blood pressure and also help not clog up threads with pointless responses.

I think a lot of people thought that the Left would play Starmer like a cheap fiddle. This has been a marker that he isn’t a soft touch. No matter what you think about the cap, and Labour clearly don’t agree with it, having done their sums and decided to deal with child poverty in other ways for now, it would have been weak and disingenuous to buckle on that position at the first hurdle. Finally, a PM with some integrity and backbone who is not going to make promises he can’t keep. Today’s PMQ’s was a grown up affair for a change. No doubt that had lots to do with it being the first one of a new parliament and it will go back to its usual pantomime in future, but a pleasant change to hear MPs behave as grown ups.

A good appraisal of her performance on the James O’Brien show, LBC, yesterday. https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/23/listeners-tuning-in-to-lbc-saw-softer-side-to-suella-braverman

I’d rather that he signed a new contract and stays as he is one of our best players. What will be will be though.

Starmer showing he’s the boss. https://news.sky.com/story/amp/labour-suspend-seven-mps-who-rebelled-over-two-child-benefit-cap-13183879

How do you explain the many members of the Democratic Party who have been calling for him not to stand? It seems that you are seeking a conspiracy where there isn’t one. He has made the decision not to stand. He probably should have made it much earlier, but it is done. What is the problem?

If Donald Trump wins in November he will be President until 2029.

Joe Biden is not running for President. Donald Trump is.

She was the host on LBC this today for 3 hours. She seemed completely oblivious to the fact that she has been part and parcel of the Tory car crash government and had championed some of its worst policies. Her last caller was a trans and called her out over her unhelpful comments about trans people. She almost fell over herself in her efforts to be empathetic to them and couldn’t have sounded more insincere if she tried. She is a perfect fit for Reform.

And yet Donald Trump could do so from January.

What is the point of them electing a leader who would look at home in the Reform Party? If they go down that road they will continue to split the well right of centre vote. Their best bet is to reframe themselves as the One Nation party of old (yes, I know that branding was a load of crap but it worked for many in Middle England). Their problem is that there are few moderates left, only a bunch of head banging swivels. There is no room in the current electoral system for two very similar parties if one of them is serious about forming a government on its own. If they were to form a coalition down the line they would have the same problem Cameron had with the far right in his party. The electorate here doesn’t like extremists. No matter what Duckie thinks, their best chance of power is moving towards the centre and letting Farage hoover up the other nut jobs. Pinkos they may be Duckie, but they will poll more votes than your buddy Farage. There aren’t enough of people like you to get him the top job. He will always be a fringe operator. There aren’t enough people here who want him as our PM.

No surprise here. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-secret-service-chief-resigns-following-trump-assassination-attempt-media-2024-07-23/

If they weren’t privy to his doctor’s reports and going by what he was telling them that is not lying. He has been adamant all along that he was up to the job. Perhaps they were all telling him behind the scenes that he wasn’t, but not a good look for those working closely with him to call him out publically. You don’t see many Republican’s calling out Trump’s lack of cognitive ability. It’s a bit rich for them to call out the Democrats over Biden when they are supporting the biggest fruitcake ever to stand/be elected as POTUS.

More civilian deaths. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/22/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas

The footage of him posted since he contracted Covid make him look even more fragile so it is not beyond the realms of possibility that this was what made the decision for him to stand down inevitable. The important thing is that he has decided not to run rather what made him change his mind. There was certainly plenty of pressure being put on him to stand down from within the party.

Bibi Stockholm to be dumped. https://news.sky.com/story/bibby-stockholm-barge-to-be-closed-amid-labour-asylum-overhaul-13183761 Imagine what we could have done with the asylum seekers issue if the 1000 people employed to deal with the Rwanda plan had been assigned to clearing that backlog.