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Incredibly detailed election analysis

No, please, don’t do any more election analysis! There were one or two points worth noting – this one, for example… That Starmer could call Corbyn a failure in 2019 when he got over twelve million votes, and then claim a phenomenal success on nine million in 2024 demonstrates at a stroke that most of…
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Hastings: election prospects and what comes next…

Well they arrived en masse today. Couldn’t see the doormat. So, time for a round-up. We know most of us can’t get what we actually want this election, Labour will probably win on a third of the vote — of those who bother to vote — but here’s my take on the choices in Hastings,…
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What is urban camouflage for?

Try standing in the mall on a busy Saturday in urban combat gear. Your friends will spot you from a mile off, and mall security will be following you around from the moment you arrive. Urban combat gear looks the way it does because it’s designed to camouflage the wearer against rubble. That’s because the…
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I agree with Nick

I said I wasn’t going to tell anyone how to vote this time around and I’m really not – but I’ve just been to the HIP HOT Hastings Hustings, and it was a really good one. Thank you, HIP thank you, HOT. You can watch the whole thing here, or read my summary below… There…
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Please read on…

…and it’ll be a Labour government that does it. The Tories are dead in the water. Don’t WORRY about THEM. You don’t HAVE to vote Labour to get the Tories out. Look for electable independents and support them, so we don’t end up with an NHS-selling Labour government AND A RIGHT WING OPPOSITION. Please click…
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Just Stop Obfusticating

Last time I saw Stonehenge I was in the modern world. Quite glad of the almost permanent slowing of through-traffic, which infuriates the ‘get there yesterday’ people, and gives everyone else the chance to take a look at the stones in passing. We discussed it a bit, sitting on a picnic bench on the concrete…
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***Emergency call out***

Our NHS is on its knees. Parts of it are now so embroiled in profiteers’ contracts, or tied up in debts as a result of past “public private partnerships” that politicians are able to get away with saying reinstatement is impossible. Difficult it may be, but reinstatement is vital. People are already dying, and suffering…
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I’m stonkingly angry — with nice people

It’s hard to explain how angry I am today and, even if I manage that, it’s harder still to explain why the people who’ve made me angriest aren’t those who keep accusing me of all manner of insulting things, it’s the nice people – yes, quite possibly you, dear reader. It’s like this… In my…
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A manifesto for the people

This is the best manifesto I’ve seen so far. Want to play guess the party…? Palestine: Solidarity with the Palestinian people — stop funding and arming Israel’s genocide, prosecute the war criminals and recognise the Palestinian State. Austerity: End austerity and properly fund local and national public services by taxing the rich and big business.…
