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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 48m

It's not dangerously radical. It's just a diversion from much more important issues regarding our constitution and the mechanisms of govt.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 52m

While it was inevitable that Starmer and Badenoch would respond in binary terms, I think the response of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk could have been more nuanced, accepting that the issue shouldn't be seen in black and white terms. I hope he acknowledges this in the light of the events in Tel Aviv.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 6h

The economy hasn't been stabilised. Reeves claimed last year that was what her last budget was going to achieve, but now she's essentially back to square one.

Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 23h

You have to have a licence to use the BBC i-player, but not Netflix or Amazon Prime. On the other hand to use the services of the latter you have to pay a subscription, and have an internet connection. Nothing in life comes for free.

Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 23h

Perhaps you should. Indeed many commercial news websites are critical of the BBC website as they see it as unfair competition .

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

The BBC News Channel has extensive coverage at 6 o'clock.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

If the BBC is going to be dismantled by a Reform govt no matter what it does or says now, it might just as well go down with its integrity intact and stop pandering to the pro-Reform agenda set by right wing newspapers.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

I served for many years as a FE governor and heard rhetoric so many times from both Tory and Lab ministers, but nothing changed. Ministers responsible for FE fell into two categories. One group believed in vocational education, but had no clout. The other saw it as just a step on the greasy poll.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

This can only be achieved if local councils and HAs are allowed to borrow much more to build housing for rent, or private companies are given tax incentives to do so. 2/

Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

Affordable housing was always a con. It is just a mechanism in which relatively wealthy buyers cross-subsidised somewhat less wealthy buyers. It does little or nothing to address the housing crisis, which is fundamentally a need for more affordable housing for rent. 1/

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 1d

Corbyn had lost the confidence of his parliamentary party which is essential in our parliamentary democracy, yet he used his control of the NEC and the absurd rules of the Labour Party regarding deposing a leader to hang on and deliver Johnson his 80-seat majority.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 2d

Authoritarianism flows/flowed thru the arteries of Labour under both Corbyn and Starmer.

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Graham Evans @mars164.bsky.social · 2d

The NEC should be representative of the boad spectrum of Labour opinion, but under both Corbyn and Stamer it is/was nothing but a Praetorian Guard, there simply to defend the leader against any opposition or contrary views.

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