Ann Harries
@annharries.bsky.social
Dog lover, crisp aficionada, sometime French teacher and proud European living in SW🇫🇷.Labour voter 🍉🇪🇺DMs blocked
I was extremely wary of anything that involved Corbyn. I voted for him, as I was never going to vote for Johnson but I didn’t like the coterie of people he surrounded himself with.. Seamus Milne, Len McCluskey, Karie Murphy et al. And I think he started to believe his own hype unfortunately
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I was extremely wary of anything that involved Corbyn. I voted for him, as I was never going to vote for Johnson but I didn’t like the coterie of people he surrounded himself with.. Seamus Milne, Len McCluskey, Karie Murphy et al. And I think he started to believe his own hype unfortunately
so exacting in the treatment of lab that they don’t press anything. There are massive double standards in the way that a left-wing government is held to account as opposed to the nonsense that the conservatives got away with the last 14 years. Why be buddy buddy with a hostile press?
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
so exacting in the treatment of lab that they don’t press anything. There are massive double standards in the way that a left-wing government is held to account as opposed to the nonsense that the conservatives got away with the last 14 years. Why be buddy buddy with a hostile press?
How do we know that the spokesman was actually lying? If negotiations were still going on then nobody at that point could be sure of the outcome being any different from what they had originally decided. TBH the press, including The Guardian, has been so exact in the way they have treated lab 1.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
How do we know that the spokesman was actually lying? If negotiations were still going on then nobody at that point could be sure of the outcome being any different from what they had originally decided. TBH the press, including The Guardian, has been so exact in the way they have treated lab 1.
Seriously, you think they should’ve discussed it with journalists whilst they were still debating it amongst themselves?
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Seriously, you think they should’ve discussed it with journalists whilst they were still debating it amongst themselves?
Yes, I agree. Unfortunately even the left wing press are afraid of being seen to give the government an easy ride so they get no slack from anybody. I’m not particularly thrilled with them, but I think they are being very unfairly treated by the press.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Yes, I agree. Unfortunately even the left wing press are afraid of being seen to give the government an easy ride so they get no slack from anybody. I’m not particularly thrilled with them, but I think they are being very unfairly treated by the press.
Objectively The Guardian is a left-wing newspaper that doesn’t mean to say that it is necessarily pro Labour.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Objectively The Guardian is a left-wing newspaper that doesn’t mean to say that it is necessarily pro Labour.
No, I’m starting to be a little offended by the tone of both John and Lewis who have fallen for the gotcha school of journalism I’m afraid. Bring back Emily as soon as possible.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No, I’m starting to be a little offended by the tone of both John and Lewis who have fallen for the gotcha school of journalism I’m afraid. Bring back Emily as soon as possible.
It’s has actually, (and I know JessicaElgot is from The Guardian,) really only become a major issue with a Lab govt. It’s all part of the holding the Left to more exacting standards than the Right, isn’t it? Even left wing media are doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s has actually, (and I know JessicaElgot is from The Guardian,) really only become a major issue with a Lab govt. It’s all part of the holding the Left to more exacting standards than the Right, isn’t it? Even left wing media are doing it.
Yes, but people like your wife won’t get publicized. Will they because the Wright just wants to make out that everybody is worse. I’m glad she’s going to be better off.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, but people like your wife won’t get publicized. Will they because the Wright just wants to make out that everybody is worse. I’m glad she’s going to be better off.
And we have just increased the minimum wage so if that puts them into paying tax, that’s because their wages increased.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And we have just increased the minimum wage so if that puts them into paying tax, that’s because their wages increased.
I’d be interested to know whether all the pitch rolling what’s the government or whether some of it wasn’t just journalists flying a kite. Of course we’ll never know because they’ll never own up.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’d be interested to know whether all the pitch rolling what’s the government or whether some of it wasn’t just journalists flying a kite. Of course we’ll never know because they’ll never own up.
If we’re going to be fair, they were suspended because they voted against the govt s parliamentary programme, the one that they had just been elected on.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If we’re going to be fair, they were suspended because they voted against the govt s parliamentary programme, the one that they had just been elected on.
There are plenty of reasons why children need welfare and it’s not just because the parents are irresponsible. Death of partner, breakdown of marriage, loss of employment.. Plus, regardless, it’s not the children’s fault, and they should at least have enough food to eat.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
There are plenty of reasons why children need welfare and it’s not just because the parents are irresponsible. Death of partner, breakdown of marriage, loss of employment.. Plus, regardless, it’s not the children’s fault, and they should at least have enough food to eat.
Out of a population of 70 million, I’m not sure I think that’s a viable argument to oppose it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Out of a population of 70 million, I’m not sure I think that’s a viable argument to oppose it.
Sadly, I don’t think it would. What’s happening on the West Bank and that is nothing to do with Hamas.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sadly, I don’t think it would. What’s happening on the West Bank and that is nothing to do with Hamas.
I’m not sure how the IFS makes that calculation. Does it take into account health and education outcomes which are far worse for children in poverty or is it simply considering the tax involved? Poverty costs the country far more in the long-term.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m not sure how the IFS makes that calculation. Does it take into account health and education outcomes which are far worse for children in poverty or is it simply considering the tax involved? Poverty costs the country far more in the long-term.
There are a few, very right wing, and whose hatred of Muslims is so extreme that they supportReform. They used to comment in the letters page of The Times and I was so horrified I cancelled my subscription.Hopefully they will see the error of their choice now.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
There are a few, very right wing, and whose hatred of Muslims is so extreme that they supportReform. They used to comment in the letters page of The Times and I was so horrified I cancelled my subscription.Hopefully they will see the error of their choice now.
Oh, I’m sorry you obviously aren’t happy with the removal of the two child cat or the energy payment or the freezing of train prices. So I’m going to guess that nothing even vaguely left-wing would appeal to you? Plus I cannot believe that you thought that KB s speech was anything other than odious.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh, I’m sorry you obviously aren’t happy with the removal of the two child cat or the energy payment or the freezing of train prices. So I’m going to guess that nothing even vaguely left-wing would appeal to you? Plus I cannot believe that you thought that KB s speech was anything other than odious.
Seriously? It was was reminiscent of a schoolgirl bully. She was dreadful.
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Seriously? It was was reminiscent of a schoolgirl bully. She was dreadful.