If you didn’t mean this post to be taken as anti Zionist you should consider it is being received as such in the comments when the poll is in fact about Israeli govt actions. When people are being killed outside the region for being ‘Zionists’ I think it’s worth being wholly clear on meaning.

You’re not “good people” if you’re engaging in any kind of cover up.

There is a tendency to assume good intentions in cover ups in the public sector which you simply don’t see elsewhere. If a bank regulator discovered bank staff had been concealing facts they wouldn’t assume good faith, they’d expect prompt disciplinary action on both individual & org.

Macron will always talk to voters tempted by extremist opponents but he refuses to speak to his actual far right opponents outside of mandated forums. And that’s someone with his unusually good verbal skills.

Opportunity to promote black designers? Difficult to line to tread for white guest dressed by white designer. But yes, the theme def made it black men’s night.

The men had the better night imho.

The 1960s building push was huge & those homes are now all v desirable as people adapt & change them. Henley even had large sections of social housing built during the 60s.

Craziest thing about this particular objection is Henley as a town owes its ‘success’ to repeated big building pushes which didn’t fundamentally change character of the town. Top end of town near this development is nearly all 60s. Below that are 1930s streets, then Victorian linking to Tudor town.

Ayo Edebiri is my fave look. Aligns perfectly with the code. Beading is v West African. I am still trying to accept Kim Kardashian wore that whole pimp ensemble. The dress was appalling but the hat, dear lord.

Well, no. For reasons I gave. Voters have to feel the delivery. Min wage rise & workers rights change have actively worked against growth pledge which would benefit far more people than those individual policies do. Voters feel this in their day to day lives, telling them they’re wrong won’t work.

As I said, you can scrape together some metrics on which Labour have ‘made a difference’ but overall picture is one of no significant improvement in day to day lives & a not inconsequential number of broken promises. Which is why voters are so pessimistic.

Ok, NHS lists are still v v high, min wage increases benefit v small % of workers, workers rights changes even fewer & both have had negative effects on business ability to create jobs & increase pay which is an issue for far more than benefit. Public services aren’t improving. Growth flatlining.

I think the main problem Starmer has is personality. He just doesn’t seem to ‘lead’. He can’t explain his vision or get ahead things. Doesn’t think on his feet. Only time there have been hints of ability has been with Ukraine & I think he had the template set for him on that by previous govts.

I don’t agree, I’m afraid. Voters recognise when their day to day lives improve & that’s what politicians have to deliver on. Both main parties have been failing on this front in recent years, often thru over promising. Govt hasn’t improved lives in a long time & this is causing disillusionment.

Voters don’t agree, I’m afraid. Ipsos polling has economic confidence at lowest since records began in 1978 & there is a more general sense everything is getting worse.

I agree they should be different! I think I’ve seen enough of the Starmer/Reeves/Miliband combo to know it doesn’t have it in it to turn this around.

I think they have to deliver in general but also on issues like immigration which was key to Brexit & amongst their GE24 commitments.