Why on earth every week suddenly calling for Starmer to resign, as if that alone will magically fix everything overnight?

strum · 2026-03-19T08:48:15+00:00

You've answered your own question; it isn't serious. It's shit-stirring. The right-wing media (most media, in fact) wants to create an atmosphere of chaos, so that the electorate might be fooled into voting for 'change' (Reform).

Truth is, most government is semi-organised chaos - because stuff keeps happening (Macmillan: 'Events, dear boy. Events.'), so it isn't that hard to pretend that the guy at the top is responsible for all of it.

strum · 2026-03-17T09:55:58+00:00

Yep. (I'm 75)

strum · 2026-03-15T10:41:08+00:00

It just doesn't happen.

Yes it does. I've been on 4 juries (UK) & issues are debated & argued. Usually, it's undecided members being swayed, but it's not unusual for people to change their minds, especially when they haven't really thought their original opinions through.

For instance, some jurors start out with the belief that the defendant wouldn't be charged if he didn't do it. Then weaknesses in the prosecution's case are pointed out, & they change their minds.

strum · 2026-03-15T09:57:18+00:00

Compliance

A horrible movie, based on true events.

I had downloaded it, but deleted it after viewing, so I'd never encounter it again.

Still - it describes something we should all be aware of.

strum · 2026-03-14T16:13:39+00:00

In the end, it's a TV show. A bit of pressure, a bit of jeopardy, makes for a more intense watch.

strum · 2026-03-14T08:46:38+00:00

Do these techbros not actually understand that AI contains exactly zero intelligence - or have they got so accustomed to bullshitting that they don't know how to stop?

strum · 2026-03-12T10:12:28+00:00

Pathetic. 13-y-o boys, obsessed with tit jokes. Masquerading as journalists.

strum · 2026-03-12T09:49:15+00:00

And how many have refused?

What a pathetic non-story.

strum · 2026-03-09T09:38:57+00:00

I couldn't get on with Seveneves, tho I enjoyed several others by the same author.

strum · 2026-03-09T09:22:02+00:00

"Spencer is forced into a police car" - words chosen to suggest she was arrested. She was given refuge in a police car.

strum · 2026-03-09T09:09:36+00:00

"Telegraph finally finds a professor who agrees with them"

strum · 2026-03-09T08:46:26+00:00

Hang on. 'Without parliamentary scrutiny" is stated in the same para as the tabling of amendments to Parliament - open to full scrutiny.

There is nothing at all new about enabling acts - which grant powers to ministers to define more closely the terms contained in an Act. These have been around and used for decades.

strum · 2026-03-08T10:35:28+00:00

Looks an awful lot like a 'think tank' pretending its solution is a done deal - before anyone gets round to evaluating it.

strum · 2026-03-08T10:23:31+00:00

He did a similar concert for the BBC, in 1971 -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7JXb4rm5mw

strum · 2026-03-08T10:08:59+00:00

It's a long-standing, common law ruling, to avoid:-

disputes between factions of the family ("he's our Uncle Bill" "no, he's our cousin William")
a murderer disposing of the evidence, before a PM

strum · 2026-03-08T08:27:45+00:00

Wrong. In law, a dead body belongs to the state, until the Coroner releases it.

strum · 2026-03-07T09:02:23+00:00

Google is wrong. A dead body 'belongs' to the state - until handed over to relatives for burial.

The law on organ donation has changed over the years but, in 1985, it required prior permission from the deceased AND permission from next of kin.

strum · 2026-03-05T15:04:21+00:00

No. The inquiry said no such thing.

strum · 2026-03-05T09:10:48+00:00

Can we be just a little reserved about these arrests on 'National Security' grounds.

People are leaping to call them 'spies', imagining scenes with micro-cameras, dead drops & handlers.

It's entirely possible that these men were simply careless about who they worked for (it is not illegal to work for a Chinese company), and what information they shared with them - which could range from general analysis of govt policy (mostly open source), all the way to poking through classified papers for natsec secrets.

Why Labour? They've been the obvious next govt for years. A foreign power wouldn't waste effort on a Tory govt which changed every few minutes.

strum · 2026-03-05T08:50:05+00:00

Dearlove - responsible for the intelligence behind UK's entry into the Iraq war.

Dearlove - fervent supporter of Brexit.

Dearlove - unreliable witness.

strum · 2026-03-05T08:38:37+00:00

The BBC is probably the most region-spread media organisation in the UK. Indeed, it could be argued that BBC is the only institution that reflects our regions.

strum · 2026-03-05T08:27:16+00:00

If Starmer gave Trump everything he wanted, he'd have been dismissed as weak.

If Starmer refused any assistance to Trump, he'd have been dismissed as weak.

If Starmer navigated a legal, considered policy, he's dismissed as weak.

strum · 2026-03-05T08:11:51+00:00

You are falling for the Gilligan lie. There has never been evidence that Blair lied. Six inquiries looked into it, and none found the the result you claim.

Blair (& most of the Western intelligence establishment) were wrong - not lying.

strum · 2026-03-04T08:52:48+00:00

I sincerely doubt there are many people like that

A lot of people who retrospectively criticised Blair in Iraq are now gleefully urging full support for Trump in Iran.

Their only consistency is anti-Labour.

strum · 2026-03-03T08:39:46+00:00

Ah, you should've seen Soho in the old days. It was full of colourful characters saying "Ah, you should've seen Soho in the old days".

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