Chatterbox Monday

Gender-fluid, which allows me to switch between the physical attack power of a male and the 'you can't hit me I'm a girl' defensive capabilities of a female.

Actually, I have a great like for Sheggers, he's a good sport. As long as he doesn't find out how I feel, all's well.

Belated happy birthday to Tenthen

Still not recovered from my flight home, I got a second bout of food poisoning on my last day in Bangkok, which made the flight home rather uncomfortable.

I’m back to waking up at a normal time - and back to work on Wednesday - but had a sneaky peek at my emails earlier - and worst thing ever - nothing fell apart while I was away.

I’m taking that as a sign of my competence rather than nobody needs me.

The Labour Party has handled anti-Semitism pretty badly. This is only partly during the Corbyn leadership. Pockets of anti-Semitic behaviour were allowed to fester for a long time. This was partly hidden while Ed Miliband was in charge as he is of Jewish descent. The other issue is that Israel-Paletine isn't really that important to the UK and houldn'thave been allowed to dominate the discussion.

Brexit has not been handled well. However again this is tricky. It is conventon that the opposition does not run a strong foreign policy opposed to the government. There was also no proper Brexit policy to oppose or support until late 2018. There is also a difficulty that Labour cannot afford to become the party of London Remainers if that alienates voters in the Midlands and the North. Plus I would say that it is important that Labour did not overcommit to one position that is unattainable. The opposition needs to be in a position where it is responding to reality It is also not until the so-called meaningful votes recently that Labour has had an opportunity to properly lay out its positions and get them heard. There is also the handling of Brexit which has been entirely done as a Tory-DUP stitch up with the views of the DUP and ERG seen as much more iportant than those of Lbour or the SNP.  This is to the extent that the Tory factions will unite only to frustrate any attempt by Labour to do anything. This led to  farce with people voting against May as leader then voting for her in confidence votes a few weeks apart.

There is also a faction of Labour MPs who have never accepted Corbyn is really the legitimate leader. It is clear that to a large extent they have been using every opportunity to undermine him. His re-election and the 2017 election result where he gained seats and votes greatly displeased them.

I can only see this as deeply damaging though, reminiscent of the SNP split in the 1980s. It may well pave the way for the Tories to win n election, even in their current disastrous state. I don't think this would be good at all. Apart from anything else you need to change government fairly regularly to minimise the problems of inertia and institutional tiredness.

TL;DR
Hang the traitors

She's in nothing I watch; I've tried this advice before: "Turn the thing off or turn over..."  But I suspect you're like the Breximainer beasts that roam all over the meejah and parliament; you turn over to it so you can rant "See, there she is, she's every fucking where." 

The Labour Party has handled anti-Semitism pretty badly. This is only partly during the Corbyn leadership. Pockets of anti-Semitic behaviour were allowed to fester for a long time. This was partly hidden while Ed Miliband was in charge as he is of Jewish descent. The other issue is that Israel-Paletine isn't really that important to the UK and houldn'thave been allowed to dominate the discussion.

Brexit has not been handled well. However again this is tricky. It is conventon that the opposition does not run a strong foreign policy opposed to the government. There was also no proper Brexit policy to oppose or support until late 2018. There is also a difficulty that Labour cannot afford to become the party of London Remainers if that alienates voters in the Midlands and the North. Plus I would say that it is important that Labour did not overcommit to one position that is unattainable. The opposition needs to be in a position where it is responding to reality It is also not until the so-called meaningful votes recently that Labour has had an opportunity to properly lay out its positions and get them heard. There is also the handling of Brexit which has been entirely done as a Tory-DUP stitch up with the views of the DUP and ERG seen as much more iportant than those of Lbour or the SNP. This is to the extent that the Tory factions will unite only to frustrate any attempt by Labour to do anything. This led to farce with people voting against May as leader then voting for her in confidence votes a few weeks apart.

There is also a faction of Labour MPs who have never accepted Corbyn is really the legitimate leader. It is clear that to a large extent they have been using every opportunity to undermine him. His re-election and the 2017 election result where he gained seats and votes greatly displeased them.

I can only see this as deeply damaging though, reminiscent of the SNP split in the 1980s. It may well pave the way for the Tories to win n election, even in their current disastrous state. I don't think this would be good at all. Apart from anything else you need to change government fairly regularly to minimise the problems of inertia and institutional tiredness.

TL;DR
Hang the traitors

That's what I think anyway

Crankcaller

That is is the worst thought out thing I have read this week.
And I've read today's Guardian online.

Quiet in the Common room today is it?

Chuka and the Lads sounds like an awful name for a political party. A band name? Still bad.

Meant to post this earlier...

Cheese sandwich bitches!

Of course there is, but:
1) The Left has not been very good at drawing attention to it.
2) The rightwing press and BBC use antisemitism to attack Labour, not the Tories.
3) Labour supporters have been better at drawing attention to problems within the Labour party.
4) The antisemitism of the left tends to be more outspoken and shouty, as it's largely a facet pro-Palestinian positions.
5) Tories are meant to be evil, so nobody really thinks it's particularly newsworthy when they are antisemitic or racist.

Flight Lt Brian Harvey reporting for duty.