@jamesgoldstone Perhaps, although unclear. There are criticisms I would make of the Greens in Hounslow, but - broadly speaking - standing candidates who don’t reflect local racial demographics wouldn’t be one of them.
An odd thing to say given that it was the 2016 Brexit referendum that has totally crowded out more important issues from British political life. The single biggest cost of Brexit is its opportunity cost – all the things that could’ve happened between 2016-24.
@Paul_SLG officer naturally wouldn’t recommend a strategic application for refusal over a tap! The committee can make a judgement if a condition is reasonable and relevant, and insist on it. This is a world apart from committees refusing applications that are not rooted in solid 3/n
Left: 24-year-old me, a journalist when Orbán was in opposition. Right: 45-year-old me, still a journalist—two days before he’s there again.
Between those moments: lots of work, lost jobs, closed papers, smear campaigns. And yet, we are still here. That’s all that matters.
@NicholasTyrone But how will this ‘protect households from energy price shocks’ when British Consumers pay the international market rate for oil and gas?