Why do so many people listen to Alastair Campbell’s politics podcast when he clearly has no idea about anything?
Why?
The answer is simple: culture and schools matter.
Every one of us has been to school.
Campbell fits the narrative taught at school and we seek it as adults.
Gary Lineker left the BBC after the controversy surrounding him resharing antisemitic posts.
Would Andy Burnham have a friendly political discussion with a presenter who was accused of resharing Islamophobic posts?
We know the answer. This is a big red flag.
Yes, she did believe that. And the truth is that, until about 12 years ago, it was also the general view of most people in society (and still happens to be the view of the established church in this country today). Disagree with it, by all means. But to present it as some kind of extremist opinion is plainly ridiculous.
Why is everyone now spelling Turkey as Türkiye while Israel is not spelled ישראל or Yisra'el?
'Turkey' is an English word like 'Paris', 'Germany' and 'Israel'.
A big part of our political malaise is down to the fact that a generation of politicians had European Commission bureaucrats to do the work of technical governance for them, which freed them up to talk about transgender issues and Gaza - and they don't want to do anything else.
It’s really important you don’t leap to assumptions and whip up hatred online.
This is an ongoing case and it’s crucial that we don’t try to influence the outcome until everything is known.
We are a tolerant country and this divisive rhetoric serves no one.
What's concerning about Elon's haters being among the dumbest people on Earth is that if he succeeds they'll be the dumbest people on other planets, too.
This is the same nonsense we heard after Southport.
They can’t accept the simple truth that people are reacting to the horrors imposed upon them, and don’t need to be told what to do by Elon Musk or anyone else.