@CharlotteHawkns@GMB@adilray Adil making his usual crass comments, this time MINUTES into the programme about the Royal Family’s ‘bad press’ from last week…. eh? Really?
@samsamsamsam711 I would love that - they were built near where I live and you can still see small single person craft in the Solent, and a very large one goes from Southsea seafront to the Isle of Wight quite a few times a day…
@NiallHarbison Niall I really love your work and look forward to all your posts - they cheer me up tremendously.
I especially appreciate this thread as I’ve been super anxious for about 2 years now, to the point that I may not manage to get out.
Thank you for opening up and being so lovely
@DetransWomanAus Genuine q, why did you feel the need to be included? I've always been told I'm 'weird' but never put much effort into trying to hide or correct it. I realised quite quickly I was never going to fit in with the girls so there was little to no point trying.
Something truly frightening is happening. As you might know, I used to live in France, still go over a lot, and take an interest in French politics.
I have watched how, simultaneously here and in France, the mainstream news programmes have been giving obscure politicians and activists from the far right a constant platform to air their extremist views.
There has been what Chomsky calls a manufacturing of consent for the likes of Farage, Le Pen, murkily-funded Institute of Economic Affairs, etc., to normalise extremist political views that disrupt social cohesion and dismantle the social security safety net.
We have Farage, who has failed to be elected as an MP 7 times, who is the personification of the hubris that led to a Hard Brexit and the economic chaos of the country, being given wall-to-wall coverage. Every utterance, every brain-fart is analysed and pronounced on. Every possible opportunity to afford him a TV platform is offered.
The same goes for the Far Right in France.
Why?
Who is behind it?