@redhistorian Fair and agreed. Although can't imagine any party reverting to that for some time (would need a leader with huge authority to spend up considerable internal political capital doing so). Although that said I was astonished how low turnout was so maybe members aren't that fussed!
Highly recommend any of Gav's books and the latest one sounds like it might be the best yet (due to the satisfying 'decline and fall' storyline it covers).
Some big personal news. My third and final book - 'The End' in another homage to our culture - in the trilogy chronicling John Moores' time at #efc is out at the end of November. Be great if you could purchase. More details here and to follow.
https://t.co/IEAXyYKve1
@blacklionking73 What a nasty piece of work. As always I feel obliged to point out Mehdi Hasan's back catalogue is "patchy" at best from his time this side of the pond however :-(
Worth remembering that @yanisvaroufakis welcomed the return of the Taliban as a defeat for "liberal-neocon imperialism", but advised Afghan women to "hang in there". I don't think he ever explained how exactly they should do that:
@mrjoelclark What's he ever actually done of journalistic merit other than be a professional "commentator" since being head of the NUS and a Chair of the CRE who used it for his own profile? As bad as Peston, Marr, et al in terms of ego vs journalistic rigour.
@RiggieBrett@twlldun Ha very good... "Oi!!! What are you doing in my kitchen?" (And for clarity surely anyone doing dkshwashing as a job did so using the big pot washing machines not this W.I. village fete cos play he's carrying out)
@MarkydeSade1964@lambeth_council@clairekholland The https://t.co/FVuwIW79ov site shows the latest figures are 35% of murder victims in London were black (less than the 40% who are white) and 40% (not 60%) of convicted murderers in London were black.