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BBC News, "The police say having to police an event like this takes all of these officers away from policing crime in neighbourhood communities" Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper's policy, enforced by Shabana Mahmood, has so far resulted in over 3,600 being arrested for non violent protest. And it's now becoming Andy Burnham's policy as well, as dozens more will be arrested today for non violent protest. Because of Starmer, Cooper, Mahmood and Burnham, communities are less safe, as police resources are instead allocated to arrest non violent protesters. Your reminder that this was called out by Labour Baron Hain who like me doesn't support the proscribed group, but said of it in the House of Lords that it is, "intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong" He added that the Labour government are "digging itself into a hole" and that "it will end in tears for the government" Concluding with, "Frankly, I am deeply ashamed" This is the sort of dystopian stuff you'd expect from Suella Braverman or Priti Patel, yet neither of them have gone as far as Starmer, Cooper, Mahmood and Burnham. This is a stain on Labour's reputation, and what a tragedy that it continues.

Trump, "Are you a stupid person? Who do you work for?" Journalist, "ABC News" Trump, "You're a stupid person" My view: When the president of the United States responds to a journalist with a schoolyard insult, he does more than demean her. He diminishes the office he holds and the public’s ability to take it seriously. The presidency carries authority because it represents more than the person occupying it. Trump has treated that authority as a weapon for personal grievance: mock, belittle, demand deference, and cast scrutiny as an enemy act. The spectacle may be designed to look like strength. But it reveals something smaller: a leader unable to meet a question with an answer, or a critic with an argument. This is populism eating itself. It feeds on contempt for institutions, then hollows out the institution it commands. It claims to speak for ordinary people while making public life meaner, cruder and less capable of honest scrutiny. The damage reaches beyond one exchange or one presidency. When the most prestigious political office in the world is reduced to insult and grievance, the standing of the office—and the country it represents—suffers with it.