Eugene McCarthy retweeted
There is nothing socialist about a system of free movement that is used by multi-nationals to undermine wages. WATCH my Brexit speech today.
Eugene McCarthy retweeted
"There is nothing socialist about a system of open borders that allows multinationals to treat people as commodities and move them around Europe to drive down labour costs and create a race to the bottom."
Finally, someone stated the obvious.
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By “antisemitism in schools” she means her daughter’s school organized a bake sale for Palestinian charities in November 2023 and when she threw a fit and forced the school to agree that all proceeds be split equally between Palestinian and Israeli charities the other parents voted to cancel the whole thing altogether.
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Buried on page 30 of 'Sir' David Bellend's report into antisemitism in schools in the UK it explicitly says there hasn't been a rise in antisemitism, only in anti-Israel sentiment. Astonishingly fraudulent crisis/debate, all to shield a genocidal state
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"We're the party of alarm clock Britain", says Robert Jenrick to a rally being held at 2pm on a Tuesday.
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Quite important given Andy Burnham now dictating to Labour councillors they can’t be in coalition with Greens in local government.
This is Westminster telling everyone else what to do. Politics from London. Command from the centre.
Funny old world.
Eugene McCarthy retweeted
This stuff angers me so much.
An older building, actually restored for once. Someone not smashing it up to make student flats. Tradesmen, who care about their craft, restoring the brickwork and windows. The paintwork is excellent, and it’s great to see sash windows matching older tiles.
It’s a joy to see buildings like this. Not least in Portsmouth where so many have been lost. Makes a change doesn’t it?
But some little scrote thinks he’s more important than all that - more important than the thoughtful decisions, more important than the effort, and the physical labour, discernment and expertise of the craftsmen. His tag, which took ten seconds, matters more than all that. And more than them.
It’s pure, unadulterated narcissism. And a complete lack of respect for everyone else. I’ll never understand why some socialists, who care about the public realm, think such narcissistic behavior is acceptable. It’s a sign of deep spiritual alienation.
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UK AI Minister @KanishkaNarayan in response to the call for a ban on Super-Intelligence in the UK after an open-letter was circulated by 40 MP's to stop AI:
"We don't have super-intelligence in this country. We actually, as you say, don't have a position to be able to do so anytime soon. The most effective thing we can do is build the capability to test and understand risks that others are perpetrating as a result of them building it."
"Harden defenses. Huge uplift needed in our cyber capabilities to defend ourselves...convene the world, as we will do in the run-up to the G20, to be able to shape others' destinies through our values, and ultimately build in Britain over the long term."
"When I think about the political conversation I sort of feel like people want to just pull whatever lever they can see rather than the lever that actually ends up making a difference in the real world."
"This isn't about being pro-regulation or anti-regulation. For me, it's not a question of what's the tactical mechanism. It's a question of what's going to drive change in the world."
UK AI Minister @KanishkaNarayan tells us the the UK has attracted 50% of European venture capital in the last 12-months, a 16 year high for the nation:
"Why is it that in the last 12 months Britain has cleaned up 50% or so of European venture capital? A 16-year high...we're doing really well in terms of startups".
"At the same time, the UK has the best AI security institute, the ability to be able to test models, understand risks, and mitigate them from a cyber point".
"We've got some great guys from companies coming and working with us, and we've got some great people from government going and working with those companies."
Eugene McCarthy retweeted
The Times today argues that the over 1 billion pounds being spent on PIP for teenagers would be better spent on providing free therapy for them instead.
I would be interested in seeing the arguments against.
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"Socialism" apparently means fighting like hell to ensure megacorporations have a neverending flow of cheap labor!
Statement on Trump Suspending Microsoft from the PERM Program:
This is a crucial issue for me as the top Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee, the only member of Congress to have actually had an H-1B visa, and the Representative for tens of thousands of Microsoft workers. The administration has been consistently working to take away legal pathways for immigrants to contribute their talents to our country, and this is yet another of those attacks.
The PERM program is the first step toward an employment-based green card for countless workers who want to contribute to this country, and it lays out a clear process with steps to ensure that this is a net benefit to our economy and does not harm American jobs. Our economy, our communities, and our families depend on immigrants in many sectors, including the tech sector, and heavy-handed attacks like this only hurt efforts to build a strong, stable, and diverse base of workers who have legal pathways to come and be in the United States while also protecting U.S. workers from unscrupulous employers.
You don’t fix a broken immigration system by taking a hammer to legal immigration. Microsoft has been a leader in advocating for comprehensive immigration reforms that modernize an antiquated immigration system and provide more — not fewer — legal pathways for immigrants from all over the world to work here and be with their families. Targeting Microsoft or the PERM program in this way simply undermines legal immigration and weakens America’s ability to innovate.
Eugene McCarthy retweeted
Let’s redevelop MOULDY council homes across Cambridge 🤢 I was delighted to speak in favour of the redevelopment of the Ekin Road flats at yesterday’s meeting of the Planning Committee 🏡
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If you believe all power is illegitimate, you will never build power. And will always lose. Forever.
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Oxford is building a new neighbourhood on its west end
The design brief says it should 'use cues from the Oxford skyline'
The renders show modern geometric glass and brick buildings
Oxford's historic skyline is spires and carved stone
Nobody in Oxford can explain why a city built in stone is designing its expansion in the material that replaced it
@Gondor_Ind
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Can we honestly say we have exhausted every possibility of making Britain successful outside the EU, before jumping back into the reversal debate?
Brexit was a vote, not an economic strategy or magic pill. It was poorly implemented, a choice was made to leave the Single Market and Customs Union. Once out, what should have followed was a serious 10 year strategy for growth: investment, productivity, energy, manufacturing, skills, regional development, deregulation where it genuinely helps, and a close trading relationship with Europe, while excersing greater autonomy.
Were all options and opportunities exhausted since the exit, or have we just waited long enough to pronounce it a failure, and jump back in?
