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Unpopular with the people who obsess over the value of their house.

Oh no, not houses next to a primary school. Because that would mean the kids who live in the houses could walk to the primary school.

I assume they discovered an ancient woodland and/or village however like the one that featured on Spotlight in the Southwest the existing homes are already built on half of it.

Zack agrees with Reform that everything's shit it's Keir Starmer's fault.

Here's a rather brave Green position.

Green Party peer, Baroness Jenny Jones said:

“The horrific shooting of innocent people by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raises big concerns about the security of people from this country visiting the USA, especially if they are victims of racial profiling by ICE agents. President Trump and his administration have lied on behalf of ICE and given them backing for acting illegally and killing people who they then labels as “domestic terrorists”. As someone who was on the Met Police’s domestic extremism database for several years, along with thousands of others, that does not seem like a safe country to visit.

I won't watch the World Cup because of Trump, at least not more than a couple of England games if they get to the latter stages, maybe. So I'm fine with boycotts of sporting events. But public safety is stretching it. Recent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.

On the putative boycott of the World Cup, the comedian John Bishop, of all people, has a persuasive take . His view is that since FIFA invented and awarded that farcical FIFA peace prize for Trump, the World Cup in the USA has been irredeemably devalued, and that in the light of Trump’s sanctioned murders of civilians in Minneapolis and his restrictions on entry visas for just about everybody, a boycott of the tournament would not only be appropriate, but not that much of a deprivation for any fans, or players, with a modicum of principles.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 4:48 pmRecent World Cup venues include Brazil and South Africa.

And you should have seen the lines of police in full riot gear in Brazil around the stadiums...

You could effectively just watch the games in Canada and Mexico.

Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:57 pm Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.

Had #2 son round for dinner last night.
He (a couple of notches down the Dulux Chart) has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.

He cited cost as a significant deterrent.
Most of his pals and all the non-white ones have pulled out.

Dr McCoy and I are greatly relieved.

has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.

Hardly worth going for such a short visit.

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:57 pm Take the cost of a ticket and buy a boat and a cargo of beer instead, and spend the evenings in the middle of a lake, listening on the wireless as the whole farce and new definition of football violence fold.

Sort of meant on television. I always wanted to visit America but I was in two minds under Obama and Biden, wouldn’t go near it with that in charge.

Youngian wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 9:11 pm

has made the wise choice to not follow the Tartan Army this time.

Hardly worth going for such a short visit.

We'll be back.

They're letting 48 in, these days.

Polanski is trying to attract hawkish post Atlanticists while keeping his peacenik party on board. Doubt either side will find him convincing.

This is going to cause them problems ahead.

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/greens-lea ... st-motion/

One Green Party insider told Jewish News it was “up there with the most popular submitted” motions.

The proposal calls for the Green Party to declare itself anti-Zionist, endorse a single Palestinian state, and challenges the definition of antisemitism, claiming it “perpetuates biological racism” by “erasing” other Semitic peoples including Arabs, Assyrians, and Palestinians.

Polanski, who previously founded the Jewish Greens group and was once supportive of Israel, now faces calls from far-left activists to back the motion.

A family friend told Jewish News: “It’s been hard enough for most of Zack’s family to put up with as he has moved further and further away from the views he once had on Israel. To equate Zionism—the idea that Jews are entitled to their own state—with racism is the absolute pits. I’m actually lost for words.”

While Polanski remains in contact with his mother, it is understood other close family members have distanced themselves from him over his stance on Israel and repeated claims of “genocide” in Gaza.

What the absolute is this left-wing total obsession with Palestine?

Forget double-sourced reporting, this is triple-sourced. Erm, insiders, a family friend, family members...

davidjay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 9:12 pm What the absolute is this left-wing total obsession with Palestine?

Here's one for you.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ons-labour

Message from the newly elected Andrea Egan at Unison. Usual stuff about standing up for grassroots workers, fair enough. Then this.

Politically, with ordinary Unison members giving a clear mandate for change, our union will defend the interests of the working class as a whole without apology and without exception. I am in no doubt – that requires being unbowed in our support for the Palestinian people’s freedom struggle, and proud of our internationalism and opposition to war. I am also clear that Unison on my watch will not sit idly by while this Labour government allows imprisoned Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists to starve while protesting for their basic rights. Keir Starmer must act now.

The mandate for change was about as many votes as Sharon Graham got. Is Palestine a big issue among Indian care workers? Is opposition to war, whatever that means?