[Tubby Isaacs]

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

Yeah, I think he'll survive this. And the use of "genocide" in the context of Gaza isn't a particularly fringe use of the word (though I can see why it might jar for some Jewish people).

I'm interested to hear that he's a very recent convert though.

[The Weeping Angel]

It's the omnicause through which all other causes can be filtered. I don't see any talk about what is happening in, say, Sudan or Iran, for example.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I just counted 12 EU members who don't recognize Palestine, and another 4 who recognized it on the same day as the UK. And of those who have recognized it, some recognized it in 1988, when they were under Soviet control, not as democratic nations.

Of those who I think you could say were ahead of the UK, there's Ireland, Slovenia and Spain, who did it in 2024. And Sweden which did it in 2014.

[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

5 Pillars are absolute lunatics. Wanted the Batley teacher prosecuted and hate any non-bigoted sex education.

The Greens are going for the worst part of the Galloway vote here. I've contacted Zack's Comic to see if they think this could be a news story.

[The Weeping Angel]

I really wish someone like Ellie Chowns or Carla Denyer had won.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I've complained to Ellie by email. She may not see it very fast, sadly.

This is mad political strategy. What are their target voters going to make of this? How can you stick it to Wes Streeting and engage with these people?

[Oboogie]

I've complained to Ellie by email. She may not see it very fast, sadly.

This is mad political strategy. What are their target voters going to make of this? How can you stick it to Wes Streeting and engage with these people?

They're playing to what they think is their core vote, which is fine as long as you have no ambition beyond being a small protest group.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Trans rights and 5 Pillars is quite the niche positioning.

[Youngian]

Why wouldn't you canvass muslims to turn up to prevent a racist like Goodwin being elected?
I doubt Hannah Spencer has been deep in discussion about the finer points of Middle East geopolitics.

[The Weeping Angel]

There's a difference between canvassing Muslims and courting five pillars.

[Youngian]

Sounds somewhat ill advised but unlikely to make much impact. Unlike Spencer's gormless remark about the Manchester arena bombing was down to the likes of Goodwin for dividing people.