I just watched Starmer being interviewed on the telly, and he was asked straight questions and gave straight answers - no huffing and puffing and trotting out insults and cliches. I hope it... ...
Besides the £30 billion EU divorce bill and the video’s contents - who can claim Brexit to be a success? Quotes within the video include:- 'Brexit has been disastrous for the UK economy and broader... ...
At least the US electors will know that they have elected a ‘Criminal-in-Chief’. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/donald-trump-jack-smith/index.html ...
Why? It's a multicultural school where all the kids get on with each other. As far as the kids are concerned, they are colour blind. So why do the teachers raise the issue when there isn't a... ...
Just had my partners daughter ring her in tears because her daughter, partners granddaughter was susspended from wearing the wrong type of trousers. This I should add is secondary school. This is... ...
My brother has been charged with two misdemeanors. First offense. He has a lawyer, and our mom mentioned to the lawyer that my brother has autism so my brothers doctor wrote a letter, and he sent... ...
We are fast approaching the USA state of politics, where politicians can say what they like and their cult following will believe them (even when it is pointed out that they are lying). The fool... ...
Listening to Robert Jenrick (on Laura Kuenssberg), he has said that if leader of the Tories he would be advocating that the UK leaves the ECHR. This is a sure-fire vote loser. Many ABers don’t... ...
There have been many threads on AB critical of Labour, echoing and amplifying the right-wing press’s nonsense attacks (which will no doubt continue). If you want to know how things really are –... ...
Has anyone else noticed that there are no posts pointing out genuine positive steps the new government are taking. Instead the only comments they can make are playground jibes and wind-ups along... ...
Growing up, I was always told that those who succeed are those who work hard, I was told to work hard at school and through hard work you will have success etc. Over the past few years I've... ...
Look from a Different Angle by Paula Cleary I live in the land of Angles Of Saxons Of Jutes Of Celts Of Romans Of Normans Of Scandanavians I live in the land that was shaped by thousands of... ...
We are now governed by people who were left-wing students in the 1980s and early 90s. This is one of those facts that you try to forget, like getting older in general, but which – occasionally,... ...