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Ben Williams

@FaringForwards

Wherein cunning but in craft? Wherein crafty but in villainy? Wherein villainous but in all things? Wherein worthy but in nothing?

Beigetreten Temmuz 2017
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Ben Williams
Ben Williams@FaringForwards·
Strangely, I was only reflecting last night that if Charles III wanted to emulate Charles I, this would be the issue: a complete dislocate between SW1 values and everyone else's, on which the people would support the King. Fortunately for SW1, he's a bit of a wimp 😊
Dr. Calum Miller@DrCalumMiller

King Charles has the legitimate power to reject this abortion up to birth bill. If the Royal veto is ever valid (which it is), it is for the protection of innocent human life.

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I also think this is one of the few bad *policitical* calls made by Cummings. He seems to have thought that breaching the manifesto pledge not to raise tax would have been disastrous, a la Bush 41. But people would have understood this was a Black Swan event, like a war.
Ben Williams@FaringForwards

@alexmassie The big mistake Sunak made was not to couple furlough with “after the crisis is over, there will be a 3 p rise in income tax in each band into the cost is repaid.” Not only would that have made people less sanguine about lockdowns, it would have shown there is no money tree.

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@peter_sarris The narcissism is evident from the very first words. Does she really think anyone knows, still less cares, about her “rule” on Early Day Motions, such that we need a portentous explanation of why she’s disapplying it? It’s unwittingly hilarious.
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In the early years of the show, when he was writing for the Mail, DCS constantly referenced his fear of being cancelled. He made a joke of it, but it was obvious to me that it was a serious worry to him, and who can blame him? And now he suddenly finds himself earning 7 figures a year. That can’t have made the fear of cancellation any less.
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John Duffield@jfwduffield·
Also their intellectual backgrounds are important too. @holland_tom has written extensively on ancient & medieval history & religion. @dcsandbrook is a modern historian who takes secularism for granted & lacks intellectual curiosity in pre-modern ideas & religiosity.
West End Girl@BucketsOf_Rain

Holland and Sandbrook never cease to amaze you, really. Holland is meant to be the drippy liberal, and Sandbook the roast-beef conservative. But Holland is unquestionably, obviously correct. You don't need to be any sort of scholar to know this. Just be alive.

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@alexmassie The big mistake Sunak made was not to couple furlough with “after the crisis is over, there will be a 3 p rise in income tax in each band into the cost is repaid.” Not only would that have made people less sanguine about lockdowns, it would have shown there is no money tree.
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@peter_sarris Applying Conquest’s 2nd law of politics, it’s pretty obvious that she’s an agent for the Vatican.
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Peter Sarris
Peter Sarris@peter_sarris·
Not bright enough to be a Fabian
Queen Bee@KingBobIIV

Fabian Labour MP, Stella Creasy was the predominant architect to push through legalising abortions, right until the moment of birth, for any reason. She was also the primary advocate for state sanctioned murder for elderly and disabled. Here are some quotes from Fabian founders: Sidney Webb wrote in 1907: “No consistent eugenist can be a ‘laisser-faire’ individualist… he must interfere, interfere, interfere!” And more bluntly, on reproduction: “The whole of the unskilled labourers… are now tending to multiply… and to transmit their incapacity to their children.” George Bernard Shaw, 1910: “We should find ourselves committed to kill a good many people who are not fit to live.” And on reproduction / social worth: “The right to live… is conditional.” Beatrice Webb wrote in her diary (early 1900s): “The multiplication of the feeble-minded, the diseased and the incapable is a terrible danger to the race.” And elsewhere: “No eugenicist can doubt that the… poor… are reproducing too fast.” H. G. Wells wrote in Anticipations (1901): “The swarms of black and brown… and dirty-white people… will have to go.” And more directly tied to class: “The irresponsible and unproductive elements of the population… will have to be eliminated.” Here she is with her baby. She thinks her baby matters more than your babies, because you're just poor working class scum that need eliminating.

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@residentadviser Sandbrook has always had a fear of being cancelled. Probably having, unlike Holland, actually having worked in academia.
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It is well within the UK's capacity to remain a significant regional power, and it will for the foreseeable future have major strategic interests in the near East and the Suez Canal. If you follow these things, you will note that France also considers it essential to maintain a strong presence in the E Med.
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MichaelLedgerLomas@LedgerLomasM·
@FaringForwards @john_ritzema @yuanyi_z Bases like Cyprus seem to me to have no meaning when decoupled from American power - the sort that is taking off daily from Fairford. I don't see how you decouple our 'power' from these disasters. It's time for an end to some very old illusions.
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@LedgerLomasM @john_ritzema @yuanyi_z That's because we have made such a mess of our geopolitical position that sometimes it has become strategically necessary for the UK to give the weakest support we can get away with to disastrous American mistakes.
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@john_ritzema @LedgerLomasM @yuanyi_z Having bases (military and intelligence) right opposite the Suez Canal is of no value to the UK? People who make comments like that are so strategically blind that they ought to be advising Donald Trump.
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John Ritzema
John Ritzema@john_ritzema·
@LedgerLomasM @yuanyi_z Retaining small military bases overseas on vital shipping routes etc. isn't a particularly anachronistic thing to do. It's hard not to think that you just want Britain to be further weakened as a punishment for what you see as complicity in Gaza!
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Daniel Hannan
Daniel Hannan@DanielJHannan·
In Britain, @MarkJCarney had two political principles: 1. We should adopt the regulations of the large market next door. 2. Decarbonisation mattered more than affordable energy. In Canada, he does the opposite. Why? Because he has to think about voters. His U-turns neatly illustrate why we shouldn’t let unelected officials take key decisions.
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Ben Williams@FaringForwards·
While I respect the positon you take, and the way you take it, I am afraid I don't think I can be convinced that there should be a blanket decriminalisation of mothers who abort late stage, viable, foetuses. While I know that in many if not most cases there will be strong compassionate grounds not to prosecute, you have to allow for human wickedness, which I am afraid is infinitely variable. Compare people, which happens not that infrequently, killing their partner with dementia. Very often this is motivated by love and despair. But not always, I'm afraid.
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Bert 🐝
Bert 🐝@MrsBertBibby·
@FaringForwards @SimonCalvert14 Well there's an obvious solution to that which doesn't involve criminalising women who just lost a pregnancy, surely?
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Simon Calvert
Simon Calvert@SimonCalvert14·
Lord Pannick compares abortion to suicide, saying the person attempting the act should not be prosecuted. Bns O’Loan points out that abortion is taking the life of an unborn child. L Pannick responds by saying “until it is born has no legal identity”.
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