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They're not YOUR pronouns if they're coming out of MY mouth.

@sky_trees_ @ShippersUnbound Millions have come in WITH consent. The bigger issue is that people simply don't understand this, and don't understand the scale of migration overall. They've started to FEEL it, but the public underestimates it by about ten time when polled.

When you say 'control migration', I don't think this is good enough any more. Millions have come in without consent and this needs to be significantly reversed. Even stopping it all going forward won't change the fact that many of our local areas resemble a foreign country. Mass migration, which Blair authored, needs to be significantly reversed, if any sense of trust is to be restored on this issue and democracy is to mean anything.

Further to Blair. Literally every honest sensible person in all the main parties privately agrees with all these propositions: - welfare spending is too high and is throwing good people on the scrapheap - defence spending is too low - the triple lock is unsustainable - without cheap energy we cannot exploit the AI revolution - we should be investing in EVERY form of energy: renewables, nuclear and the North Sea - migration needs to be controlled to boost social cohesion and because the boats look like a huge failure of the state - any new relationship with the EU will be imposed on us until we are stronger and cannot involve the closeness some desire without freedom of movement - we are deeply embedded with America in ways which the public does not understand and cannot be told and however joyous it makes us feel to hate Trump, disengagement at the deep state level is not only wholly unrealistic but also undesirable - Whitehall needs a total overhaul so specific project expertise and political appointees can be brought in quickly Blair basically says all that. The one thing he doesn’t say and which the same group of people agree on is this and it’s something Blair left behind: - judges and quangos have too much power, are unaccountable and without redressing the balance in favour of parliament it is very difficult to do anything big fast - the bare minimum that needs to change in this regard is to reform judicial review and planning law so we can put building and economic growth ahead of newts and NIMBYs None of that above really ought to be up for discussion. It is all common sense but not one of our politicians will publicly say all of it Whatever you think of Blair, engage with what he’s saying not how he makes you feel. The bare minimum we should expect from any leader is that they have an analysis of the current situation and a plan to deal with it which is as coherent and realistic as his intervention. Pretty well every critique I’ve read so far has failed to meet this requirement. Over to Andy and Keir and Kemi and Nigel and Zack and all the others

@rub_some_dirt @BridgetPhetasy "I used to watch you all the time but then you had an opinion that's not my exact opinion so fuck you. I am very smart and superior."

@BridgetPhetasy Sadly, I stopped watching when you came out as a stooge of the Zionist lobby. Your parroting of anti-Massie propaganda is just plain idiotic. ... Used to watch every episode, for years. Still treasure my "Lead in the Aqueducts" T-shirt as a memento of when Dumpster Fire was cool.

New Dumpster Fire drops tonight at 9:30 ET/8:30 CT. We talk Hasan Piker, click addiction, and how podcasting is middle school now. See ya in the chat!

@GenHeres123 @m_jivetoaster @avidseries Proper nouns are not pronouns. It's honestly fascinating watching you try to argue through this at this point.

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Trans activists: “Just call people what they want to be called. It’s basic decency.” OK, maybe this is fine in personal interactions. But, at a policy level, the denial of biological reality becomes a civilizational threat because it obliterates one of the most fundamental realities of human existence and replaces it with a requirement that we affirm the disordered thinking of a small percentage of individuals.

@GenHeres123 @m_jivetoaster @avidseries No. Nor is it a religious imposition if they change their name from John to Josephine. Nor would I object to using a different name from their legal name if they requested it. Apart from that one guy who changed his name to Batman. He can fuck off.

@Borederforce @m_jivetoaster @avidseries If someone legally changes their name from John to Alex and asks you to call them Alex is that a religious imposition?

@GenHeres123 @quasi_mortal @avidseries Singular "they" is used when addressing either sex or when the sex of the subject is unknown. This is not that, and the change you're demanding is being demanded on the grounds of a minority belief, as an expression of that belief. No individual is neither male nor female.

Lol Singular 'they' has existed since the 14th century Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen all used it. It was only banned by grammarians in the 18th century. Language evolves constantly. You updated your vocabulary before; this is no different. The discomfort of change isn't a logical argument.

@GenHeres123 @m_jivetoaster @avidseries Calling a man or boy "she" in a pretense that they are a woman or girl is *exactly* the same as being forced to follow a religious practice, actually.

@m_jivetoaster @Borederforce @avidseries You're conflating two completely different things. No one is asking you to wear a veil or change your behavior we're talking about using a word to describe someone. Calling someone 'she' is not the same as being forced to follow a religious practice.

@GenHeres123 @avidseries I am not affording any respect to their "acquired identity" by calling them Muslim - I am using the word that describes someone with their stated beliefs.

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@HeadWarriorTWM Mine won't either - but that's my parenting responsibility to make happen, to warn them against the dangers, to introduce them in a safe and measured way. If the establishment were remotely concerned about this they'd be running awareness campaigns, not going straight to law.

Good for you. Feel free. You do you.

@GenHeres123 @avidseries It's more like a Muslim demanding I say "peace be upon him" whenever I refer to the Mohammed they believe to have been a prophet. I don't give a shit about a 6th century warlord's peace, and I won't pretend I do.

@GenHeres123 @avidseries I do not believe. They're not the same thing.

@GenHeres123 @avidseries Do you think that if a person tells me their pronouns are he/him, I should refer to that person as he/him?

@avidseries Religious people always write in their bios, IDs, and everywhere that identifies them as 'Christian', 'Muslim', or 'Jewish'. Why can't a trans person write their pronouns he/him? Both claims carry the same weight.

@The_TUC You have proven that taxpayer money need not be spent on pride events and parades, and that they can be entirely voluntarily funded. A model for other struggling councils to take note of.

Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations. So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut. Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever. In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families. When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.

@Sargon_of_Akkad Yep. Learn to escape the puritanism of the last couple of decades, or be forever ruled by the absolute worst squares you can think of.

Honestly, I think everyone is being far more unfair towards Robert Kenyon's posts than they ought to be. Nothing he said was particularly unusual, all exactly the kind of things I'd expect to hear from a plumber. Plumbers make jokes. This kind of purity politics is just a method of keeping the lanyard class in power and normal people out of power. Better to ignore this cheap angle of attack and just crack on with the job of persuading people that millions must go.

@raelbrav @orlaminihane What I actually see is that Restore are busy putting out policy documents and building up a ground game, and are occasionally forced to respond to Reform agitators doing their best impression of 2010s online leftists.

@orlaminihane I get it. I just wish you would be more honest. I have been clear about the need to completely replace the Tories. I don’t hide it. Restore’s only goal is to destroy Reform. Just say it. After this by election, it will become clearer for a lot more people.

Gorton and Denton destroyed Advance UK. Makerfield will destroy Restore.

@BasilTheGreat @Independent Pretty bad for him in terms of the election, but also something right-wing parties need to grow a spine about.

🚨NEWS: Reform Makerfield Candidate Robert Kenyon has been criticised after a social media post emerged in which he said English Women don't care about their bodies and just walk around with their fat bellies and odd shapes pushing a pram at 16 in their PJ’s [@Independent ]

@HStonefree @RupertLowe10 Interesting post. What was your handle prior to April 4th? I'd love to verify this previous genuine belief you claim to have had in Rupert Lowe. It being completely absent from your existing timeline and all.

Rupert, unlike many of your current supporters, I was with you from the very beginning. I listened to your first speeches, followed your journey, and genuinely believed you could be the person to make a real difference in British politics. If you had built your party around helping the right win the next election—whether through your own movement or by working alongside others pursuing similar goals—I would still be supporting you today. Instead, it seems that too much time and energy has been spent attacking Reform and competing for the same voters rather than focusing on the bigger challenge facing the country. What disappoints me most is that I once saw you as someone who could unite people behind a common cause. Sadly, the bitterness and constant focus on political rivals has changed that perception. I will always wish you well, but I could never support that approach. For me, Reform is now the best chance of delivering the change this country needs.

A Restore Britain Government will not bring wealth and joy overnight. We are honest about that. There are no quick fixes to the dire mess we are in. There will be a very large number of very difficult decisions to be taken. It will be hard, but it is entirely necessary.

@WillKingston What Farage did to Lowe is not the whole reason I'm a Restore member (as a former Reform voter) - but it's definitely part of it. I want a leader with character and integrity. It will be absolutely essential to get the job done.

@metroadlib I think those are the kinds of people who would fall completely in love with epistolary novels. It would trick them into "reading the descriptions".

If a person can't make it through 30+ books a year, that's completely fine. Learning that ppl are skipping everything except the dialogue in a text, however..... that makes me want to slam my face inside of a heavy door.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!!! WHAT?!!!

@ScienceQriosity You want people who can uphold the current regime only if you support the current regime.

Would I rather someone who spent years understanding how government works and how to actually get things done in the public sector? Or someone who first voted 5 years ago who gets elected to a council and doesn't have the first clue about procedures and getting things done?