Positive Geoff

@acgrayling It’s because they don’t really believe that bullshit of an assessment!

"Labour: "Brexit was a terrible mistake. It was a scam, won on lies and criminal manipulation. It's hurting the country badly. A majority want to reverse it. But - we're going to stick with it."

@RealComfyfren @iamyesyouareno For a start Edison stole the lightbulb from Joseph swan. He was punished with making swan a partner in his company. This dude he’s on about was merely an employee for a mass plagiarist organisation.

“Black people invented everything” They really believe this. The level of delusion is unreal.

@RussInCheshire Your whole assessment is biased bollocks. The thread is actually unreadable due to the high volume of complete nonsense. Bellend 😂😂😂

@ProfBrianCox What a one sided crock of shit this is. You really do come out with some garbage!

The points Macron makes in this interview came up in several conversations I’ve had over the last few months - when the same points are made by different knowledgable people, I listen. The consensus appears to be that the chance of NATO being drawn into conflict in Europe with Russia over the next decade is priced much higher than I imagined - and I imagined it was quite likely. The rise of nationalism in Europe (and the US) makes this more likely. The historic lack of investment in R&D and defence across our continent makes this more likely. From the U.K. perspective, pretty much everyone agrees (behind the scenes for the moment) that Brexit has made these problems more difficult to address. As Blair said in the recently recirculating interview from 2019, the politicians who advocated it were naive and ignorant and did not understand how power is deployed on the international stage. What can be done? Again, I was surprised by the unanimity of the views from people with otherwise different political positions. We have to plan for a more isolationist US whose focus may shift away from Europe, even as we hope and work to avert this possibility. The U.K. therefore needs to reengage with Europe - by which I mean get itself firmly on the path to EU membership - as quickly as possible and before Macron leaves office. That depends primarily on the Conservative Party accepting the principle in opposition. The ball is in their court. This will (a) demonstrate that attempts to destabilise our continent politically are failing and (b) boost our economies so we can invest more in R&D and defence. Obviously, as you’ll see in the replies below, some people will need a lot of persuading. But the alternative is potentially existential, and so the case will have to be made. What we need in the U.K. is for a politician to emerge who has the rhetorical ability, courage and intellectual firepower to make the case to a public still shell shocked by the experience of 2016 - and who has the diplomatic skill to convince Europe that we are serious.

@MatthewStadlen @tonymc42 Hahahaha what a bellend

@tonymc42 💪🏼

Reform UK have made the tragic error of confusing angry, shouty people on social media for the actual electorate.

@UU_Ess_Pee Corrupt and incompetent yes. Not sure wanting to control immigration is racist though. Bizarre comment

The arrogance of the slimy tories who almost can’t understand why they’re losing so many seats 👏 😂 🤡 Allow me to help you; it’s because the slimy tories are corrupt, incompetent and fucking racist.

@TheSnowDreamer She’s not half as awful as Khan

Considering how awful she is, Hall picked up a lot of votes. London isn’t as left leaning as many proclaim not like Liverpool. Is it a ringing endorsement for Khan? Unsure, people may look at numbers but most Londoners me included will have grit their teeth. It was a competition of who was the least sh*t. Most of course were not even bothered to vote with turn out even lower than 2021, down 1.5%. London deserves better but life goes on.

@OwenJones84 The majority of people I know that lived in London have sought refuge in the Home Counties away from the wave of immigration and cultural upheaval and crime that has been forced on them. Just a thought…..

The reason London has become the worst nightmare of the hard right is very straightforward. People from different backgrounds not only live together and mix together, but they enjoy doing so. That's the future of Britain, which is an apocalyptic vision, sure, if you're a bigot.

@Ed_Miliband @SadiqKhan Tell that to all the victims of crime under his watch. Tell that to all the families that have lost family members under his watch. Tell that to all the working class families now struggling with ULEZ. You absolute clown

Congratulations my friend @SadiqKhan on a brilliant victory.🌹 This is a massive win for your progressive values against a nasty, lurch to the right, climate denying Tory campaign. If the Conservatives think this is their future message, it will fail….

@martin_clark1 @prwhittle You voted for Khan 😂😂😂😂

@prwhittle “Cultural lines” - perhaps. Yes I voted for Sadiq and as a middle aged white atheist born in east London I probably am much closer culturally to him than, say, you

Many good people genuinely ask how a mayor with this record could get elected. Even taxi drivers who usually have their ear to the ground have asked me over the past month - ‘surely he can’t get in again?’ To which I would say: you’ve got to wise up. His victory was never in doubt because people vote along cultural lines now. Issues such as knife crime, police behaviour and Ulez ultimately don’t matter ; they’re voting for him because of what he represents. London is now a majority minority city. At the last census it was down to 37% white British, and that is a transformation which has happened in 25 years. Extraordinary and unprecedented. Khan will have had the vote of ethnic minorities as well as the young ,liberal white woke who set the cultural agenda of the city. In other words, exactly like New York. That’s the reality.

@AngelaRayner @SadiqKhan Fairer? My perfectly good and clean car is now not valid to take me to work in the capital each day and has halved in value costing me thousands of pounds. Safer? Really? Fucking really? 🤯🤯🤯

Congratulations @SadiqKhan ♥️ Londoners voted to give their city a fairer, safer, greener future. 🌹

@afneil 😂😂😂

You’re. An embarrassment to Scottish education. Once world class. Clearly not now.

@guyverhofstadt @SadiqKhan Oh do fuck off 😂

Congratulations, @SadiqKhan on being elected Mayor of London for a third term. London is one of the great European capital cities. One day, it will back at the heart of the EU where it belongs ! 🇪🇺🇬🇧

@jdtlgr 😬

He’s had to overcome racism, blame, lies, death threats and a host of insults hurled at him. But today has proved the majority of London still have faith in him to lead and represent our great city, and rightly so! 3 in a row Our mayor, Sadiq Khan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #LondonMayoralElection

@LizWebsterSBF Who’s paying for you to spread this rubbish?

Macron is right to point out that Brexit has “impoverished” the UK and failed to deliver what it promised. “Brexit has impoverished the United Kingdom,” he told The Economist. “Brexit has done nothing to solve immigration in the UK. “Well, despite that, some people think it doesn’t look so bad. But nobody dares to say that anything is wrong. And so nobody is taking responsibility for anything.” independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

@GuillermElodie Sorry boss but a no from me. Absolutely no reason to 🤷🏻‍♂️

Porto Alegre, Brazil seeing the worst flooding since 1941 after over 400mm of rainfall has fallen over the last 7 days. How long until similar scenes are recorded in London? x.com/WxNB_/status/1…

@ericblap @stephenhdg Fuck off 😂😂😂😂

Most of the votes for Labour are coming from youngsters that have never lived under a Labour government. If they think Conservatives are bad they have a rude awakening coming .

@OscarNMFranklin @MedwayMessenger @medway_council @vincemaple @MedwayLabour Makes a change from the constant fuck ups since pony tailed Vince has been in charge! Still £260k a truck 😬

@Juliest101 Strange, angry person 😂

If I lived in London I'd be putting a big fat X next to Sadiq Khan and giving that dangerous lying racist Susan Hall a big fat electoral FUCK OFF. #VoteLabour