Agree with danh, sources should be protected. Positives outweigh the negatives.
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It depends if the source is the racist, then no.
Especially if the source is a potential political representative. I'd like to know if my local MP or councillor had made bigoted statements for example.
The journalist won't reveal their source because then nobody would provide them with anything. The source doesn't need to come forward because the party he was speaking for knows who said it, but if they say who it is their claim that they don't speak for the party become even more laughable than it is now. He's not a MP, but he's on the NEC, he's got previous for saying exactly this sort of thing and faced no punishment for it. He's untouchable and the fact the party isn't ever going to out him shows that they think that too. He represents them now, he'll represent them tomorrow and he'll represent them next week/month/year.
Luckily for Starmer our media are more likely to ask him where he thinks Lord Lucan is than to name and shame the Reg Holdsworth lookalike.
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So Labour shit on Muslim voters, likening them to Hamas, to blame for them losing an election they've won anyway?
West Midlands Mayor going down to the wire.
Beth Rigby reporting Labour have won it.
Sky calling it for Parker
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I'm intrigued about how you know this?
I'm getting tired of politicians paying lip service to this when it applies to certain groups, whereas with others they are magically able to find out who the person is immediately and do something about it. They seem to only ever do anything about it when the public are paying attention, otherwise it just gets swept under the rug.
I'm impressed. Labour took everything Hamas had to throw at them and still won.
It will be at least 6% swing in Coventry and Sandwell. Street's lead was over 20k.
Come on Sunak, just call the election. Its an open secret your wife hates living at Downing Street and has been making plans to move back to California.
Was he the Spinal Tap manager?
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That's their problem, wants to play like a United team and they lost half their seats in the country, ETH would be pleased
BBC reporting there's a big tory meeting planned for next week. Attendees are expected to present ideas for something to privatise. The backup plan is deciding which country to pick a fight with, though sources understand that there's some reluctance with this plan as most of the countries that the gammons have heard of would be too tough for us these days.
ULEZ is a stealth tax. Khan's record in London is deplorable. Not sure I can point to anything good that he has done. A sad state of affairs that there was no decent opposition
All the Tories needed was someone like Rory Stewart. He would have wiped the floor with Khan.
Nothing stealthy about it - it factually gives cleaner air in London.
is the tax on cigarettes a stealth tax?
it's a stealth tax. They're ending the EV exemption on congestion charge in London. Why? Because it was never about cleaner air. It's a tax on people to make more money for the council.
Andy Street losing for about 1500 votes in West Midlands has to be one of the biggest Tory failures in recent times, considering they were so keen to bring in the first past the post system
Believe it or not, the best way to make money from car use is to reduce it, not to tax it. The externalities stemming from private car use are way more costly than whatever taxes they offer, including ulez, ved and fuel duty.
Then on top of that, he's turned London into a fecking cesspit. Lawlessness, knife crime, gang culture, divisions and lack of social cohesion, expensive transport.
it's hard to believe that he could have done a worse job. Yet gets a 3rd term
it's hard to believe that he could have done a worse job. Yet gets a 3rd term
Thankfully London seems to disagree with you. Most of us here appreciate having cleaner air. He's by no means a perfect mayor, but a breath of fresh air (literally) compared to the clown that preceded him as well as the clowns who are offered as an alternative.
Let me guess, black cab driver?
Reform candidate probably.
My car is 12 years old and ULEZ exempt. You have to really try to find a car that has to pay the ULEZ charge.
He was probably the best of the Tory Mayors to be fair and it’s a big blow for him to lose for the Tories.
How do you manage to go into every CE thread and be the worst poster in it?
True. He'd have won if he went independent.
Pretty disastrous for the Tories all round, lovely stuff. I'm still weirdly pessimistic about Labour's chances of winning a majority though, mostly because there's no guarantee of a Labour comeback in Scotland.