Fri, 12:56: RT @TheLocalFrance: After spotting this sign in his local café, @john_lichfield muses on the French code of manners, and who is most likely…
Fri, 20:48: Hugo Book Club Blog: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombastic Ego https://t.co/pEdp9Z3HjS How Harlan Ellison lost the 1965 Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Sat, 10:45: Denmark is first in EU to lift all coronavirus restrictions https://t.co/7VpDOuducg And good luck to them! Though I think Belgium cannot be far from making the same decision.
OK, I just watched the video where he said “austerity is right”, but it may have been a slip of the tongue, as he later agreed with Angela Eagle “we agree on anti-austerity”. Or it may have been an attempt to appeal in both directions? I don’t know. I’ve seen plenty of other stuff that gives reason to distrust Smith’s politics, including a personal report from a disabled person who attended a meeting and challenged him on why Labour weren’t opposing the iniquitous Work Capability Assessments, and he replied that it was because it would make them look “weak on benefits”.
OK, I just watched the video where he said “austerity is right”, but it may have been a slip of the tongue, as he later agreed with Angela Eagle “we agree on anti-austerity”. Or it may have been an attempt to appeal in both directions? I don’t know. I’ve seen plenty of other stuff that gives reason to distrust Smith’s politics, including a personal report from a disabled person who attended a meeting and challenged him on why Labour weren’t opposing the iniquitous Work Capability Assessments, and he replied that it was because it would make them look “weak on benefits”.
But maybe he’s not as bad as I’d imagined.