Any chance of an appearance from Jim Davidson ?- he popped up on GB news recently , slagging off footballers for being woke and taking the Queen's shilling in Qatar (that makes proper sense Jim) and basically bigging up the LGBT+ community in the UK (He's always been a big supporter has Jim)
Yeah, I was a bit surprised. He does have the odd centrist take but doesn't remotely have the red-brown (or just brown) leanings of a lot of the speakers. He may well get called out for it cos that is one appalling line-up.
Really? I read the speakers and was like, okay, they managed to have some actual leftists there, even if some are known for their more nationalist leaning leftism. And okay, one Tory dickhead on there, perhaps they feel the need for token balance. Then I saw the chair: 'Senior HR professional'. Like, the actual enemy in workplaces. Hilarious stuff.
It would be if he was writing a column for The Times or something, but I'd argue sharing a platform with these guys is just helping their long-term project of funnelling left-leaning people towards right-wing politics, and damaging your own standing with anyone sensible at the same time.
Back when I was at high school (late 70s/early 80s), we had these career guidance meetings. One of the maths teachers met you and asked you a load of questions from a bought-in questionnaire they were very pleased with and would confidently match you with a career to go into. This was so you could chose the right subjects to take and plan for college or uni or whatever.
I presumed it was a joke. Especially as one of the former unionists is listed as being active in a union that stopped existing over thirty years ago.
Och, I realise that. I don’t trust any of that Novara crowd.
I do however see him being drawn into their bullshit more, than him convincing any cunts there to be better people
It's a mixed bag - James Butler is a good writer with decent politics, Ash Sarkar has her moments. Bastani is pretty terrible though.
Aye. And Novara, Canary and all that milieu is nothing more than social democratic cooption of dissent for capital anyway. It was the point that was fair enough, not the grifter behind it.
Don’t think I know him.
I had a subscription until recently so I must have seen him. I’m not good with names.
Director of Big Brother watch? i thought they were okay, but have never dug
Yeah, I always thought they were okay. A look at their board has caused doubts tho, a couple from right wing think tanks and a lib dem peerDirector of Big Brother watch? i thought they were okay, but have never dug
"
Silkie is a recognised media spokesperson on human rights issues, including on flagship political programmes such as BBC Any Questions? and Politics Live, and regularly writes opinion pieces in the Telegraph, with bylines also in the Guardian and Mail among other papers.
Before joining Big Brother Watch, she was the Senior Advocacy Officer at the UK’s oldest human rights organisation Liberty where she led a programme on Technology and Human Rights and launched a legal challenge against mass surveillance powers. She previously worked for Edward Snowden’s official legal defence fund."
You know when kids say what they want to be when they grow up, eg train driver, bus conductor, sweetshop keeper, etc, has any child ever answered HR officer, because if they did, surely social services would need to be brought in
Did any of the kids express a fervent desire to become a social worker?You know when kids say what they want to be when they grow up, eg train driver, bus conductor, sweetshop keeper, etc, has any child ever answered HR officer, because if they did, surely social services would need to be brought in
