Point scoring against the government. I’m not knowledgeable on this so please could you give me an example of when a defecting MP has been given a safe seat?
Point scoring against the government. I’m not knowledgeable on this so please could you give me an example of when a defecting MP has been given a safe seat?
Surely she won’t be allowed to stand for Labour at the next election?
Don’t hold your breath :/
Ah I’m so sorry - thanks for the TIL.
Yes, I very much agree with your idea then.
Edit: I also like what @Womble@lemmy.world suggested of retaining 1/3 of seats for cross-party selected experts. Especially with sortition, it’s important to have the expertise to inform discussion.
I’d like for it to be people with previous careers as well though, not career politicians. Which is what it would end up being if open to anyone standing.
Maybe waving the flag a bit more would have helped capture those people that don’t think beyond it? Does no harm, surely?
Yet the OP comment is literally using past performance as a ‘both sides’ argument.
Can’t have it both ways.
It’s not free. We pay for the NHS through tax. It’s free at the point of use.
This is a seemingly perfect dandy stance to take, right up until you can’t afford private health care and then you’re the victim of medical negligence.
Yeah, I have a hand held drill with hammer - takes fucking ages and way too easy to damage the drill bit.
A proper pneumatic corded drill is definitely something I would have got in a heartbeat if I could afford it.
Thankfully my dad is a tool nut, so got me one anyway.
Maybe we should sort that out by investing in our country, rather than propagating the disaster the Tories have created?
One of the biggest problems we have is under paying our doctors…
Why is he on Starmer’s front bench?
See, I’ve joined, but why the need for another gaming community?
We could have those kinds of discussion on all the others too?
You’re right, we should go with verifiable facts.
Just a reminder, this is the guy that promised a Brexit vote to stop his party from splitting in half, actually followed through with that promise, and pikachu faced when he got outplayed by his own party’s propaganda machine, then ran away to leave everybody else to deal with the mess.
No, that isn’t what I said. I said Hamas ignited the current disaster - which is one step in a whole series of disastrous moves by both the State of Israel and Hamas.
But to address your point of what are the Palestinians to do? There isn’t a nice clean answer for that because the burden of responsibility lies on both sides - moreso on the side with the greater power (so, Israel).
But terrorism isn’t helpful when it leads to the genocide of your people.
If Hamas hadn’t done October 7th, then a lot more innocent Israelis, Palestinians, and Gazans would still be alive today.
If you’re trying to suggest that it’s a means to an end… Well first of all, the ends do not justify the means. Second of all - what end exactly has Hamas helped achieve here?
I’m… really not sure what point you’re trying to make to me here, sorry.
Unless you’re trying to strawman me, in which case - why?
I’m sorry, I don’t follow what you’re trying to convey here.
That there is an even bigger picture than in my comment? Well, yes, of course. The Israel-Palestine situation is a hundred year old mess.
But how was my comment reductive as well? I didn’t lay the blame squarely at the feet of any one party, which is far closer to the truth than saying “It’s all Israel’s fault.”
And if you take contention with me being nuanced, please consider that by doing so you don’t actually do any favours to the conversation and therefore a peaceful resolution that is as fair as can possibly be achieved.
So, if it helps you come back to the table, please know that I absolutely think what Israel is doing is appalling and they have an obscene power disparity over the Palestinian people and are abusing that wholesale - when they could use it to create peace.
Now I’m no supporter of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, but your statement is way too reductive.
The current disaster in Gaza was ignited by Hamas on October 7th, no doubt at the encouragement of Iran. And yes, Israel definitely bears a significant amount of responsibility for creating the tinder box that October 7th sparked, and also has certainly fanned the flames with enthusiasm.
But responsibility for the escalation and continuation of the situation rests also on Iran, on Hamas and the Houthis, and also to a lesser degree on the US and other Western allies that enable Israel.
End of a 14 year dark period.