Clickbaity video title but Owen Jones does very well here to name check many Jewish Genocide scholars and protest organisers. Zack did quite well against Trevor Phillips in tough circumstances but I think this sort of thing would be great to deploy the next time an interviewer tries to erase his Jewish identity.
In this open letter she skewers Streeting on trans healthcare. For those who don't know, she is the mum of one of the trans kids who committed suicide who was missed from the Appleby report. She previously held gender critical views, graduated with a Medical Degree and worked as a Psychiatrist before life had other plans. From reading this she is a passionate advocate with a sharp, meticulous mind.
This could be interesting. We are in a unique situation where according to current polls the incumbent party are likely to benefit from a change to PR before the next election cycle - maybe a slightly lower seat share but more likely to be in a coalition government than a weak opposition to Reform. So maybe a chance he would go through with it? I'm also interested in his idea of overhauling inheritance tax to pay for social care.
This is not about nuclear weapons or a conventional military force. What we've learned from Russia v Ukraine and USA v Iran is that what you spend on is more important than how much you spend and warfare is evolving rapidly as a result, as it did during WW1.
I love the focus on a humanitarian foreign policy addressing some of the root causes of warfare but I also think there is a great opportunity here to position ourselves as advocates for spending smarter rather than spending more, when it comes to defending our inhabitants and infrastructure against the bad actors of the world.