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Pressure in the cost—of—living crisis but looking to the labour leadership for more support. just a short time ago i was at an event that has already been happening here although the delegates arriving in the main conference really gets going tomorrow and some fringe events and this was an event from those on the left of the labour party and some very angry voices there so some mps, others from big unions, who were saying that the labour party, the clue, they are saying, is in the name, is t...

Ordinary men. he sees the sacrifices that they are making. >> it is at this time that edward realizes that he is able to make contact and connection with ordinary people outside the bubble of the court. >> he was extremely popular. he represented a new generation. ♪ ♪ >> edwards personal popularity may be on the rise, but king george faces another wave of public dissatisfaction with the monarchy. >> the carnage of the first world war makes people question the order. should they be fighting f...

>> you inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and fearless any immerse myself in the richness of life. advocate for the working classes, the immigrants, the poor, this world didnt deserve you. and then a few people left poems. everyone says, everyone forgets icarus. i dont think he failed he just came to the end of his triumph. >> you know, i was an angry young man. i forget what i was angry about, especially looking at this. what the hell was i so angry about?

Imagines a less individualistic society. one that emphasizes the obligations people have to each other. less abortion, more family leave. >> is the goal to convince progressive women to accept restrictions on abortion or is the goal to convince conservatives to create a more generous social welfare state? >> i would say the goal is probably both. the gop has been captured by libertarian forces for a long time. they have not understood the ways in which some economic transitions, going back to in...

Or is it to convince conservatives to create a social welfare state? >> i would say the goal is probably both. the gop has been really captured by libertarian forces for a long time and they have not understood the ways in which some economic transitions going all the way back to industrialization have really harmed the working classes and the poor. >> this pitch is like, sacrifice your individual rights. lying it is in your best interests. you sacrifice your individual rights to an abortion. bu...

Did not have 100 people for a socially distanced bring your own booze party, the claim is around 30 people in the end turned up. this one from adam. i was stuck at home having lost all of my work as a freelance musician. the government behaviour sickens me. the conversation on twitter reflecting on the 20th of may 2020, and michaela says it was my twins birthday, they miss their party for the sake of keeping others safe. thank you so much for sending all of those in. lets have one more from mark...

Having written here previously about Scotland’s world leadership in burning ‘witches’, I welcome the statement by Nicola Sturgeon as a step towards acknowledging a terrible evil.

Through a pro-growth economic agenda of tax cuts and regulatory relief unleashing our great energy sector and fairer trade deals actually delivered a booming economy. we had a goldie locks economy. we had strong economic growth. strong job creation, strong wage growth and loyalty to no inflation. joe biden and the democrats have taken all of those successful policies and put them into reverse. so, of course, you will get the reverse kind of results. and the american people are really suffering. ...

The passage from Robert Tressell's 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' in which one of the characters cleverly outlines how the use of money under capitalism enriches capitalists and exploits the working class.