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I suspect not just left wing women, though that seems prevalent on here, but female politicians generally. Today's Grauniad Female UK election candidates report increased abuse Politicians, activists and charities say online harassment is particularly bad, including hate speech and disinformation. Abuse of female election candidates is becoming worse, say candidates, activists and charities. One female Labour candidate in the north of England said “the harassment continues apace” in the build-up to the election, with online harassment being a particular problem. As well as being subjected to hate speech and targeted comments online, she said she had also experienced disinformation being spread about her, and malicious complaints being made against her to public bodies. “Some days you can put a good face on and go out and face it,” she said. “And other days you just think: ‘Why do I do this? Why do I bother?’ “Your family are saying: ‘It’s not worth it, step down’. And these conversations are happening up and down the country with candidates and their families, and people who are thinking about putting themselves forward think, ‘Well, do I want to open myself up to this?’ It’s corrosive to our democracy.” Christine Wallace, the Conservative candidate for Lewisham West and East Dulwich, also ran in last month’s Greater London Authority elections. “I had thousands of comments of people saying the most horrendous things to me,” she said. “I didn’t read them all, my team looked at a lot of them for me.” Wallace said there would be more vitriol under her posts than those of male colleagues – an experience common among female candidates. Zara Sultana has now overtaken Diane Abbott as the most abused MP online Speaking Truth To Power: MP Zarah Sultana On Westminster’s Toxic Politics Elle Magazine 'This is not what a functioning democracy looks like.' From enduring heckling in parliament to receiving the most abuse of any MP on social media, in her own words, Zarah Sultana shares the harsh realities of life as a woman in Westminster, and how she's fighting for change. I’m a woman, I’m young, I’m Muslim, I’m left wing. When people attack me, it’s usually for one – or all – of those reasons. Ever since I got elected in 2019, I’ve received abuse and death threats. Some have been investigated by the police. When the parliamentary authorities discovered I am the most abused MP on social media, I was shocked, but not entirely surprised. There are 650 MPs; women and women of colour are disproportionately impacted, but for someone who’s only been in the job four years and never had a front-bench position, the authorities found it alarming. I’m not naive. When I got elected, I knew I would get targeted for my race and religion. Unfortunately, that seems to be a theme in public life.

Did you hit a significant age deadline? say becoming 65, 70 or 75, as that can make a big difference.

Mine went up from about £700 to £800 renewal last month, but that's for a modified Landrover, Jap import Discovery, kit car & four motorcycles all on the same policy. I'm glad from that perspective, that I no longer live in S10 postcode, which is one of the higher ones. Back in 2017, when we moved here to Buxton, it was about £650 for the same vehicles with the same insurer (RH Classic). When in Sheffield S10, in 2016, my premium jumped from £740 to £840 from the previous year, with a different insurer; they quoted £880 for the following year (2017), which would have covered vehicles moving between the two addresses, as we didn't sell the Sheffield house immediately.

It's a shame Boyfriday stopped posting, though I'm guessing a few folk will disagree with me on that. Looks like he is still observing, and no doubt despairing.

Methinks satire is lost on some folk; however Pharmacist at former Sunak family chemist wary of PM’s health plans Grauniad Jithender Ballepu says more staff and funding would be needed and has concerns about passing antibiotics over the counter Seems his photo op was taken at a different pharmacy and tested by a local conservative councillor.

BBC Radio short clip about 4 minutes long The story of a furnace that powered The Steel City

Nigel Farage says bus attack will not stop him campaigning for Reform after thug hurled can and coffee cup at him Mail URL refers to it as "Horrific-moment-Nigel-Farage-attacked-barnsley" Nigel Farage vowed not to be 'bulled or cowed' after a 'pro-refugee protestor' threw a can and coffee cup at him during an open-top bus tour through Barnsley. I'm not convinced about earlier comments regarding students, unless the posters are referring to U3A (university of the third age)

I'm struggling to get my head around this flier Photographed with Farage, who leads a different party, which is fielding a candidate standing against her.

Try reading it; the cyan underlining denotes a link, often directly to government legislation. Unlike some on here, they evidence their claims.

One thing Delbow didn't mention is No Fault Evictions. This is a serious issue affecting security of tenancy, and can have a major impact on a tenants life. As it happens the was an article about it in The Grauniad yesterday Why were we evicted? I had to ask the new tenant to find out – and the reason cuts to the heart of the UK’s housing crisis The Tories have betrayed renters, and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough. Here’s how they can fix our broken system Opinion Piece Section 21, or “no-fault”, evictions are one of the cruellest facets of the housing sector, and they’re increasingly common: recent figures show a staggering 52% rise in these evictions in London in the past year. The right to evict a tenant for no reason, with almost no legal recourse, was introduced in Margaret Thatcher’s 1988 Housing Act. It doesn’t matter how long the tenant has lived in their home, or if they’ve always paid rent on time – a landlord can remove them, usually with just a few months’ notice. The Conservative party promised to ban these evictions and create “a fairer rental market” in its 2019 manifesto. Almost five years on, it has failed to do so. Since the pledge to scrap these evictions, households have been threatened with homelessness at least 80,000 times. After the election was announced, the renters (reform) bill, which had its second reading in the Lords in May, was in effect scrapped, because parliamentary time was cut short before the bill could reach its final stages. The bill had promised to ban some no-fault evictions. First it was delayed, then it was watered down by backbench Conservative MPs, who tried to defer any section 21 ban and make it easier for landlords to evict tenants for antisocial behaviour, weakening the legislation so much that the Renters’ Reform Coalition, a large group of housing charities, withdrew its support for the bill in April. Landlord lobbying groups, on the other hand, lauded the “pragmatic” amendments.

Hmmmmm, I gather Jared Kushner specialised in real estate business Many people would read this as promoting ethnic cleansing for profit. Jared Kushner highlights real estate potential of ‘Gaza waterfront’ and suggests moving Palestinians to Negev Jewish Chronicle Trump's former Middle East adviser made the controversial comments at Harvard University Kushner’s vision for ‘rebuilding Gaza’ is shameful MEM Opinion piece “It’s unfortunate that no one’s taking in the refugees,” lamented former White House advisor during the Trump administration Jared Kushner. He made his comment during an interview at Harvard University last month. The reason? Gaza is being eyed as potential space for valuable waterfront property, so why shouldn’t Israel “clean up”? When Netanyahu slept at the Kushners — media tales of Trump’s Jewish confidants Jerusalem Post US media outlets reveal inside reporting about Jews in Trump’s inner circle. Netanyahu has long been a friend of the Kushners, and particularly Jared’s dad, Charles Kushner, a major donor to pro-Israel and Jewish causes. One time, Kantor reports – she doesn’t specify when – Jared gave up his bed and moved to the basement so Netanyahu could spend the night at their home in Livingston, New Jersey.

Not quite in this case; Private equity firm CD&R and MFG's relationship; [screenshot as I can't select text to copy] https://www.motorfuelgroup.com/app/uploads/2023/06/CDR-Firefly-Holdco-Financial-Statements-2022.pdf CD&R won the auction for Morrisons https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/27/is-private-equity-tearing-the-soul-out-of-morrisons-supermarket ‘We all say he would be turning in his grave. It is not what it was,” says one former member of staff outside the Girlington branch of Morrisons in Bradford. On the streets of the West Yorkshire city that Sir Ken Morrison helped put on the map, the mood surrounding Britain’s fifth-biggest supermarket chain is decidedly glum. The former employee is far from alone in shuddering at the thought of what Morrison, who created a national chain from his dad’s grocery shop, would make of its current state. Sixteen months on from a feverish bidding battle that ended with the giant US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) taking it over for £7bn, the 124-year-old chain has fallen into a hole that just keeps getting deeper. While shoppers grumble about gaps on shelves, prices that keep rising, a less-rewarding loyalty scheme, fewer staff, increasingly tatty stores and more of the dreaded self-checkouts, the financial players that supported the top-of-the-market takeover are also getting cold feet. Spooked by the chain’s haemorrhaging of market share and rising interest rates, the banks that supported the deal to buy Morrisons have just offloaded €500m of debt at a steep discount, making a loss on their investment. CD&R’s Morrisons sells petrol forecourts to sister company MFG for £2.5bn The deal will help the private equity-owned supermarket service its debt pile FT Via archive.ph Private-equity owned UK supermarket chain Wm Morrison has agreed a £2.5bn deal to sell its petrol forecourt business to sister company Motor Fuel Group, in a move that will help Morrisons shore up its balance sheet. Both companies are owned by US buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Under the terms of the deal, Morrisons will retain a 20 per cent stake in the enlarged MFG, and is expected to receive about £1.8bn to £1.9bn in proceeds. The deal comes as Morrisons seeks to improve its sales performance under new chief executive Rami Baitiéh and service its £5.5bn net debt pile following sale-and-leaseback deals on some of its properties.

Which as your post shows, means the police and trading standards will be able to take action where the law is being broken.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr. 1 minute edit strikes again Note it's announcing the closure of the transaction, not the forecourts, as opposed to "Not it's announcing the closure of the transaction, not the forecourts"

It's not a new thing, there was publicity about it at the start of the year, but I think the deal was finalised more recently; no idea what will happen to prices, but they will presumably have to remain competitive with adjacent outlets. Morrisons agrees to sell forecourts arm in £2.5bn tie-up BBC Published 30 January MFG and Morrisons announce closing of petrol forecourts transaction MFG Not it's announcing the closure of the transaction, not the forecourts Morrisons completes £2.5bn MFG petrol forecourts sale Retail Gazette

Owen Jones is, I would agree, a left wing journalist, who has a column in a centre-left/liberal national newspaper, The Guardian, and also contributes to the New Statesman, Tribune, and The National and was previously a columnist for The Independent, as well as his own outlets; Of those, Tribune is probably left wing(ish), [depending on how you define Democratic Socialism] , the others less so. Since it's The Guardian under discussion, Owen Jones is a contributor under the "Opinions" section, which gives a wide variety of views and doesn't necessarily conform to the overall editorial policy/political leanings of the newspaper. Strapline for the Opinion section is "Comment is free…but facts are sacred CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor" Other recent notable "Opinions" columnists include such as Henry Hill, deputy editor of that other far left publication "Conservative Home" Rory Stewart, you will remember as an ex Tory MP, though chucked out as I recall, but not someone I'd class as left wing by any means, politically or economically. Peter Oborne writes for the Grauniad too; You may remember him as political editor from the stanchly left wing publications, The Mail, Spectator, Telegraph etc. Yougov poll is interesting, but note that it's a poll, not an in depth analysis; more context about that in the last link How left or right-wing are the UK’s newspapers? Yougov The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) however did publish more of an analysis UK Media overview Downloadable pdf. ICO The Guardian is a daily centre left newspaper. It is free to access and has 3.Smillion daily users of its website and app, just over 100,000 newspaper readers and l0million Twitter followers. Readers of the Guardian are more likely to be women and it is more popular among older adults from 35+. PEW Research Centre publication is also worth a read; It also makes the point that peoples perception of an individual media outlet doesn't necessarily tally with either the readership or the actual newspaper's editorial stance. News Media and Political Attitudes in the United Kingdom In general, where the public places an outlet tends to differ from where the average audience actually sits ideologically. For each of the news outlets asked about in the survey, the average audience (based on self-reported usage) tends to fall near the ideological center. People who have heard of each outlet, however, tend to place the outlet either farther to the left or farther to the right than the actual ideological position of the outlet’s audience.

Maybe ask her, I don't know her personally and no longer live in Sheffield, but I'd suggest that she's done more than many people on this forum Zahira Naz Today, it was great to meet Genet and members of the Eritrean Orthodox Church to discuss joint up working between the different communities in Darnall and how collectively we can improve community cohesion in the area. Zahira Naz Busy time at the Darnall Foodbank distributing Ramadan Packs. We are not here to judge, but to provide a little extra help to families in Darnall and Tinsley Zahira Naz Last weekend, was my last session on the Local Government Association’s Political Leadership Programme. Great time with amazing people from across the country! It was great to support each other and share insights on political challenges. Zahira Naz It was a powerful line-up of Female Faith leaders which epitomised the show of unity at the Iftar. Our Honourable Guests speakers were: - Bishop Sophie Jelley, (Acting Bishop of Sheffield) - Patsy Cunningham (Sheffield Reform Jewish Congregation) - Ustadha Ameena Blake (Muslim Chaplain at the University of Sheffield). The Dean of Sheffield, Reverend Canon Abigail Thompson. In a time of when they seek to divide us, it was a pleasure to stand together in solidarity

from Faceache 01.30 10/06/2024 Zahira Naz *Community Safety Update-Darnall Incident* Good Evening, I have visited the family of the young person who was involved in the sad incident in Darnall yesterday. He is currently in critical condition in hospital and the family have requested the community to keep their son in your prayers. I have also met with Community Leaders and the Faith representatives in Darnall to reassure them. At this time, we need unity and to support the family through this distressing time. The family have requested me to share that the community refrains from sharing any false messages and speculation on social media whilst South Yorkshire Police carry out their lines of enquiry. **Community Safety in Darnall** I’ve had concerned residents contact me following the the sad news of a young person getting stabbed in Darnall yesterday. I’ve reached out to the family who are going through a distressed time. At this difficult time, I’m praying for the individual and his family. This is currently a live police investigation and I would like to reassure the community extra patrols will be in the area and police will continue with conducting investigative lines of enquiry. Councillor Zahira Naz Darnall Ward

I'll just leave this here;

Groan Video edited to make it appear Biden tried to sit down when there wasn’t a chair CLAIM: A video shows President Joe Biden trying to sit in a chair that wasn’t there during a ceremony in Normandy, France, commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video, in which Biden’s chair is for the most part clearly visible, is cut before the president sits down. Full footage of the ceremony shows the president looking over his shoulder for his chair and pausing before taking a seat.

All over the place to be honest; Here's one of several telegraph articles Senior Tory says Sunak leaving D-Day event for interview was ‘political malpractice’ Rishi Sunak’s decision to miss an international D-Day 80th anniversary ceremony for a TV interview was “political malpractice of the highest order,” a senior Tory has said. Tim Montgomerie, founder of Conservative Home, said he was “flabbergasted” by the Prime Minister’s decision to sit down with ITV to defend his claims about Sir Keir Starmer’s tax plans after leaving commemoration events in France before a gathering of world leaders on Omaha Beach. “I think it’s political malpractice of the highest order if Rishi Sunak absented himself for an election interview. It’s not dignified. It’s not the right thing to do at a fundamental level,” Mr Montgomerie told the BBC. Mr Sunak had appeared in Normandy earlier in the day to pay tribute to veterans but returned to Britain before the ceremony was over, while Sir Keir remained alongside Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and the Prince of Wales. Amid growing criticism from within his own Tory ranks, Mr Sunak took to Twitter to apologise, saying he cared deeply about veterans and had represented the UK at a number of events in Portsmouth and France over the past two days.

Whereas in the real world;

Curious to know if you've read the link, and understood the point(s) raised in it. Yes I condemn assaulting anyone, politicians included, but critiquing a company masquerading as a political party seems valid during an election campaign.

Completely agree with you; it looks like some social media person who seeks to be a legend in her own lunchtime, and gain more monetarised views on her channel. If Dr. Russ Jackson is correct, and the person leading Farage away after the assault is George Cottrell, then this series of tweets should be given more publicity. Yet another "man of the people", and not elite in the slightest. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1798005359908712927.html Rumour has it, the character leading Nigel Farage away is George Cottrell, an interesting chap, who may give some insight into Farage's 'anti-elite' Reform UK team. (Btw, I don't agree with chucking drinks over anyone). So who is George Cottrell?

Surely wrong way round would be tricky to arrange, as the flag should only have attachment points on one side. Some modern flags may have eyelets or loops, but I would have thought only two for most flagpole applications. Traditionally a flag would have a toggle at the top and a flag line to the bottom, to prevent accidental inversion. See also for Inglefield clips etc. https://jimmygreen.com/content/177-flags-bending-and-hoisting-methods-for-sailing-flags