[Watchman]

Security from the collapsing NHS? What does that actually mean

[Bones McCoy]

He's remarkable. Every study he does supports his already held views.

‘Cultural security’ is a concept discussed by no one.

Cultural security sounds like suit nazi cant for "wogs out".

[Andy McDandy]

When Garry "Gatwick Gangsters" Bushell sounded off about dance music keeping him awake at night, he always used the "cultural" tag to make it clear that he wasn't against black people in general, just an art form heavily associated with them.

Yeah, it's not very obvious code for non-white stuff.

[Tubby Isaacs]

He's on to "nobody else has an alternative" now.

[Tubby Isaacs]

"This is why the government needs to raise taxes to increase the universities grant", Matt probably didn't add.

If only there were a news organisation nearby who could do some investigating.

Oh, I see the same university (York) had reduced entry requirements for some home standards too. I expect Matt didn't say that.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Whut?! A deal was done with the Albanian Government. The Albanian migrants weren't deterred by Rwanda.

[Youngian]

Goodwin’s own academic standards leave a lot to be desired when it comes to the breath of his evidence gathering and use of dubious statistics.

[Andy McDandy]

"Luxury beliefs" is a really loathsome phrase, and concept.

His argument is just "They come over here and take all the jobs".

[Bones McCoy]

The irony.

A tenured professor with extensive outside (earning?) interests.
Expecting the rest of us at all go Spartan Warrior in pursuit of his class struggle.

[Tubby Isaacs]

"Luxury beliefs" is a really loathsome phrase, and concept.

His argument is just "They come over here and take all the jobs".

There are more than a few poor and sick pensioners relying on non-British carers. Lots of us think it's good that the carers are there and would like them to be better paid. Luxury belief?

[Andy McDandy]

Boil it down to its core and what you're left with is "See them clever fuckers who are into all that helping each other crap? Poofs."

It's just thuggery, plain and simple.

[Philip Marlow]

"Luxury beliefs" is a really loathsome phrase, and concept.

I’d love someone to cogently explain what the hell a luxury belief is even supposed to be. I’ve mostly seen the phrase used in the context of the great trans debate, where it appears to apply mostly to young people and mean ‘The belief that these foul, creeping perverts are human.’

[Andy McDandy]

It's an import from America, and the idea is that, for example on immigration, the rich don't mind so much because they don't have to live with the impact daily. They get the cheap labour, but it's Joe Public who's stiffed in the jobs market. Load of toss, if you ask me, but one can see the general point.

What it's become is an idea that to have any sort of altruistic or empathic feelings for others is the preserve of some sort of gilded elite, and that 'real people' are much more concerned about getting by day to day, and just don't have the time, energy or naivety to give a shit.

In that it borrows from the anti-intellectualism and toxic machismo of much of the alt-right. The idea that to care is weakness, and should be derided whenever possible, likewise any sort of self improvement other than acquisition of money or working out.

[RedSparrows]

That, plus the usual 'the real problem are the wokes, not something systemic and utterly encompassing, like capitalism on steroids'.

[MisterMuncher]

It's an import from America, and the idea is that, for example on immigration, the rich don't mind so much because they don't have to live with the impact daily. They get the cheap labour, but it's Joe Public who's stiffed in the jobs market. Load of toss, if you ask me, but one can see the general point.

What it's become is an idea that to have any sort of altruistic or empathic feelings for others is the preserve of some sort of gilded elite, and that 'real people' are much more concerned about getting by day to day, and just don't have the time, energy or naivety to give a shit.

In that it borrows from the anti-intellectualism and toxic machismo of much of the alt-right. The idea that to care is weakness, and should be derided whenever possible, likewise any sort of self improvement other than acquisition of money or working out.

Another rehash of an immutable law of right wing bullshit. Any opinion put in the mouth of the "working classes" or "ordinary people" is merely the author's sundry prejudices being laundered as someone else's self interest.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Bookshops in "private businesses" shock.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

'Kinell, the sense of entitlement...

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's not even genuine. It's all part of thr same "David Aaranovitch didn't invite me out for dinner" stuff. Manufactured outrage.

[Youngian]

Organise his own “An evening with best selling author Matt Goodwin- the man the luvvies tries to ban” and clean up.

The ludicrous Jordan Peterson puts bums on seats for some inexplicable reason.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I put this silly headline in the Independent thread. The sub-heading says something completely different.