Why do some people keep repeating the thing about the name and acting like they can’t decide? I also think it’s been going very badly and there’s so much to criticise. But they made it clear from the very beginning that they’d allow the members to vote on the name at their first conference, which is happening this month

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As the article says, it’s yet another of many reviews over the years that has shown that racism, and other forms of bigotry, are systemic in the Met. Which have been basically ignored every time. I’m sure in this time of increased general bigotry in the UK something will absolutely be done, after this one

I’m glad in the article they say that Khan is part of the centrist Labour establishment. For any US people that aren’t aware, Mamdani’s win is a way bigger jump to the left for New York than Khan was/is for London, even though Johnson came before him. I wish Khan was like Mamdani in this aspect, London could really use someone like that too

Also decarb them and you’ve got nature’s gabapentin

I want them to get it together, but mostly cos there’s certain seats that Your Party will win or have a good chance of winning that the Greens won’t. We need a united front but so far it’s not looking great. Really needs to happen in good time before next year’s local elections

Thank you for linking this. I’ve looked at every instance of “transport” in the document and it’s almost all about maintaining and renewing current infrastructure. Which is good, of course, but nowhere does it seem to talk about affordability. In the part where it talks about how they’re going to decarbonise the UK in regards to transport, again it just seems to talk about pushing for electric cars.

Correct me if I’m wrong and have missed things though. I’d be pleased to see that they’re actually going to make public transport affordable. It’s good to make what’s there better and expand it. But if most people still aren’t able to use it and having a car is cheaper, it’s not going to have nearly the outcome it should

As expected, basically nothing on making public transport better and affordable. Just the usual focus on making having electric cars easier. Really going “all in” here Ed, sure

Also unaware that it wasn’t commonly how they picture it anyway and so many of those housewives had to be on drugs to cope with their lives

Refreshing to see this attitude, rather than the pre-election “you’re an idiot if you don’t vote for me” followed by the post-election ”wow you didn’t vote for me, you idiots" rhetoric you get from most Dems

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Ahh so you did know some other chants. Yes it’s no secret there’s animosity between some Middle Easterners and the US and Israel. What’s your point with all this?

Here’s one

I mean, that’s pretty damn queer-centric don’t you think? The actual and potential victims of fascism go way beyond just queer people. And there’s plenty flags, both now and historically, that are linked to antifascism. Most of them aren’t red, white and black

Plus I’ve always found the progress pride flag kinda ugly, but that’s just personal. As a queer person who’s into vexillology, a fair few of our flags have that problem. It’s also been used by so many capitalists to falsely give themselves the appearance of being egalitarian

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Adult Swim ass imagery

Apparently him losing his Duke of York title would actually require Parliament to approve. Those would be some interesting debates to watch, if any insane person were to go against it

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I mean it’s pretty much just the sample, a xylophone playing “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and some very simple percussion and flute. It’s a new song yes, but it relies heavily on others’ work and what is his addition has barely anything to it. What makes it good is his and Kimbra’s vocals. With this whole “not changing anything means it’s bad” standard you do realise that writes off all covers that are done with the same instrumentation as not worthy of praise right? And yes those cover artists aren’t claiming their song is an original, but neither is Doechii out here saying the instrumentation is hers. She didn’t steal it, as you said

Why are you saying she has to take more obscure samples? Again this is a pretty arbitrary standard to have. Sampling doesn’t have to be what you describe. It means they have more skill of course, doing it that way and it certainly can be more interesting. But Gotye has far from done some skillful with his sampling here. I’m just pointing this out cos of the hypocrisy of calling her out on this front but then only having good words for Gotye. And no one is out here claiming she’s done some good instrumentation or that it’s original in that aspect, either her or anyone who likes it. The people who do like it like it for the most part because she took the instrumentation and made a new song with a different feel to it and did it well, in their eyes. Like I don’t think she’s done some amazing work in general or anything, I just think the hate she’s getting is undeserved

I’m not claiming you’re mad yourself, I’ve no idea if you even have any feeling around it. Just in case I was coming across that way. And it’s totally fine not to like the song, that’s valid as you say. But there’s a difference between saying you don’t like it and thinking it’s bad. There’s plenty of stuff I don’t like personally but that I can appreciate has been done well. I’m talking about having seen so many threads and so much discussion online of people saying how much they don’t like her and it’s ruined her reputation, or giving that as a reason why so many others do. I don’t know if it has actually ruined it, seems she’s gotten mad plays on it at least. But certainly so many people were/are pissed about it

Ok so your points boil down to “she wasn’t creative with the instrumentation as he was”. Even though while yes that is true, he hardly was so to any real degree. She did her own lyrics entirely (which are, in my opinion, a lot more creative than Gotye’s) and gave the song a different feel with her delivery. And still, is the fact that Gotye was a bit creative with the instrumentation and she wasn’t really a reason to give her so much hate? Let’s be real too, most people hating on her don’t know Gotye also sampled, they think it’s entirely his. It’s such a wild thing to get so mad about

Edit: wait I’ve just realised you said she “stole” it too. She didn’t and both Gotye and the guy with the original 60s song are getting a lot of money for it because of it. Also Gotye is getting so many more plays on his song because of Anxiety being released and loads of people being reminded he exists in general