I was being a dick. I was taking issue with their use of ‘average’ to mean mean so my values are the median and mode respectively.

Actually I think it’s £288

Isn’t the average £314.50

The issue is that this is a non-existent problem. No one peeling this argument has managed to provide an example of an abusive man following his victim to a domestic abuse shelter and then claiming to be trans to access that space.

I also imagine that it wouldn’t be too hard to deal with if it did occur. Let’s imagine the same scenario among a lesbian couple. When the abusive partner tried to gain access, the abused partner would simply let staff know that was her abusive partner and they would tell the other person that they can’t stay there and redirect them to other services.

The insertion of trans people into this situation is facile and bigoted.

Surely this helps: https://www.msn.com/en-GB/news/uk/jk-rowling-will-struggle-to-support-labour-with-starmers-stance-on-gender/ar-BB1oFtrZ?ocid=sapphireappshare

He knew, he just didn’t give a shit until Rudolph happened to be useful. It’s a capitalist moral sorry, showing that you will get things and be treated well only if you are useful to the rich overlords.

Will, I can’t say you don’t have your reasons. I don’t share them, but, honestly, this particular aspect of their policy isn’t my main concern at this election. I really really hope that you’re wrong and they prove to be more progressive than you fear.

Well, on the face of it, that seems really daft. Care to elaborate?

I’m assuming all he means is that he uses Google photos to store his pictures, so Google is the one hosting them.

We’re not though, there are plenty of groups that have vile hateful ideologies but whom people still think we should be giving space for their views and respect and even airtime.

I was referencing (a) Shaheen who liked a tweet saying "Every time you say something even mildly critical of Israel, you’re immediately assailed by scores of hysterical people who explain to you why you’re completely wrong, how you’re biased against Israel.

“Moreover, you can’t easily ignore them because those are not just random people. They tend to be friends or people who move in the same circles as you.

Those people are mobilised by professional organisations." . Now whether or not I agree with her viewpoint it would so clearly be twisted by the right wing media to hurl claims of antisemitism at the labour party again. When we as a party have worked so hard to get away from that smear you have to be more careful than that.

And (b) Lloyd Russell-Moyle who has had a behavioural complaint made against him. Again, it does look to be timed in such a way as to punish Russell-Moyle whatever conclusion the NEC come to as his seat will have already gone to another MP, but equally, do we want a party that don’t investigate such things, or try to sweep them under the carpet? BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5114q1x09eo

I hadn’t heard of Akehurst before your comment, and have to say I’m very disappointed that he’s been selected, given both of the rows I’ve referenced I don’t think he should have been. Thank you for bringing him to my attention.

Is this loss?

Funny, I don’t see Iceland on this list

Brilliant, thanks.

ELI5?

I like the idea, but it would have to work perfectly otherwise politicians would get very very upset when it didn’t work correctly and it could never work perfectly enough live.

We just need interlocutors who are willing to break in and say, “What you have just said has been proven to not be true, please try to be truthful to the electorate.” every time they lie.

How dare he focus on getting elected and allowing the national committee to investigate people for things like saying comments which could be classed as anti-Semitic or for behaving poorly towards staff members in the past?

If my mother had balls she’d be my father

Say what?

I would say it’s fairly well paid, most teachers (outside of London) don’t struggle to pay their bills. But we do massively struggle to have a reasonable work life balance that doesn’t suck all of the life out of people.