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One Man and His Smog

Oh God, What Now?

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The Culture of Risk Aversion in Politics

I used to be a lawyer so I think that it is about assessing how the worst case scenario of X plays out and avoiding it. Some of the best lawyers I've seen have stood up and caught and you've gone god that's a mad argument they're never going to win with that but then they do. So many people who work in politics know Politics 101, which is literally politics 101. They are just applying that tactic to the nth degree. It feels like starmer and his team are being quite careful is a polite way of putting it about actually being clear about a lot of these things. At some point labour have to take a stand and say no we're not going to

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