I’m the first to admit when I’ve made a mistake - just last week I said I was wrong about something but then it turned out I wasn’t and I was right all along
This is why it’s so crazy - the Tories aren’t competing in Manchester - but they are in Birmingham.
They spent 7 years until 2024 running the place! They have an MP! They can have several more! The Lib Dems don’t exist in Birmingham & Reform are weaker than their national average!
Every now and again I’m reminded that Chomsky’s example of a meaningless but grammatically well-formed sentence turned out to be an apt description of reality: Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
I don’t hold a brief for pro Israeli activists but if I were them, I’d have tactically let this one slide & wait for pro Palestinian activists to attempt to ban something that’s unimpeachable on a legal level - like an orchestra - because the conductor supported the war and oppose that
Yes, pizza is a remarkable one in that it’s moderately different in Italy to the US - but it probably originated amongst Italian immigrants in the US & got “re-exported” to Italy - and now as one of the world’s favourite foods is seen as a great Italian export - really the most successful US export!
