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Post by johnloony on Aug 26, 2024 12:07:39 GMT
I thought Emily Benn was very nice when she stood in EW&A in 2010. Is she still politically active? If I remember correctly, she resigned as a councillor because she got a new job working in the USA - so I don’t think so. Unless I have completely misremembered, which is a possibility. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 26, 2024 12:23:28 GMT
I thought Emily Benn was very nice when she stood in EW&A in 2010. Is she still politically active? Currently a non-party councillor on City of London Court of Common Council: democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2871(Though note in the Register of Interests: "Member, The Labour Party (including unremunerated volunteering)" |
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Post by timmullen on Aug 26, 2024 12:25:07 GMT
I thought Emily Benn was very nice when she stood in EW&A in 2010. Is she still politically active? If I remember correctly, she resigned as a councillor because she got a new job working in the USA - so I don’t think so. Unless I have completely misremembered, which is a possibility. She has in fact been a member of the Court of Conmon Council (Bread Street Ward) on the City of London Corporation since 2022. |
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 26, 2024 12:25:20 GMT
I thought Emily Benn was very nice when she stood in EW&A in 2010. Is she still politically active? She came back from the USA a couple of years later and is working for a tortoise. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 26, 2024 13:08:13 GMT
I think the schism within the family is much deeper than just his endorsement of Trump, which has just brought long standing differences into the forefront of media coverage. He’s one of the only family members who still argues that the government carried out the assassination of JFK (hence Trump’s pledge to release government papers on the assassination), his anti MMR vaccine stance, and false link with autism, angered the wing of his family who were maintaining his sister’s support of the US Special Olympics and surrounding mental disabilities (as opposed to illnesses). There was also a huge family outcry in 2020 when he suggested in a magazine interview that Covid was a government invention targeted at people of colour (a claim that he later only partly walked back). If you look back over maybe the last decade or so he seems to have alienated different parts of the family at different times, and his endorsement of Trump has been the equivalent of ripping the dressing off an open wound. Not to mention his serial adultery that ultimately led to the suicide of his second wife. |
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Post by r34t on Aug 26, 2024 13:47:30 GMT
It’s almost as if having the name “Kennedy” means that it’s compulsory to have liberal left-wing views on politics. I remember a similar occasion when there was a daft opinion piece by a commentator / journalist (I forget who / what exactly) who, based on no evidence whatever, said that Tony Benn was bound to be upset that his granddaughter Emily Benn had done or said something (I can’t remember what) which was Blairite rather than hard-left. I have read so, so many times on left-wing Facebook pages that Tony Benn would be turning in his grave at something that his son Hilary had said or done. The reply to this would be twofold : a ) Tony Benn was cremated, b ) he was extremely proud of all of his children even if he at times disagreed with them, and they in turn were proud of him. Presumably comments made by people without adult children. Your kids aren’t mini-me-s |
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Post by greatkingrat on Aug 26, 2024 14:01:25 GMT
If you look at the Wedgwood Benn family as a whole, it is Tony who is the odd one out, not Hilary or Emily.
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Post by markgoodair on Aug 26, 2024 14:42:07 GMT
The Louisiana deadline for presidential candidates to file was August 23. There are eleven candidates: the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, We the People, Justice for All, Socialism & Liberation, American Solidarity, and Socialist Workers Parties; and an independent, Mattie Preston, whose ballot slogan is “Godliness, Truth, Justice.”
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Post by bigfatron on Aug 26, 2024 14:43:14 GMT
I think the schism within the family is much deeper than just his endorsement of Trump, which has just brought long standing differences into the forefront of media coverage. He’s one of the only family members who still argues that the government carried out the assassination of JFK (hence Trump’s pledge to release government papers on the assassination), his anti MMR vaccine stance, and false link with autism, angered the wing of his family who were maintaining his sister’s support of the US Special Olympics and surrounding mental disabilities (as opposed to illnesses). There was also a huge family outcry in 2020 when he suggested in a magazine interview that Covid was a government invention targeted at people of colour (a claim that he later only partly walked back). If you look back over maybe the last decade or so he seems to have alienated different parts of the family at different times, and his endorsement of Trump has been the equivalent of ripping the dressing off an open wound. Especially as he has been happily taking bucket-loads of money from Republican billionaires in a pretty blatant attempt to ratfuck the Democrats by using the family name. It’s as if Hilary Benn was taking millions from Richard Tice to run an independent campaign in seats essential to a Labour victory but which are also targets for Reform… only more so. |
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Post by dundas on Aug 26, 2024 19:20:21 GMT
I think the schism within the family is much deeper than just his endorsement of Trump, which has just brought long standing differences into the forefront of media coverage. He’s one of the only family members who still argues that the government carried out the assassination of JFK (hence Trump’s pledge to release government papers on the assassination), his anti MMR vaccine stance, and false link with autism, angered the wing of his family who were maintaining his sister’s support of the US Special Olympics and surrounding mental disabilities (as opposed to illnesses). There was also a huge family outcry in 2020 when he suggested in a magazine interview that Covid was a government invention targeted at people of colour (a claim that he later only partly walked back). If you look back over maybe the last decade or so he seems to have alienated different parts of the family at different times, and his endorsement of Trump has been the equivalent of ripping the dressing off an open wound. oh maybe his family are a bunch of arsenal that would sell out the most honourable member for 5p and a fag. |
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Post by dundas on Aug 26, 2024 19:31:58 GMT
Kennedy will outpoll both of those candidates even if he did them, it amuses me you think political pygmies such as these are on his level. His aim to do damage to the Democrats and everyone knows why. I am certainly not a Trump fan, but have always supported the Kennedys and were I American would lend him my vote due to RFK's endorsement. I think there is another important point here: Kennedy's campaign was substantially funded by Republican billionaires, as proven by donation records, with a clear view to ratfucking Biden. Because of his views, and because the Kennedy name doesn't have the pull on Democrats that it used to (certainly when the Kennedy in question is repudiated by the rest of the family), it turns out Kennedy was taking substantial votes off both sides in e.g. June, from Republicans who liked his anti-vax views and were looking for an alternative to Trump, and from Democrats who wanted an alternative to an ageing Biden. Once Biden was replaced by Harris most of the Dem support swung back behind Harris, but the Republican support didn't revert to Trump. As soon as it became apparent that Kennedy was hurting Trump more than the Dems, his major donors - all Republican - stopped donating, and his campaign ran out of funds. That's why he's pulled out, not because of NY taking him off the ballot. And he's endorsed Trump because Trump's campaign have offered him a job in a putative Trump administration, no doubt at the behest of those same Republican mega-donors. The guy has been for hire to the Republicans for the last year, it's not really a surprise he's carried on in the same vein... Some truth in that but it also seems RFK Jr has the 2024 Us equivalent of the £3 Jezza supporters on his side - some foxes in the henhouse sure, but mainly just grassroots activists energised into giving by the appeal of something fresh and new that isn't a hopeless outsider either. The fact he's suspended the campaign does point to the money having now dried up. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 26, 2024 21:06:16 GMT
I think there is another important point here: Kennedy's campaign was substantially funded by Republican billionaires, as proven by donation records, with a clear view to ratfucking Biden. Because of his views, and because the Kennedy name doesn't have the pull on Democrats that it used to (certainly when the Kennedy in question is repudiated by the rest of the family), it turns out Kennedy was taking substantial votes off both sides in e.g. June, from Republicans who liked his anti-vax views and were looking for an alternative to Trump, and from Democrats who wanted an alternative to an ageing Biden. Once Biden was replaced by Harris most of the Dem support swung back behind Harris, but the Republican support didn't revert to Trump. As soon as it became apparent that Kennedy was hurting Trump more than the Dems, his major donors - all Republican - stopped donating, and his campaign ran out of funds. That's why he's pulled out, not because of NY taking him off the ballot. And he's endorsed Trump because Trump's campaign have offered him a job in a putative Trump administration, no doubt at the behest of those same Republican mega-donors. The guy has been for hire to the Republicans for the last year, it's not really a surprise he's carried on in the same vein... Some truth in that but it also seems RFK Jr has the 2024 Us equivalent of the £3 Jezza supporters on his side - some foxes in the henhouse sure, but mainly just grassroots activists energised into giving by the appeal of something fresh and new that isn't a hopeless outsider either. The fact he's suspended the campaign does point to the money having now dried up. He was a hopeless outsider though. There was never any chance whatsoever of RFK Jr. being elected President in November. He had as much chance as Marianne Williamson, Cornell West, Jill Stein or Ye. |
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Post by stb12 on Aug 26, 2024 21:21:27 GMT
www.politico.com/news/2024/03/24/robert-kennedy-jr-political-donors-independents-00148671 Some truth in that but it also seems RFK Jr has the 2024 Us equivalent of the £3 Jezza supporters on his side - some foxes in the henhouse sure, but mainly just grassroots activists energised into giving by the appeal of something fresh and new that isn't a hopeless outsider either. The fact he's suspended the campaign does point to the money having now dried up. He was a hopeless outsider though. There was never any chance whatsoever of RFK Jr. being elected President in November. He had as much chance as Marianne Williamson, Cornell West, Jill Stein or Ye. Any third candidate is with the two party system being so entrenched in the US, nevertheless there can be campaigns with enough donors and support to be seen as worth keeping going. Albeit it’s even more difficult as an independent without the personal wealth someone like Ross Perot had It would have been easier for RFK Jr to keep going if he’d taken the Libertarian nomination as was considered for a while |
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Post by stb12 on Aug 26, 2024 21:25:04 GMT
The Harris and Trump campaigns are clashing over the 10th September ABC Debate, with Trump wanting the mics to be muted when it’s the other person’s turn as they were for the June debate with Biden, and Harris wanting them to remain on throughout
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Post by dundas on Aug 26, 2024 21:58:05 GMT
www.politico.com/news/2024/03/24/robert-kennedy-jr-political-donors-independents-00148671 Some truth in that but it also seems RFK Jr has the 2024 Us equivalent of the £3 Jezza supporters on his side - some foxes in the henhouse sure, but mainly just grassroots activists energised into giving by the appeal of something fresh and new that isn't a hopeless outsider either. The fact he's suspended the campaign does point to the money having now dried up. He was a hopeless outsider though. There was never any chance whatsoever of RFK Jr. being elected President in November. He had as much chance as Marianne Williamson, Cornell West, Jill Stein or Ye. Sorry, by outsider I meant outsider to the political system. There was never any chance RFK would win as an Independent. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Aug 26, 2024 22:11:29 GMT
He was a hopeless outsider though. There was never any chance whatsoever of RFK Jr. being elected President in November. He had as much chance as Marianne Williamson, Cornell West, Jill Stein or Ye. Sorry, by outsider I meant outsider to the political system. There was never any chance RFK would win as an Independent. Oops, I see… my apologies!! |
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Post by iain on Aug 29, 2024 10:26:50 GMT
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Post by cathyc on Aug 29, 2024 11:12:42 GMT
"The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount." |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 29, 2024 11:50:38 GMT
I thought Emily Benn was very nice when she stood in EW&A in 2010. Is she still politically active? She came back from the USA a couple of years later and is working for a tortoise. Not shape-shifting lizards? |
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