| Topic: | Reply | |
| Posted by: | Michael Ixer | |
| Date/Time: | 02/01/26 17:24:00 |
It's an interesting point. How much do or can people's views change over the years? We have Lee Anderson where he's gone from Labour to Reform via the Conservative Party. Can we assuming views have changed - I think he'd say they have - or could it be a cunning plan to maintain his seat in the HoC? Then there's Nigel Farage. Classmates from his old school allege he was antisemitic and racist. He hasn't apologised and has suggested it may have been banter: Sadly, X didn't exist when Nigel was at school so no evidence for or against remains, but he does indicate it was 50 years ago and presumably implying he has different views now? (To be honest I seem to remember what would now be considered racist and sexisist banter from my school days - although I don't recall overt antisemitism as the horrors of the holocaust were still very fresh in our parents and, via our parents, our own minds. An acknowledgement and apology might be sensible as are all those classmates making false claims?) Jeremy Corbyn seems to have maintained and expressed constant views over the years but his once Marxist brother, Piers, now seems to have libertarian views approaching those of MAGA supporters - or so it appears to me. So is it unreasonable to believe Shabana's views have changed, or perhaps she's compromising to take a pragmatic view to get things done? Who knows if anyone's views really change, but, if they take what others considered yo be the necessary action, does it matter? After all, in a government Cabinet, there's going to be a range of views and some members are going to have to compromise whether that's to accommodate others views or the reality of a situation. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Shabana Mahmoud ~ Pro-Palestine Activist? | 02/01/26 11:54:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Shabana Mahmoud ~ Pro-Palestine Activist? | 02/01/26 12:03:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Shabana Mahmoud ~ Pro-Palestine Activist? | 02/01/26 12:26:00 | Steven Rose |
| Blatant? | 02/01/26 12:45:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Shabana Mahmoud ~ Pro-Palestine Activist? | 02/01/26 13:41:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Reply | 02/01/26 17:24:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 03/01/26 15:32:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Reply | 03/01/26 16:56:00 | Steven Rose |
| Reply | 03/01/26 18:14:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Reply | 03/01/26 20:11:00 | Gerry Boyce |
| Re:Re:Reply | 04/01/26 08:52:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Reply | 04/01/26 09:29:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Reply | 04/01/26 11:35:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/01/26 10:04:00 | Gerry Boyce |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/01/26 10:38:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/01/26 11:49:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/01/26 11:51:00 | John Hawkes |