Donât think itâs too bad? These are case study photos a charity is using to do some public affairs/policy influencing around child poverty.
Worked back in the day with Nick Hedges and Shelter.
This is one of the most misguided things Iâve ever started and then abandoned reading.
I had to check that this wasnât written in the 90s.
i knew i was right to stop reading that pratâs articles around eighteen months ago. Everything he writes is unmitigated shite.
Have basically stopped buying the print edition these days, including The Observer.
If I could get the Review section from the Saturday edition and New Review section from the Observer in one paper Iâd probably still buy it but thatâs it. Fucked if I can lash out âŹ4.00 on what is basically lining for the catâs litter box any more.
âmodern-day London is basically intolerableâ
I wouldâve thought that line at least would get a bit more sympathy on DiS.
Plus
Heritage: âEastenders shouldnât try to be like real life because itâs a soap operaâ
Drooling Twitter doofus: âHa ha youâre such an idiot, there are LOTS of gay bars in Walthamstow.â
shrug
Well this is depressing.
Fairly certain she just reposts this one every year
itâs pretty hilarious when itâs laid out that starkly tho tbh. theyâre so cynical and underhand. and wrong about everything, that really needs to be emphasised.
david davis, the hard, street smart working class boy who the effete technocrats in brussels, erm, repeatedly referred to as âsoftâ and âa moronâ before they bullied him out of a job (Iâm sure mike would say he resigned on a point of principle but come on) 
Kind of annoys me that this is essentially capitalizing on some concerns people actually have about going into gyms.
In reality no one cares if youâre lifting weights wrong, everyone is far more concerned with looking at themselves.
the reply to this letter is all kinds of gross
But isnât he populist? I mean is it only that heâs not been described as âfascistâ or is this part of the issue around how people view the term as discussed in the Trump thread just now?
(And also I assumed âradicalâ can be used for right wingers trying to collapse progressive policy too.)
Anyway, no real desire to defend the Guardian particularly but that Economist headline (and I presume the article given itâs literally a fascist rag) was properly fucked up.
Thatâs really spectacular in its horror.
I actually canât finish the article. It already seems to have got to a point where itâs saying âPoor working class white people arenât ever gayâ.
Now MY recollection of Eastenders in the 80s was an episode where a gay character finally reached the age of homosexual consent (was it 18 or 21 back then? Not sure but think it was 21) and in his drunken celebration goads a copper about how he can do anything he wants and the police canât stop him now. I mean am I misremembering this, anyone? I know I saw this scene Iâm sure it was in Eastenders. HmmâŚ
This guy?
whenever they discuss eastenders storylines dealing with the issues i always think of the day today bureau de change
âIâM RUNNIN A HIGH CLASS BUREAU DE CHANGE EREâ 
It seems fairly sensible to me? Seek therapy for the traumatic experience you had, seek to build a stable homelife in the short term and allow yourself to explore and experiment with your sexuality going forward⌠Is it some specific phrases you take issue with?
Maybe there was more in the original letter, but the reply seems to assume (a) that the woman involved is preoccupied with her sexuality at the expense of her childâs upbringing, and (b) that she has a bad relationship with the childâs father that must be repaired.
Nothing in the letter suggests either is the case. Also, I donât know that exploring sexuality is only for those with âstableâ lives, cos that would seem to exclude a lot of us.
Yeah, I take your point - I guess Mariella assumes a lot. And youâre totally right about the âstableâ thing.