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>>Whether Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, or Morgan McSweeney stay or not is now largely beside the point. Unless, and until, Labour develops a political analysis of the place of social democracy in the third decade of the 21st century, then changing the captain of the ship heading for the rocks is irrelevant – unless they drastically change direction.<<

Compass · ‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’Neal Lawson takes us through the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now.
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@SamantazFox OFC there is.

#NOTAMs are already being issued and the airspace over the Oblast Kaliningrad is closed as in the "P.R." China or North Korea: "Intruders may be shot down without warning"...

  • Not shure if this only impacts #NAVSTAR-#GPS and #SBAS like #Galileo (which I don't count as #GNSS due to being technologically inferior to GPS to enforce #US hegemonial interests), or if #GLONASS and #BeiDou / #COMPASS are also affected. I certainly have neither time nor desire to "fuck around and find out"
#navstar#gps#sbas

The scheming of Morgan McSweeney doesn't provide a complete explanation of Labour's current woes, but it is part of the story nonetheless.

I was struck by the suggestion that Labour Together was a right wing mirror of the Militant Tendency's " party within a party" strategy.

'Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power' - Compass

compassonline.org.uk/labour-ap

Compass · 'Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power' - CompassThe story of how Keir Starmer’s chief adviser hoodwinked Labour party members tells us a lot about how power really […]

Looking back to the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, I am stricken with sadness and something close to regret. Jeremy Corbyn won on the first round, with his 59.5 % share of the vote leaving Burnham, the runner up, in the dust with just 19%.

I had long since left the UK, had not renewed my Labour membership and was therefore unable to take part in that election. In the light of what happened to Labour subsequently , I wish I could say I would have voted for Burnham rather than Corbyn. The disagreeable truth is that I would have voted for Corbyn, albeit without much enthusiasm, because I thought that Labour needed to move leftwards and he seemed the best candidate to facilitate that movement. Alas, that did not work out as I had hoped; I should have listened more carefully to those who warned against him.

Now Burnham is being talked about again as a future leader. His speech to Compass sounds good , although I have yet to read the text. I would like to see his ideas for Labour contrasted and compared with those of Angela Rayner.

However, as the article suggests, his path to leadership could well be blocked by opponents in the party preventing his return to the Parliament.

If only he had been the leader who followed Ed Miliband, what a better place we would be in now! I know , I know, "If wishes were horses..."

newstatesman.com/politics/labo

New Statesman · Andy Burnham has made his leadership pitchBy George Eaton
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The trickiest thing about going to a place you’ve never been before is to orientate oneself and work out where to begin. Here, a little help from #GPS and #OnlineMaps did come in handy but after that, it was back to analogue hardware – a #map and a #compass.

Starting on the road by around 9 am, there was a #footpath that led up the side of the valley into a #wood. In the #MorningLight, the #trees were illuminated by nicely.

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#Compass 2.0: Sentou Setsuri Kaiseki System

C'est une histoire de jeu vidéo avec des héros et des... Euh...

En vrai j'ai un peu rien biter au premier épisode. Y a des gens qui se battent, d'autres gens qui font... Des trucs. Et y a des méchants et puis voilà.

A voir comment ça évolue mais je suis pas vraiment emballé par la proposition.

Guided by the Stars — A Journey Through Historical Navigation Methods

A brief #history of #celestial #navigation long before the #discovery of the #magnetic #compass
Merry Janson for #Medium

❛❛ A sailor could determine the #latitude of the ship on the #Earth, during bright starry nights in the #NorthernHemisphere … by estimating the angle between the #NorthStar and the horizon. ❜❜

🔗 Medium.com/the-quantastic-jour 2025 Jan 23
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_n

The Quantastic Journal · Guided by the Stars — A Journey Through Historical Navigation MethodsBy Merry Janson