Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "A Different Bias" channel.

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  33. Nationalise water and transport. Save the tax payers from having to pay for Tory greed and force fines on the previous owners, taken out of the bonds issued for the purchases. Then use that fund for a public housing startup service for young families. No rents, but zero interest loans, payable after the mortgages. And designate the houses by percentage minimums for every constituency, with councils empowered to decide where they go in their own zones, by a deadline. If they fail to meet the deadline, the money goes back into the central pot to be reallocated to constituencies which have been fulfilling their obligations. Meanwhile, start immediate negotiations with the EU with the long term goal of re-entering the single market. Some good will can be generated by reaffirming our commitment to international law and enshrining the EU human rights legislation into our own books. Use windfall taxes to lower energy prices and shore up our military, and take some windfalls from unusual places, like the arms industry, who will have a vested interest in remaining in business with a nation that’s growing its armed services and is producing replacement weapons and equipment for all the stuff we’re sending to Ukraine, which shall be increasing for the next couple of years anyway. While all this is happening, grab up the headlines by reopening all the books into Windrush, Grenfell Tower and the post office scandals and prosecuting people. Where prosecutions are no longer possible, or loopholes allow the culpable to walk free, take away their gongs and introduce legislation to prevent further such abuses and to close any escape hatches for those who might think they can get away with stuff. While those books are open, you are all but certain to catch people with their hands in the tills, or burying bad news, in the act. Make examples of them. Play to your strengths, sound financial management and work on your weaknesses, like social media and popular public figures in the media. And, while we’re at it, crush the client media with a raft of legislation that levels the playing field. You can’t tell people what to say, but you can make statements as to political affiliations mandatory on all outlets and publications, thus being able to hold those with none to account, and enforcing equal numbers of outlets permitted (never exceeded) nationally and regionally.
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  34. A genuine secret to successful podcasting that not many people know: NEVER allow the term, “um,” “ah,” or, “errrr,” to make it to the final cut. And NEVER say, “um,” or, “er,” live. There are techniques you can adopt for seeing to this and I promise you it will make the difference between how many audience members tune in and how many you retain for an entire podcast. It’s a genuine psychological reaction that is only just showing up in studies, but something we can all intuitively grasp. Umming and erring is what makes people tune out, change the channel, or decide it’s frustrating to listen to. It’s the one thing that Radio 4 live broadcasting is prescient about and does well. And I don’t doubt it is included in their training packages. That is, “training,” for those presenters who aren’t already too famous and prickly to admit they could benefit from training. Trust me on this. It will change your fortunes. The brain just reacts super-negatively to hesitations and digressions. Especially impatient or autistic brains, like mine. But autism is far more wide spread in the world than most people realise. And the key to audience retention lies here, in this one small change to presentation style (especially in live broadcasts) that will probably prove to be the biggest net positive for the least effort. Never allow yourself to digress (always stick to the point) and never, “um,” and, “err.” I know I come off as a bit dotty, but I honestly would bet serious money that you’ll notice a huge benefit in very little time, once you master the technique. And, obviously, I’m speaking as a (none member. I don’t, “join,” groups) huge fan, wishing you nothing but success and growth in the future.
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  41.  @seang2700  : Quite possibly. But that has NOTHING to do with Tactical Voting. Simply voting is already a selection from the lesser of two evils, which you describe as, “negative voting,” for some, as yet, unexplained and impenetrable reason. What you described there is the normal state of affairs. Tactical Voting is a, “Positive,” act. It is a coordinated action, employed by an informed electorate who are taking back the reigns of power, as is their democratic right, and using the system to alter the political landscape. If we are never to be offered a satisfactory party, with an honest commitment to reforms, or even to see through their own stated policy goals, we can still eradicate the most egregious party, thereby putting those who remain standing on notice that they had better see to it that they deliver their promises or die trying, as the electorate hold the keys to their office and now have the power of the internet to coordinate OUTSIDE of their controlled stomping ground. That is about as close to revolutionary as we can get in a technological age. And about as close as we should want to come. Any action that empowers the demos and strips the entitled classes of their fiefdoms is a, “positive,” act. But it is also one from which only good may come, even if it only half works. For me, the best possible outcome would be the formation of a Labour/Lib Dem Coaltion, and voting reform. So, here’s my question for you: You bandy this word, “negative,” about, as though you were accusing Luddites of smashing their machinery in a pointless act of vandalism, and that is partly because you’re clearly disturbed at the upsetting of the status quo, despite the fact that this incarnation of Tory has done nothing but for the last 8 years. So, tell us what is actually, “negative,” about Tactical Voting? If you actually know, that is? And, if you’re not just grabbing at a definition like a bogey man to frighten the children? In what way is Tactical Voting actually, “negative”?
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  43.  @seang2700  : The, “personal rancour,” you identify came from you. You called tactical voters, (and, by extension, me) “stupid.” That was your angry response to the, “grain of truth,” you don’t like to chew on in your otherwise steady diet of Tory mush that you are so obviously used to swallowing. I note you will not, because you cannot, answer the simplest question: What is negative about tactical voting? That was just your way of dressing up something you fear, in hopes of persuading the credulous. It is also why you fail. See, it hasn’t occurred to you yet, but what, “negative,” outcomes should we fear? That the economy might tank? Already happened. That inflation might skyrocket in a manner that is demonstrably not related to world affairs and purely a problem of our own creation? Already happened. That the NHS might get privatised until we end up with a health system not fit for purpose which puts people in debt for the rest of their lives if they have an accident or unforeseen illness? Well, that’s happening but still worth fighting for to undo the most egregious changes and to prevent the rest from happening. What are we meant to, “fear,” Mr Bogey man? That essential services like the provision of TAP WATER isn’t, “Pretend-Privatised,” when it’s actually handed over to a SINGLE company in each region with NO COMPETITION ALLOWED, making it NOT a business but a FIEFDOM! And that’s WHY they’re getting away with polluting EVERYTHING, because they’re not even in a Liberal-Economist’s wet dream but more like a 17th century royal family! What POSSIBLE, “harm,” could an alternative to Tory hegemony DO to Britain that the Tories have not ALREADY DONE? That’s a SERIOUS QUESTION, BTW. I know you will attempt to answer neither, already. Because you HAVE NO ANSWER. You are either in the pay of the Tories yourself, or you’re one of those unthinking drones who simply gets all upset at the idea of, “change,” because you were brought up to think of all alternatives as, “Looney Lefties,” and never had the wit or imagination to read a book! My, “passion,” is derived from the fact that, like all Tories, you think you have the, “entitlement,” to call those who think differently to you, “stupid,” whilst manifesting your own un-self-aware stupidity, and expecting people to take it without answering back. It derives from the obvious fact that you cannot see the, “germ of truth,” in front of you but you are ignorant enough to dismiss dissent as if you actually had something (ANYTHING) to actually, “say.” It comes from the HORRIBLE death of my father and returning from his funeral (for which I had to get special permission to go to) exhausted and frayed, only to see a Tory staffer, talking to the press, in front of cameras, telling them about the drunken antics of Number 10 staff and CABINET MEMBERS and LITERALLY LAUGHING OUT LOUD! In my face!!! My depth of feeling is similar to countless millions who shared my experience and who KNEW they would NEVER vote Tory again, so long as ANY of these goons remain in the party. And if you claim to have no, “feelings,” about that, it will simply confirm the vapidity of the Tory mindset. But you needn’t bother making such a false claim, as it is clear that you do have feelings. You feel FEAR, because you see the very real possibility of annihilation for your imagined (and utterly unreal) status quo, which you express through anger, and a typically devious Tory attempt to transfer that fear onto others. Well, you have failed. Indeed, all you have achieved is to remind me as to why it is SO important that the Tories are not just defeated at the next election, but necessarily CRUSHED for the good of the country. Have a fearful, anger inducing, Tory day, son . . . SMH
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