Tory minister Suella Braverman stated in an interview that child-grooming gangs in the UK were mainly made up of Pakistani-British. The newspaper was forced to apologize for publishing this, since it turns out those gangs are mostly whites.

Braverman is Indian-British. Since India and Pakistan have been persistent enemies since the partition which divided them in 1947. I suppose she seized an opportunity to spread hate against Pakistan.

You can hardly trust a Tory.

*Whether or not Suella Braverman becomes the next Tory leader, her extreme [and usually cruel] ideas rule the party.*

Senator Feinstein, a "centrist" (somewhat right-wing) Democrat, has died.

Her death, as such, is regrettable; no human being deserves to die. However, her departure from the Senate is good for America and the world, because it will enable California's Governor Newsom to replace her soon with a progressive Democrat.

AI pattern recognizers are effective at getting a good chance of recognizing many significant phenomena. Fraudulent welfare claims is one of them. But humans accused of any sort of wrongdoing deserve a real investigation.

It is inherently unjust to punish someone because a program reported perse's actions "resemble crime."

We must keep in mind that the UK's welfare system is designed to be cruel; it reduces unemployed and disabled people to a point where they can't actually get by, and imposes impossible requirements. Whatever system of enforcement of those requirements the state happens to use is a means to a horrible end.

Allegedly re-elected President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has arrested a number of opposition politicians. Others were kidnapped and tortured. Some of their lawyers have been, too.

There were doubts about Mnangagwa's first alleged election too.

*Labour conference rule changes could stop members debating issues like Brexit.*

Starmer is determined not to allow the Labour Party to be in any way a vehicle to focus public opinion on major public issues. Only the small questions Starmer will tolerate are going to be in order.

Starmer has already assured that advocates of bigger changes can't run for MP or even local offices in the Labour Party.