Interesting Links for 22-08-2016

[andrewducker]

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[danieldwilliam]

I heard on the Corbyn's team on Radio 4 this morning. I felt I could have written that part of the Corbyn manifesto.

[andrewducker]

Glad to hear it!

[gonzo21]

It's a really radical platform of policies Corbyn has set out now in this leadership campaign. I think he's basically used it as a dry run of the next election campaign.

I mean, if the PLP were ever going to let him try. Which clearly their plan is to continue rebelling even if he wins again.

[danieldwilliam]

They are not dissimilar to Miliband.

[gonzo21]

I always thought Milliband wanted to be a lot more radical than he was ever allowed to be.

[andrewducker]

One does ones best.

[nancylebov]

I've posted about the women and drinking link, and no one has said they've been in a pro-drinking environment like the one she describes.

I'm not denying that it might exist, but I suspect it's a social network she chose when she was an alcoholic, and may not be all that typical.

[heron61]

Indeed. That sort of widespread drinking is quite alien to both me and my social group, and the only time I saw anything like that was when I went to grad school in Madison Wisconsin (where almost everyone drank far more and far more often than anywhere I've ever been before or since). I suspect that both subculture and region have a great deal to do with how widely alcohol is used.

[murasaki_1966]

God lord, and I thought Australia had drinking problems.

Seriously, rarely have I ever been involved in circles that drink like that. And when I have been the "designated driver" is usually enough to stop people forcing drinks on me.

It's even funnier now I'm diabetic, because soft drink is something I have to avoid.

[nancylebov]

Update: I've had one person say the culture in general is pretty hard-drinking, and I've spent my life in an unusually dry part of fandom.

[agoodwinsmith]

Thank you for the link. I now need to read everything by Kristi Coulter.

[andrewducker]

She does write well, doesn't she?