This doesn't even work on its own terms does it- we don't mandate people write to newspapers under their real legal names?
Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done
Also before that - have people been on Facebook, or LinkedIn, where people will post the maddest abuse you've ever seen *next to their CV*?
It is extremely important that Labour understands that the movement of voters between Lab and Ref was not the crucial factor, it was consolidation of the anti-Ref vote and Lab voters turning out in droves. Otherwise Burnham will make the same mistakes as Starmer in targeting only one set of voters.
Still making my mind up on Burnham, and I seriously doubt he'd go for an early election - he's not going to be in the same position as Johnson was in 2019 with a minority government, but I do love it when the Telegraph threatens me with a good time. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...
Personal experience of an adult zoomer using this is that they know it is antisemitic and are in fact fine with that because they have other antisemitic opinions that they're quite open about. They weren't any more furtive than someone would have been ten years ago telling me they voted Brexit.
This is really irritating news.
There's a centrist/liberal version too in which people try to ape the vibe of the 90s/00s as depicted in the West Wing. They act as if they think good governance comes from ridiculous hours, hyper-caffeinated meetings in hallways, and never under any circumstances persuading anyone of anything.
