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Case Name EEOC v. RAINBOW RESTAURANT PROPERTIES INC (d/b/a CHINO LATINO RESTAURANT) EE-MN-0055
Docket / Court 0:06-cv-00988-PJS-JJG ( D. Minn. )
State/Territory Minnesota
Case Type(s) Equal Employment
Special Collection EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization EEOC
The Minneapolis and Milwaukee offices of the EEOC brought this suit against Rainbow Restaurant Properties, Inc., d/b/a Chino Latino in March of 2007 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The complaint alleged that Chino Latino subjected Hispanic and Latino employees to ... read more >
The Minneapolis and Milwaukee offices of the EEOC brought this suit against Rainbow Restaurant Properties, Inc., d/b/a Chino Latino in March of 2007 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The complaint alleged that Chino Latino subjected Hispanic and Latino employees to harassment and different terms and conditions of employment because of their national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the defendant allegedly harassed two employees and terminated their employment in retaliation for their organizing a meeting of the Hispanic employees.
The parties settled the case in April of 2007 by entry of a consent decree. The two-year decree included non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required posting notice of rights, the creation of an employee advisory committee to review and present feedback on marketing and advertising to Chino Latino, and provided for training of managers on the laws against national origin discrimination and retaliation. Chino Latino was also required to create an ombudsperson to monitor the working conditions and establish a hotline with which complaints could be filed. In addition, Chino Latino agreed to pay $275,000 to a fund to be allocated to all former and current employees who submitted a meritorious claim. A fund worth $50,000 was also required to be distributed on a pro rata basis to an identified group of employees who had not submitted timely claim forms. Those employees receiving a pro rata portion of the $50,000 fund would have a check sent to their last known address; in the event that their check was not cashed within 180 days of its being issued, the check would be canceled and the amounts of any such canceled payments would be reallocated to the employees who had submitted timely completed claim forms. Following the entry of the consent decree, the court ordered adding two additional claimants who were inadvertently omitted from the list of impacted Hispanic and Latino employees.
In September 2007 the court ordered that the proposed consent decree was approved and should be implemented. In February 2009, the court approved the distribution of the final settlement funds to a non-profit that provides legal aid to Latino community in Minnesota. As there are no further entries on the docket, presumably this case closed in 2009.
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Content of Injunction
Discrimination Prohibition
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Retaliation Prohibition
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
EEOC-centric
Direct Suit on Merits
EEOC Plaintiff
Causes of Action Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Defendant(s) Rainbow Restaurant Properties
Plaintiff Description Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations EEOC
D. Minn.
05/11/2009 0:06-cv-00988-PJS-JJG
EE-MN-0055-9000.pdf | Detail
Complaint [ECF# 1-1]
Proposed Consent Decree [ECF# 10]
Order for Amendment to Consent Decree
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On this set, I sanded the Coastal Blue back to create an almost denim look. As you see, it pairs very well with brass or gold hardware. Here I am last year at Lucketts painting this great vintage Hepplewhite dresser. Coastal Blue transformed it and gave it a nautical look.
Have a great weekend and don't forget to LINK up at The Painted Drawer Inspiration Link Party!
Suzanne, all of these are gorgeous! I use ASCP Aubusson blue ALOT and really should try this GF color, it's a beautiful shade. I love all of these pieces but especially the top two where you sanded the color back. Very, very pretty!!
I love how the different variations of blue come through, and it really does look like denim. Great work Suzanne.
The Hepplewhite you painted last year was what made me decide to paint my Grandmother's dining room set. Why didn't I just buy the General Finishes paint?? Instead, I mixed Napoleonic Blue and Graphite from Annie Sloan's chalk Paint and added a dark wax. I love the color, but when I need something else painted a gorgeous navy, I'll be using the Coastal Blue. Thanks for painting that at just the right time to help me make my decision!
I just adore your style. The boy's dresser is fantastic! Can't wait to see the nightstand.
I never would have guessed that MCM dresser was Coastal Blue. It looks dark gray when paired with the wood.
What a gorgeous, rich color!
Your Hepplewhite dresser transformation is absolutely stunning! That dark coastal blue so rich,classic & the brass pulls! Simply divine.You have a gift,your eye sees classic,not shabby ..thank you .!


Simply rinse the scallops with cold water and pat dry with paper towel.
Then, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Heat pan on medium high until oil and pan are fairly hot.
Add scallops to the pan and allow each side to cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown and crusty (that sounds very unappetizing, but you know what I mean). Resist the urge to turn too quickly. They taste so delicious if you give them the time to caramelize.
After a few minutes, flip scallops and cook the other side.
If you like, you can add some white wine to the pan now, but it's also great without.
Remove scallops from pan and place on plate. I usually serve with rice, pasta or pearled couscous and a green salad. Enjoy with wine and great conversation.


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the yes men say no
By Mark | October 27, 2004
Hopefully, the performance-art pranksters the Yes Men will get some serious press for their most recent stunt… After touring the country for the past few weeks sarcastically campaigning for Bush as a group called Yes, Bush Can, they've now issued a press release, under the name of said organization, stating that, knowing what they know now, they cannot continue to endorse him. Not only will "Yes, Bush Can" no longer be campaigning for Bush, we are told that the organization will henceforth be referred to as, "No, Bush Can't." Here's the press release… I really hope some news sources buy it.
BUSH CAMPAIGN GROUP ENDORSES KERRY
"Yes, Bush Can" now says "no, Bush can't!"
Yes, Bush Can, an independent group dedicated to communicating Bush policies directly to the public, has abandoned its campaign and is officially endorsing John Kerry for President.
Before changing sides, the Yes, Bush Can team drove around the country supporting the President in a campaign bus they had equipped with sound and light systems, confetti cannons, and various props and costumes. They gave dozens of stump speeches, distributed campaign videos and "USA Patriot Pledges," and performed patriotic songs to audiences across the country.
Last week, the group officially split with Bush. "In the course of our travels, we ended up learning more about Bush's policies than he wanted us to know," said Harmon Spellmeyer, one of the Yes, Bush Can team. "We came to see that this administration is a catastrophe for most people."
Before breaking with Bush, the Yes, Bush Can team worked earnestly to support him. They went to the Pacific Northwest to promote Bush's Healthy Forests Initiative–and discovered it was enabling the logging industry to cut down our last old-growth forests. They visited a nuclear power plant in Ohio to promote Bush's domestic security policies–and found no one in the guard booth to meet them.
In western Pennsylvania, while promoting the President's energy policy, they learned that it allows coal emissions which kill 23,000 people a year. Finally, while defending Bush's war on terrorism, they found out that even Donald Rumsfeld feels the Iraq War has made the world a more dangerous place.
After many similar discoveries and much internal turmoil, the Yes, Bush Can group arrived at the difficult conclusion that they could no longer continue their work. At a press conference Tuesday, in order to demonstrate how profoundly they are rejecting their former boss's ideas and policies, the team defaced and abandoned the bus they had purchased and outfitted.
Until the election, the former Bush campaigners will be doing all they can to make sure that Bush is prevented from winning the presidency. They will be joining many thousands of others in going door-to-door to "get out the vote" in cities throughout Florida– beginning with Jacksonville, a mostly Black city where 11,000 votes were never counted in 2000. (Statewide, 179,000 votes weren't counted, more than half of them Black. 90% of Blacks voted for Gore.)
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This large metal backed plotting compass is handy for mapping out the shape of magnetic fields.
In the image, you can see 4 compasses with one placed at each corner of our FieldView magnetic viewing table. These compasses can be used in place or in conjuction with iron filings to illustrate the shape of a simple magnetic field in 2 dimensions.
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Keep existing Demerara Harbour Bridge- Harmon
Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Business, News Sunday, 1 July 2018, 20:08 0
Last Updated on Sunday, 1 July 2018, 20:08 by Denis Chabrol
The Demerara Harbour Bridge
With government soon to commence construction of a new bridge across the Demerara River, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said there is no reason for the current structure to be demolished.
Minister Harmon said that "two bridges are better than one" and noted that as Minister responsible for Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), he will be lobbying for the upkeep of the bridge even after the new one is completed.
"I see absolutely no sensible reason to decommission one, where you have another one. I will lend my voice to that chorus which says that we should keep both bridges," he told staff members and special invitees at the Demerara Harbour Bridge's 40th anniversary celebration Sunday at the Umana Yana.
Harmon's remarks come at time when he is campaigning for the chairmanship of the People's National Congress Refortm against Volda Lawrence and incumbent Basil Williams.
If not heavily subsidised by government, the new bridge is expected to cost far more to cross than the existing one.
The then People's Progressive Party-led administration had planned to demolish the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge and use sections to link the Kurupukari River and other interior areas.
The State Minister's remarks were made less than one month after Finance Minister, Winston Jordan said in China and later confirmed to Demerara Waves Online News that government has decided to scrap plans to build a three-lane bridge with a movable span.
Jordan had said that, based on previously submitted tenders, government has decided to issue a fresh request for proposals, this time to construct a four-lane fixed high-span bridge.
"The reason why I think the decision has been made to go back out is because we didn't want to disqualify a whole set of people who felt it might have been better to look at a bridge that is more longer lasting and with the passage of time between when that decision was made for a three-lane and now when we saw the bridge come in and the cost that it might be more prudent to go with the four-lane," Jordan has told Demerara Waves Online News.
The new bridge will land at Houston, East Bank Demerara and Versailles, West Bank Demerara in the vicinity of the old Guyana Power and Light's generating station.
The Netherlands-based consulting firm, Lievense CSO, had recommended the construction of a three-lane fixed bridge with a movable span to allow cargo ships to pass. The current 40-year old bridge has a retractable span.
Forty years after it was constructed, the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) remains a "tangible heritage" to all Guyanese, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has said.
He said the national infrastructure, known to be the longest floating bridge in the world at the time of its construction in 1978, has also "stood the test of time."
Joining the staff of the DHB to celebrate the facility's 40th anniversary at the Umana Yana today, Minister Harmon said the bridge remains a national legacy to all of Guyana. What was most striking though, was the facility being able to outlast it projected life-expectancy by some three decades
The bridge was constructed in 1978 by engineer Joseph Holder. At the time it was expected to last for only ten years. However, today it remains the only major facility that has been able to bridge the gap of hundreds of thousands of Guyanese who use it daily.
"It was expected to last for ten years. It is now 30 years beyond that expectation and going strong," Minister Harmon told the gathering at the Umana Yana. he said that it is a testimony to the quality and durability of infrastructural work that was done in 1970's.
He said the bridge has had its fair share of challenges over the last 40 years, but it was able to stand the test of time.
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"The tipi pole teachings represent a guide to good living for Aboriginal people," says Derek Thunder, NAIT Encana Aboriginal Student Centre co-ordinator.
Given the humanitarian nature of the 15 Cree teachings, we can all likely benefit from the wisdom - and learn a few very important words in a language of Canada's First Nations.
Watch the video above to learn how to say 5 of the teachings, selected and demonstrated by Thunder.


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Spotify for Wear OS finally does all the things you'd want it to
By Gerald Lynch published 18 October 18
Spotify Connect, podcast controls and more
Spotify has announced that a brand new Wear OS app for Android wearables will be coming in the next week, finally sorting out some of the control woes the music streaming service has on techy wristwatches.
Until now, Spotify has been lingering on with a last-gen Android Wear app, leading users to rely on third-party controllers to fill the gaps that Spotify's own wearable software hadn't filled. However, the new Wear OS app should deliver improved controls for music playback and browsing, making it a lot easier to scroll through your playlists.
The new app works with WiFi, Bluetooth, LTE, and will support Spotify Connect, so you can now play music through connected speakers, meaning you can control your music wherever you are in your home over your wrist.
Runway music
Not only this, but Spotify has also announced that it's going to be partnering up with fashion brands Fossil and Michael Kors to bring the new app to their smartwatches.
The Wear OS app will be preinstalled on Fossil Gen 4 and Michael Kors Access Runway smartwatches from November onwards, marking the latest mash up of music and fashion.
If you don't have one of these fashion-leaning watches, you can still download the new Wear OS app on Google Play for whichever compatible smartwatch you have.
Best Wear OS watch 2018: the finest wearables for your wrist
Gerald Lynch
Gerald is the Executive Editor for TechRadar, taking care of the site's home cinema, gaming, smart home, entertainment and audio output. He loves his gaming, but don't expect him to play with you unless your console is hooked up to a 4K HDR screen and a 7.1 surround system. Based out of TechRadar Towers, London, Gerald was previously Editor of Gizmodo UK. He dreams of the day when he can pop on a VR headset and meet Lawnmower Man-era Pierce Brosnan. Sadly, Pierce doesn't share the dream.
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Q: Force kaminari to start new page based on count or object parameter I have a set of objects that I would like to paginate in a bit of a unconventional way. Some objects have a file attached and some don't. The behavior I would like is for the first set of objects without a file attached to be shown on the first set of pages and then for the objects with a file attached to be displayed on the following pages.
So if objects 1-10 have no attachments, and there are 8 objects viewed per page. I would like page one to have 8, and then page 2 to have only 2 objects, and the arrow to proceed to the next page. The remainder of the pages should paginate normally with the remaining objects with files attached, each with 8 per page.
I've looked at some code here:
How to set different page size for the first page in Kaminari?
This allows custom counts on the first page using padding, but haven't got it working correctly and wondering if there is a better solution.

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The picture is painted in oil colors on canvas of high quality. Painted in a traditional way-brushes and palette knife. The size (135х95cm) allows you to organize with this picture a smal enough wall in the interior of the apartment or house.


Back in the 60s, this cheerful homeware store used to be a stool factory. Now it sells furniture, clothing, toys, books and other home accessories that come with an air of creativity. The store is a great place to hunt for unique pieces for kids and artistic adults alike.


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In what ways are introvert people often misunderstood?
by adminPosted on March 27, 2019 September 3, 2019
The TED talk of Susan Cain about introvert people gives very enlightening information about this.
Intro Verten are often misunderstood in terms of social interaction.People think they are shy or quiet or just don't have much to tell, but embarrassment is something completely different than intro version.
Intro Version/Extra version is about how you react to all sorts of stimuli and specifically also in social context that gives some differences and misunderstanding.
An introvert is completely in its element in a quieter, quieter environment, while extroverted people prefer to have as much action and input as possible.
Because our society is typically rather busy, that introverts often causes overstimulation, which can cost a lot of energy.Their presence in a larger, crowded group makes them feel just bad or even isolated, and they would prefer a quiet place to retreat and recharge again.
Extrovert people just get energy from active environments where as much as possible happens.An introvert may then fold a little close, because they feel overwhelmed.
Intro Verten are also not anti-social, they prefer to address interaction simply in a different way.Intro Verten are rather like in-depth conversations, and don't talk of superficial chatter. This first form is of course less covered in the busy, high energy situations.
They don't have such a desire to get involved with Smalltalk and that can happen again if they are quiet or have nothing to say.While with an introvert you can actually have a very animated and extensive in-depth conversation, but rather in the right place (where you don't have to try to talk about the loud music) and about a much more interesting subject than the weather, say.
Introverts also think a bit more about what they want to say and then come a little later with extra additions, after they have put everything in a row.
For example, a certain difficult conversation between family, friends or partners is not completed at the time the first interaction is in the end. Introvert people will have a much clearer picture of what was said and what they find and want to come back to them after a night's sleep.
Extra Verten think then sometimes that there is said what had to be said, the chance there was to speak again and it is classed there and then, while the introvert had to actually process everything first.
Yet another common example: In a meeting where typical fast ping-pong is played with proposals and ideas, a more introverted person will, for example, choose to put all that first into a list of what was said, to To form his opinion and subsequently give his own feedback.
A decision at the moment to enforce itself is what is too short by the bend and introvert people therefore sometimes need a little more time to weigh all opinions and angles.
This is not the most common and accepted way to deal with meetings, and yet a third to half of the population is a bit more introvert to classify.
(Note: Intro version/extra version by the way, it's a spectrum you can be on and not a black and white format).
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What Should We Make Of Bitcoin Now?
A little over three years ago, we wrote an article about what Bitcoin is, and whether or not it was a worthwhile investment at the time. Back then (in April 2013), Bitcoin's price was hovering between $100 and $150, which at the time was a pretty high range. It had been viewed as a sort of experiment before topping $100, and from that point forward became a more interesting point of speculation among potential investors.
We theorized at the time that Bitcoin excitement was a little bit overblown, but that it could become a useful digital currency once all the hoopla died down. In truth the same theory could be applied today, but the circumstances are still very different now than they were in the spring of 2013. At this time, Bitcoin is worth about $600 (and reached highs near $1,000 just months after the 2013 article was published!). So what should we make of it today?
The first point I'd make to any young professional looking into Bitcoin for the first time (or maybe just looking at it again) is that the price shouldn't be trusted. Bitcoin has become more valuable than most people thought it would be. But there's still a lot of volatility in the price. For instance, this time a year ago the price was roughly $240, meaning we've seen a $360 shift in one year. Between February 1 and the middle of June this year, the price bounced from $375 to $731—a $356 shift in just four months. There are plenty of other examples if you look back at the chart over several years, but the point is that digital currency valuation remains volatile. Yes, if you happened to buy a bunch of Bitcoin when we wrote our last article, you'd be in pretty good shape—but perfect timing in retrospect is easy!
The other day I was walking through my local mall, and for the first time I noticed a new little white machine with an orange "B" on it. I'd seen the same thing online before, but never in person. It was a BTM, or Bitcoin ATM, where people can put in cash and load up Bitcoin onto their mobile devices. I'd read before that there's an ever-increasing number of businesses and brick-and-mortar locations accepting Bitcoin, as well as that these BTMs were becoming more popular, but I hadn't seen it with my own eyes just yet. The truth is that Bitcoin is actually accepted pretty widely now, and it's become pretty accessible. That doesn't mean it's ever actually necessary for the average person to use it, but one difference between our 2013 article and the climate in 2016 is that it's no longer really inconvenient to use it. That may just matter for the ultimate question of where Bitcoin's headed from here.
his digital currency, thereby propping up its value. In case it's not clear, my final ruling here is that nobody knows if this is a good investment—but I would say it's at least worth taking a look at.
If the question is what we should make of Bitcoin now, my answer is that we should take it more seriously. I'm in the camp that believes Bitcoin will not lead some massive digital currency revolution to displace the dollar. But I've also come around to the idea that plenty of people like to use it, and that it's a pretty fascinating commodity when viewed through an investment lens.
So, how about you, readers? Has anyone made the leap and bought some of this digital currency lately?


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Neuroscience Society Honors UTEP Professor with Education Award
Last Updated on November 11, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Originally published November 11, 2021
By MC Staff
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The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recently announced its selection of The University of Texas at El Paso's Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, as one of its two 2021 Award for Education in Neuroscience recipients.
Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and the nervous system. Photo: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Marketing and Communications
The group, which is the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and the nervous system, recognized Khan virtually during the SfN Science Education and Outreach Awards celebration, which is part of its annual meeting Nov. 8-11, 2021. This year marks the organization's 50th anniversary.
Barry Everitt, Sc.D., president of SfN, said this prestigious honor "recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to neuroscience education and training."
Robert A. Kirken, Ph.D., dean of the College of Science, said Khan has significantly advanced UTEP's work in the field of neuroscience.
"(Khan's) work has the potential to dramatically change how we approach neuroanatomical challenges to ultimately improve people's lives," Kirken said. "He has also worked to provide students with research opportunities that allow them to contribute meaningful brain mapping datasets for published projects."
Khan has focused his research on mapping brain circuits involved in the control of motivated behaviors such as feeding and drinking, and the regulation of metabolic function, such as the sensing of blood glucose levels. His research team utilizes state-of-the-art tools to study these circuits as well as more traditional methods of neuroanatomical mapping that remain gold standards in the field, but which are increasingly in danger of becoming "lost arts." A major strategy of his research has been to train as many students as possible on these methods to ensure their preservation and widespread dissemination.
He has mentored 86 undergraduate students and 15 graduate students in his Systems Neuroscience Lab since joining the UTEP faculty in 2011. He helped secure a $2.4 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop the "Program to Educate and Retain Students in STEM Tracks" (PERSIST). Within PERSIST, he created Brain Mapping and Connectomics, a laboratory course that provides first-year students with the opportunity to engage in authentic neuroanatomical research. Of the more than 100 students enrolled in the course since its inception in 2014, nearly a dozen have continued on to graduate school, medical school, or other professional programs.
One of those students was Diana Sotelo, who, shortly after graduating from UTEP in May 2021, secured a competitive post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award from the National Institutes of Health, where she now assists with human brain imaging studies of patients being treated for opioid use disorder.
"Before PERSIST, I never envisioned a career in research, but afterward, I cannot imagine a career without it," she said.
Khan said he was grateful to his fellow colleagues in the Society for their nomination and to the SfN Selection Committee for this award because he saw it as a celebration of success stories such as Sotelo's.
"It shows how much the Society values educating talented students like Diana, who, when introduced early in their education to meaningful research opportunities, go on to pursue successful scientific careers," said Khan, who called the award a team victory. "This would not have been possible without the tremendous help of numerous faculty and graduate students at UTEP, who shared the workload of grant writing, teaching, evaluation and dissemination to create and sustain this research course."
Apart from teaching the brain mapping lab course, Khan teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in behavior and in systems neuroscience, and currently directs UTEP's neuroscience baccalaureate degree program. He also promotes neuroscience education internationally and has lectured for the International Brain Research Organization in Morocco, and welcomes international scientists and their trainees into his lab to learn methodology and techniques.
The first recipient of the Award for Education in Neuroscience was Oliver W. Sacks, M.D., the British neurologist and acclaimed writer whose experiences provided the basis for the 1990 Oscar-nominated film "Awakenings," which starred Robert De Niro and Robin Williams.
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Can we think about politics from Blair onwards in one chart? and what it means for Blue Labour
This is an experiment. You can judge how successful it is. I am trying it because with this election there has been a lot of talk about a revival in Blue Labour to recapture the Red Wall. The Conservatives have been playing to socially conservative voters since at least William ('a foreign land') Hague. So why has the strategy succeeded so well in 2019 when it has had at best modest success before now?
We can represent all this in a simple diagram that is now widely used
The precise positions of the party leaders could be the topic of endless discussion, but for this post I just need them to be roughly right, and for the directions of travel to be right. Blair was fairly liberal but moderately left wing. The Tories since Thatcher have always been pretty right wing in economic terms, and where we have seen movement has been mainly on how socially conservative they are.
If people are uniformly distributed around this map, then the centre is the place to be in a two party, FPTP system. Parties do not go there because their ideology/principles, maintained mainly by their members, stops them.
Blair won because in economic terms he was closer to the economic centre ground than the Tories. After 18 years of Tory rule voters wanted better public services. Yet after the Thatcher revolution in the Conservative party the Tories were stuck with taking a right wing stance, so they tried to shift the debate on to social issues where either side was some way from the centre. A focus on immigration was a way of doing that, with the added advantage of being perceived to be pro-worker and pro-public services (the lie that immigration significantly reduced wages and put pressure on public services).
This move had some effect, reducing Labour's vote. Yet under good economic times (and economic times were good under Labour for ten years) the immigration issue was not enough to defeat Blair. Public services were getting better. As Theresa May put it, the Tories were still known as the nasty party. This is why Cameron tried to portray himself as a liberal conservative. In opposition he tried to move closer to the centre in both economic terms (accepting Labour's levels of government spending) and social terms.
But everything changed after the Global Financial Crisis. Regrettably, social conservatism has more appeal when times are bad, at least in part because the (incorrect) real wage/public service argument gains traction. Yet at first sight that should have been counteracted by Osborne moving sharply right with anti-Keynesian austerity (spending cuts in a recession). So although Cameron had tried to move nearer the centre on social issues, in economic terms by 2010 he moved further away.
Here is where we have to make an important modification to this apparatus. In a country where one party has a media that is very sympathetic to the right, it can change how its policies are perceived. Cameron dressed austerity in socially conservative terms (the government is like a household). For various reasons that I and others have documented at length, a policy that was sharply contrary to basic economic theory was adopted by most of the media as a necessity, and the media therefore turned it into a sign of good government.
So austerity was not perceived by most people as a right wing shrinking of the state at great social cost (higher unemployment and lower real wages), but as a neutral policy signifying economic competence. Once we allow for this it is clear that for many Cameron was now closer to the centre is perceived economic terms, and so became the government in 2010.
Austerity was so successful that Labour eventually concluded they would have to accept it to some extent. Miliband not only moved nearer the centre in economic terms by accomodating austerity, he also did so by trying to appear more hawkish on immigration (remember the mugs). But Labour do not have a means of influencing perceptions, so their perceived position was their actual position. In addition Miliband was tainted with the perceived incompetence of the Labour government and was not closer to the centre compared to Cameron's perceived position, so he lost.
Ed Miliband's defeat in 2015 was narrow but hard for Labour to take. Most of the political commentators (as they always do) said Labour should move to the right, and after the 2015 defeat they began to before the leadership elections. Recall that parties find it hard to move to the centre because their members will not allow it. That post 2015 rightward drift and the apparent acceptance of austerity was too much for the membership, and they voted for Corbyn.
There are more than two parties in the UK. So far we have been able to do the analysis without mentioning them but now they become crucial. Cameron by becoming more socially liberal allowed UKIP to gain votes. His response was to offer a referendum on the EU. Brexit, particularly a hard Brexit, should be an easy fail according to this diagram. It is socially conservative and right wing: trade restrictions are created so that labour and environmental regulations can be scrapped and not to preserve workers jobs. Its true position is close to Johnson's in this diagram, while staying in the EU is a pretty centrist idea.
Brexit shows more than anything how we have to think about perceptions. What made Brexit a narrow winner when its true position suggested an easy loss? In short a brilliant if totally dishonest campaign that painted it as something it is not. Project Fear, with the help of the media, completely nullified the right wing economic dimension of Brexit, and turned it into a plus by talking about more money for the NHS. Staying in the EU was successfully painted as ultra liberal (letting the whole of Turkey come to the UK). As with austerity, the perceived position of parties and policies is what matters when it comes to winning elections and a referendum.
Now you could say that by allowing perceptions I can put party's positions wherever I need to get the result I need. But just as we have good empirical evidence that austerity was perceived as economically neutral by much of the population, we also have good evidence that those who voted for Brexit thought it would have no negative impact on the economy or their personal incomes.
That Corbyn came close to defeating May was not a surprise if you look at his position on this diagram, once we recognise that what Corbyn managed to do in 2017 was neutralise Brexit as an issue. Because he remained as close to the centre as May, he gained votes once his policies became clear as a result of his manifesto. Without his portrayal in the right wing press he might have won.
So what changed by 2019? He was not able to neutralise Brexit, because parliament had agreed a deal. He had to choose, and whatever choice he made would lose votes. For that (not good) reason he delayed choosing, which allowed the resurgence of the Liberal Democrats (and Greens) who portrayed themselves as the true Remain party.
Yet Corbyn is still closer to the centre than Johnson. He lost badly partly because Brexit is perceived as neutral in economic terms by many, so Johnson's perceived economic position has become synonymous with Brexit. However crucially he also lost because the UK is not a two party system. The Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the Greens are all perceived to be in liberal/left space, and together with Labour they won more votes than Johnson and the Brexit party put together.
The lesson of all this is twofold. First, this two-dimensional diagram can explain a lot, once you replace the parties' actual position against their perceived position generated with a right wing media. Of course it leaves out a lot (the popularity of leaders, which is related to their charisma, the effectiveness of campaigns etc), but it seems like a good place to start. Second, as long as the Conservative party has the monopoly of the right wing/socially conservative vote, left social liberals cannot afford to split their vote among several parties. If Labour ever made a significant move in a socially conservative position, as Blue Labour wants, it would be defeated by yet more votes going to the other left/liberal parties.
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Labels: elections, social conservatives, social liberalism, UK
Who to blame for Johnson winning?
When I wrote this in July I desperately wanted to be wrong. (Of course I was wrong about a lot of the details but alas not the main point.) But it soon became clear that, compared to 2017, the press had had two more years to paint Corbyn as marxist, unpatriotic and racist, and for enough people that would be a reason not to vote Labour. Among others who supported Brexit, they really did believe that Johnson was the man to get Brexit done.
Many will say that Labour lost badly because they had a left wing manifesto. They always do after each election defeat. I doubt that has much to do with this defeat, although the large amount of giveaways to the wrong people was probably a factor. The problem was Corbyn, not Labour's manifesto. And while many voted against the media image of Corbyn more than anything else, it has to be said that Corbyn's past and his failures over the last three years made the media's job very easy.
We should of course blame the media. The right wing press became part of the Tories propaganda war. The Tories lied like never before, just as some of them did in 2016. The BBC was even more careful not to do anything that might upset the government, and it has a real problem when 'accidents' keep advantaging one side. But the moment the BBC played a key role in electing Boris Johnson was very specific, and it goes back to the day Johnson got his deal with the EU.
What the media should have asked at that moment is why Johnson had accepted a deal that was essentially the first the EU had proposed, but which he and other ERG members had said at the time was unacceptable. Why had he capitulated? Was it all just a ruse so he could become Prime Minister?
Nobody thought a deal was possible, gushed Laura Kuenssberg, repeating one of CCHQ's lines to take. No sense from her of what had actually happened. As I noted here, the BBC's Brussels correspondent got it about right, but the tone of the reporting was set by Kuenssberg. Whether this misrepresentation of Johnson's deal was deliberate or the result of ignorance I don't know, but it was critical.
Of course the Tory and Brexit press also took CCHQ's lines to take. The BBC is the only chance most voters have to get a check on what their newspapers say. It did not provide any such check on this occasion. And it is critical because it allows Johnson to say, as he has, that it was his unique abilities that helped him achieve a deal that everyone said was impossible. No doubt he will say the same when he refuses an extension in July next year because the EU have refused to give him the deal he wants.
Voters who still believe in leaving the EU were left with the impression, thanks to the BBC (and of course the Brexit press), that Johnson was the person who could deal with the EU and get Brexit done. They were not told the truth that he was the person who had helped waste almost a year in squabbling in part so he could get to be Prime Minister. So Leavers are left with an image of competence rather than the reality, which is that Johnson is quite prepared to damage the economy and the workings of democracy just for his own personal gain.
But there is little that Labour or the Liberal Democrats can do about media bias while they are out of power. Undoubtedly a key reason Johnson won was because the Remain/anti-Johnson vote was split. It is depressing and very worrying how many people voted for Johnson, our own Donald Trump, but while the Electoral College gifted Trump his victory despite losing the popular vote, so First Past The Post (FPTP) gave Johnson his victory. A lot of people voted tactically, but not enough.
Both Labour and Liberal Democrats are to blame for not cooperating. While Labour's failure was not a surprise, I had hoped the Liberal Democrats would take the opportunity to seize the moral high ground and not put up candidates in Labour marginals like Canterbury. It didn't, and instead it spent too much of its time attacking Labour in the futile belief that this would win over some Tory voters. I suspect they would have been much more successful if they had been honest that the best way to stop Brexit was through a minority Labour government dependent on LibDem votes.
The ultimate responsibility for the split vote must nevertheless rest with Jeremy Corbyn.
The big surge in the Liberal Democrat vote from below 10% to over 20% at its peak began in the Spring of this year, and it coincided with a collapse in Labour's vote. This quite remarkable change in fortunes cannot be put down to a biased media, but is obviously a Brexit effect.
Throughout 2018 Labour had managed to stay the obvious choice for Remainers, as it had been in the 2017 election. But as soon as May finalised her Withdrawal Agreement it was clear triangulating would no longer work, and Labour would have to take a position. The polls suggested Labour would lose votes by not supporting Remain, but as I noted in December last year too many within Labour were in denial.
Labour entering into talks with May to get Brexit done was I suspect the final straw for many Remainers. They didn't go to the new and short lived Remain party but the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. The European election was a disaster, but shifting Labour's policy seemed like trying to get blood out of a stone. I really think if they had moved at the beginning of 2019 to where they ended up things would have been rather different. Instead the Labour leadership single-handedly created the revival of the Liberal Democrats. That, as well as his failure to deal with antisemitism and some of his intolerant supporters, are major factors behind this defeat.
Easy to say in hindsight? Not really. I said these things in 2016 in the second Labour leadership election that Corbyn won. I said it throughout late 2018 and early 2019 was the Remain vote became disenchanted with Corbyn. But the behaviour of Labour MPs made an alternative to Corbyn impossible in 2016 then, as it had been in 2015, and after the 2017 general election result he was never going to be removed.
Could we have stopped Johnson if Labour had not allowed the Remain vote to split. To be honest I don't know. That is how negative the media's image of Corbyn has been. Some Lexiters will say it is all Remainers' fault, but that is a nonsense position. As a result of this defeat we have reached the end of the line for the Remain cause. It has been three years of experts and people who made themselves experts trying to explain why Brexit was such a bad idea, but nothing we could do was able to counteract the propaganda of the Brexit press and the knowledge as opinion attitude of the broadcast media, and particularly the BBC. The really striking finding after three years when the truth about Brexit became crystal clear to anyone wanting or able to see it is that the number of people wanting Brexit changed only a little, and that is what gave Johnson his majority.
Now that we have elected our own Donald Trump, I'm reminded of a talk Paul Krugman gave after Trump won. At the time I wrote a post about it, and I ended it like this:
"We can, and should, continue to rage against the dying of the light. What is difficult, in this time of crazy, is being able to put that rage aside, and engage in a form of quietism, a retreat from the here and now of political discourse. Not a retreat into any kind of acceptance of where we now are, but instead into asking what and why, and from the answers to those questions to planning for the time when facts get back into fashion. But more than that. Using the answers to the what and why to prevent us lapsing back into our current post-truth world."
I will continue to rage, but not quite as often as I have done since the blog began almost exactly eight years ago. It is time for deeper thought about how we get back to the light and ensure that we never again lapse into a post-truth world.
Labels: Corbyn, General Election 2019, Johnson, Laura Kuenssberg, Liberal Democrats, media
Why you should vote tactically, and how to do it.
In this election we have a choice. We can choose a party led by an inveterate liar, which is happy to appeal to the racist or xenophobic vote, happy to take us out of the EU with no deal with all the consequences for public services that entails, happy to see ever longer waiting times for GPs and A&E, happy to see more homeless people on the streets and more food banks.*** Instead we can choose a hung parliament with a Labour minority government that may not even be led by Corbyn, with their power curtailed by the smaller parties, including the Liberal Democrats, that can actually do something about the problems we face. But we can only make that choice by voting tactically.
But I have an ethical problem with voting tactically
There is one serious argument against tactical voting. It is the idea that if you have a choice between voting for a good party, a not so good party and a terrible party you should always vote for the good party. (The ranking is what matters here, not my description.) The argument is that if you vote for the not so good party, you are in some senses endorsing the bad things that party or its leaders have done in the past.
That argument applies to those who prefer to vote Liberal Democrat because of Labour's antisemitism problem, or those who think they cannot vote Liberal Democrat because they were part of the austerity Coalition. Both arguments are wrong, because they simply do not apply in a FPTP system when the only two possible winners in the constituency you live in are the not so good party and the terrible party.
In a FPTP system your vote for the good party will simply have token value. However you could have done something towards preventing the terrible party coming to power, but you chose not to. In that way you become responsible, in a small way, for what happens when the terrible party comes to power. By your inaction, you will have contributed to the terrible party coming to power.
If you vote for the not so good party, will you be responsible for the not so good things happening if that party wins? No, because all you could have done differently is let the terrible party win. There is no way your voting for the good party will influence anything. It is a wasted vote because you will have wasted an opportunity to make the world a better place. The Kantian 'do no evil' idea does not apply because doing no evil actually means allowing more bad things to happen.
You may say this is a consequentialist argument, and your philosophy is different. You might think about the fact that your philosophy would allow tyranny to come to power, just because you had some problems with the opposition to tyranny. If you think that is far fetched, you need to note that part of their manifesto gives the Conservatives a mandate to change our constitution so that the executive has complete control over parliament.
There is a weaker argument for voting for the good party, and that is thinking about your vote as part of a repeated game. The argument suggests that by voting for the not so good party, you are encouraging it to remain not so good. But this fails for the obvious reason that if you do not do everything you can to stop the terrible party coming to power, you are encouraging the terrible party.
And if all that doesn't convince you, use https://www.swapmyvote.uk/ where you can actually help the party you prefer win something.
But who should I vote for. It's so confusing.
For most people its not. Have a look at this website, for example: https://tactical.vote/compare or https://dontsplittheremainvote.com/. You will see in most cases there is total agreement about who to vote for tactically. Of course some constituencies are such safe Tory or Labour seats that your vote is highly unlikely to achieve anything. But my rough list of constituencies were tactical voting matters (England and Wales only I'm afraid) is as follows (with the party to vote for in brackets). It is a long list because I have been deliberately pessimistic about what the two parties could lose and optimistic about what they could gain, because there are always surprises in any General Election.
Why did I bother doing this you might ask. It is just a by-product of some work I did out of my own curiosity looking at marginals, and I thought I might as well share it. I have waited until now to make these suggestions because I think a lot of confusion has been caused by sites that have made calls earlier on in the campaign and then had to revise them. Many a LibDem bar chart has been based on that misleading information. Fine if the polls don't move, but they were always going to move to the two main parties in this election.
Aberconwy (Lab)
Alyn and Deeside (Lab)
Ashfield (Labour)
Barrow and Furness (Labour)
Bassetlaw (Lab)
Bath (LibDem)
Battersea (Labour)
Beaconsfield (Independent - Dominic Grieve)
Bedford (Lab)
Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Lab)
Birmingham Edgbaston (Lab)
Birmingham Northfields (Lab)
Bishops Auckland (Lab)
Blackpool North (Lab)
Blackpool South (Lab)
Blyth Valley (Lab)
Bolsover (Lab)
Bolton North East (Lab)
Bolton West (Lab)
Bradford South (Lab)
Brecon and Radnorshire (LibDem)
Brentford and Isleworth (Lab)
Bristol North West (Lab)
Burnley (Lab)
Bury North (Lab)
Bury South (Lab)
Calder Valley (Lab)
Camborne and Redruth (Lab)
Canterbury (Lab)
Cardiff North (Lab)
Carlisle (Lab)
Carmarthen West and South (Lab)
Carshalton and Wallington (LibDem)
Cheadle (LibDem)
Chelsea and Fulham (LibDem)
Cheltenham (LibDem)
Chingford and Wood Green (Lab)
Chipping Barnet (Lab)
City of Chester (Lab)
Clwyd West (Lab)
Colne Valley (Lab)
Copeland (Lab)
Corby (Lab)
Crawley (Lab)
Crewe and Nantwich (Lab)
Croydon Central (Lab)
Dagenham and Rainham (Lab)
Darlington (Lab)
Delyn (Lab)
Derby North (Lab)
Dewsbury (Lab)
Don Valley (Lab)
Dudley North (Lab)
East Devon (Independent)
East Worthing and Shoreham (Lab)
Eastbourne (LibDem)
Eastleigh (LibDem)
Enfield Southgate (Lab)
Esher and Walton (LibDem)
Filton and Bradley Stoke (Lab)
Gedling (Lab)
Gower (Lab)
Great Grimsby (Lab)
Guildford (LibDem)
Halifax (Lab)
Harrow East (Lab)
Hastings and Rye (Lab)
Hazel Grove (LibDem)
Hendon (Lab)
High Peak (Lab)
Hyndburn (Lab)
Ipswich (Lab)
Keighley (Lab)
Kingston and Surbiton (LibDem)
Lewes (LibDem)
Lincoln (Lab)
Loughborough (Lab)
Mansfield (Lab)
Middlesbrough South (Lab)
Milton Keynes North (Lab)
Milton Keynes South (Lab)
Montgomeryshire (LibDem)
Morecambe and Lunesdale (Lab)
Moreley and Outwood (Lab)
Newcastle under Lyne (Lab)
North Cornwall (LibDem)
North Devon (LibDem)
North East Derbyshire (Lab)
North Norfolk (LibDem)
Northampton North (Lab)
Northampton South (Lab)
Norwich North (Lab)
Oxford and West Abingdon (LibDem)
Pendle (Lab)
Penistone and Stocksbridge (Lab)
Peterborough (Lab)
Plymouth Moor View (Lab)
Portsmouth South (Lab)
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Lab)
Pudsey (Lab)
Putney (Lab)
Reading East (Lab)
Reading West (Lab)
Richmond Park (LibDem)
Rossendale and Darwen (Lab)
Rother Valley (Lab)
Rushcliffe (Lab)
Scarborough and Whitby (Lab)
Scunthorpe (Lab)
Shipley (Lab)
Shrewsbury and Atcham (Lab)
South Swindon (Lab)
Southampton Itchen (Lab)
Southport (Lab)
St Albans (LibDem)
St Ives (LibDem)
Stevenage (Lab)
Stockton South (Lab)
Stoke-on-Trent North (Lab)
Stoke-on-Trent South (Lab)
Stroud (Lab)
Sutton and Cheam (LibDem)
Telford (Lab)
Thurrock (Lab)
Totnes (LibDem)
Truro and Falmouth (Lab)
Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Lab)
Vale of Clwyd (Lab)
Vale of Glamorgan (Lab)
Wakefield (Lab)
Walsall North (Lab)
Warrington South (Lab)
Warwick and Leamington (Lab)
Watford (Lab)
Weaver Vale (Lab)
Wells (LibDem)
Welwyn Hatfield (Lab)
Westmorland and Lonsdale (LibDem)
Winchester (LibDem)
Wirral West (Lab)
Wolverhampton North East (Lab)
Wolverhampton South West (Lab)
Worcester (Lab)
Workington (Lab)
Wrexham (Lab)
Wycombe (Lab)
York Outer (Lab)
If I have made any mistakes or bad judgements in this list, do let me know.
There are a few marginal seats which are so safe that you get a choice. In Arfon, or Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, you can vote Plaid or Labour without any fear of letting the Tories win. In Ceredigion the same applies between Plaid and the LibDems. In Bermondsey and Old Southwark, or Cambridge, or Leeds North West, or Sheffield Hallam you could vote for Labour or the LibDems.
Then we have eleven difficult seats, all in England, where both Labour and the LibDems have a claim to be the party to vote tactically. It is important to remember here that over the last months the national polls have been moving from LibDems to Labour, so polls or recommendations made in early or even mid November should be treated with caution. However the latest poll of polls suggest Labour are still below their 2017 total, and the LibDems are significantly above, with little movement over the last few days.
One issue I found it hard to assess was the finding in some local polls that Labour voters are more open to tactical voting than Liberal Democrats. I would hope this does not apply to any Liberal Democrat voters who might take any notice of what I say, because if it does they have not been reading my other posts. An argument that should have equal weight is that, if Johnson is not to romp home, the polls need to be a little biased against Labour because they underestimate the youth vote.
Berwick-upon-Tweed A poll at the end of November had LibDems slightly ahead of Labour (which makes sense given 2017 result and subsequent national movement) but the Tories winning easily. More recent B4B MRP poll puts Labour ahead. TV sites split. So Recommendation Labour
Broxtowe (Lab) Anna Soubry was the Tory candidate, now running as an Independent with the Liberals not standing. But this is a Tory/Lab marginal, so Recommendation Labour
Cities of London and Westminster TV sites are split. A poll on 23 November had Chuka Umunna ahead of Labour. However although B4B are suggesting voting for the LibDems, their polling shows Labour ahead. Jon Worth suggests LibDems. So close to call. Recommendation Labour but watch out for any new information. Postscript - new poll has LibDems slightly ahead, so my Recommendation is now LibDem.
Colchester All the TV sites are recommending Labour, So Recommendation Labour.
Finchley and Golders Green I think the large Jewish vote here makes this impossible for Labour, and the TV sites and local polls agree. So Recommendation LibDem
Kensington Narrowly won by Labour last time. A poll in mid November had LibDems a bit ahead of Labour, but the national polls have moved since then. TV sites split, and B4B are on the fence. Too close to call, so I would go for sitting MP. Recommendation Labour but watch out for any new information. Postscript - new local poll has Labour in the lead.
St Austell and Newquay Both Labour and LibDems have a strong presence here. B4B's MRP poll puts Labour ahead here in a Leave voting constituency. Recommendation Labour
These two Cambridgeshire seats are similar.
South Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire
They are Tory seats where Labour were second, but LibDems had a significant vote as well. B4B's MRP puts LibDems in front, and the only positive recommendations from TV sites are LibDem. Recommendation LibDem
Polls for Wimbledon show LibDems ahead, but there has been a movement away from LibDems towards Labour nationally since then. TV sites split. B4B MRP poll has LibDems ahead. Recommendation LibDem
Polls for Wokingham show LibDems ahead, but there has been a movement away from LibDems towards Labour nationally since then. TV sites that make a positive call all say LibDem. B4B MRP poll has LibDems ahead. Recommendation LibDems.
Again happy to be corrected on any factual errors. If you want to swap your vote use https://www.swapmyvote.uk/
https://tactical.vote/compare
https://dontsplittheremainvote.com/
Jon Worth at https://jonworth.eu/2019-uk-general-election-tactical-voting-guide/
https://tacticalvote.getvoting.org/
https://public.tableau.com/profile/christabel.cooper#!/vizhome/GE2019Constituencydata/START
Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/08/tactical-voting-guide-2019-keep-tories-out-remain-voter-general-election
***Postscript: Not a complete list. I should have added "that is happy to see climate change increase unchecked".
Labels: General Election 2019, tactical voting
The othering of Jeremy Corbyn
By othering I mean treating Corbyn (or more generally the Labour left) as beyond the pale in terms of conventional politics. Othering implies that because of his past or current beliefs, associations and actions Corbyn should not be even considered as fit to be an MP, let alone a Prime Minister. Other politicians can be evaluated in conventional ways, but this does not apply to those who are othered. Othering has a number of distinctive, and potentially useful, features. Let me list two.
First, those who associate in any way with those othered are themselves regarded as questionable. I discovered this myself when I joined Labour's short-lived Economic Advisory Committee, as I discuss here. This can be a potent threat. Second, those who are othered can be discussed in terms that would not normally be used to discuss politicians. After Johnson compared Corbyn to Stalin, Andrew Neill asked a Tory MP if he thought Corbyn would have the wealthy shot. "I do not know", the MP replied.
Sometimes othering may be a valid position to take. I still remember the days when the far right was othered by the mainstream media, rather than being invited on Newsnight to discuss the latest bit of far right terrorism. I think that othering was helpful in ostracising racism, and its absence today is reflected in the rise of hate crime. But no such justification applies to the leader of the opposition, elected by hundreds of thousands of people, who is the only alternative to our current Prime Minister.
For othering to be justified those being othered have to have some attribute, or have done some things that are uniquely bad compared to their fellow citizens. The BNP were racist, and it is quite right that racism is ostracised. If we are talking about politicians, the same has to be applied to individuals. Is there something these politicians have done that is uniquely bad compared to other politicians.
Corbyn fails this test. There is nothing Corbyn has done that is uniquely bad compared to the obvious person to compare him with, his opponent Boris Johnson. Corbyn is not racist, which is not surprising as he has a lifelong history of fighting racism. Yet the media, almost without exception, has done its best to suggest otherwise.
The most obvious example of othering is the way the media have handled antisemitism within Labour. Labour has a real problem with antisemitism, but the media have acted as if Labour are the only party with a racism problem. In contrast Johnson is not constantly asked why he called Muslim women letterboxes and bankrobbers, and whether he will apologise for the increase in hate crime that followed that article.
As a result of this media othering of Corbyn, there are plenty of voters who say they cannot vote tactically because of Labour's antisemitism, seemingly without any thought that they are therefore keeping in power someone who has actually made racist statements, and was part of a government that instituted some of the most discriminatory pieces of legislation of recent times that goes by the collective term hostile environment. Any outside observer would conclude that for UK society as a whole, including its media, Islamophobia is considered acceptable.
When I make these points some people accuse me of whataboutery, or in trying to minimise the problem of antisemitism in Labour. Both claims are false. The whole point about othering someone is that their alleged behaviour must be unusually bad compared to their comparators, so othering is all about whataboutery. And of course none of this is minimising Labour's very real problem of antisemitism. Yes antisemitism exists in all parties, but there are reasons (like support for the Palestinians) why antisemitism may be worse in the Labour party, although the evidence is still that this is a problem among a very small proportion of Labour members. But equally there are also good reasons why Islamophobia and racist views will be relatively worse in the Tory party.
Then we come to terrorism. Corbyn is said to be too friendly towards terrorists, and therefore a unique threat to the UK as Prime Minister. I'm not going to defend Corbyn's foreign policy views, some of which are dubious in my opinion, but are they uniquely bad? To say so is a hard position to defend when the UK participated with its closest ally in a pointless war in Iraq which led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, a war which Corbyn opposed.
In terms of current threats, we recently had an act of terrorism in Salisbury committed by Russian agents. You would think, in response, that the Conservative party would be particularly keen to publish a select committee report on Russian interference in UK politics. Why Johnson has decided to delay the report we can only speculate on, but what we do know about is the links, sometimes financial, between the Tory party and Russians with close links to the Kremlin. Or maybe it is because Johnson does not want people to know about the extent of Russian interference in our elections.
Corbyn shares a left view of foreign policy which rarely gets much space in the media, but given the failures of past UK foreign policy and the very dubious situation of the Conservative party on Russia (again, just like their Republican counterparts in the US), there is no case for othering that view or a party leader who proposes it. The idea that a Corbyn minority government would somehow make the UK a less safe place is ludicrous when a former Tory Prime Minister is advocating people vote for just such an outcome.
Of course there is every reason for the Tory press to try and other Corbyn. Once you regard him as a perfectly normal and respectable politician, the arguments against voting for him are slim indeed. The Tory record on the economy is terrible. All they have to trumpet is employment growth, but that just reflects an appallingly (and unprecedentedly) bad record on productivity, and therefore living standards for workers. Labour's policies for the next five years are mostly popular with the public, and even though it will cost a lot of money the cost is much less than the Brexit that will happen if Johnson sticks to his commitments.
On an individual level Corbyn seems far more preferable to Johnson as a Prime Minister, for the simple reason that Corbyn clearly cares about other people whereas Johnson cares only for himself. Corbyn shows real empathy for others, which we saw clearly after the Grenfell fire, whereas Johnson has the attitudes typical of the worst of his class. The way of hiding all that from people is to other Corbyn and his party, which virtually the entire mainstream media has done.
I understand why our current government and their supporters in the press would do that, and I have respect for those MPs (past and present) who have got out of that boat. I find it much more difficult to respect some of those in the centre, who normally pride themselves in taking a balanced and reasoned view, that are prepared to see the most right wing UK government in living memory continue to destroy the economy through Brexit, continue to cause misery for many decent people and threaten our constitution by proposing to give the executive complete control over parliament.
The othering of Corbyn will probably win the election for Johnson. But we should never give up hope, so please vote tactically on Thursday to keep Johnson out and allow a second referendum on Brexit.
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Some thoughts on Labour's campaign
The importance of this election cannot be overstated. Voters have a choice between re-electing a government that since 2010 has done untold damage to this country and which will be led by someone totally unsuited to be Prime Minister, or giving a minority Labour government a chance to do better for a few years. The fact that the polls suggest the public want more of the same illustrates how close we are to becoming an authoritarian, populist (in the Jan-Werner Müller sense) right wing state where it becomes very difficult for any opposition to break through.
This post looks at some key aspects of Labour's campaign so far, in I hope a helpful fashion.
One of the dangers Labour faces is that they appear to be promising too much. Voters are skeptical of manifesto promises at the best of times, even though evidence suggests that in the past most manifesto pledges are fulfilled. If you promise so much it is possible voters will just not believe you can do all this.
In contrast the Tory manifesto is positively frugal. But there is a reason for this, and neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats have emphasized enough why that is. Labour are not used to trumpeting the results of IFS election analysis, but on this occasion they really should. That analysis shows that one economic issue alone dominates the future of the public finances: Brexit. Here is the key chart
What this chart shows is that all these give-aways do not come close to matching the amount of tax we will lose if Johnson keeps his pledge not to extend the transition period. The reason the Tory manifesto is frugal is they cannot afford to do anything with any fiscal cost and implement a hard or no deal Brexit. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats can afford much more, because they are not planning a hard Brexit.
Perhaps Labour and the Liberal Democrats are reluctant to talk about this because it is going over ground covered in the referendum, and most Leavers just do not believe the economic consequences of Brexit will be negative. Yet the IFS has considerable credibility, particularly in the media. Furthermore the sparse Tory manifesto is a tactic admission that, whatever they say, the Tories believe the economy will take a hit from Brexit. Labour and the Liberal Democrats should make more of this.
Labour should not just be defensive on charges of antisemitism. These attacks on Labour over the small amount of antisemitism among members distract not only from the more extensive racism in the Tory party and its actions, as Jonathan Lis describes so clearly here. It also distracts from the rise of right wing hate-crime. That the problem is growing is pretty clear. Attacks mostly involve race and sexual orientation, but it includes attacks based on religion: mainly Muslims but also Jews. Commenting on the steady rise in ethnic or religious hate crimes Dr Chris Allen said:
"The statistics show that for the third year in succession, religiously motivated hate crimes have not only increased in number but have again reached record levels. While some try to explain this as a result of better reporting procedures, doing so is over simplistic. From our research at the Centre for Hate Studies, one cannot underestimate the impact of Brexit and the divisive rhetoric employed by politicians and others in the public spaces. Affording permission to hate a whole range of 'Others' – especially Muslims and immigrants – it is likely that the upward trajectory of hate crimes numbers will continue for the foreseeable future."
The police say that the alt-right is the fastest growing terrorist threat in the UK. A third of all terror plots to kill in Britain since 2017 – seven out of 22 – were by those driven by extreme-right causes.There is nothing comparable on the left. One Labour MP was tragically killed by a far-right terrorist during the Brexit campaign, and at least one serious plot against another has subsequently been foiled. The alt-right is well organised at an international level
What has that got to do with this election? The rise of the far right did not come from out of the blue. Campaigns against immigration, and particularly for Brexit, have encouraged racists into the open. So has over the top language used by Brexiters. It has mainstreamed xenophobia, and maxed out on crude nationalism. The media, particularly the right wing media, are happy to give a voice to anti-Muslim writers.
What will the current government, if it wins this election, do when Brexit does not lead to any improvement in people's lives, and indeed makes them worse? The Tory manifesto has virtually nothing about redistributing opportunities in a more equal way across the country, and Brexit will not help. If the recent past is anything to go by, they will blame immigrants even more than they do now, which will only increase the threat from the far right.
Do you remember pictures of Ed Miliband in Alex Salmond's pocket? These came from the Tories towards the end of the 2015 election, when it became clear that Labour could only win with the SNP's help. It wasn't repeated in 2017, in part I suspect because no one on the Tory side believed Labour would do anywhere near well enough to make that attack line effective. I suspect they will not make the same mistake this time around.
The Tory attack was credited by some as helping Cameron get his majority, although I have no idea how true that is. But if Labour is attacked along these lines in a serious way in the final days of the campaign, what should they do? They shouldn't do what they have done so far, and just say they will not do any deals. This doesn't work because voters believe maths more than they believe politicians, and they remember the 2010 Coalition talks and the Tory give-away to the DUP.
What Labour should do instead is dig out one of the quotes where Sturgeon has ruled out allowing the Tories back into government and repeat it endlessly. If any interviewer asks why that is relevant simply point out in the most tactful way that the SNP only has bargaining power over Labour if they are prepared to put the Tories in power instead, and they have ruled that out because it would be political suicide for them. Not putting the Tories in power means they have no leverage over Labour.
The last week
The SNP (and of course antisemitism and law & order) are going to be part of the Tory's lines to take in the final week, and they are likely to throw in a letter from business leaders if they can find enough willing to sign it despite Brexit. What should Labour emphasise? There is an embarrassment of riches to choose from. They could talk about
Revitalising the economy with public investment directed at the regions
Building more social housing
A Final Say on Brexit
Nationalisation and Free Broadband
Revitalising bus services
A Green New Deal
Saving the NHS
And probably much more that I have forgotten about. Talk about them all and there is a danger nothing really hits home. More than ever before there will be an intense battle between the two major parties to get the media to talk about the topic they want talked about. In 2015 the media chose the SNP rather than the NHS which Miliband wanted to be the focus. In hindsight that represented terrible judgement by the media, but importance isn't their key consideration.
What works best in getting airtime is to present something new. It could be a letter on the Tories climate change policy like this. It could be a new statistic on poor health service performance which should not be hard to find, or some gaffe by a senior Tory (like this). They can always use this. These are also the two obvious issues to focus on in the final day or two.
On climate change you can say that we cannot waste another five years before we take serious action. This is aimed, above all, at getting out Labour's core younger vote. The NHS will have much greater resonance with the Tory core vote, and might discourage these voters from voting at all. On the morning of the election the newspapers most elderly people read will be full of scare stories about Corbyn, so Labour needs concerns about the safety of the NHS under Johnson, Trump and Brexit to counteract that.
Labels: climate change, fiscal, General Election 2019, hate crime, Labour, NHS, Scotland
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Since being diagnosed with heart disease, how I view my research has taken on a new meaning. While before I would go about it thinking my work is for those patients I see in the hospital, now I wonder how it can also help me. How can I delay or prevent the progression of atherosclerosis in my heart to prevent having a heart attack?
Since I'm active, eat healthy (or at least I think so), don't smoke and my cholesterol and blood sugar are okay, that leaves blood pressure as one of the key risk factors I may need to address. Managing blood pressure is important because high blood pressure (hypertension) is a key risk factor for heart disease.
My blood pressure has usually been on the high-normal side, but back in 1996, it was up around 160/96. This is super-high! Ideal blood pressure is <120/80 and hypertension is ≥140/90. I went on to have a 24-hour blood pressure monitor. Basically it's a cuff you wear all day and night that pumps up every hour or so. Not so good for a romantic night! This test confirmed the high blood pressure.
I was in the middle of exams for my grad courses so I thought the stress could have caused it. After a few weeks (and when exams were over) it went down to the high 130s over mid-80s. On the high-ideal side, but the doctor was okay with it. It's remained at that value since.
When we think of managing blood pressure, the first thing most of us think of is sodium. We need to get our sodium down. We can't eat this, or should avoid that because it's high in sodium. A lot has been written about salt (or more precisely sodium) and there is some controversy regarding how effective current guidelines are, so I'll leave that to another day. What I'm interested in is potassium. This is something we need more of. I like that idea because when it comes to diet, there is too much of don't eat that or eat less of that talk. With potassium, we need to eat more.
Potassium (atomic number 19 and symbolized by K) is an overlooked nutrient, but it's extremely important and many of us don't get the necessary amount. Our bodies use potassium for a number of things like muscle contraction and creating nerve impulses. When it comes to blood pressure, potassium helps to regulate sodium levels, along with relaxing the arteries more, which together can lower blood pressure. High intakes of potassium are associated with more sodium being excreted through urine (natriuresis), which is a good thing.
Dietary studies of increasing potassium intake have reported substantial reductions in blood pressure. The most popular is the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet of increased fruits and vegetables, along with lean meats, fish and whole grains. After 30 days, the DASH diet resulted in lower blood pressure (equivalent to one antihypertensive medication) with the greatest effects on those people with the highest sodium dietary intake. As you might guess, even though the DASH diet increases potassium intake, it is much more than that, it is an overall healthy nutrition regimen, so one can't say the blood pressure lowering is due just to higher potassium.
While getting your nutrition from whole foods is the best way, it makes it difficult to determine what is the effect of individual nutrients. In this case, the study of supplements is helpful. A review of randomized controlled studies found that potassium supplementation can result in an average reduction in blood pressure of 4.3/2.5. A modest reduction but relevant nonetheless.
Now reducing blood pressure is all well and good, but do we really care about that? I don't. I care whether I'll have a heart attack or stroke, or that my kidneys continue to function. Having good blood pressure is a means to an end. Work from our PURE study in over 100 000 people found that higher potassium was associated with less heart disease and premature death. The limitation of the PURE study is that it is observational and can't indicate that high or low potassium prevents or causes premature death, however, it is consistent with other observational studies. Supporting these findings is an earlier, small randomized trial that found less heart disease using potassium enriched salt compared to regular salt.
Guidelines from the Institute of Medicine recommend a daily intake of 4700 mg/day for adult men and women. The problem, is that the average intake is less than half that in the US. This is likely due to a Western-type diet which is low in fruits and vegetables.
While we often think of bananas as a food high in potassium, there are many other foods that are high in potassium. Red kidney beans are packed with potassium (plus they are a good source of protein and fibre). One cup gives you nearly 2600 mg of potassium. That's more than half your daily intake. Green leafy vegetables, nuts, squash, tomatoes and avocados are also great sources (for a full list see here).
So what am I doing to increase my potassium levels? Each day I usually have a banana, quarter cup of almonds and a tomato as high sources of potassium, however, that won't get me to my daily target, so I've started adding spinach into my sandwiches and eating an orange a day.
One recipe that I've come up with is what I call the Pantry Salad. I call it that because I grab a bunch of foods that we usually have in our pantry and mix it together. For this version here, it contains spinach (1 cup), almonds (1/4 cup), canned mandarin oranges (1/2 can), red kidney beans (1/6 cup), tomato, pumpkin seeds (1/4 cup) and half an avocado. I wouldn't say that this is enough as a meal by itself, but it does contain 1700 mg of potassium, which is over a third of the recommended daily intake.
The one situation where people may need to be cautious about too much potassium in their diet is if they have problems with their kidneys. These people should seek advice from a physician or clinical dietitian before increasing potassium. For the overwhelming majority of us (including me), we can definitely benefit from getting more potassium. In doing so, we'll also improve our overall diet as foods high in potassium are full of other important nutrients as well.
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Great article, good to know other food for this. But what about effects for too low blood pressure?
A diet high in potassium is unlikely to be a cause or worsen low blood pressure and its symptoms. The most common concern of getting too much potassium is in someone with kidney problems since the kidney is responsible for clearing potassium (along with many other metabolites) from the body. In healthy people, a high intake of potassium is unlikely to be a concern, plus, if anything, almost all people do not get enough.


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The Plaza Theatre opened September 12, 1930 to a capacity crowd of 2,410. It was advertised as the largest theater of its kind between Dallas and Los Angeles. Designed as a modern film house with the flexibility of presenting stage shows, the Plaza eventually hosted popular traveling shows and movies, becoming a fixture in the lives of theatergoers for generations to come. Although several theaters existed in downtown El Paso at the time the Plaza Theatre opened, its size, elaborate decor, and technical innovations made it stand out. No expense was spared in creating this elaborate building, designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture. While the exterior facade was designed to be reminiscent of a Spanish mission-style parapet, patrons were awed by the interior, with its intricately painted ceilings, mosaic-tiled floors, decorative metal railings and sconces and, to heighten the effect, antique furnishings. With such grandiose rococo design, it's no wonder the Plaza was known as The Showplace of the Southwest. Perhaps most impressive of all was the $60,000 Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, elevating from the orchestra pit to accompany vaudeville shows, sing-a-longs, and to entertain patrons before and after films. Its toy box provided it with the versatility to replicate such sounds as horses hooves, the ocean surf and birds chirping. In 1972, the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ was sold and housed at the home of a private collector in Dallas. Through the generosity of the late Karl O. Wyler, Sr. (former owner of KTSM television and radio stations), the organ was restored and returned to El Paso in 1998. After a long run at Sunland Park Mall, the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ will return to its original home in the majestic Plaza Theatre. An event at the Plaza was more than simply seeing a show or a movie, but was a build-up of events. From the elaborate decor to the ushers catering to their every need, patrons were transported to a magical movie palace. Once seated, the theater lights would dim while tiny stars blinked and clouds appeared across the blue "sky". The organ would rise from the orchestra pit and the organist would play a musical medley. Finally, the show would begin. It's no surprise that during the Great Depression and World War II, the Plaza Theatre and other atmospheric theaters across the United States were an escape from the everyday world. Like many historical structures, the Plaza Theatre has lost some of its original splendor. Furnishings and artwork have been removed, the facade has been altered, and parts of its once-advanced electrical systems are no longer functional, yet the interior structure appears as it has for close to seventy years. On July 30, 2002 the City of El Paso formally approved a public/private partnership with the El Paso Community Foundation to restore the Plaza Theatre to its original splendor. Once again, the Plaza Theatre will become El Paso's Showplace of the Southwest. Jam Theatricals proudly presents Broadway in El Paso at the Historic Plaza Theatre.
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