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She's been clever enough to work well as an MP for many years.... and it's not really cleverness that's required to push for fairness and equality... it's heart.

Oh Abbott isn't trying to create any such competition. She's pointing out that society is only pretending to tackle racism, choosing its preferred groups to defend while ignoring the racism against others. What she wants isn't a competition, it's equality. Read what Jaqueline Walker wrote again.

I have no reason to doubt it. It would be easily done when you're making revisions to a piece especially if you store your thoughts and assemble them at a later stage. Have you never posted something that you've later edited because it didn't say what you wanted? I do it all the time...

She is saying that she didn't mean that Jewish people and Irish people do not suffer racism. The point she was making, which is true, is that in today's Britain, racism against Black people is far more common, persistent and institutionalised than racism against white groups. I'm sure there...

Certainly that's true if we consider the historical perspective of the holocaust. But consider this statement from Jaqueline Walker, herself both Jewish and black. "All racism is abhorrent and must be fought. Different racisms at different times and places have had more impacts on some...

Well I agree that you shouldn't trust the Guardian, in fact I don't think there are any mainstream news outlets that can be trusted. I disagree with you about Amnesty. But I'm glad we can agree that there is a great deal of evidence that Dianne Abbott has suffered a massive amount of racist abuse.

OK how about this: Diane Abbott faced ten times the abuse of other MPs in election run-up Or this: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/online-violence-women-mps Is Amnesty International no more than a collection of opinion peices? FWIW the Guardian is an elite-controlled newspaper these days, but...

I don't agree. Her wording wasn't great in that it impled that Jewish people and Irish people have never experienced racism, which is untrue. But the thrust of her argument is an important point, and a subject that very few politicians would be prepared to broach - but needs to be discussed...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/05/diane-abbott-more-abused-than-any-other-mps-during-election

Nor does it stop the right-wing of the Labour party, in conjunction with the right-wing Board of Deputies expressing faux outrage and attempting to silence and eject a left-wing MP who is a prominent supporter of Palestinian rights. There are racists at play here, but Diane Abbot is not one of...

Diane Abbot is, by far, the most racially abused MP in the house. She has received far more hate mail than any other MP, much of it overtly racist. She has received death threats. Her response to a letter, sent to the Guardian, was poorly worded and that's something she herself has accepted...

Would probably be a good idea with this amount of oats. Porridge sets easily. :)

Yes. I would say Huge Respect to him for replying at all.

Yes, well spotted. I noticed that too, but the ingredients at the sorts of mash efficiency he will be getting in a large brewery setup, add up to significantly more than 4.5. I'm happy that I have a list of ingredients and the relative percentages, and a bitterness level in IBUs that I can aim...

Re. The level of toasted oats. His levels don't surprise me. Toasting the oats leaves them with what is still a relatively subtle flavour. You need quite a quantity to get the biscuity flavor.

Problem is solved. I asked about the hops and the gravity which seemed high to me too. Turns out that this is the recipe for the Extra Biscuit Brown (ABV 5.5) which he says is an upscaled version of the Biscuit Brown (ABV 4.5 and the beer I drank). He says that, using those Target hop...

Ha! I certainly won't be telling him he's got his own beer wrong. But I will ask him to confirm it.

The Biscuit Brown that I tasted was more bitter than most brown ales, but no way did it have that level of Target hops. It's possible, I guess, that the Target hops he used were closer to 8%AA, in which case I could believe it.

Agreed. I had the second lot going in at 15 mins before the end of the boil. Still way too bitter though. Either the hop is wrong or the quantity.