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Nearly Sane
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March 14, 2024, 10:51:26 AM »
Arguably the comments by Hester, Anderson, Braverman, and indeed Sunak fall under this. Is the Tory Party extremist?
Personally, I would just have gone for 'a bit smelly' as the definition.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914
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March 14, 2024, 09:54:11 PM »
Headline pinched from The Guardian:
Michael Gove on extremism: the imperturbable in pursuit of the indefinable
That about covers it.
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.
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March 17, 2024, 09:42:26 AM »
From the Observer today. Identifies a lot of the problems with the Government and Gove's approach:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/observer-view-extremism-shut-down-vital-debate-michael-gove
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