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Whilst I agree in broad principle, that doesn’t address this particular issue. Ed Miliband, for example, is culturally Jewish but non-religious.

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From the state of some of the arguments on this thread, it’s clearly not all they wanted to say. Some clearly question the legitimacy of the state of Israel no matter who is currently in government, and don’t really even want a two state solution - just the complete dissolution of Israel.

Unbelievably ignorant and politically naive. This is knowingly amping up antisemitism whilst clutching pearls at the very suggestion. FFS. This is the dissembling bullshit that sank Corbyn (rightly), and it’ll do exactly the same for the Greens.

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Just when Zack Polanski was doing a decent job of making the Greens look like a cohesive and progressive political party (although they really weren’t), and at least helping to steer the political conversation in the right direction, this kicks them back further than they’ve ever been.

No, that wording lumps everyone who thinks it’s legitimate for a Jewish state to exist in with the current genocidal leaders. The exact opposite of what you said. It’s massively reductive and actively fuels bigotry. So fuck the Green Party for letting themselves get into this sorry state.

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“constantly qualify it with several adjectives so that it's unambiguous?” If the alternative is to come across as straight up anti-semitic, then YES FFS! You make it sound like it’s hard - it really doesn’t have to be.

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Politically naive to think this wording isn’t going to blow up in their faces. And why does it have to boil down to a word? You think it’s somehow not possible to define an opposition to the actions of the Israeli government without falling into that absolute beartrap? 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Or maybe just not use that term at all? As Ian suggested, it’s not difficult to be clear on this without sliding into lurid anti-Semitic tropes - but they deliberately chose not to do that. 🤷🏻‍♂️ They were gaining ground - now they’re absolutely cooked.

Think I’ve still got that tape in the loft.

Yep, Iif you have an account, I think you’re automatically in their loyalty scheme. Worth getting those extra points for following on social media etc I generate a lot of points from writing reviews with photos - but sadly I think all the invitations to review I received from Yotpo are now useless.

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Because of all the big, dumb stuff he’s done, I think he’s criminally underrated. He was great in ‘Roofman’, and a revelation in ‘Blink Twice’

Trouble is, unless you convert them to $, there have been no new things to spend them on in ages. I think a lot of people are like me & don’t want to spend them directly in case any new exclusive slips are released. Thing is, there haven’t been any for a long time - just old ones we’ve already got.

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I think they were getting concerned about the number of loyalty points sitting unused on peoples accounts. Because they never expire, they’ll sit as a growing liability on their accounts, and they’ve been trying to incentivise people to spend them.

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They’ve (possibly temporarily) decoupled from the Melusine loyalty system though, so possible my conversion was from 12876 points to 5762, which sounds more likely. Unless they eventually reconcile them, then I may have effectively gotten my Melusine purchase for free! Need to keep an eye on that.

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Conversion of points to $ has also improved. My balance hasn’t changed on Melusine where 3000 points got me $30 off. On VS $30 off now only costs 1200 points. I’ve got 9876 points on Melusine which translates as 5762 on VS, so I think that has noticeably increased the value of points.

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I’ve noticed that their ‘exclusive’ VSMC products are now ‘cheaper’ (i.e. require fewer points) - but they haven’t had anything I’ve wanted that I haven’t already got in about a year. They need to create some new VSMC slipcovers.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah - I didn’t get that email - so my enquiry resulted in them sending me that information. The upshot seems to be that they’ve changed loyalty provider and rebased their system - and therefore we’ve got fewer points, but each point should be worth more, so we’ve not lost any actual value.

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I’ve not seen an email on the subject, but I’ve messaged them for clarification. I lost a load of points on a previous occasion when YOTPO who administrate their loyalty system incorrectly cropped off the older points transactions on their system. They eventually fixed it.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Something’s a bit screwy. There’s been a ‘transfer’ of points and somewhere in the process I appear to have lost over 4000 points. I’m showing 5761 points on the VS site, but my original total of 9876 is showing on the Melusine site.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yep, because music definitely needed ‘solving’. Seriously, who are these utter bellends?

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Whatever that was, looks like it’s already blocked (so thank you past me!)

I blocked them after responding.

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I have the Severin release of this.

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mad-swilliams.bsky.social @mad-swilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My god! Measured, rational discourse! Whatever next!

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Very anxious about posting this, but I feel strongly compelled to share. I know it’s a lot to take in for a Saturday morning and I appreciate anyone for taking the time to read it.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I bought four Second Run titles to add to my collection based on looking at your shelf.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That room is going to need gutting once he’s gone.

Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But what if the village was nearly *all* idiots? See Piddington for further details.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Booooo! I was one of the 9 in 10 who didn’t.

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Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That was quite good fun. Really ramps up in the second half after a slow start. I think 13 year old me would have liked it.

I already bought myself a 48K spectrum a few years back! Coolest thing was loading games into it from an iPod.

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‘Mutant’ was a ubiquitous video rental shop poster when I was a kid - your post has inspired me to give this a spin.

Vinegar Syndrome release of ‘Mutant’ on 4K.

Nope - I also thought it was terrible.

The unmistakable voice of Brian Wilde.

Mark Slater @markslater.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Indeed. He claimed sabotage when trying to grift more money from his supporters, but it apparently got into trouble on its first trip out. Not sure why it’s popping up in the news again now particularly, but still good to hear. Probably because his infamy has increased in recent weeks.