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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt is a delight to see 2 happy politician faces in the news.......
vs the angry faces we so often see.
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— (@marikosegawa.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T23:46:04.131Z
Imagine trying to communicate in oneâs second language daily& being told, âYou donât belong!â for accent/grammatical errors.
The NYC Mayor walks in the shoes of people whose mother tongue is not English with self-deprecating humor.
Easterncedar
(5,974 posts)Thanks, riversedge.
Bettie
(19,542 posts)and it was delightful. Just watched again, nice to see decent people behaving like...well, decent humans with some humor.
We get so little of that lately.
Easterncedar
(5,974 posts)Easterncedar
(5,974 posts)An upset victory by a young progressive plumber and, as she mentions in her acceptance speech, a newly qualified plasterer. Working class, she speaks out for her Muslim neighbors. She is one to watch!
Easterncedar
(5,974 posts)[link
M calls byelection loss very disappointing as new Green MP Hannah Spencer says voters rejected hate UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/27/gorton-and-denton-byelection-result-labour-green-party-reform-uk-politics-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url|
Both the edited video of her speech and the full text are worth looking at. She fended off the hideous right wing Reform Party handily.