September 29, 2026
“Personal glorification, overweening pride, consuming ambition, intolerant smugness, money madness, refusal to admit mistakes, self-satisfaction, lazy complacency – these are the garden variety of ills which so often beset movements as well as individuals.”
Bill W.
“Personal glorification, overweening pride, consuming ambition, intolerant smugness, money madness, refusal to admit mistakes, self-satisfaction, lazy complacency – these are the garden variety of ills which so often beset movements as well as individuals.”
Bill W.
September 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
September 29, 2026
“Personal glorification, overweening pride, consuming ambition, intolerant smugness, money madness, refusal to admit mistakes, self-satisfaction, lazy complacency – these are the garden variety of ills which so often beset movements as well as individuals.”
Bill W.
“Personal glorification, overweening pride, consuming ambition, intolerant smugness, money madness, refusal to admit mistakes, self-satisfaction, lazy complacency – these are the garden variety of ills which so often beset movements as well as individuals.”
Bill W.
Wish I could share Polly Toynbee’s breathless enthusiasm and optimism about Burnham. His social care proposals are good and I absolutely want my scepticism about his ability to drive them through to be wrong.
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Wish I could share Polly Toynbee’s breathless enthusiasm and optimism about Burnham. His social care proposals are good and I absolutely want my scepticism about his ability to drive them through to be wrong.
Andy Burnham’s “Hope again” era is off to a promising start. We are all here for rolling back Thatcherism. But he’d do well to add Higher Education, to his list of sectors to rescue from the neoliberal abyss.
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Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Andy Burnham’s “Hope again” era is off to a promising start. We are all here for rolling back Thatcherism. But he’d do well to add Higher Education, to his list of sectors to rescue from the neoliberal abyss.
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Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
toynbee and the centrist liberals have some sand. listen!! listen as they now trumpet labour has hope because now, NOW, they will LOOK AT social care. care. social. how very dare they. we had hope. 5 yrs ago. we had care and social. and you destroyed it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:18 AM
toynbee and the centrist liberals have some sand. listen!! listen as they now trumpet labour has hope because now, NOW, they will LOOK AT social care. care. social. how very dare they. we had hope. 5 yrs ago. we had care and social. and you destroyed it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope
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Another spot on article from Polly Toynbee in today’s The Guardian.
Another spot on article from Polly Toynbee in today’s The Guardian.
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another spot on article from Polly Toynbee in today’s The Guardian.
Another spot on article from Polly Toynbee in today’s The Guardian.
THE GUARDIAN: Andy Burnham’s hopeful Labour agenda is gathering momentum, with social care as its defining test. But thin leads, Reform’s threat and looming fiscal pressures mean this revival is no time for complacency.
- by Polly Toynbee
- by Polly Toynbee
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear His ambition is big enough to see from space as he promises the “ biggest change to Britain in 40 years ”. Andy Burnham pledges what no prime minister until now has dared to, breaking the long spell of Thatcherism. Her sham monopoly markets in public services have crashed. The chancellor, John Healey, promises a “new age of industrialisation ”, breaking with her era of industrial desertification. The social care system she blew into disconnected privatised fragments will become a national care service. Something new is waiting to be born. Things happen fast. Only a year ago, the Labour party was on its knees in despair, thunderstruck to find Nigel Farage ruling the roost so soon after its landslide win, with Reform UK 12 percentage points ahead of Labour’s dismal 22%. Farage was the most popular leader, with a 30% favourability rating, compared with Keir S
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
THE GUARDIAN: Andy Burnham’s hopeful Labour agenda is gathering momentum, with social care as its defining test. But thin leads, Reform’s threat and looming fiscal pressures mean this revival is no time for complacency.
- by Polly Toynbee
- by Polly Toynbee
Absolute state of this fule.
"It is madness, delusion, a slow but steady economic, social and cultural hara-kiri. The only answer is to become an independent Florida without the sunshine, a Texas without the chicken-fried steaks."
"It is madness, delusion, a slow but steady economic, social and cultural hara-kiri. The only answer is to become an independent Florida without the sunshine, a Texas without the chicken-fried steaks."
![[Allister Heath frothing over American expansion in the Telegraph]
It will guarantee a shock to your system, and jolt you out of any residual complacency. It will simultaneously energise you and plunge you into depression. You will be blown away by the growth, the clatter of construction, the siege of cranes across the skyline, the massive cars, the energy, drive and ambition, the wealth, abundance and cheap energy, the entrepreneurial go-getting, the ostentatious celebration of success.
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September 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Absolute state of this fule.
"It is madness, delusion, a slow but steady economic, social and cultural hara-kiri. The only answer is to become an independent Florida without the sunshine, a Texas without the chicken-fried steaks."
"It is madness, delusion, a slow but steady economic, social and cultural hara-kiri. The only answer is to become an independent Florida without the sunshine, a Texas without the chicken-fried steaks."
God,
Thank You for the woman I'm becoming.
Give me peace without complacency, ambition without anxiety, and success without losing myself.
Teach me to recognize what deserves my energy and what deserves my NO.
Let what I'm building bring both PROVISION and PEACE.
Amen.
Thank You for the woman I'm becoming.
Give me peace without complacency, ambition without anxiety, and success without losing myself.
Teach me to recognize what deserves my energy and what deserves my NO.
Let what I'm building bring both PROVISION and PEACE.
Amen.
September 23, 2026 at 1:45 AM
God,
Thank You for the woman I'm becoming.
Give me peace without complacency, ambition without anxiety, and success without losing myself.
Teach me to recognize what deserves my energy and what deserves my NO.
Let what I'm building bring both PROVISION and PEACE.
Amen.
Thank You for the woman I'm becoming.
Give me peace without complacency, ambition without anxiety, and success without losing myself.
Teach me to recognize what deserves my energy and what deserves my NO.
Let what I'm building bring both PROVISION and PEACE.
Amen.
In theory, communism would make a country strong, where everyone is working for the development of the nation as a whole. However the fact that the system goes against human nature (greed, ambition, complacency, corruption...) is the reason why it has failed in so many ways.
September 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
In theory, communism would make a country strong, where everyone is working for the development of the nation as a whole. However the fact that the system goes against human nature (greed, ambition, complacency, corruption...) is the reason why it has failed in so many ways.
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
August 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
August 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
August 23, 2026 at 9:27 AM
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
August 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
Bayern must keep the same ambition and mentality after a domestic double to avoid complacency and keep improving and winning.
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August 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Bayern must keep the same ambition and mentality after a domestic double to avoid complacency and keep improving and winning.
It's easy to say "better than nothing," but that is feedback working against decisions of more significant infrastructure in future projects because it conveys complacency with their low-ambition solutions
July 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
It's easy to say "better than nothing," but that is feedback working against decisions of more significant infrastructure in future projects because it conveys complacency with their low-ambition solutions
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
July 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
Probably because there’s intent and ambition but real issues with scale and integration, which is what makes the capability real, but go ahead with self flatter and complacency. I intent to be dissatisfied with progress until Russia folds, completely
July 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Probably because there’s intent and ambition but real issues with scale and integration, which is what makes the capability real, but go ahead with self flatter and complacency. I intent to be dissatisfied with progress until Russia folds, completely
each kingdom was undone by a perversion of their own strengths:
-Wei's ambition and cunning -> pride and backstabbing
-Shu's heroism and benevolence -> foolhardiness and softness
-Wu's stability and family bonds -> complacency and nepotism
-Wei's ambition and cunning -> pride and backstabbing
-Shu's heroism and benevolence -> foolhardiness and softness
-Wu's stability and family bonds -> complacency and nepotism
July 19, 2026 at 5:48 AM
each kingdom was undone by a perversion of their own strengths:
-Wei's ambition and cunning -> pride and backstabbing
-Shu's heroism and benevolence -> foolhardiness and softness
-Wu's stability and family bonds -> complacency and nepotism
-Wei's ambition and cunning -> pride and backstabbing
-Shu's heroism and benevolence -> foolhardiness and softness
-Wu's stability and family bonds -> complacency and nepotism
A new report asks the government to “adopt a ‘reuse first’ approach to unlock up to 670,000 new homes”… instead of one that “reveals a deep complacency, is devoid of ambition, and shows a complete lack of imagination.”
Protecting built heritage: MPs call for ‘reuse first’ mindset to safeguard historic buildings and help hit new homes goal - Committees - UK Parliament
Nearly half of the government’s 1.5million home building target could be met by giving a new lease of life to historic buildings currently lying vacant or under-used, MPs say today.
committees.parliament.uk
July 13, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A new report asks the government to “adopt a ‘reuse first’ approach to unlock up to 670,000 new homes”… instead of one that “reveals a deep complacency, is devoid of ambition, and shows a complete lack of imagination.”
"...there is potential to create 670,000 new homes [from reusing old buildings] and yet the government’s approach reveals a deep complacency, is devoid of ambition, and shows a complete lack of imagination"
@hoccommittees.parliament.uk Culture Committee
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@hoccommittees.parliament.uk Culture Committee
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Protecting built heritage: MPs call for ‘reuse first’ mindset to safeguard historic buildings and help hit new homes goal - Committees - UK Parliament
Nearly half of the government’s 1.5million home building target could be met by giving a new lease of life to historic buildings currently lying vacant or under-used, MPs say today.
committees.parliament.uk
July 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
"...there is potential to create 670,000 new homes [from reusing old buildings] and yet the government’s approach reveals a deep complacency, is devoid of ambition, and shows a complete lack of imagination"
@hoccommittees.parliament.uk Culture Committee
committees.parliament.uk/committee/37...
@hoccommittees.parliament.uk Culture Committee
committees.parliament.uk/committee/37...