Arthur Holmes
@arthurh.bsky.social
Political advisor at Southwark🌹& long-suffering Stoke City fan from Staffordshire 🏡
Views are my own
Views are my own
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We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
March 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.
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Hard to think of a more dangerous moment for European security since the height of the Cold War. It’s brutally clear US is now indifferent if not actively hostile to Ukraine in the war. It’s not clear if the US would aid Europe if Russia were to expand that war...
March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hard to think of a more dangerous moment for European security since the height of the Cold War. It’s brutally clear US is now indifferent if not actively hostile to Ukraine in the war. It’s not clear if the US would aid Europe if Russia were to expand that war...
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imagine knowing this little about modern history - and still writing about it
February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
imagine knowing this little about modern history - and still writing about it
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when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage…
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage…
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
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“Solidarity” is not an idea that often pops up in British newspapers, even to deride it. It’s no exaggeration to say that I have heard the word used more often in reference to a 1980s Polish trade union than as a value we might or should hold.
Labour has lost the language of solidarity
Political rhetoric is transactional and utilitarian – this needs to change.
www.newstatesman.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“Solidarity” is not an idea that often pops up in British newspapers, even to deride it. It’s no exaggeration to say that I have heard the word used more often in reference to a 1980s Polish trade union than as a value we might or should hold.
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Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"
February 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"
Ahh ok so now just open about the ethnic cleansing then
On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
January 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ahh ok so now just open about the ethnic cleansing then
Christ
January 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Christ
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I want to remind Londoners that our city is—and always will be—a place for everyone.
We’ll continue to celebrate London as the diverse, open and welcoming city it is.
We’ll continue to celebrate London as the diverse, open and welcoming city it is.
January 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I want to remind Londoners that our city is—and always will be—a place for everyone.
We’ll continue to celebrate London as the diverse, open and welcoming city it is.
We’ll continue to celebrate London as the diverse, open and welcoming city it is.
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This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
January 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
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"While @teamlabouruk.bsky.social provide leadership on the climate international stage, Southwark Labour are delivering climate action locally."
Cllr John Batteson outlines how Southwark Labour are reducing emissions year on year as we drive toward #NetZero and combat the climate emergency.
Cllr John Batteson outlines how Southwark Labour are reducing emissions year on year as we drive toward #NetZero and combat the climate emergency.
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
"While @teamlabouruk.bsky.social provide leadership on the climate international stage, Southwark Labour are delivering climate action locally."
Cllr John Batteson outlines how Southwark Labour are reducing emissions year on year as we drive toward #NetZero and combat the climate emergency.
Cllr John Batteson outlines how Southwark Labour are reducing emissions year on year as we drive toward #NetZero and combat the climate emergency.
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November 18, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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“Sometimes, paradise is a house.” @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social isn’t wrong.
Column, on how I've unexpectedly found I now feel happy not so much in "nature", but in places where new houses are being built: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
“Sometimes, paradise is a house.” @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social isn’t wrong.
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November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
It’s the hope that kills you #Glastonbury
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 AM
It’s the hope that kills you #Glastonbury
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Strongly the vibe here today
a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Strongly the vibe here today