Atul Hatwal
@atulhatwal.bsky.social
Co-founder DeepSeer, editor Labour Uncut, all things Weller
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Beautiful obit for Sir Patrick Duffy, former Labour defence minister, who has died aged 105. Remembered the General strike (grandmother in Ireland during the famine) WW2 hero and published his last book in 2024 (!) labour-uncut.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Beautiful obit for Sir Patrick Duffy, former Labour defence minister, who has died aged 105. Remembered the General strike (grandmother in Ireland during the famine) WW2 hero and published his last book in 2024 (!) labour-uncut.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
Beautiful obit for Sir Patrick Duffy, former Labour defence minister, who has died aged 105. Remembered the General strike (grandmother in Ireland during the famine) WW2 hero and published his last book in 2024 (!) labour-uncut.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Beautiful obit for Sir Patrick Duffy, former Labour defence minister, who has died aged 105. Remembered the General strike (grandmother in Ireland during the famine) WW2 hero and published his last book in 2024 (!) labour-uncut.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
Shouting 'stakeholder state'/'blob' is the biggest tell for a lack of imjudgement. Judgement is what's needed to know when to say yes or no to groups. Endless consultation & engagement is a function of lack of judgement. Note: judgement is different to ideology, it's effective programme management
January 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Shouting 'stakeholder state'/'blob' is the biggest tell for a lack of imjudgement. Judgement is what's needed to know when to say yes or no to groups. Endless consultation & engagement is a function of lack of judgement. Note: judgement is different to ideology, it's effective programme management
From the 2025 Labour Uncut awards, Labour frontbencher of the year annaturley.bsky.social . In a thin year for Lab, she's hugely boosted Lab's attack effectiveness with rapid response & max impact lines within the params of what's possible given the issues at No.10
labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/12/31/t...
labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/12/31/t...
Anna Turley MP (@annaturley.bsky.social)
Labour & Co-Operative
Member of Parliament for Redcar
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annaturley.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
From the 2025 Labour Uncut awards, Labour frontbencher of the year annaturley.bsky.social . In a thin year for Lab, she's hugely boosted Lab's attack effectiveness with rapid response & max impact lines within the params of what's possible given the issues at No.10
labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/12/31/t...
labour-uncut.co.uk/2025/12/31/t...
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Let's be honest. London sticking two fingers up to the MAGA and ethno-nationalists is a good start to 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Let's be honest. London sticking two fingers up to the MAGA and ethno-nationalists is a good start to 2026.
Lots to weigh in this mess, this is the best articulation of a reasoned position (aka I 100% agree)
Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Lots to weigh in this mess, this is the best articulation of a reasoned position (aka I 100% agree)
Ridiculous that these posts weren't found earlier. Feels an FCDO screw up given recent Tory govts were similarly vocal about this guy's release. If nothing forthcoming from him that genuinely demonstrates he's changed his views then no basis for him to be in the UK
Since no-one appears to be talking about it on here, just letting you know that the the PM, Foreign Secretary and various other Government Ministers have expressed their “delight” in an Egyptian “pro-Democracy” activist being freed in Egypt and allowed to come to the UK. Here are some of his views.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ridiculous that these posts weren't found earlier. Feels an FCDO screw up given recent Tory govts were similarly vocal about this guy's release. If nothing forthcoming from him that genuinely demonstrates he's changed his views then no basis for him to be in the UK
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This was the year that sensible people realised that genAI was a useful but incremental technology.
Not transformative, not existential, just useful when deployed right.
Certainly not worth surrendering your national sovereignty over.....
www.reuters.com/business/bus...
Not transformative, not existential, just useful when deployed right.
Certainly not worth surrendering your national sovereignty over.....
www.reuters.com/business/bus...
AI promised a revolution. Companies are still waiting.
Executives say they still believe generative AI will eventually transform their businesses, but they are reconsidering how quickly that will happen within their organizations.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This was the year that sensible people realised that genAI was a useful but incremental technology.
Not transformative, not existential, just useful when deployed right.
Certainly not worth surrendering your national sovereignty over.....
www.reuters.com/business/bus...
Not transformative, not existential, just useful when deployed right.
Certainly not worth surrendering your national sovereignty over.....
www.reuters.com/business/bus...
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The big, big self-delusion at the heart of almost everything Labour is doing wrong is that through some old-time Labour economics you can avoid having an electoral coalition that looks a lot like 'Labour in 2024, Australian Labor in 2025, the Canadian Liberals in 2025' or indeed 'Harris in 2024'.
There’s more writing than wall at this point.
❗ Reform GAIN from Labour
Red Hall and Lingfield (Darlington) council by-election result:
REF: 38.4% (+38.4)
CON: 17.2% (-22.7)
LDEM: 17.2% (+17.2)
LAB: 16.6% (-37.2)
GRN: 9.7% (+3.5)
IND: 1.0% (+1.0)
+/- 2023
Estimated turnout: ~28% (-3)
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Red Hall and Lingfield (Darlington) council by-election result:
REF: 38.4% (+38.4)
CON: 17.2% (-22.7)
LDEM: 17.2% (+17.2)
LAB: 16.6% (-37.2)
GRN: 9.7% (+3.5)
IND: 1.0% (+1.0)
+/- 2023
Estimated turnout: ~28% (-3)
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The big, big self-delusion at the heart of almost everything Labour is doing wrong is that through some old-time Labour economics you can avoid having an electoral coalition that looks a lot like 'Labour in 2024, Australian Labor in 2025, the Canadian Liberals in 2025' or indeed 'Harris in 2024'.
On annual crimbo crawl with mates round pubs in middle of London. This one the same as long as can remember, an eternal 70s time capsule. How many places now have these cigs machines? And decos from older relatives Christmas box? Full marks.
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On annual crimbo crawl with mates round pubs in middle of London. This one the same as long as can remember, an eternal 70s time capsule. How many places now have these cigs machines? And decos from older relatives Christmas box? Full marks.
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We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform. It’s not subtle - every day clearer this is just a rebranding of the nutty fringe of the Conservative Party offering to rerun the Truss/Johnson omnishambles
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform. It’s not subtle - every day clearer this is just a rebranding of the nutty fringe of the Conservative Party offering to rerun the Truss/Johnson omnishambles
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👀 Zarah Sultana voted with the Tories in *every* vote on the Employment Rights Bill last night 👀
Including
- voting to KEEP strike ballot thresholds
- voting to KEEP the Tories’ 2016 changes to political fund ballots
Including
- voting to KEEP strike ballot thresholds
- voting to KEEP the Tories’ 2016 changes to political fund ballots
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
👀 Zarah Sultana voted with the Tories in *every* vote on the Employment Rights Bill last night 👀
Including
- voting to KEEP strike ballot thresholds
- voting to KEEP the Tories’ 2016 changes to political fund ballots
Including
- voting to KEEP strike ballot thresholds
- voting to KEEP the Tories’ 2016 changes to political fund ballots
This is such a good piece
I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is such a good piece
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On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
This is proper Truss LA LA LA from Polanski. I don't think he understands that the state is borrowing from the market. He believes evil billionaires have conned simpleton politicians into giving them cash and he can just stop it with his 'new paradigm'
The whole interview is worth listening to and is a fair car crash.
But this is worth noting this segment given that some have said he's stepping away from MMT. Claiming we don't need to borrow more money, because we can print more.
But this is worth noting this segment given that some have said he's stepping away from MMT. Claiming we don't need to borrow more money, because we can print more.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is proper Truss LA LA LA from Polanski. I don't think he understands that the state is borrowing from the market. He believes evil billionaires have conned simpleton politicians into giving them cash and he can just stop it with his 'new paradigm'
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Orwell diagnosed this problem generations ago
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Orwell diagnosed this problem generations ago
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
Just an excellent explanation of what the budget is on BBC Newsround just now. A little bit more of that on the grown-up news, rather than endless horse race stuff, would really help contextualise it. Takes focus back to the substance rather than smarty pants politicking
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just an excellent explanation of what the budget is on BBC Newsround just now. A little bit more of that on the grown-up news, rather than endless horse race stuff, would really help contextualise it. Takes focus back to the substance rather than smarty pants politicking
Very much liking the Anthology 4 versions of Free As A Bird and Real Love. The latter esp is great, sounds like a proper song rather than an offcut demo, turns it into a wonderful track and that very rare Beatles phenomenon: a John and George number
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Very much liking the Anthology 4 versions of Free As A Bird and Real Love. The latter esp is great, sounds like a proper song rather than an offcut demo, turns it into a wonderful track and that very rare Beatles phenomenon: a John and George number
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Nick Robinson uncharacteristically under-briefed for this interview and letting the minister get away with talking bollocks basically
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Nick Robinson uncharacteristically under-briefed for this interview and letting the minister get away with talking bollocks basically
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Fwiw, I believe Labour might have been able to successfully execute a 'mixed' strategy on immigration that reduced the threat from Reform without alienating liberal/left voters it needs. Avoiding rhetoric of the right while letting the numbers fall as they were already doing would have been a start.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fwiw, I believe Labour might have been able to successfully execute a 'mixed' strategy on immigration that reduced the threat from Reform without alienating liberal/left voters it needs. Avoiding rhetoric of the right while letting the numbers fall as they were already doing would have been a start.
On the BBC row, IMO critical question is Did The Board Stop An Immediate Apology For The Edit? Personally seems EXTRAORDINARY that experienced BBC journos wouldn't have said 'Yeah, apologise quickly, kill the story'. To delay is to tie the Beeb news team to tracks to be run over by the train (1/2)
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On the BBC row, IMO critical question is Did The Board Stop An Immediate Apology For The Edit? Personally seems EXTRAORDINARY that experienced BBC journos wouldn't have said 'Yeah, apologise quickly, kill the story'. To delay is to tie the Beeb news team to tracks to be run over by the train (1/2)
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Not resiling from this one iota in spite of the feeding frenzy, the resignations, and the talk of a billion dollar law suit of the last few days. If those on the right in this country seriously think that lining up with Donald Trump against the BBC is a good call, then I say good luck with that.
The attention the Tory party in the media and in the Commons are giving to this story is a reflection of just how far off the deep-end both have gone in recent times. Sure, they have a long-term vested interest in trying to undermine faith in the Beeb. But this is such a non-issue for most voters.
The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Not resiling from this one iota in spite of the feeding frenzy, the resignations, and the talk of a billion dollar law suit of the last few days. If those on the right in this country seriously think that lining up with Donald Trump against the BBC is a good call, then I say good luck with that.
Mamdani is a fabulous communicator and hugely charismatic...but am I missing something about the result: A solid win but 50% vs 42% for Cuomo who's (a) a terrible pol and (b) a sex pest, isn't the blowout win that's currently being written? If Silwa had pulled out, would've been close
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Mamdani is a fabulous communicator and hugely charismatic...but am I missing something about the result: A solid win but 50% vs 42% for Cuomo who's (a) a terrible pol and (b) a sex pest, isn't the blowout win that's currently being written? If Silwa had pulled out, would've been close