Danny McBride
@dannymcbride.bsky.social
Eyemouth, Scotland.
Work in mental health. Interested in social change, economics, culture & music.
Somewhere on the liberal & left axes.
Work in mental health. Interested in social change, economics, culture & music.
Somewhere on the liberal & left axes.
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As Jesus said: “You’re on your own mate, not my problem”
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As Jesus said: “You’re on your own mate, not my problem”
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
"How can they expect us to vote for the labour party when so many of my ancestors died in childbirth?"
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"How can they expect us to vote for the labour party when so many of my ancestors died in childbirth?"
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Get off the stage, you silly old man, in your misguided trousers
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Get off the stage, you silly old man, in your misguided trousers
Paul Ryder, Andy Rourke and Mani all gone in the space of a few short years.
It's not been a good time to be a great bassist in a seminal Mancunian indie group.
I hope someone is wrapping up Peter Hook and Guigsy in cotton wool right now.
It's not been a good time to be a great bassist in a seminal Mancunian indie group.
I hope someone is wrapping up Peter Hook and Guigsy in cotton wool right now.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Paul Ryder, Andy Rourke and Mani all gone in the space of a few short years.
It's not been a good time to be a great bassist in a seminal Mancunian indie group.
I hope someone is wrapping up Peter Hook and Guigsy in cotton wool right now.
It's not been a good time to be a great bassist in a seminal Mancunian indie group.
I hope someone is wrapping up Peter Hook and Guigsy in cotton wool right now.
I just heard the absolutely dreadful news about Mani.
The driving force of probably the most important band in my life.
I can't believe it.
The driving force of probably the most important band in my life.
I can't believe it.
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection (Live in Blackpool)
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I just heard the absolutely dreadful news about Mani.
The driving force of probably the most important band in my life.
I can't believe it.
The driving force of probably the most important band in my life.
I can't believe it.
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Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Starmer, McSweeney, Reeves, Mahmood, they all need to go.
If the government briefing to the Times about how much the Home Secretary admires and wants to emulate Kristi Noem of all people isn’t enough to get the PLP to act, what is?
If the government briefing to the Times about how much the Home Secretary admires and wants to emulate Kristi Noem of all people isn’t enough to get the PLP to act, what is?
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Starmer, McSweeney, Reeves, Mahmood, they all need to go.
If the government briefing to the Times about how much the Home Secretary admires and wants to emulate Kristi Noem of all people isn’t enough to get the PLP to act, what is?
If the government briefing to the Times about how much the Home Secretary admires and wants to emulate Kristi Noem of all people isn’t enough to get the PLP to act, what is?
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How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
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2025 Mahmood seems to like living in the edge
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
2025 Mahmood seems to like living in the edge
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For about ten minutes after Keir Starmer’s conference speech it seemed like the PM understood what his voters wanted to hear – an actual challenge to the racism of Reform. But instead of seeing it as the start of new messaging, it feels like his team just regarded it as job done.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For about ten minutes after Keir Starmer’s conference speech it seemed like the PM understood what his voters wanted to hear – an actual challenge to the racism of Reform. But instead of seeing it as the start of new messaging, it feels like his team just regarded it as job done.
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When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
It just dawned on me that Britain is morphing into the Italy of 20 years ago.
Faced with economic decline we're doomed to political instability and veering between ever shorter cycles of unpopular technocratic or snake oil populist governments, each unable to arrest that decline.
Faced with economic decline we're doomed to political instability and veering between ever shorter cycles of unpopular technocratic or snake oil populist governments, each unable to arrest that decline.
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It just dawned on me that Britain is morphing into the Italy of 20 years ago.
Faced with economic decline we're doomed to political instability and veering between ever shorter cycles of unpopular technocratic or snake oil populist governments, each unable to arrest that decline.
Faced with economic decline we're doomed to political instability and veering between ever shorter cycles of unpopular technocratic or snake oil populist governments, each unable to arrest that decline.
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Somehow UK governments seem to have decided that political leadership is best demonstrated by a series of leaks to newspapers which are then denied, and daily ministerial media rounds of denial in support of grid announcements nobody notices.
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Somehow UK governments seem to have decided that political leadership is best demonstrated by a series of leaks to newspapers which are then denied, and daily ministerial media rounds of denial in support of grid announcements nobody notices.
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
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The government’s plan to deliver change without ever actually change anything is somehow not working, to their apparent shock.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The government’s plan to deliver change without ever actually change anything is somehow not working, to their apparent shock.
British politics continues its addiction to chaos era I see...
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
British politics continues its addiction to chaos era I see...
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
Oh Joey...
I remember when you used to pose as an intellectual philosopher footballer...
Now you're merely the Laurence Fox of the football World, a violent wife beater, and Brass Eye punchline.
I remember when you used to pose as an intellectual philosopher footballer...
Now you're merely the Laurence Fox of the football World, a violent wife beater, and Brass Eye punchline.
‘At one point during cross examination, the prosecutor Peter Wright KC called Barton’s explanations “nonsense”, to which the former player responded by asking: “Are you calling me a nonce?” Wright in turn responded: “No, nonsense.”’
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oh Joey...
I remember when you used to pose as an intellectual philosopher footballer...
Now you're merely the Laurence Fox of the football World, a violent wife beater, and Brass Eye punchline.
I remember when you used to pose as an intellectual philosopher footballer...
Now you're merely the Laurence Fox of the football World, a violent wife beater, and Brass Eye punchline.
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The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
Venezuela and Nigeria...
There seems to be a common denominator here.
Both have the largest oil reserves on earth.
There seems to be a common denominator here.
Both have the largest oil reserves on earth.
Following on from my post yesterday, in case there was any doubt, Trump is threatening war with Nigeria.
Nigeria has a population of nearly 233 million.
Nigeria has a population of nearly 233 million.
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Venezuela and Nigeria...
There seems to be a common denominator here.
Both have the largest oil reserves on earth.
There seems to be a common denominator here.
Both have the largest oil reserves on earth.
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If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.