Darnell McFadden
@danzewilbur4.bsky.social
My interests vary - Politics, Art, Media, Writing, Reading to name a few.
Like to comment on housing and property in the UK as well as current affairs, politics and policy.
Like to comment on housing and property in the UK as well as current affairs, politics and policy.
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Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) is one of the biggest cons created by Tories, expanded by Labour.
For every £1 of private investment in public assets govt repays £6, resulting in higher debt/taxes.
Cheaper for govt to borrow or it can create money
But govt is reviving PFI. Must change policy.
For every £1 of private investment in public assets govt repays £6, resulting in higher debt/taxes.
Cheaper for govt to borrow or it can create money
But govt is reviving PFI. Must change policy.
Why the reshuffle alone won’t change the government’s fortunes
"For better electoral fortunes, the government needs to junk neoliberal policies, never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth."
leftfootforward.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) is one of the biggest cons created by Tories, expanded by Labour.
For every £1 of private investment in public assets govt repays £6, resulting in higher debt/taxes.
Cheaper for govt to borrow or it can create money
But govt is reviving PFI. Must change policy.
For every £1 of private investment in public assets govt repays £6, resulting in higher debt/taxes.
Cheaper for govt to borrow or it can create money
But govt is reviving PFI. Must change policy.
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This is thinly disguised homophobia by Farage.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is thinly disguised homophobia by Farage.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
As suspected Trump is using the death of Charlie Kirk as a means to further vilify the left. The killer is still at large. We don't know who it was, the reason why or their political affiliation. The concern now is Trump using this as justification for the elimination of political opposition.
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As suspected Trump is using the death of Charlie Kirk as a means to further vilify the left. The killer is still at large. We don't know who it was, the reason why or their political affiliation. The concern now is Trump using this as justification for the elimination of political opposition.
Farage's attempted Trumpification of our politics is a good insight to what Reform will try to emulate if they somehow reach No.10. They are dangerous people with dangerous politics and should be nowhere near positions of power.
September 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Farage's attempted Trumpification of our politics is a good insight to what Reform will try to emulate if they somehow reach No.10. They are dangerous people with dangerous politics and should be nowhere near positions of power.
The US administration doesn't care about legalities. Snatching innocent people off the street without due process is intentional. Forcibly removing undocumented children from foster homes for deportation is intentional. Detaining legal immigrants from Hyundai on speculation is intentional.
September 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The US administration doesn't care about legalities. Snatching innocent people off the street without due process is intentional. Forcibly removing undocumented children from foster homes for deportation is intentional. Detaining legal immigrants from Hyundai on speculation is intentional.
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It's bad enough the US is settling into fascism but the fact that the people in the charge are catastrophically stupid makes you wonder how easy fascism is to do.
I've stopped looking back on history and thinking, "They worked hard for that, those nasty little turds."
No. No they didn't.
I've stopped looking back on history and thinking, "They worked hard for that, those nasty little turds."
No. No they didn't.
September 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's bad enough the US is settling into fascism but the fact that the people in the charge are catastrophically stupid makes you wonder how easy fascism is to do.
I've stopped looking back on history and thinking, "They worked hard for that, those nasty little turds."
No. No they didn't.
I've stopped looking back on history and thinking, "They worked hard for that, those nasty little turds."
No. No they didn't.
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We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous.
There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
September 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous.
There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
Looks like Venezuela is in need of some democracy! Definitely nothing to do with their vast resources and oil.
Defense Secretary Hegseth does not rule out regime change in Venezuela, saying: "That's a presidential-level decision and we're prepared with every asset that the American military has."
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Looks like Venezuela is in need of some democracy! Definitely nothing to do with their vast resources and oil.
Can't say I'm surprised. The man is a walking contradiction. Everything he says to the public and in media he in fact does and believes in the opposite. Definition of a snake oil salesman.
Politico: "The Sun has seen evidence to [a US] committee submitted by Nigel Farage in which he suggests the White House should use “diplomacy and trade” in the free speech battle, which sounds like calling for Britain to be bullied into a law change."
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Can't say I'm surprised. The man is a walking contradiction. Everything he says to the public and in media he in fact does and believes in the opposite. Definition of a snake oil salesman.
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Why the problem with "it is never the comms" takes is that without an effective communications strategy a government cannot generate sustainable public support that creates the space for it to implement successful policies.
Effective comms and successful policy implementation are intertwined.
Effective comms and successful policy implementation are intertwined.
Public attention is to electoral politics what aerobic base is to the Olympic marathon; it mightn’t win you the race entirely on its own, but without it you aren’t even a runner.
September 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Why the problem with "it is never the comms" takes is that without an effective communications strategy a government cannot generate sustainable public support that creates the space for it to implement successful policies.
Effective comms and successful policy implementation are intertwined.
Effective comms and successful policy implementation are intertwined.
A Labour party not able to stand on its own principles and instead opting to lean into right wing rhetoric to court the votes of right wingers is no Labour party at all. Spinless decision from a spinless government. Sure they campaigned on 'change' and we're getting more of the same.
BREAKING: Yvette Cooper says she is suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system.
September 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A Labour party not able to stand on its own principles and instead opting to lean into right wing rhetoric to court the votes of right wingers is no Labour party at all. Spinless decision from a spinless government. Sure they campaigned on 'change' and we're getting more of the same.
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is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?
Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities
September 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?
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there are probably a handful of more evil politicians in the world but i know starmer tops the list of the most pathetic
NEW: Keir Starmer has said he hangs the English flag in his home and 'always sits front of a Union Jack'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
there are probably a handful of more evil politicians in the world but i know starmer tops the list of the most pathetic
And he is meant to be the alternative to Reform and Conservative? Absolutely laughable. The climate in this country is hostile to asylum seekers already and he, in his wisdom, decided the smart thing to do is throw some more gasoline on the fire.
Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And he is meant to be the alternative to Reform and Conservative? Absolutely laughable. The climate in this country is hostile to asylum seekers already and he, in his wisdom, decided the smart thing to do is throw some more gasoline on the fire.
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The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
Leaning into the right wing rhetoric for perceived political capital and bolstering virtue signalling Tories and reformers is only laying the groundwork for their goal of withdrawing from the ECHR. I'd sooner not live in a country that seeks to envision a Trumpian style immigration system.
August 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Leaning into the right wing rhetoric for perceived political capital and bolstering virtue signalling Tories and reformers is only laying the groundwork for their goal of withdrawing from the ECHR. I'd sooner not live in a country that seeks to envision a Trumpian style immigration system.
Labour needs a dramatic change of rhetoric on immigration. Their reluctance to address this issue head on and combat the misinformation with the facts is a political failure.
Councils still planning asylum hotel legal action despite Epping ruling
Some councils say they are still pursuing legal action to stop asylum seekers from being housed in hotels in their areas, despite a Court of Appeal ruling. The court on Friday overturned a temporary i...
ground.news
August 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Labour needs a dramatic change of rhetoric on immigration. Their reluctance to address this issue head on and combat the misinformation with the facts is a political failure.
It is the ultimate form of martyrdom for a fascist. The pride placed on youth and mythologisation of the dead, in fascist societies, glorify death in service of the state or leader as a great honour.
fascism is anti-life, not just for the victims of fascism, but for the fascists themselves. they don't want to reach their promised utopia, they want to die in pursuit of it
August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It is the ultimate form of martyrdom for a fascist. The pride placed on youth and mythologisation of the dead, in fascist societies, glorify death in service of the state or leader as a great honour.
On the Federal Reserve and their refusal to cut interest rates 'Note the justification offered by JD Vance this week, that Trump is “much better able to make those determinations” than “unelected bureaucrats” because he embodies the will of the people.'
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On the Federal Reserve and their refusal to cut interest rates 'Note the justification offered by JD Vance this week, that Trump is “much better able to make those determinations” than “unelected bureaucrats” because he embodies the will of the people.'
They 100% should. It would go a long way to combat all the misinformation. But that would mean the government showing an ounce of professionalism and competence which I don't see them doing anytime soon given their current media campaigns and rhetoric surrounding immigration.
August 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
They 100% should. It would go a long way to combat all the misinformation. But that would mean the government showing an ounce of professionalism and competence which I don't see them doing anytime soon given their current media campaigns and rhetoric surrounding immigration.
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Reform's Widecombe admitted that she is making her political decisions at a high level based on that bloke down the pub's opinion! #ukpolitics
August 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reform's Widecombe admitted that she is making her political decisions at a high level based on that bloke down the pub's opinion! #ukpolitics
They get £49.18 per week, £9.95 per week if meals are provided. Hardly a lavish life of luxury. Education is seriously lacking in the UK.
August 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
They get £49.18 per week, £9.95 per week if meals are provided. Hardly a lavish life of luxury. Education is seriously lacking in the UK.
Cartoonish villainy at its finest. If he seriously believes that guns are not the problem and it's a mental health issue why cut $12 Billion for mental health and addiction care???
Speaker Mike Johnson on the Minnesota shooting: "At the end of the day the problem is not guns. Ok, Jen Psaki? The problem is the human heart. It's mental health."
August 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Cartoonish villainy at its finest. If he seriously believes that guns are not the problem and it's a mental health issue why cut $12 Billion for mental health and addiction care???
I'm glad the government has won their appeal on this. The Court of Appeal overturning the High Courts decision will hopefully dissuade other councils trying to launch similar challenges.
Government wins appeal to block closure of Epping asylum hotel
The Government has won its bid to block the closure an Epping asylum hotel at the centre of a wave of protests.Epping Forest District Council has been granted an interim injunction by the High Court, ...
ground.news
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm glad the government has won their appeal on this. The Court of Appeal overturning the High Courts decision will hopefully dissuade other councils trying to launch similar challenges.