Simon Fraser 🏴🇪🇺💙🔶
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Former (m)ad man, historian, writer and dog-walker. Londoner. Degrees from Oxford and Kingston. Scot, European, social democrat. Usually with the underdog. Quite worried about a lot of things.
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Now he is literally the Poundland Donald Trump
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Now he is literally the Poundland Donald Trump
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This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
Sounds like a lovely chap.
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sounds like a lovely chap.
Hooray. Magnificent as ever.
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hooray. Magnificent as ever.
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Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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I literally have no idea how any British person affords housing. Just feels like a situation where the numbers don't come close to adding up for basically anyone
My favorite factoid is that the average Brit outside of London makes less than the average West Virginian but has to deal with a housing market comparable to California.
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
I think that this belief is more common than any of us would like to admit and it is also extremely fucking wrong. This is why it’s important to learn about the rest of the world.
December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I literally have no idea how any British person affords housing. Just feels like a situation where the numbers don't come close to adding up for basically anyone
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
The incompetence of these people is miraculous.
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The incompetence of these people is miraculous.
And then an anemone floated by.
An anemone?
An anemone.
Was it an enemy?
Was the anemone an enemy?
Yes. Was the anemone an enemy?
I don’t think so. It seemed bored, uninterested in the world. Anomie, one might say.
Anomie in an anemone? You don’t hear that very much.
An anemone?
An anemone.
Was it an enemy?
Was the anemone an enemy?
Yes. Was the anemone an enemy?
I don’t think so. It seemed bored, uninterested in the world. Anomie, one might say.
Anomie in an anemone? You don’t hear that very much.
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And then an anemone floated by.
An anemone?
An anemone.
Was it an enemy?
Was the anemone an enemy?
Yes. Was the anemone an enemy?
I don’t think so. It seemed bored, uninterested in the world. Anomie, one might say.
Anomie in an anemone? You don’t hear that very much.
An anemone?
An anemone.
Was it an enemy?
Was the anemone an enemy?
Yes. Was the anemone an enemy?
I don’t think so. It seemed bored, uninterested in the world. Anomie, one might say.
Anomie in an anemone? You don’t hear that very much.
A true zinger. Bravo.
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A true zinger. Bravo.
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“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” 🤡
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December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” 🤡
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It really is the worst thing on the BBC.
Oh dear Moral Maze...
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It really is the worst thing on the BBC.
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
The BBC needs seeing to.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The BBC needs seeing to.
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Corruption on full display
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Corruption on full display
So much hypocrisy.
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So much hypocrisy.
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@deadder.bsky.social nails it again… 😳
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
@deadder.bsky.social nails it again… 😳
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I can't think of something less controversial to say about US presidents than that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history. Shame on the BBC.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I can't think of something less controversial to say about US presidents than that Trump is the most openly corrupt president in US history. Shame on the BBC.
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Infinitely depressing. Utterly plausible.
1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Infinitely depressing. Utterly plausible.
Grok iteratively digging holes for its ubermensch.
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Grok iteratively digging holes for its ubermensch.