Eunice Goes
@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
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not only is he the man we all knew he was - including Streeting - the wheedling, slimy, ingratiating tone of the emails has *always* been the core of who he was, from 'intensely relaxed' through to chumming about on Deripaska's yacht to, yes, betraying his country for a paedophile financier.
Wes Streeting saying on Today that Mandelson is ‘not the man we thought he was’ but the trouble is, he is exactly the man we thought, just on a much worse scale than almost anyone thought. And there is an alternative world where none of this is this govt’s problem, because they never gave him a job
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
not only is he the man we all knew he was - including Streeting - the wheedling, slimy, ingratiating tone of the emails has *always* been the core of who he was, from 'intensely relaxed' through to chumming about on Deripaska's yacht to, yes, betraying his country for a paedophile financier.
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Reminder: Mandelson was appointed to made a trade "deal" (with zero legal basis) with a country which is reneging on it and which anyway buys only 17% of UK goods exports.
Not convinced that's worth a scandal which might bring down a prime minister. America-brain strikes British politics again.
Not convinced that's worth a scandal which might bring down a prime minister. America-brain strikes British politics again.
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Reminder: Mandelson was appointed to made a trade "deal" (with zero legal basis) with a country which is reneging on it and which anyway buys only 17% of UK goods exports.
Not convinced that's worth a scandal which might bring down a prime minister. America-brain strikes British politics again.
Not convinced that's worth a scandal which might bring down a prime minister. America-brain strikes British politics again.
Great reporting by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social. But it does not reflect well on Starmer and his team to present themselves as powerless and naive victims of a scheming Prince of Darkness. In fact, it reflects a fundamental lack of judgement and moral rectitude. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
The Mandelson affair: inside the scandal of a century
Mandelson's fall from grace reveals a very Labour weakness
www.newstatesman.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Great reporting by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social. But it does not reflect well on Starmer and his team to present themselves as powerless and naive victims of a scheming Prince of Darkness. In fact, it reflects a fundamental lack of judgement and moral rectitude. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
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If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
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February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
As a great user of em dashes I loved this historical dive into the usage of this punctuation mark. Contrary to received opinion, em dashes are a sign of humanity.
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The Em Dash
Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 03/02/2026 · 39m
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
As a great user of em dashes I loved this historical dive into the usage of this punctuation mark. Contrary to received opinion, em dashes are a sign of humanity.
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The fiscal impositions of the German government - and Scholz served in Merkel’s government - to EU member states are the main cause of the continent’s stagnation.
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The fiscal impositions of the German government - and Scholz served in Merkel’s government - to EU member states are the main cause of the continent’s stagnation.
It was quite infuriating to hear yesterday the former Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz blaming red tape for the lack of housing and railways in Europe when the government he was part of spent the best part of the last decade telling Europeans they couldn’t afford the welfare state, housing, etc.
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
It was quite infuriating to hear yesterday the former Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz blaming red tape for the lack of housing and railways in Europe when the government he was part of spent the best part of the last decade telling Europeans they couldn’t afford the welfare state, housing, etc.
It’s desperately sad that a Labour government is actively contributing to the destruction of the higher education sector in the UK.
Labour’s ‘survival of the fittest’ approach to HE will mostly harm the voters and the places it was supposed to represent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour’s ‘survival of the fittest’ approach to HE will mostly harm the voters and the places it was supposed to represent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
It’s desperately sad that a Labour government is actively contributing to the destruction of the higher education sector in the UK.
Labour’s ‘survival of the fittest’ approach to HE will mostly harm the voters and the places it was supposed to represent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour’s ‘survival of the fittest’ approach to HE will mostly harm the voters and the places it was supposed to represent.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Characteristically astute and sharp analysis from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Characteristically astute and sharp analysis from @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The question may not be very sophisticated but let’s face it, social democratic parties don’t offer intellectual sophistication to the young; they think that nebulous thinking is sophistication.
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The question may not be very sophisticated but let’s face it, social democratic parties don’t offer intellectual sophistication to the young; they think that nebulous thinking is sophistication.
When the super-annuated commentator gently mocks the young woman’s question about the possibility of degrowth, because the current model fails young people, you understand why social democratic parties are doomed.
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
When the super-annuated commentator gently mocks the young woman’s question about the possibility of degrowth, because the current model fails young people, you understand why social democratic parties are doomed.
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We still, apparently, can’t afford social justice and investment in growth, etc (on side note, of course we can). But this new war on the new bogeyman - regulation - will not renew social democracy.
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We still, apparently, can’t afford social justice and investment in growth, etc (on side note, of course we can). But this new war on the new bogeyman - regulation - will not renew social democracy.
Now, social democrats like to latch on to the idea of Abundance and the bogeyman is regulation, red tape. Everyone forgot that the main reason why Europe stop building houses, railways and so on was because apparently we couldn’t ’afford it’.
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Now, social democrats like to latch on to the idea of Abundance and the bogeyman is regulation, red tape. Everyone forgot that the main reason why Europe stop building houses, railways and so on was because apparently we couldn’t ’afford it’.
Listening to a distinguished European social democrat leader and becoming convinced that the poverty of our politics also results from the narrow intellectual hinterland of contemporary politicians. Far too many don’t go beyond the airport bookshop.
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Listening to a distinguished European social democrat leader and becoming convinced that the poverty of our politics also results from the narrow intellectual hinterland of contemporary politicians. Far too many don’t go beyond the airport bookshop.
That’s a very good question!
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
That’s a very good question!
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Peter Mandelson embroiled in scandal on Groundhog Day. Apt.
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Peter Mandelson embroiled in scandal on Groundhog Day. Apt.
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A quaint, wrong but influential opinion has long circulated in London (and elsewhere): that British capitalism is purer and less "corporatist" than its continental counterparts. The Mandelson scandal ought to be the final nail in that particular coffin.
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
February 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A quaint, wrong but influential opinion has long circulated in London (and elsewhere): that British capitalism is purer and less "corporatist" than its continental counterparts. The Mandelson scandal ought to be the final nail in that particular coffin.
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CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
I agree. Let’s hope that by election night his ego will be bruised and that he can drive into obscurity (if he loses, it will be the end of his short political career).
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I agree. Let’s hope that by election night his ego will be bruised and that he can drive into obscurity (if he loses, it will be the end of his short political career).
But who would like to have dinner with Matthew Goodwin? That is a much more important question. Self-righteous, nasty egotists without a sense of humour but a with a narrow set of interests are rarely good company.
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 9:42 AM
But who would like to have dinner with Matthew Goodwin? That is a much more important question. Self-righteous, nasty egotists without a sense of humour but a with a narrow set of interests are rarely good company.
Following the @financialtimes.com’s story, any attempt to rehabilitate Peter Mandelson is doomed to fail. Association with such a corrupt and immoral man will taint anyone who will try to defend him.
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Following the @financialtimes.com’s story, any attempt to rehabilitate Peter Mandelson is doomed to fail. Association with such a corrupt and immoral man will taint anyone who will try to defend him.
Great article! Incidentally, Paul Magnette agrees with you. And me too!
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Great article! Incidentally, Paul Magnette agrees with you. And me too!
Wonderful to see a Vieira da Silva in @adamtooze.bsky.social’s Chartbook. As the picture shows, her paintings are amazingly intricate and beautiful.
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Top Links 998 Is India-EU a big deal? Mexico's slow growth. Debord on the Spectacle and MLK: "by all means keep moving”.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
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January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Wonderful to see a Vieira da Silva in @adamtooze.bsky.social’s Chartbook. As the picture shows, her paintings are amazingly intricate and beautiful.
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