gastrogeorge
@gastrogeorge.bsky.social
Council house to university. Left and chippy about it.
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Well, it would make more sense if the longer term plan is to run Wes against some chumps while angrily squealing that if anyone votes against him, then the bond markets will flood Britain with face-huggers and Xenomorphs. But maybe that’s too charitable to the organisation and intelligence here.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Well, it would make more sense if the longer term plan is to run Wes against some chumps while angrily squealing that if anyone votes against him, then the bond markets will flood Britain with face-huggers and Xenomorphs. But maybe that’s too charitable to the organisation and intelligence here.
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I don't believe that AI powered surveillance software works. I know for a fact that they can't ban vpns without upsetting the all-powerful gods of business, because, if any of these people had had a real job in the last 20 years, they'd know vpns are an essential part of office IT infrastructure.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I don't believe that AI powered surveillance software works. I know for a fact that they can't ban vpns without upsetting the all-powerful gods of business, because, if any of these people had had a real job in the last 20 years, they'd know vpns are an essential part of office IT infrastructure.
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I think the Labour Party has definitively answered the question of whether or not it's possible to build a successful political project out of a coalition of overlapping Israel, private water and healthcare, anti trans, gambling and big tech lobbies alone without any positive vision for the country.
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I think the Labour Party has definitively answered the question of whether or not it's possible to build a successful political project out of a coalition of overlapping Israel, private water and healthcare, anti trans, gambling and big tech lobbies alone without any positive vision for the country.
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Mary Manning and her co-workers took dog's abuse from politicians, bosses and the press for 3 years for refusing to handle S. African goods. Today she asks why our govt and chums in big business want to trade with illegal settlements driving Palestinians from their homes
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
Irish Worker Inspired Anti-Apartheid Boycott
YouTube video by AJ+
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mary Manning and her co-workers took dog's abuse from politicians, bosses and the press for 3 years for refusing to handle S. African goods. Today she asks why our govt and chums in big business want to trade with illegal settlements driving Palestinians from their homes
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...
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What better demonstration of the enshittification of our society than placing the random word vomit of a hallucination scheme over the expertise of qualified teachers.
Honestly, can we have even the meagerest critical thought from our government?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Honestly, can we have even the meagerest critical thought from our government?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What better demonstration of the enshittification of our society than placing the random word vomit of a hallucination scheme over the expertise of qualified teachers.
Honestly, can we have even the meagerest critical thought from our government?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Honestly, can we have even the meagerest critical thought from our government?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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That may be so, but is Streeting an effective communicator with the personality, charisma and charm needed to break through the Whitehall miasma and present a credible alternative to Farage to a media-led electorate? Get this: No.
Okay, but is he at least trying to make the country a better place and win back the electorate's trust? (Checks) Apparently not.
But does he have what it takes to get the Labour Party back on track and turn the country around? Also no.
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
That may be so, but is Streeting an effective communicator with the personality, charisma and charm needed to break through the Whitehall miasma and present a credible alternative to Farage to a media-led electorate? Get this: No.
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I think it’s more “The Tories - not having a clue what to do with power - dumbly fucked themselves and everyone else, and everything since was one ridiculous, fraudulent stitchup after another, for nothing more than keeping the right type of people in charge and this shitshow on the road”.
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I think it’s more “The Tories - not having a clue what to do with power - dumbly fucked themselves and everyone else, and everything since was one ridiculous, fraudulent stitchup after another, for nothing more than keeping the right type of people in charge and this shitshow on the road”.
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📣New Interview📣
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
Interview: Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right (Georgios Samaras) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Georgios Samaras's article 'Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right' (2025)
reacpol.net
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📣New Interview📣
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
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Read this alongside Reeves' inability to make a coherent case for her policies and the BBC's atrocious journalism (of which the editing of Trump's speech is but one example) and we have a picture of a political culture characterised by plain technical incompetence.
Of all the staggering detail in that New Statesman piece, this but stood out for me. People were reluctant to tell Starmer Miliband had refused to move? Not sure whether it’s Starmer or his aides that look worse here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Read this alongside Reeves' inability to make a coherent case for her policies and the BBC's atrocious journalism (of which the editing of Trump's speech is but one example) and we have a picture of a political culture characterised by plain technical incompetence.
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For the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk I wrote about the extensive destruction of buildings in Gaza >>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
For the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk I wrote about the extensive destruction of buildings in Gaza >>>
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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“Bad news… turns out the PMs a useless wingnut”
“Oh no”
“But it’s ok I’ve sourced a replacement”
“Great, where from?”
“The useless wingnut factory”
“Amazing!”
“Oh no”
“But it’s ok I’ve sourced a replacement”
“Great, where from?”
“The useless wingnut factory”
“Amazing!”
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“Bad news… turns out the PMs a useless wingnut”
“Oh no”
“But it’s ok I’ve sourced a replacement”
“Great, where from?”
“The useless wingnut factory”
“Amazing!”
“Oh no”
“But it’s ok I’ve sourced a replacement”
“Great, where from?”
“The useless wingnut factory”
“Amazing!”
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I recall the articles Danny wrote about his relatives who were murdered by the Nazis, the pieces that concluded with variants on “and that’s why I’m truly terrified of the anti-austerity, anti-racism movement”, so I can’t help but notice the differences in content and tone archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
archive.ph
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I recall the articles Danny wrote about his relatives who were murdered by the Nazis, the pieces that concluded with variants on “and that’s why I’m truly terrified of the anti-austerity, anti-racism movement”, so I can’t help but notice the differences in content and tone archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
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As always the most astonishing thing about the Starmer government is how despite having almost all of the hallmarks of a government that would be expected to last for another 8 years including a majority that should insulate it from all trouble, it feels like it's going to collapse before Christmas.
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As always the most astonishing thing about the Starmer government is how despite having almost all of the hallmarks of a government that would be expected to last for another 8 years including a majority that should insulate it from all trouble, it feels like it's going to collapse before Christmas.
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This man won one of the largest majorities in UK electoral history, is a white guy who was a prosecutor and prior to the election was beloved by basically all sections of the press. The fact he's been unable to use any of this to achieve anything is incredible.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This man won one of the largest majorities in UK electoral history, is a white guy who was a prosecutor and prior to the election was beloved by basically all sections of the press. The fact he's been unable to use any of this to achieve anything is incredible.
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Sunder's thread here demonstrating that every hour is amateur hour in Number 10.
An ally said "Keir knows he is already fighting a leadership contest" seems a daft/weird line to me
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sunder's thread here demonstrating that every hour is amateur hour in Number 10.
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I’d focus less on the “Oh no, the factional lads are doing factionalism” and more on “This entire project was always an absurd fraud, and now it is nationally calamitous one and nobody knows what to do”. It’s the latter point that’s going to be more important, in the long run.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’d focus less on the “Oh no, the factional lads are doing factionalism” and more on “This entire project was always an absurd fraud, and now it is nationally calamitous one and nobody knows what to do”. It’s the latter point that’s going to be more important, in the long run.
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The hacks are now stuck between “Wes is being targeted by paranoid losers simply for being awesome” and “well yes obviously all the good lads want a coup”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Thin majorities and chaotic strategy push Labour MPs toward regime change
Frustration with Starmer’s lack of visibility unlikely to be quelled by No 10 efforts to show up leadership challengers
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The hacks are now stuck between “Wes is being targeted by paranoid losers simply for being awesome” and “well yes obviously all the good lads want a coup”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It remains astonishing how ably the modern British and French political classes, despite the *absolutely constant* banging-on about their countries' respective uniqueness, are both propelling their electorates towards choosing fascists, through essentially identical failure-cascades.
I think it’s going in a dangerous direction - if trust and approval continue to flatline or even decline like this, I don’t see how it changes.
I think Starmer is a terrible party leader and PM, but it’s hard to imagine anyone taking his place who would improve this trend.
I think Starmer is a terrible party leader and PM, but it’s hard to imagine anyone taking his place who would improve this trend.
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It remains astonishing how ably the modern British and French political classes, despite the *absolutely constant* banging-on about their countries' respective uniqueness, are both propelling their electorates towards choosing fascists, through essentially identical failure-cascades.
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He’s running
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
He’s running
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Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
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Brianna Ghey was not killed by her phone, she was murdered because she was trans. Abusing her memory to justify heavy-handed acts of censorship that MPs have been desperate to impose for years is absolutely sickening
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Brianna Ghey was not killed by her phone, she was murdered because she was trans. Abusing her memory to justify heavy-handed acts of censorship that MPs have been desperate to impose for years is absolutely sickening
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What you have here is, quite simply, a lot of incredibly mediocre yet incredibly vicious minds who don't really talk to anyone else, whose primary skill is, really, making sure only people like them get to have a voice at all, telling each other how clever they all are.
I am hearing that - contrary to what we said previously - Morgan may not in fact be a brilliant political tactician with an enormous pulsating Mekon brain and his finger on the pulse of public opinion
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What you have here is, quite simply, a lot of incredibly mediocre yet incredibly vicious minds who don't really talk to anyone else, whose primary skill is, really, making sure only people like them get to have a voice at all, telling each other how clever they all are.
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I always love when I've already done a post for this
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I always love when I've already done a post for this
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"Put wes in charge or the bond markets shoot the country" is precisely the line you would expect from our ruling idiots
I guess this depends on how far you think this is genuine idiocy and incompetence vs hamfisted panto intended to convey the message “Back Wes against Chump (x) or face bond market obliteration”. The latter would suggest longer term thinking, but I concede the former would be more in character.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Put wes in charge or the bond markets shoot the country" is precisely the line you would expect from our ruling idiots
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I am hearing that - contrary to what we said previously - Morgan may not in fact be a brilliant political tactician with an enormous pulsating Mekon brain and his finger on the pulse of public opinion
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I am hearing that - contrary to what we said previously - Morgan may not in fact be a brilliant political tactician with an enormous pulsating Mekon brain and his finger on the pulse of public opinion