Steve Williams
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I'm @i_loathe_tweets at the other place.
Been making way too many bleets about sodding politics, so instead please enjoy this spectacular mix of First Nations music from a dude near Alice Springs; the first half in particular absolutely banging #tfif
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Keanu Nelson 13th September 2025
Playing Folk, Rock N Roll, Ambient. Luritja artist Keanu Nelson broadcasts regular shows from Papunya, a remote community northwest of Alice Springs, one of the most isolated corners of Australia – de...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Been making way too many bleets about sodding politics, so instead please enjoy this spectacular mix of First Nations music from a dude near Alice Springs; the first half in particular absolutely banging #tfif
www.nts.live/shows/keanu-...
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I know it seems like sour grapes to bring it up, but this is a political project born in the single most deceptive leadership campaign in British political history. We shouldn't be surprised that they would choose lying and hoping nobody that matters will be annoyed by it.
Issue for Labour now isn't whether they break their manifesto pledge on tax. It is whether they do so in a way which is blatant, honest but sustainable - or whether they do so by a myriad of complex and likely insufficient means whilst arguing they are not.
Imho, one seems more toxic than the other
Imho, one seems more toxic than the other
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I know it seems like sour grapes to bring it up, but this is a political project born in the single most deceptive leadership campaign in British political history. We shouldn't be surprised that they would choose lying and hoping nobody that matters will be annoyed by it.
I weakly think the exact opposite of this, that too many Westminster types constantly assume that voters are across campaign pledges (especially from as low-voltage a campaign as 2024) rather than the 'promises' being more a matter of vibes.
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I weakly think the exact opposite of this, that too many Westminster types constantly assume that voters are across campaign pledges (especially from as low-voltage a campaign as 2024) rather than the 'promises' being more a matter of vibes.
Sorry guys, sold a quarter of my holdings
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sorry guys, sold a quarter of my holdings
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Dan Hannan was born in Peru.
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Dan Hannan was born in Peru.
The general discourse around this is not quite funny IMO - pretty tedious actually - but what *was* funny was when Catherine Bennett wrote a column in 2020 insisting that voting for Keir Starmer, the only male in the leadership race, was the feminist thing to do actually, if you thought about it
It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.
New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour | Zoe Williams
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The general discourse around this is not quite funny IMO - pretty tedious actually - but what *was* funny was when Catherine Bennett wrote a column in 2020 insisting that voting for Keir Starmer, the only male in the leadership race, was the feminist thing to do actually, if you thought about it
This is exactly what happened I reckon
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is exactly what happened I reckon
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This. It's odd how Labour wants to appear businesslike, and yet there's not a business anywhere that avoids advertising itself whilst telling customers that their rivals have a good product.
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
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Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This. It's odd how Labour wants to appear businesslike, and yet there's not a business anywhere that avoids advertising itself whilst telling customers that their rivals have a good product.
A sure sign of incurable Labour-brain is people who have convinced themselves - or even are trying to convince themselves - that this wouldn't be the worst imaginable idea.
Odds of Ed Miliband being next PM are hugely underrated.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A sure sign of incurable Labour-brain is people who have convinced themselves - or even are trying to convince themselves - that this wouldn't be the worst imaginable idea.
Is this the worst use of metaphorical language in recent memory? It might be!
How do you get a firing squad into the hole? If several people got down into the hole, why can't they use the same method to get back out of it? If they fell in it by accident, why did they all have guns?
How do you get a firing squad into the hole? If several people got down into the hole, why can't they use the same method to get back out of it? If they fell in it by accident, why did they all have guns?
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Is this the worst use of metaphorical language in recent memory? It might be!
How do you get a firing squad into the hole? If several people got down into the hole, why can't they use the same method to get back out of it? If they fell in it by accident, why did they all have guns?
How do you get a firing squad into the hole? If several people got down into the hole, why can't they use the same method to get back out of it? If they fell in it by accident, why did they all have guns?
Bottom line, I don't think people should negatively polarise themselves into 'there are no problems with teens being online all the time' because they don't think Esther Ghey and the government are sufficiently focused on tackling transphobia (which, tbc, I agree the govt is making worse!!)
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Bottom line, I don't think people should negatively polarise themselves into 'there are no problems with teens being online all the time' because they don't think Esther Ghey and the government are sufficiently focused on tackling transphobia (which, tbc, I agree the govt is making worse!!)
I'd like to confess a crime. It was me, working together with my accomplices Helpful Immigration Guy and Angry Check-in Lady, who covered all the Flight Connections signs at LHR. Though we may be punished, I believe the public will see the virtue of our cause.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'd like to confess a crime. It was me, working together with my accomplices Helpful Immigration Guy and Angry Check-in Lady, who covered all the Flight Connections signs at LHR. Though we may be punished, I believe the public will see the virtue of our cause.
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Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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The extent to which 'cowering to the Americans' is the deepest ideological commitment all across Westminster...brilliant, you'd have to say
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The extent to which 'cowering to the Americans' is the deepest ideological commitment all across Westminster...brilliant, you'd have to say
First good quote-bleet spotted?
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
First good quote-bleet spotted?
I didn't remember this.
Love that we have a new Sarah Marshall podcast about the Satanic panic 😌🥰
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I didn't remember this.
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"Despite ... having been led for the last five years by a close ally of the Tories, being overseen by committees of Tory appointees, and Turness's own efforts to skew news story selection to "win over" Reform supporters, the right in this country want to see the BBC destroyed."
The Right Wing War on the BBC
The resignations of Tim Davie, BBC Director General, and Deborah Turness, the corporation's Head of News was some unexpected Sunday news. Th...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Despite ... having been led for the last five years by a close ally of the Tories, being overseen by committees of Tory appointees, and Turness's own efforts to skew news story selection to "win over" Reform supporters, the right in this country want to see the BBC destroyed."
Can't wait to see who takes over. Rod Liddle? Erica Kirk? Baron Trump?
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Can't wait to see who takes over. Rod Liddle? Erica Kirk? Baron Trump?
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
The fourth tweet here . . . so so good
Dude I miss Saira Rao. Easily a hall of famer poster.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The fourth tweet here . . . so so good
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
Why does an American company want to own an additional shrinking UK broadcaster in addition to the one they already own? And what's in it for the UK public?
*SKY OWNER COMCAST SAID IN TALKS TO BUY ITV’S BROADCASTING ARM
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Why does an American company want to own an additional shrinking UK broadcaster in addition to the one they already own? And what's in it for the UK public?
Centre-left lads of Bluesky fretting that Keir Starmer might end up with a reputation for dishonesty is it
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Centre-left lads of Bluesky fretting that Keir Starmer might end up with a reputation for dishonesty is it
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Tfw you’re turning yourself in
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Tfw you’re turning yourself in
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Here’s a funny thing about Lévy - when he’s photographed with people he considers his intellectual inferiors, he stands on his toes so he looks bigger than them.
Like in this picture, zoom in on his feet.
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Like in this picture, zoom in on his feet.
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Mustafa Ali Jaafar, Director Bernard-Henri Levy, Serwan Sabir Barzani and Ali Kheder Khatoon attend "Peshmerga" Photocall during The 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Here’s a funny thing about Lévy - when he’s photographed with people he considers his intellectual inferiors, he stands on his toes so he looks bigger than them.
Like in this picture, zoom in on his feet.
www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-...
Like in this picture, zoom in on his feet.
www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-...