Karim Palant
@karimpalant.bsky.social
Founder of the ‘Globalisation in one country’ movement.
Economic policy and politics
Ex Facebook
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Ex Labour Adviser
#efc… Posts are all my own views.
Economic policy and politics
Ex Facebook
Ex LinkedIn
Ex Labour Adviser
#efc… Posts are all my own views.
That Lloyds bank ad which estimates your age…. Yesterday it got me about right. Today, I’ve had a shave and done my hair. It’s knocked 10
Literally 10 years off me. Might be a while before age estimation tech is foolproof.
Literally 10 years off me. Might be a while before age estimation tech is foolproof.
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
That Lloyds bank ad which estimates your age…. Yesterday it got me about right. Today, I’ve had a shave and done my hair. It’s knocked 10
Literally 10 years off me. Might be a while before age estimation tech is foolproof.
Literally 10 years off me. Might be a while before age estimation tech is foolproof.
I think we all agree that Andrew shouldn’t be able to call himself Mountbatten either and should revert to Battenberg.
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I think we all agree that Andrew shouldn’t be able to call himself Mountbatten either and should revert to Battenberg.
I thought absolutely nobody from the cabinet would have a chance in this election. This is an exceptional showing for Bridget. And the fact that both candidates were fairly moderate and the ‘leadership’ candidate nearly won a sign that the Labour has substantially changed from the late 2010s
Lucy Powell wins deputy leadership
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
Lucy Powell - 87,407 votes (54%)
Bridget Phillipson - 73,536 votes (46%)
A fair bit closer than predicted
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I thought absolutely nobody from the cabinet would have a chance in this election. This is an exceptional showing for Bridget. And the fact that both candidates were fairly moderate and the ‘leadership’ candidate nearly won a sign that the Labour has substantially changed from the late 2010s
In the last 24 hours I have been invited to speak to an event by post and had a large organisation ring my office landline to ask to for a ticket to one of our events. Hello 1993.
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In the last 24 hours I have been invited to speak to an event by post and had a large organisation ring my office landline to ask to for a ticket to one of our events. Hello 1993.
I saw @jim.londoncentric.media the evening he conducted this interview and he had the faraway look of someone who had seen things beyond normal comprehension.
It doesn’t disappoint. Mafia Snails….
www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
It doesn’t disappoint. Mafia Snails….
www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I saw @jim.londoncentric.media the evening he conducted this interview and he had the faraway look of someone who had seen things beyond normal comprehension.
It doesn’t disappoint. Mafia Snails….
www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
It doesn’t disappoint. Mafia Snails….
www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
If someone offers to serve me Pepsi products I will simply assume
They want to get rid of me
They want to get rid of me
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If someone offers to serve me Pepsi products I will simply assume
They want to get rid of me
They want to get rid of me
This is a real marmalade dropper
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is a real marmalade dropper
How does World Economist Day inspire the next generation of economists?
Well, first let us assume that economists are inspired by world economist day…
Well, first let us assume that economists are inspired by world economist day…
October 12th is World Economist Day!
From guiding policy to studying the forces behind growth, economists help us make sense of complex systems and improve lives.
Today we ask you to donate to The Sadie Collective to empower the next generation of economists: tinyurl.com/sadie-wed
#EconSky
From guiding policy to studying the forces behind growth, economists help us make sense of complex systems and improve lives.
Today we ask you to donate to The Sadie Collective to empower the next generation of economists: tinyurl.com/sadie-wed
#EconSky
October 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How does World Economist Day inspire the next generation of economists?
Well, first let us assume that economists are inspired by world economist day…
Well, first let us assume that economists are inspired by world economist day…
Feef Fife Fo Fum
Great to meet Gordon Brown in Fife to see the work of the Big House Multibank.
Ending child poverty is Labour’s moral mission: it’s why I entered politics and it’ll be my top priority as deputy leader.
Ending child poverty is Labour’s moral mission: it’s why I entered politics and it’ll be my top priority as deputy leader.
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Feef Fife Fo Fum
What an absolute pleasure to join @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social on their podcast to talk films, the French resistance and the ultimate defeat of Nazis.
open.spotify.com/episode/6JqG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6JqG...
Is Paris Burning - with Karim Palant
open.spotify.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What an absolute pleasure to join @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social on their podcast to talk films, the French resistance and the ultimate defeat of Nazis.
open.spotify.com/episode/6JqG...
open.spotify.com/episode/6JqG...
This was so much fun recording and just listening back to …. Thanks @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social for having me along!
Zut alors! Sacre bleu! Cette semaine sur Theatre des Movies de la Guerre, nous voyons une filme Francais! Bien sur, c'est "Is Paris Burning?" comme tous les grands stars de la France et aussi les Etats-Unis! Bof.
Partout sur les services de podcast!
Partout sur les services de podcast!
October 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This was so much fun recording and just listening back to …. Thanks @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social for having me along!
This by @samfr.bsky.social is both thoughtful and thought provoking on why Labour still goes after its ‘reform curious’ voters despite it being hard. But some thoughts in response.
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open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
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open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
Identity Crisis
How Labour can rebuild their voter coalition
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This by @samfr.bsky.social is both thoughtful and thought provoking on why Labour still goes after its ‘reform curious’ voters despite it being hard. But some thoughts in response.
1/…
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
1/…
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
When the global financial crisis hit my main reaction was ‘oh shit what happened after the 1929 crash…’
So as a Jew and a child of Holocaust survivors I don’t feel less safe these days because I haven’t felt safe for decades.
So as a Jew and a child of Holocaust survivors I don’t feel less safe these days because I haven’t felt safe for decades.
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
When the global financial crisis hit my main reaction was ‘oh shit what happened after the 1929 crash…’
So as a Jew and a child of Holocaust survivors I don’t feel less safe these days because I haven’t felt safe for decades.
So as a Jew and a child of Holocaust survivors I don’t feel less safe these days because I haven’t felt safe for decades.
Chelsea beating Liverpool today sends a real message - you can’t just buy success in the Premier League. You need a team with a history, with a community spirit.
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Chelsea beating Liverpool today sends a real message - you can’t just buy success in the Premier League. You need a team with a history, with a community spirit.
got fed up of paying for £ glasses and decided to go for Specsavers. Advertising works. Months later I am sat in something more overcrowded than a doctors waiting room, waiting for hours to see someone who can finally give me the glasses which were no cheaper than the last pair I bought elsewhere.
October 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
got fed up of paying for £ glasses and decided to go for Specsavers. Advertising works. Months later I am sat in something more overcrowded than a doctors waiting room, waiting for hours to see someone who can finally give me the glasses which were no cheaper than the last pair I bought elsewhere.
My Granny who I had met just once at that point and lived in South Africa sent me a VHS tape of this National Geographic documentary about Jane Goodall when I was maybe 6 years old. It had a profound impact on me and I watched it over and again. Thinking of both of them. youtu.be/Bp83FDSs-cg?...
1984 "Among the Wild Chimpanzees" National Geographic (Original Airing)
YouTube video by That 90s Guy
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My Granny who I had met just once at that point and lived in South Africa sent me a VHS tape of this National Geographic documentary about Jane Goodall when I was maybe 6 years old. It had a profound impact on me and I watched it over and again. Thinking of both of them. youtu.be/Bp83FDSs-cg?...
‘I’ll cut the half time oranges, not the NHS’
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘I’ll cut the half time oranges, not the NHS’
Cutting the half time orange.
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Cutting the half time orange.
I was into fiscal rules before it was cool
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was into fiscal rules before it was cool
All these people doing a Gold Standard apprenticeship …. We will have a huge number of experts in 1920s monetary policy.
September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
All these people doing a Gold Standard apprenticeship …. We will have a huge number of experts in 1920s monetary policy.
Keir is on those frigates so often they’re going to need a bigger boat
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Keir is on those frigates so often they’re going to need a bigger boat
Carol linforth yet again stepping in to sort out disruption in the Labour conference floor. Firmly and politely. Legend.
September 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Carol linforth yet again stepping in to sort out disruption in the Labour conference floor. Firmly and politely. Legend.
Am I remembering right there was a weird Fabian society conspiracy during the 2015 first Corbyn leadership election ?
September 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Am I remembering right there was a weird Fabian society conspiracy during the 2015 first Corbyn leadership election ?
Support from Belle and Sebastian for Bridget Phillipson in the deputy leadership election.
The lobby is abuzz with speculation about which way Mogwai, Symposium, Terrorvision and Ocean Colour Scene will go.
The lobby is abuzz with speculation about which way Mogwai, Symposium, Terrorvision and Ocean Colour Scene will go.
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Support from Belle and Sebastian for Bridget Phillipson in the deputy leadership election.
The lobby is abuzz with speculation about which way Mogwai, Symposium, Terrorvision and Ocean Colour Scene will go.
The lobby is abuzz with speculation about which way Mogwai, Symposium, Terrorvision and Ocean Colour Scene will go.
A big day for the Danny Kruger effect
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A big day for the Danny Kruger effect