Nye Michael
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Reminder transphobia affects more than just trans people
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reminder transphobia affects more than just trans people
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Hadn't clocked until this tweet that this is true of every defeated Labour government other than New Labour: more votes in defeat in 1951 than in victory in 1945, more in 1970 than in 1964. And frankly, whether they win or lose next time, would bet large amounts will get more votes than 2024.
Labour got more votes in 1979 then they did in Oct 1974.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hadn't clocked until this tweet that this is true of every defeated Labour government other than New Labour: more votes in defeat in 1951 than in victory in 1945, more in 1970 than in 1964. And frankly, whether they win or lose next time, would bet large amounts will get more votes than 2024.
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I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:
Britain’s top scientists have written to the PM warning that the education system is holding back children and the country and expressing concern about the timidity of the government’s curriculum and assessment review @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Broken education system is holding back the young, top scientists warn PM | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:
My main question is why stop at 2p?
Why not 5p, or the full 8p?
Why not 5p, or the full 8p?
Why should we switch 2p of tax from National Insurance to Income Tax? ⤵️
Income Tax raises more money and spreads the burden more fairly. The switch would raise £6 billion, and leave the vast majority of payslips unaffected.
Income Tax raises more money and spreads the burden more fairly. The switch would raise £6 billion, and leave the vast majority of payslips unaffected.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My main question is why stop at 2p?
Why not 5p, or the full 8p?
Why not 5p, or the full 8p?
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First up - yes, Zelensky is no friend of Ukraine's working class in the sense that his government pursues right-wing, neoliberal, anti-worker economic policies.
Unlike Zarah Sultana, we actually know something about this...
Unlike Zarah Sultana, we actually know something about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
First up - yes, Zelensky is no friend of Ukraine's working class in the sense that his government pursues right-wing, neoliberal, anti-worker economic policies.
Unlike Zarah Sultana, we actually know something about this...
Unlike Zarah Sultana, we actually know something about this...
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Owen Michael reviews "The Art of Saving the World" by #CorinneDuyvis. #BookReview #AlternateHistory #ScienceFiction #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Review: The Art of Saving the World
By Owen Michael.The Art of Saving the World was a birthday gift from my younger sister, who (accurately) thought a fantasy story with an asexual heroine and heavily featuring alternate universes was a...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Owen Michael reviews "The Art of Saving the World" by #CorinneDuyvis. #BookReview #AlternateHistory #ScienceFiction #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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Should go further and tax supermarket beer at a higher rate than at the moment- raises revenue, targets the biggest source of binge drinking and might help get people back into pubs.
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Should go further and tax supermarket beer at a higher rate than at the moment- raises revenue, targets the biggest source of binge drinking and might help get people back into pubs.
I think I’ve just been in the best lesson I’ve ever seen. What a privilege.
Tons of indicators of good teaching, but I reckon the numbers of seconds between a teacher calling on a student (or students), and the student then saying something meaningful, is hard to beat.
Tons of indicators of good teaching, but I reckon the numbers of seconds between a teacher calling on a student (or students), and the student then saying something meaningful, is hard to beat.
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think I’ve just been in the best lesson I’ve ever seen. What a privilege.
Tons of indicators of good teaching, but I reckon the numbers of seconds between a teacher calling on a student (or students), and the student then saying something meaningful, is hard to beat.
Tons of indicators of good teaching, but I reckon the numbers of seconds between a teacher calling on a student (or students), and the student then saying something meaningful, is hard to beat.
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3. Asia Hogan-Rochester is set to become the first-ever openly genderfluid person to play in a RWC final. AHR has openly talked about their genderfluid identity. Whilst some may view genderfluidity as a part of the non-binary umbrella, they are not interchangeable terms.
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
3. Asia Hogan-Rochester is set to become the first-ever openly genderfluid person to play in a RWC final. AHR has openly talked about their genderfluid identity. Whilst some may view genderfluidity as a part of the non-binary umbrella, they are not interchangeable terms.
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That big news I teased yesterday?
I've written a book!
Attacking the Space: Inside Rugby's Tactical and Data Revolution is the book I wanted to read as a rugby obsessive kid. It will be released on the 29th January 2026, the pre-order link is:
geni.us/AttackingThe...
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I've written a book!
Attacking the Space: Inside Rugby's Tactical and Data Revolution is the book I wanted to read as a rugby obsessive kid. It will be released on the 29th January 2026, the pre-order link is:
geni.us/AttackingThe...
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September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
That big news I teased yesterday?
I've written a book!
Attacking the Space: Inside Rugby's Tactical and Data Revolution is the book I wanted to read as a rugby obsessive kid. It will be released on the 29th January 2026, the pre-order link is:
geni.us/AttackingThe...
1)
I've written a book!
Attacking the Space: Inside Rugby's Tactical and Data Revolution is the book I wanted to read as a rugby obsessive kid. It will be released on the 29th January 2026, the pre-order link is:
geni.us/AttackingThe...
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Just utterly horrific, a despicable act, a personal tragedy and an anathema to democracy.
Just in: Donald Trump announced Charlie Kirk's death after the conservative activist was shot on Wednesday. The close ally of the US president was speaking with students at an outside event at Utah Valley University when he was struck in the neck. on.ft.com/48aRc40
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just utterly horrific, a despicable act, a personal tragedy and an anathema to democracy.
It’s a different time and a different moment, but I can’t see any harm in reflecting on probably the best speech ever made.
On a night where scores died in riots across the US, the city that heard it kept the peace.
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
On a night where scores died in riots across the US, the city that heard it kept the peace.
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace
YouTube video by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It’s a different time and a different moment, but I can’t see any harm in reflecting on probably the best speech ever made.
On a night where scores died in riots across the US, the city that heard it kept the peace.
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
On a night where scores died in riots across the US, the city that heard it kept the peace.
youtu.be/A2kWIa8wSC0?...
I suspect the best way out for Starmer might be to have two ministers run for deputy, one of whom (Ed M?) can soak up the left vote without being an anti-Starmer figure.
September 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I suspect the best way out for Starmer might be to have two ministers run for deputy, one of whom (Ed M?) can soak up the left vote without being an anti-Starmer figure.
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With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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JD Vance 🤝 Jeremy Corbyn
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
JD Vance 🤝 Jeremy Corbyn
Presumably the upside of cutting two sides is to save the £10m on funding they cost in Model A.
But the two other sides will only receive just over an additional £1m each, so why does the WRU think it’s reasonable to pocket the other £8m?
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But the two other sides will only receive just over an additional £1m each, so why does the WRU think it’s reasonable to pocket the other £8m?
@squidgerugby.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Presumably the upside of cutting two sides is to save the £10m on funding they cost in Model A.
But the two other sides will only receive just over an additional £1m each, so why does the WRU think it’s reasonable to pocket the other £8m?
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But the two other sides will only receive just over an additional £1m each, so why does the WRU think it’s reasonable to pocket the other £8m?
@squidgerugby.bsky.social
Lyndon Johnson’s constituents named their sons after him, because he delivered abundance.
“‘Oh my god, the house is on fire!’ ‘No, Mama, the lights are on’”
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“‘Oh my god, the house is on fire!’ ‘No, Mama, the lights are on’”
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August 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lyndon Johnson’s constituents named their sons after him, because he delivered abundance.
“‘Oh my god, the house is on fire!’ ‘No, Mama, the lights are on’”
@ezraklein.bsky.social
@dkthomp.bsky.social
“‘Oh my god, the house is on fire!’ ‘No, Mama, the lights are on’”
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They’re all the same kind of accident: head-on collisions that would not occur on a dual carriageway.
The dual carriageway that the locals have demanded for decades.
And we say ‘Absolutely. Just as soon as we’ve sorted out these snails’
The dual carriageway that the locals have demanded for decades.
And we say ‘Absolutely. Just as soon as we’ve sorted out these snails’
July 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
They’re all the same kind of accident: head-on collisions that would not occur on a dual carriageway.
The dual carriageway that the locals have demanded for decades.
And we say ‘Absolutely. Just as soon as we’ve sorted out these snails’
The dual carriageway that the locals have demanded for decades.
And we say ‘Absolutely. Just as soon as we’ve sorted out these snails’
You can really tell Keelan Giles has been waiting his whole life to run with the ball in a Wales shirt
July 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
You can really tell Keelan Giles has been waiting his whole life to run with the ball in a Wales shirt
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The reason for getting rid of the Teach First brand is to encourage more bidders and get a lower price but the cost is you lose a large proportion of the policy benefit.
It's procurement leading policy and it's happening *all* the time now.
Ministers need to get a grip.
It's procurement leading policy and it's happening *all* the time now.
Ministers need to get a grip.
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The reason for getting rid of the Teach First brand is to encourage more bidders and get a lower price but the cost is you lose a large proportion of the policy benefit.
It's procurement leading policy and it's happening *all* the time now.
Ministers need to get a grip.
It's procurement leading policy and it's happening *all* the time now.
Ministers need to get a grip.
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We all love doomerism here but GOP electeds don't behave like there won't be meaningful elections in 2026...
Shock announcement: NC Senator Thom Tillis just announced he is retiring, less than 24 hours after he opposed starting debate on his party’s mega bill.
His seat is up in 2026, and having it be an open seat sure changes the calculus and Democratic chances of flipping it.
His seat is up in 2026, and having it be an open seat sure changes the calculus and Democratic chances of flipping it.
June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We all love doomerism here but GOP electeds don't behave like there won't be meaningful elections in 2026...
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Can make a reasonable political argument that of the £110bn extra in infrastructure spending, there's no political benefit even in London from DLR or Bakerloo extension. Can make a policy argument that Met needs reform not money. But struggle to conceive of an argument against a tourist levy.
As per Playbook this morn, a row is brewing between HMT and Sadiq Khan over what London is to get - or not - in the SR. The Mayor's office big asks are: DLR & Bakerloo Line extensions, powers to introduce a tourist/visitors levy, and 'adequate' Met Police funding. Currently, they expect to get none.
June 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Can make a reasonable political argument that of the £110bn extra in infrastructure spending, there's no political benefit even in London from DLR or Bakerloo extension. Can make a policy argument that Met needs reform not money. But struggle to conceive of an argument against a tourist levy.
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Very late to this but looks to me like there IS a correlation - imperfect but pretty strong - between immigration and public concern about immigration.
Question is how's this changed since 2016.
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Question is how's this changed since 2016.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Very late to this but looks to me like there IS a correlation - imperfect but pretty strong - between immigration and public concern about immigration.
Question is how's this changed since 2016.
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Question is how's this changed since 2016.
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