Richard Norris
@renorris.bsky.social
Dweller in Glasgow. Nobody will have "I wish I'd spent more time online" as their epitaph, and yet here I am. Cartoon explainer videos. Policy skills coach. Liverpool FC.
The BBC should counter sue Trump for a trillion pounds for saying it is "corrupt"
Useless at times, also not always impartial, but hardly "corrupt".
Useless at times, also not always impartial, but hardly "corrupt".
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The BBC should counter sue Trump for a trillion pounds for saying it is "corrupt"
Useless at times, also not always impartial, but hardly "corrupt".
Useless at times, also not always impartial, but hardly "corrupt".
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Best city comment ever:
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon 'Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton'. A British squaddie was quick to correct him, explaining: 'Umm Qasr has no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth.'
www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/...
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon 'Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton'. A British squaddie was quick to correct him, explaining: 'Umm Qasr has no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth.'
www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/...
Leader: A port in a storm
Leader: The debate rages: is Umm Qasr more like Southampton or Portsmouth?
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Best city comment ever:
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon 'Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton'. A British squaddie was quick to correct him, explaining: 'Umm Qasr has no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth.'
www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/...
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon 'Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton'. A British squaddie was quick to correct him, explaining: 'Umm Qasr has no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth.'
www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/...
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There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Get off social media and look at art books. It's much better for your life.
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Get off social media and look at art books. It's much better for your life.
I guess this season is the transitional season we were meant to have last season.
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I guess this season is the transitional season we were meant to have last season.
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London Heathrow airport owned by private/state investors from Australia, China, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain.
Similar to steel, auto, ports, shipbuilding, care homes, hospitals, GP surgeries, veterinary services.
Dividends not taxed in the UK. Govts have fewer economic levers.
Similar to steel, auto, ports, shipbuilding, care homes, hospitals, GP surgeries, veterinary services.
Dividends not taxed in the UK. Govts have fewer economic levers.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
London Heathrow airport owned by private/state investors from Australia, China, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain.
Similar to steel, auto, ports, shipbuilding, care homes, hospitals, GP surgeries, veterinary services.
Dividends not taxed in the UK. Govts have fewer economic levers.
Similar to steel, auto, ports, shipbuilding, care homes, hospitals, GP surgeries, veterinary services.
Dividends not taxed in the UK. Govts have fewer economic levers.
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On Yom Kippur— the holiest day for Jews— a synagogue in Manchester became a crime scene.
Two murdered, more injured.
This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free.
It has to stop.
Two murdered, more injured.
This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free.
It has to stop.
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
On Yom Kippur— the holiest day for Jews— a synagogue in Manchester became a crime scene.
Two murdered, more injured.
This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free.
It has to stop.
Two murdered, more injured.
This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free.
It has to stop.
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One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.
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Incredible. America’s version of democracy, bloated and made toxic by vast amounts of money- has inflicted this bloated and toxic ego on the whole world. It’s a plague on humanity wrapped in a blizzard of deceit, hypocrisy and utterly incessant BS.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Incredible. America’s version of democracy, bloated and made toxic by vast amounts of money- has inflicted this bloated and toxic ego on the whole world. It’s a plague on humanity wrapped in a blizzard of deceit, hypocrisy and utterly incessant BS.
buff.ly/6MFMv8J
buff.ly/6MFMv8J
It's great that Starmer, the King and others have a good relationship with the Trump. I'm sure it's hard work, but necessary. But is there a danger of overdoing it?
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's great that Starmer, the King and others have a good relationship with the Trump. I'm sure it's hard work, but necessary. But is there a danger of overdoing it?
Disney - what a bunch of fuckwits.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Disney - what a bunch of fuckwits.
Populism is a justified backlash against hyper liberalism and globalisation. But the backlash against the backlash will be the rediscovery that democratic norms, secularism, and the rule of law are preferable to the rule of monsters and the mob.
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Populism is a justified backlash against hyper liberalism and globalisation. But the backlash against the backlash will be the rediscovery that democratic norms, secularism, and the rule of law are preferable to the rule of monsters and the mob.
The basic premise of communism, that the productive assets of a community should be held in common by the community, is absolutely sound. Moreover, this is the only meaningful definition of a "communitarian".
September 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The basic premise of communism, that the productive assets of a community should be held in common by the community, is absolutely sound. Moreover, this is the only meaningful definition of a "communitarian".
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Keir Starmer tells his Cabinet that scenes of police under attack at a march "led by a convicted criminal and egged on by a foreign billionaire calling for violence" sent "a chill through the spines" of British people.
Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"
Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Keir Starmer tells his Cabinet that scenes of police under attack at a march "led by a convicted criminal and egged on by a foreign billionaire calling for violence" sent "a chill through the spines" of British people.
Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"
Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"
It's easy to rail against liberalism and secularism and forget (through familiarity) the benefits of enlightenment. We can't go back, despite romantic dreams. Nor should we want to.
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's easy to rail against liberalism and secularism and forget (through familiarity) the benefits of enlightenment. We can't go back, despite romantic dreams. Nor should we want to.
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🪫🧵With news the Government is drawing up plans to reduce household bills, our new research commissioned by @octopus.energy shows just how much energy bills are having an outsized impact in contributing to the mood of broken Britain and poor ratings for the Government
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🪫🧵With news the Government is drawing up plans to reduce household bills, our new research commissioned by @octopus.energy shows just how much energy bills are having an outsized impact in contributing to the mood of broken Britain and poor ratings for the Government
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The warm homes discount was met with frustration across the two groups, that they weren't being looked after or supported despite having done the right thing. Others mentioned asylum hotels as something they were subsidising.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The warm homes discount was met with frustration across the two groups, that they weren't being looked after or supported despite having done the right thing. Others mentioned asylum hotels as something they were subsidising.
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Tl:dr - Energy bills, maybe more than anything else are contributing to the grim national mood, reducing faith in government and fuelling the drive away from the political mainstream. If Government wants to stop the drift it's right to make bills a focus.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tl:dr - Energy bills, maybe more than anything else are contributing to the grim national mood, reducing faith in government and fuelling the drive away from the political mainstream. If Government wants to stop the drift it's right to make bills a focus.
The Conservative Party don't appear to have the will to fight Reform/Farage and thereby don't appear to have the will to fight for their own existence.
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Conservative Party don't appear to have the will to fight Reform/Farage and thereby don't appear to have the will to fight for their own existence.
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The anti-Israel crowd prefers defending billionaire terrorists who send Palestinians to their deaths while enjoying luxury in Doha, rather than admitting that Israel was right to take them out.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The anti-Israel crowd prefers defending billionaire terrorists who send Palestinians to their deaths while enjoying luxury in Doha, rather than admitting that Israel was right to take them out.
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Two things can be true at once. Rayner was foolish in her conduct and right to resign. It’s also true she was always despised by much of the right wing press because she was a working class powerful woman.
September 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Two things can be true at once. Rayner was foolish in her conduct and right to resign. It’s also true she was always despised by much of the right wing press because she was a working class powerful woman.