Sean Madden
@seanmadd.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Birmingham Law School. PGTA. TWAIL, Postcolonialism, Human Rights, Climate Change, and Global Agribusiness. Warwick LLM. Eco-Socialist. Vegan🌱. Books, music, travel, AVFC. He/him.
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Just for context: Tel Aviv Macabi withdrew their request for tickets to the Aston Villa games after their fans rioted in their own stadium.
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Just for context: Tel Aviv Macabi withdrew their request for tickets to the Aston Villa games after their fans rioted in their own stadium.
Can we infer from the Maccabi debacle that West Midlands Police haven't developed a policy on AI use?
Either way, such staggering incompetence has turned what should have been a completely reasonable, defensible position into a stick to beat both anti-hooligan and pro-Palestine actors. Good work.
Either way, such staggering incompetence has turned what should have been a completely reasonable, defensible position into a stick to beat both anti-hooligan and pro-Palestine actors. Good work.
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Can we infer from the Maccabi debacle that West Midlands Police haven't developed a policy on AI use?
Either way, such staggering incompetence has turned what should have been a completely reasonable, defensible position into a stick to beat both anti-hooligan and pro-Palestine actors. Good work.
Either way, such staggering incompetence has turned what should have been a completely reasonable, defensible position into a stick to beat both anti-hooligan and pro-Palestine actors. Good work.
Genuinely thought this was a clip from Home Alone.
January 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Genuinely thought this was a clip from Home Alone.
There's a glass floor beneath this guy. Such a Starmerite yes man, it doesn't matter how ill-informed or obnoxious his opinions are.
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
There's a glass floor beneath this guy. Such a Starmerite yes man, it doesn't matter how ill-informed or obnoxious his opinions are.
"If you don't vote for our terrible candidates, you're voting for the Tories/Reform". This is the Labour right in a nutshell. You're not entitled to anyone's votes; everyone else *is* entitled to a political opinion.
January 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"If you don't vote for our terrible candidates, you're voting for the Tories/Reform". This is the Labour right in a nutshell. You're not entitled to anyone's votes; everyone else *is* entitled to a political opinion.
Who gives this guy a column??
January 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Who gives this guy a column??
US Senate advances resolution asking Trump to consider not committing any more war crimes.
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
US Senate advances resolution asking Trump to consider not committing any more war crimes.
Fascists being renowned for their enjoyment of free and fair elections.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Fascists being renowned for their enjoyment of free and fair elections.
Imagine having access to that video and still both-sidesing this story. Totally gutless, but completely expected.
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Imagine having access to that video and still both-sidesing this story. Totally gutless, but completely expected.
You'd have to be incredibly naive to still believe anyone associated with the Trump administration is planning for free and fair elections or respected term limits in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
You'd have to be incredibly naive to still believe anyone associated with the Trump administration is planning for free and fair elections or respected term limits in 2028.
Makes such an effort to provoke and engage them. Almost as though it's all about power and insecurity, and he's not actually in a rush at all...
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Makes such an effort to provoke and engage them. Almost as though it's all about power and insecurity, and he's not actually in a rush at all...
This is the psychopathic billionaire mentality: I'm not committed to winning, I'm committed to contributing whilst being able to live.
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is the psychopathic billionaire mentality: I'm not committed to winning, I'm committed to contributing whilst being able to live.
They have to lash out cos the alternative is learning to accept their politics aren't as sensible OR as 'of-the-left' as they like to tell themselves.
January 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
They have to lash out cos the alternative is learning to accept their politics aren't as sensible OR as 'of-the-left' as they like to tell themselves.
Or even: How's advancing unpalatable candidates in every general election cycle, in an endless cycle of superiority and tone-deafness, working out for the Democratic Party?
"How's not voting for Kamala working out for you?😏"
I don't think a Harris White House would have invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the leader to install one they chose to get oil. I do know that numerous Democrats are fine that it happened, they just don't like that they weren't informed first.
I don't think a Harris White House would have invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the leader to install one they chose to get oil. I do know that numerous Democrats are fine that it happened, they just don't like that they weren't informed first.
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Or even: How's advancing unpalatable candidates in every general election cycle, in an endless cycle of superiority and tone-deafness, working out for the Democratic Party?
For a lot of people, particularly in the global south, the international rules-based order was obviously a facade but such open, proud, outright criminality, hooliganism, and banditry almost defies analysis. It's hard to find the words but we really do need to.
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For a lot of people, particularly in the global south, the international rules-based order was obviously a facade but such open, proud, outright criminality, hooliganism, and banditry almost defies analysis. It's hard to find the words but we really do need to.
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I’m a *lot* fed up with the constant gaslighting about what this Labour government has been like.
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I am a bit fed up of the constant undermining of a Labour government. Let's start 2026 with some positivity or we will have a Farage 'government' to deal with.
So he’s resigning?
January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I’m a *lot* fed up with the constant gaslighting about what this Labour government has been like.
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
Useless and well-connected.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Useless and well-connected.
And a left-leaning 'think tank' leader is so ideologically captured and intellectually incurious he can't even entertain the explanation.
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And a left-leaning 'think tank' leader is so ideologically captured and intellectually incurious he can't even entertain the explanation.
Absolutely. And exactly why their influence needs to be challenged.
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Absolutely. And exactly why their influence needs to be challenged.
Caudwell maybe? Either way, there are ways to tax someone who isn't physically resident, and the question is as much one of intergenerational inequality and political influence as fiscal rectitude.
December 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Caudwell maybe? Either way, there are ways to tax someone who isn't physically resident, and the question is as much one of intergenerational inequality and political influence as fiscal rectitude.
Totally. Son of Harman and Dromey doesn't understand the dangers of excessive patrimony. Shocker.
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Totally. Son of Harman and Dromey doesn't understand the dangers of excessive patrimony. Shocker.
If the leader of the Fabians, a purportedly leftist think tank, can't have a serious conversation about the impact of billionaires, what does that tell us?
Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns".
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
December 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the leader of the Fabians, a purportedly leftist think tank, can't have a serious conversation about the impact of billionaires, what does that tell us?
Disingenously oversimplifies a complex political and economic conversation and then says "See, look how oversimplistic this is."
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Disingenously oversimplifies a complex political and economic conversation and then says "See, look how oversimplistic this is."
Not sure how that wasn't taking 'the L', but ok.
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Not sure how that wasn't taking 'the L', but ok.