Dr Phoenix CS Andrews
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Everything is like, let’s take money out of this thing and delegitimise everyone. Not why is the world of work so unliveable for so many
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Fewer than 5% of people think Starmer is doing well but crucially they are all on Bluesky.
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Fewer than 5% of people think Starmer is doing well but crucially they are all on Bluesky.
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Chock and Bates really needed to win the rhythm dance to win the gold overall. I hate to say it but it's the French's dance duo to lose.
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Chock and Bates really needed to win the rhythm dance to win the gold overall. I hate to say it but it's the French's dance duo to lose.
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Big supernaturals, is this anything
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Big supernaturals, is this anything
Okay, the Lenny Kravitz routine is next level
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Okay, the Lenny Kravitz routine is next level
Italian outfits remind me of whenever they tried to dress up X Factor young uns a bit American (Eoghan QUIGG)
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Italian outfits remind me of whenever they tried to dress up X Factor young uns a bit American (Eoghan QUIGG)
Reminder that I do a Tom
of Funland drag routine that is the life and times of Geri
of Funland drag routine that is the life and times of Geri
February 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Reminder that I do a Tom
of Funland drag routine that is the life and times of Geri
of Funland drag routine that is the life and times of Geri
Lilah and Lewis! Spice up your liiiiiifeee
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Lilah and Lewis! Spice up your liiiiiifeee
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Those smearing me by saying I was "good friends" with Peter Mandelson forget that I do not feel human emotions such as "friendship" and was merely sucking up to him to advance my career and destroy anyone even vaguely left wing, hey why are you booing me | Wesley Streeting, right wing lickspittle
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Those smearing me by saying I was "good friends" with Peter Mandelson forget that I do not feel human emotions such as "friendship" and was merely sucking up to him to advance my career and destroy anyone even vaguely left wing, hey why are you booing me | Wesley Streeting, right wing lickspittle
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I wonder how many levels deep we can go on this one - like tomorrow will we get one of Wes Streeting's former researchers saying he never really knew the guy? Can we get to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon before America does anything at all?
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. There was a failure of moral seriousness, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I wonder how many levels deep we can go on this one - like tomorrow will we get one of Wes Streeting's former researchers saying he never really knew the guy? Can we get to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon before America does anything at all?
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He’s really bad at talking tough. There’s something about him that reminds me of the 80s animated British superhero Bananaman.
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
He’s really bad at talking tough. There’s something about him that reminds me of the 80s animated British superhero Bananaman.
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Is the music for the Olympic ice dancing more audible in the arena? Becauae on TV it sounds like it's being supplied by someone in the back row playing it on their phone.
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Is the music for the Olympic ice dancing more audible in the arena? Becauae on TV it sounds like it's being supplied by someone in the back row playing it on their phone.
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“I barely knew Peter Mandleson. To prove it here are my WhatsApp messages with him in which I compliment him on how good he looks in photos and end some messages with a kiss”
Great strategy, Les.
Great strategy, Les.
Streeting wrote off his re-election chances in WhatsApp exchanges with Mandelson
Streeting wrote off his re-election chances in WhatsApp exchanges with Mandelson
Health secretary publishes messages as he seeks to draw line under his relationship with former peer
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Wes Streeting predicted he would be “toast” at the next general election, according to private WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson published by the health secretary in an effort to draw a line under his relationship with the disgraced peer.
The exchanges, in which Streeting said the government had no growth strategy and questioned No 10’s communications operation, appeared to be part of a plan to ready himself for a potential leadership contest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
“I barely knew Peter Mandleson. To prove it here are my WhatsApp messages with him in which I compliment him on how good he looks in photos and end some messages with a kiss”
Great strategy, Les.
Great strategy, Les.
Starmer PLP members are less believable than an LLM. Repeating the lines like robots
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Starmer PLP members are less believable than an LLM. Repeating the lines like robots
Pizzawatch: love is when you pepperoni
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Pizzawatch: love is when you pepperoni
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i wish americans like @bencollins.bsky.social would stop saying this.
keir starmer has been deeply unpopular for over a year and this is literally just the final straw.
it's a complete misread of british politics to say this:
keir starmer has been deeply unpopular for over a year and this is literally just the final straw.
it's a complete misread of british politics to say this:
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
i wish americans like @bencollins.bsky.social would stop saying this.
keir starmer has been deeply unpopular for over a year and this is literally just the final straw.
it's a complete misread of british politics to say this:
keir starmer has been deeply unpopular for over a year and this is literally just the final straw.
it's a complete misread of british politics to say this:
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
The Telegraph is once again realising that people hate what they stand for, but it is the people's fault
The Telegraph is once again realising that people hate what they stand for, but it is the people's fault
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
The Telegraph is once again realising that people hate what they stand for, but it is the people's fault
The Telegraph is once again realising that people hate what they stand for, but it is the people's fault
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Alex Sobel @alexsobel.co.uk calls on government to introduce three reforms to protect UK from foreign interference: a cap on political donations, ban on cryptocurrency contributions and full independence for the Electoral Commission.
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Alex Sobel @alexsobel.co.uk calls on government to introduce three reforms to protect UK from foreign interference: a cap on political donations, ban on cryptocurrency contributions and full independence for the Electoral Commission.
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Not the first time he's talked about giving big ministerial jobs to unelected individuals, but afaik it's the first time he's linked it to 'support'... This is (another reason) why standards & vetting of appointments is so important
Nigel Farage suggests that Reform-supporting technocrats in his government could sit on empowered Commons committees rather than have to win election to the Commons or be put in the Lords. This would probably also mean they wouldn't have to face parliamentary standards scrutiny...
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Not the first time he's talked about giving big ministerial jobs to unelected individuals, but afaik it's the first time he's linked it to 'support'... This is (another reason) why standards & vetting of appointments is so important
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The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
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I think politics is very hard, harder than most people realise. But at the same time it is also more simple than politicians imply: most people want things to stop getting more expensive at the same time as their quality of life gets shitter, and they want to broadly trust that the system is fair.
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I think politics is very hard, harder than most people realise. But at the same time it is also more simple than politicians imply: most people want things to stop getting more expensive at the same time as their quality of life gets shitter, and they want to broadly trust that the system is fair.
Sadly, I cannot run the country. I went to the cobbler’s to get my boots reheeled and they were unexpectedly shut. That’s thrown me right off
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Sadly, I cannot run the country. I went to the cobbler’s to get my boots reheeled and they were unexpectedly shut. That’s thrown me right off
God, I really hate the “but it’s impossible for anyone to govern” bullshit. It’s what normies said that let Johnson get away with being so shit for so long, too. What if the conditions are difficult but doing the actual job is a thing if you have a programme and do the work
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
God, I really hate the “but it’s impossible for anyone to govern” bullshit. It’s what normies said that let Johnson get away with being so shit for so long, too. What if the conditions are difficult but doing the actual job is a thing if you have a programme and do the work
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What do you mean, 'the same treatment'? The issue isn't how this government is treated, it is that its policy programme is inadequate to the problems it has inherited.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
What do you mean, 'the same treatment'? The issue isn't how this government is treated, it is that its policy programme is inadequate to the problems it has inherited.
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what the hell is wrong with all the people in this country trying to minimise a very extreme thing that has happened with deflection & whataboutery
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
what the hell is wrong with all the people in this country trying to minimise a very extreme thing that has happened with deflection & whataboutery