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· Mar 1
Heaven, heaven is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
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“The myth of London as a third-world sinkhole is now central to Maga politics. Restoring Britain’s allegedly vanishing character is also an official goal of Donald Trump’s foreign policy.” My column. as.ft.com/r/5d92d208-8...
Why Maga loathes London
[FREE TO READ] Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’
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February 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“The myth of London as a third-world sinkhole is now central to Maga politics. Restoring Britain’s allegedly vanishing character is also an official goal of Donald Trump’s foreign policy.” My column. as.ft.com/r/5d92d208-8...
This reads as a little grudging
New: The First Minister of Wales - Eluned Morgan - has backed Keir Starmer. There was speculation yesterday that Morgan might follow Anas Sarwar in calling for Starmer to go, but instead she said in a statement:
“I support the Prime Minister in the job he was elected to do.”
“I support the Prime Minister in the job he was elected to do.”
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This reads as a little grudging
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Does Wes have strong principles? No.
Does Wes have good political judgement? Also no.
Does Wes have any sort of winning charisma? Again, no.
But… is Wes the most unintentionally funny British politician going? Absolutely
Does Wes have good political judgement? Also no.
Does Wes have any sort of winning charisma? Again, no.
But… is Wes the most unintentionally funny British politician going? Absolutely
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Does Wes have strong principles? No.
Does Wes have good political judgement? Also no.
Does Wes have any sort of winning charisma? Again, no.
But… is Wes the most unintentionally funny British politician going? Absolutely
Does Wes have good political judgement? Also no.
Does Wes have any sort of winning charisma? Again, no.
But… is Wes the most unintentionally funny British politician going? Absolutely
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A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A fascinating "why format matters" example here. Making this the text of your post would be standard government minister boilerplate.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
Posting it as a screenshot in the official font makes it look like you've been asked to carry the portrait of Lenin at the May Day Parade.
0.78 of a Liz Truss.
Starmer has to survive 38 days to have had a longer tenure than Rishi Sunak.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
0.78 of a Liz Truss.
I love how few pixels she's given this statement
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I love how few pixels she's given this statement
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Every comment from one of his defenders reads like either the set-up or punchline for one of those old political jokes from the Soviet Union
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Every comment from one of his defenders reads like either the set-up or punchline for one of those old political jokes from the Soviet Union
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Starmer defining himself against corbyn and boris and becoming both corbyn and boris....absolute cinema. Wish it didn't affect me
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Starmer defining himself against corbyn and boris and becoming both corbyn and boris....absolute cinema. Wish it didn't affect me
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Yes. People love to paint Corbyn and Starmer as opposites but there are throughlines over their tenures atop the Labour Party: corrosive, faux macho bullying, horrible appointments made for loyalty rather than competence, a sneering indifference to racism & gaslighting of its victims
(If No.10 and its outriders had an ounce of self-awareness, they’d be asking themselves why the government’s flaws are uncomfortably similar to the Corbyn leadership’s flaws)
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Yes. People love to paint Corbyn and Starmer as opposites but there are throughlines over their tenures atop the Labour Party: corrosive, faux macho bullying, horrible appointments made for loyalty rather than competence, a sneering indifference to racism & gaslighting of its victims
Surely it won’t be him but every time I think about it makes me come to the conclusion Ed Miliband is Labour’s best choice at the moment
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Surely it won’t be him but every time I think about it makes me come to the conclusion Ed Miliband is Labour’s best choice at the moment
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The way Chris pincher has been basically been erased from boris downfall is really instructive in Westminster culture and how these people get away with it
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
Madeley. FFS.
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The way Chris pincher has been basically been erased from boris downfall is really instructive in Westminster culture and how these people get away with it
Can see why he’s doing this given the disaster he faces in three months time
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Can see why he’s doing this given the disaster he faces in three months time
Polanski trading the shires for the cities
We're delighted to welcome Councillor Manu Singh who has joined the Liberal Democrats from the Green Party in Surrey!
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Polanski trading the shires for the cities
The problem is most of these things work *against* him holding on to the position of PM. Unless Starmer’s whole career was just a long game for him to destroy the Labour Party.
1. People struggle to reconcile Keir Starmer’s ruthless ambition, Machiavellian manoeuvres, breaking of promises, collaboration in genocide, bans on protest, aid cuts, benefit cuts and war on nature with his history as a human rights lawyer. But perhaps there is no contradiction.
Read on.🧵
Read on.🧵
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The problem is most of these things work *against* him holding on to the position of PM. Unless Starmer’s whole career was just a long game for him to destroy the Labour Party.
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well... i do play football manager which is this but with an emails and spreadsheet simulator attached
people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
well... i do play football manager which is this but with an emails and spreadsheet simulator attached
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It absolutely applies to Scotland. Tony Blair won 56 seats out of 72 in 1997, and indeed the success of the SNP has been in winning over Labour voters without demoralising *their* core, too.
None of this feels like it applies to Scotland
I don't disagree with this, I just do also think that Thatcher, Blair and Johnson showed that it is possible to get the other lot's voters without demoralising your base so much that you only get 34 per cent, and that the first two did so in a way that meant they could govern effectively.
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
It absolutely applies to Scotland. Tony Blair won 56 seats out of 72 in 1997, and indeed the success of the SNP has been in winning over Labour voters without demoralising *their* core, too.
This screams “disastrous result in 4 years” to me. Unless Takaichi gets lucky which, to be fair, often happens to the LDP
The UK: Less than two years into office, is this the end for this Labour Government?
Japan: Okay but what if we try just ONE MORE term of Liberal Democratic Party government? Yes we know we're on our fourth decade of economic stagnation and they've been in charge 90% of that but what's the harm?
Japan: Okay but what if we try just ONE MORE term of Liberal Democratic Party government? Yes we know we're on our fourth decade of economic stagnation and they've been in charge 90% of that but what's the harm?
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This screams “disastrous result in 4 years” to me. Unless Takaichi gets lucky which, to be fair, often happens to the LDP
Fundamentally it’s not in general British liberal or partisan Lib Dem interests to have a Labour Party that’s a flaming wreck with a government hated by everyone so I hope they can sort themselves out soon
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Fundamentally it’s not in general British liberal or partisan Lib Dem interests to have a Labour Party that’s a flaming wreck with a government hated by everyone so I hope they can sort themselves out soon
This is real tragedy of the commons stuff
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is real tragedy of the commons stuff
Thank god for that
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff ft.trib.al/cPjBd1p
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff
Exit of Mandelson protégé comes as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to stave off leadership speculation
ft.trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Thank god for that
Another electoral alliance L. Many cases
I think it bears stressing that while the polls were pointing to a big LDP victory, this is shaping up to be even bigger than the most optimistic (for LDP) projections. Which, again, the story is as much the utter failure of the CRA as Takaichi's popularity.
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Another electoral alliance L. Many cases
me when i lie for no reason
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
me when i lie for no reason
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