Yossarian 🏴 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 is
@thequietamerican.bsky.social
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools”
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Proud Libtard, Socialist, Athiest, Pro-Europe. Anti-Trump, Anti-Farage
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If Reform really do turn out to be Labour's biggest threat, Labour would be better off fighting them on any battlefield other than immigration, Reform's home turf.
Brexit, for example. That could make very uncomfortable going for Reform, since they'd be forced to divert and defend the indefensible.
Brexit, for example. That could make very uncomfortable going for Reform, since they'd be forced to divert and defend the indefensible.
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If Reform really do turn out to be Labour's biggest threat, Labour would be better off fighting them on any battlefield other than immigration, Reform's home turf.
Brexit, for example. That could make very uncomfortable going for Reform, since they'd be forced to divert and defend the indefensible.
Brexit, for example. That could make very uncomfortable going for Reform, since they'd be forced to divert and defend the indefensible.
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The argument that Starmer didn't mean to sound like Enoch Powell would be a lot more convincing if it hadn't been in a speech announcing a load of policies that Enoch Powell would have been proud of.
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The argument that Starmer didn't mean to sound like Enoch Powell would be a lot more convincing if it hadn't been in a speech announcing a load of policies that Enoch Powell would have been proud of.
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Private Eye on Starmer’s immigration speech
Are we really meant to think he wasn’t responding to Reform?
Would he really have used such toxic rhetoric if the results had been different?
Does he really believe what he’s doing is fair and right?
No one really thinks so
Which means he loses everyone.
Are we really meant to think he wasn’t responding to Reform?
Would he really have used such toxic rhetoric if the results had been different?
Does he really believe what he’s doing is fair and right?
No one really thinks so
Which means he loses everyone.
May 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Private Eye on Starmer’s immigration speech
Are we really meant to think he wasn’t responding to Reform?
Would he really have used such toxic rhetoric if the results had been different?
Does he really believe what he’s doing is fair and right?
No one really thinks so
Which means he loses everyone.
Are we really meant to think he wasn’t responding to Reform?
Would he really have used such toxic rhetoric if the results had been different?
Does he really believe what he’s doing is fair and right?
No one really thinks so
Which means he loses everyone.
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Quoting Enoch Powell is never a coincidence.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
May 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Quoting Enoch Powell is never a coincidence.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
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Starmer won’t be forgiven for this by swathes of people.
Quoting Enoch Powell is never a coincidence.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
The Prime Minister knew what message he was sending — and who he was sending it to. Disgraceful.
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Starmer won’t be forgiven for this by swathes of people.
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WILL A WEAK POLITICIAN’S FEAR OF FARAGE F*CK BRITAIN AGAIN?
We don’t want a half-arsed deal with the EU which leaves us with the same £100bn bill, Brexit queues, Brexit embuggerances, no free movement, and separated from our European partners in the time of Trump!
Got the massage, Prime Minister?
We don’t want a half-arsed deal with the EU which leaves us with the same £100bn bill, Brexit queues, Brexit embuggerances, no free movement, and separated from our European partners in the time of Trump!
Got the massage, Prime Minister?
May 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
WILL A WEAK POLITICIAN’S FEAR OF FARAGE F*CK BRITAIN AGAIN?
We don’t want a half-arsed deal with the EU which leaves us with the same £100bn bill, Brexit queues, Brexit embuggerances, no free movement, and separated from our European partners in the time of Trump!
Got the massage, Prime Minister?
We don’t want a half-arsed deal with the EU which leaves us with the same £100bn bill, Brexit queues, Brexit embuggerances, no free movement, and separated from our European partners in the time of Trump!
Got the massage, Prime Minister?
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Starmer’s “remarks are disgraceful. They are damaging in part because they validate the rhetoric and dishonesty of both Reform and the Conservatives. But, incredibly, they are also seriously damaging for the Labour govt itself”
V good, clear-sighted analysis
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/05/star...
V good, clear-sighted analysis
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/05/star...
Starmer’s Disgraceful and Damaging Remarks
I’m on holiday, and wasn’t going to write a blog post this week. But after a splendid day out on the Northumbrian coast I made the mistake...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Starmer’s “remarks are disgraceful. They are damaging in part because they validate the rhetoric and dishonesty of both Reform and the Conservatives. But, incredibly, they are also seriously damaging for the Labour govt itself”
V good, clear-sighted analysis
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/05/star...
V good, clear-sighted analysis
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/05/star...
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Experts Agree Giant, Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat
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May 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Experts Agree Giant, Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat
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I did consider making a speech about tackling poverty, taxing the rich, nationalising utilities and properly funding the NHS and social care, but then I thought... nah, just go full Enoch Powell.
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I did consider making a speech about tackling poverty, taxing the rich, nationalising utilities and properly funding the NHS and social care, but then I thought... nah, just go full Enoch Powell.
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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Huge thanks to the advisor who suggested I put “island of strangers” in my speech. Now Reform voters still hate me and Labour voters hate me even more.
May 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Huge thanks to the advisor who suggested I put “island of strangers” in my speech. Now Reform voters still hate me and Labour voters hate me even more.
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It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.
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If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.
Enoch Powell:
“they found themselves made strangers in their own country”
@kierstarmerpm.bsky.social:
“we risk becoming an island of strangers”
This is the type of language I’d expect from Farage or Badenoch. This is quote is Starmer’s WMD claim and will define his Premiership.
“they found themselves made strangers in their own country”
@kierstarmerpm.bsky.social:
“we risk becoming an island of strangers”
This is the type of language I’d expect from Farage or Badenoch. This is quote is Starmer’s WMD claim and will define his Premiership.
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Enoch Powell:
“they found themselves made strangers in their own country”
@kierstarmerpm.bsky.social:
“we risk becoming an island of strangers”
This is the type of language I’d expect from Farage or Badenoch. This is quote is Starmer’s WMD claim and will define his Premiership.
“they found themselves made strangers in their own country”
@kierstarmerpm.bsky.social:
“we risk becoming an island of strangers”
This is the type of language I’d expect from Farage or Badenoch. This is quote is Starmer’s WMD claim and will define his Premiership.
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Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders”
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
May 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders”
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
“We risk becoming island of strangers” is going to be Starmer’s “WMD being ready for use in 45 minutes”
Goodbye, @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social
Goodbye, @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
“We risk becoming island of strangers” is going to be Starmer’s “WMD being ready for use in 45 minutes”
Goodbye, @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social
Goodbye, @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social
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What we see in the UK today, and around the world, is a truth many people are reluctant to recognise:
Centralised, hierarchical political systems are innately undemocratic, regardless of who is in charge. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Centralised, hierarchical political systems are innately undemocratic, regardless of who is in charge. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Feeling the urge to take back control from power-mad governments? Here’s an idea | George Monbiot
We are told governing systems like ours are inevitable and irreplaceable, but real, participatory democracy is possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
What we see in the UK today, and around the world, is a truth many people are reluctant to recognise:
Centralised, hierarchical political systems are innately undemocratic, regardless of who is in charge. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Centralised, hierarchical political systems are innately undemocratic, regardless of who is in charge. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Perhaps we could appeal to the 80% of voters who think Nigel Farage is a scumbag?
Instead of everyone appealing to the 20% who are racist morons?
Instead of everyone appealing to the 20% who are racist morons?
May 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Perhaps we could appeal to the 80% of voters who think Nigel Farage is a scumbag?
Instead of everyone appealing to the 20% who are racist morons?
Instead of everyone appealing to the 20% who are racist morons?
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Today, Starmer said he’d “take back control of our borders” and claimed that soaring immigration had done “incalculable damage” to our country.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today, Starmer said he’d “take back control of our borders” and claimed that soaring immigration had done “incalculable damage” to our country.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
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The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
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Immigration has soared since Brexit.
If we want net migration to fall, then we should rejoin the EU's Single Market, which would return us to the flexible and efficient European labour market and restore our Freedom of Movement.
#RejoinEU
If we want net migration to fall, then we should rejoin the EU's Single Market, which would return us to the flexible and efficient European labour market and restore our Freedom of Movement.
#RejoinEU
May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Immigration has soared since Brexit.
If we want net migration to fall, then we should rejoin the EU's Single Market, which would return us to the flexible and efficient European labour market and restore our Freedom of Movement.
#RejoinEU
If we want net migration to fall, then we should rejoin the EU's Single Market, which would return us to the flexible and efficient European labour market and restore our Freedom of Movement.
#RejoinEU