Tyron
@tyron.bsky.social
Raise taxes, repair the country. Inspired by joy, sobriety, Marcel Duchamp, Kelis, Mata Hari, and those hallucinations I used to have.
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Tyron
@tyron.bsky.social
· Jul 3
what people think the gay lifestyle is vs. what the gay lifestyle actually is
sources saying the bet was "is Kyle's mom gonna bomb Gaza"
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
sources saying the bet was "is Kyle's mom gonna bomb Gaza"
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right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
Entire media too dumbstruck to ever talk about the issue again. Even bigger Labour landslide driven by the shy chaser voter
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Entire media too dumbstruck to ever talk about the issue again. Even bigger Labour landslide driven by the shy chaser voter
Idly fantasising about the alternate universe where Starmer completely out of character chose to do the Alaska Thunderfuck "some of the most beautiful women in the world have penises" answer to the media question "can a woman have a penis?"
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Idly fantasising about the alternate universe where Starmer completely out of character chose to do the Alaska Thunderfuck "some of the most beautiful women in the world have penises" answer to the media question "can a woman have a penis?"
Starmer and the Labour govt did "make that case" when they were trying to sell the welfare reforms. The entire problem was that they *weren't reforms that meaningfully did that* that _were_ just trying to balance the books on the back of the worst off. You can't comms your way out of policy failings
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Starmer and the Labour govt did "make that case" when they were trying to sell the welfare reforms. The entire problem was that they *weren't reforms that meaningfully did that* that _were_ just trying to balance the books on the back of the worst off. You can't comms your way out of policy failings
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(I also like the idea that the taxes thing was a knotty debate rather than a straightforward 'well, there is an obvious electoral risk here, and an obvious delivery risk there, which does the leader actually want?' choice that the bros were on one side of)
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
(I also like the idea that the taxes thing was a knotty debate rather than a straightforward 'well, there is an obvious electoral risk here, and an obvious delivery risk there, which does the leader actually want?' choice that the bros were on one side of)
Talking that way about trans people is rancid enough on its own, but I'm astounded that staffer still thinks even calling women 'chicks' is acceptable in the first place
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Talking that way about trans people is rancid enough on its own, but I'm astounded that staffer still thinks even calling women 'chicks' is acceptable in the first place
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It's a fascinating insight into how the strategy bros have rewritten history in their own minds. There absolutely *was* debate about the tax pledges, both inside and outside the party, they just want to ignore that they were on Team Brainless.
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It's a fascinating insight into how the strategy bros have rewritten history in their own minds. There absolutely *was* debate about the tax pledges, both inside and outside the party, they just want to ignore that they were on Team Brainless.
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reminded of @morganj0nes.bsky.social point about being the most hard headed special boy in the pub
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
reminded of @morganj0nes.bsky.social point about being the most hard headed special boy in the pub
Also fascinated to know whether that staffer would ever call a woman a chick / a trans woman a chick with a dick to their face, other than when talking to a journo and trying to make out that they're some blokey salt of the earth prick.
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Also fascinated to know whether that staffer would ever call a woman a chick / a trans woman a chick with a dick to their face, other than when talking to a journo and trying to make out that they're some blokey salt of the earth prick.
And even leaving aside that horrible language that staffer thinks it's oh so blokey to use - what, that debate over trans rights that the media spent a solid year punishment beating Labour into having, making out that it was ridiculous for not having the position it insisted Labour needed to have?
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
And even leaving aside that horrible language that staffer thinks it's oh so blokey to use - what, that debate over trans rights that the media spent a solid year punishment beating Labour into having, making out that it was ridiculous for not having the position it insisted Labour needed to have?
This is so infuriating. There was quite a big debate over ruling out tax rises! Rachel Reeves just shut it down by answering every single bloody time "well, being in government would be a nice problem to have"!!!
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is so infuriating. There was quite a big debate over ruling out tax rises! Rachel Reeves just shut it down by answering every single bloody time "well, being in government would be a nice problem to have"!!!
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Oh for God’s sake, this is NOT an apology!
February 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Oh for God’s sake, this is NOT an apology!
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Reminds of that great Charles Kennedy line:
“Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who’s a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self-taught”
“Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who’s a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self-taught”
Column in which I ask the important question: has Torsten Bell ever killed a man?
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Reminds of that great Charles Kennedy line:
“Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who’s a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self-taught”
“Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who’s a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self-taught”
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Start rows based on your values, that your opponents are unwilling compete on. One piece of New Labour media strategy the government should pick up! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_S...
Laura Spence affair - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Start rows based on your values, that your opponents are unwilling compete on. One piece of New Labour media strategy the government should pick up! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_S...
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Its a non-apology from Ratcliffe but it does show that if you use the bully pulpit of the Premiership, it gets noticed and you can start to control the agenda!
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Its a non-apology from Ratcliffe but it does show that if you use the bully pulpit of the Premiership, it gets noticed and you can start to control the agenda!
Convinced that quite a lot about this government can be explained by this and him thinking the average swing voter looks and sounds like the people he was meeting on Becontree estate in the Barking 2010 campaign.
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Convinced that quite a lot about this government can be explained by this and him thinking the average swing voter looks and sounds like the people he was meeting on Becontree estate in the Barking 2010 campaign.
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The founding trauma of McSweeneyism is Liz Kendall getting 4.5 per cent in the Labour leadership contest. From which he took that if you at any point try and explain something, or have a honest conversation, or go 'you're wrong', you lose, and that has suffused much of the government.
Notable how little UK Govt, and specifically the health secretary, have to say about this. No sense that they can shape public behaviour. Very passive.
UK has lost its official status as a country that has achieved elimination of measles, as vaccination rates have fallen below the 95% required to achieve herd immunity. So sad, and likely due vaccine misinformation. If you haven't already, get your kids vaccinated ASAP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The founding trauma of McSweeneyism is Liz Kendall getting 4.5 per cent in the Labour leadership contest. From which he took that if you at any point try and explain something, or have a honest conversation, or go 'you're wrong', you lose, and that has suffused much of the government.
Andy Burnham insisting that the world outside Westminster counts as a different country
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Andy Burnham insisting that the world outside Westminster counts as a different country
I'd have to check which side she died fighting for, but otherwise no
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I'd have to check which side she died fighting for, but otherwise no
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I choose to believe that she released this and immediately disappeared from public life, never to be heard from again.
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I choose to believe that she released this and immediately disappeared from public life, never to be heard from again.
you live in Monaco
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
you live in Monaco
this isn't exactly Mossadeq level stuff, she lasted for another year after this
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
this isn't exactly Mossadeq level stuff, she lasted for another year after this