Yussef R
@yussefr.bsky.social
Used to work in research at a large asset manager. Now, surprisingly to me, running a sauna business. Occasionally still manage some research
one of the funny things about this awful advice is it would basically guarantee a Reform majority at the next election.
A Reform govt will absolutely destroy the UK's fiscal position, along with plenty else
A Reform govt will absolutely destroy the UK's fiscal position, along with plenty else
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
one of the funny things about this awful advice is it would basically guarantee a Reform majority at the next election.
A Reform govt will absolutely destroy the UK's fiscal position, along with plenty else
A Reform govt will absolutely destroy the UK's fiscal position, along with plenty else
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They will just... break things. Things we treasure. Things we depend on. Things our lives will be much more difficult without. They will just break them, and laugh, and blame foreigners and wokists.
Someone said to me the other day "Well, even if they get in, Farage won't be able to enact his plans..." and I really think this line of response is not up to the current reality. We're so desperate for the trouble to be indefinitely delayed, but it's here and has been.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
They will just... break things. Things we treasure. Things we depend on. Things our lives will be much more difficult without. They will just break them, and laugh, and blame foreigners and wokists.
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Make sure you absolutely do not skip the part of this interview with Cass Sunstein where he defends his relationship with Henry Kissinger by saying “he was nice about my Star Wars book”
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Make sure you absolutely do not skip the part of this interview with Cass Sunstein where he defends his relationship with Henry Kissinger by saying “he was nice about my Star Wars book”
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The National's coverage of the far-right lately has genuinely endeared them to me in a way that little else over the years has. It is the only newspaper to approach this exactly as it should be approached, which is by going on an unapologetic attack against it.
NEW: Far-right thugs are creating a "culture of fear" in Falkirk, it has been warned, after they falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home.
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
Far-right thugs target Scottish activist's home after false paedophile allegations
FAR-RIGHT thugs falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home ....
www.thenational.scot
September 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The National's coverage of the far-right lately has genuinely endeared them to me in a way that little else over the years has. It is the only newspaper to approach this exactly as it should be approached, which is by going on an unapologetic attack against it.
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A vain, immoderate faith in these institutions made it possible to overlook the fact that their vitality was gone. The machine could still be heard clattering along, so no one asked if it was still doing its job” - Carl von Clausewitz on Prussia in 1806
i think a lot of american political institutions have, in years of plenty and peace, have become cargo cults that no longer understand the rituals they are suppose to perform and that there are actually costs to upholding your values
i do think a lot of traditionally really important civil society organs are de-legitimizing themselves and boy that's not great
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A vain, immoderate faith in these institutions made it possible to overlook the fact that their vitality was gone. The machine could still be heard clattering along, so no one asked if it was still doing its job” - Carl von Clausewitz on Prussia in 1806
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A lot of this stuff could have been avoided if more mainstream/influential liberal institutions had simply told these people to Fuck Off much sooner
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A lot of this stuff could have been avoided if more mainstream/influential liberal institutions had simply told these people to Fuck Off much sooner
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Increasingly really think that we might be in a slow-motion civilizational breakdown as people prove psychologically incapable of dealing with the complexities of modern life.
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Increasingly really think that we might be in a slow-motion civilizational breakdown as people prove psychologically incapable of dealing with the complexities of modern life.
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... They've actually not drawn a crowd much larger than the pro Israel marches. This is not a movement with mass support.
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
... They've actually not drawn a crowd much larger than the pro Israel marches. This is not a movement with mass support.
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In a showpiece event they have been trailing for weeks, with the added publicity boost of this week's murder in the USA (which was all over British social media) they still couldn't get more numbers than Trans Pride. Not only are they smaller than Palestinian solidarity marches...
Police have called for calm after officers were attacked as around 110,000 people joined Tommy Robinson‘s “Unite the Kingdom” rally in central London trib.al/I5OI7Ln
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In a showpiece event they have been trailing for weeks, with the added publicity boost of this week's murder in the USA (which was all over British social media) they still couldn't get more numbers than Trans Pride. Not only are they smaller than Palestinian solidarity marches...
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Of course the other big effect of slash and burn deregulation is to make anyone who invested in good business practices feel like an idiot as they get out competed by lower cost cowboy operators
Has nobody in Government worked out that markets are based on rules & enforcement of those rules? Otherwise it is either war or gangsterism.
September 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Of course the other big effect of slash and burn deregulation is to make anyone who invested in good business practices feel like an idiot as they get out competed by lower cost cowboy operators
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another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
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the "tax the billionaires" political refrain is Good Actually in part because it is a call for the people at the top to actually be constrained by rules informed by the public interest, a virtue that fingerwagging correctives about how much revenue such taxes would *really* generate doesn't address
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
the "tax the billionaires" political refrain is Good Actually in part because it is a call for the people at the top to actually be constrained by rules informed by the public interest, a virtue that fingerwagging correctives about how much revenue such taxes would *really* generate doesn't address
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an underrated source of instability over the next few years is Israel's continued desperation to start a full-on regional war
The IDF has just published a statement saying it and the ISA has attacked the senior leadership of Hamas, seemingly confirming reports on an attack in Qatar.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
an underrated source of instability over the next few years is Israel's continued desperation to start a full-on regional war
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Tice is politics by retired people for retired people
September 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Tice is politics by retired people for retired people
we are clearly experiencing a crisis of elite accountability.
the rise of far right politics might seem like a response to this crisis, but it's not. Instead it represents total nihilism towards the concept
the rise of far right politics might seem like a response to this crisis, but it's not. Instead it represents total nihilism towards the concept
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
we are clearly experiencing a crisis of elite accountability.
the rise of far right politics might seem like a response to this crisis, but it's not. Instead it represents total nihilism towards the concept
the rise of far right politics might seem like a response to this crisis, but it's not. Instead it represents total nihilism towards the concept
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This Epstein birthday book, which is regrettably online and accessible, would in a normal world compel the resignation and/or arrest of everybody in it. And as of right now, the utter depravity displayed therein is the floor for how bad the details might get.
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This Epstein birthday book, which is regrettably online and accessible, would in a normal world compel the resignation and/or arrest of everybody in it. And as of right now, the utter depravity displayed therein is the floor for how bad the details might get.
forest swapping Nuno for Ange right at the start of the season is almost unbelievable
September 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
forest swapping Nuno for Ange right at the start of the season is almost unbelievable
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This is a key point that UK politicians completely fail to grasp.
What started off as enablement has become gatekeeping and taxation over which most governments have next to zero control.
When they do recognise it, they mistake regulatory control for a genuine solution.
What started off as enablement has become gatekeeping and taxation over which most governments have next to zero control.
When they do recognise it, they mistake regulatory control for a genuine solution.
as soon as you run any kind of small business, you very viscerally feel how much money bleeds out of the economy as rents to tech giants.
At this point, payments and Google & Meta Ads are functionally just a tax on economic activity
At this point, payments and Google & Meta Ads are functionally just a tax on economic activity
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is a key point that UK politicians completely fail to grasp.
What started off as enablement has become gatekeeping and taxation over which most governments have next to zero control.
When they do recognise it, they mistake regulatory control for a genuine solution.
What started off as enablement has become gatekeeping and taxation over which most governments have next to zero control.
When they do recognise it, they mistake regulatory control for a genuine solution.
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WHO IS THIS GOVERNMENT FOR
"Sir Keir Starmer’s new cabinet is prepared to overhaul human rights laws to tackle immigration — even if it makes his MPs feel “queasy” — as it seeks to counter Reform UK and win voters’ trust." [Sunday Times]
September 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
WHO IS THIS GOVERNMENT FOR
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
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Farage visibly confused by being held to account, having been coddled by a British media and political establishment that refuses to do the bare minimum.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Farage visibly confused by being held to account, having been coddled by a British media and political establishment that refuses to do the bare minimum.
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People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
oh fulham man this is unreal
August 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
oh fulham man this is unreal