Ben
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Bizarrely this Skeet could a perfect description of Boris Johnson too. (Not sure about the Kremlin-financing allegations though...)
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bizarrely this Skeet could a perfect description of Boris Johnson too. (Not sure about the Kremlin-financing allegations though...)
Presumably we'll get the Conversion Practices bill, which they've promised would be published this session, before May, then?
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Presumably we'll get the Conversion Practices bill, which they've promised would be published this session, before May, then?
(you can see how they might be hard to tell apart!)
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
(you can see how they might be hard to tell apart!)
That must make Chait the reactionary centrist opinion columnist...
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
That must make Chait the reactionary centrist opinion columnist...
If only I knew which was Jonathan Haidt and which was Jonathan Chait.
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If only I knew which was Jonathan Haidt and which was Jonathan Chait.
How is this a polling piece for the FT? You'd imagine the Financial Times would want to say if Trump is making affordability worse or not, y'know, like for real!
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
How is this a polling piece for the FT? You'd imagine the Financial Times would want to say if Trump is making affordability worse or not, y'know, like for real!
To be fair, these people hate butch women, especially lesbians, too!
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
To be fair, these people hate butch women, especially lesbians, too!
I can just imagine the right-wing fantasy that the BBC should be a push alert service warning local communities about the arrival of foreigners to pitchfork.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I can just imagine the right-wing fantasy that the BBC should be a push alert service warning local communities about the arrival of foreigners to pitchfork.
Came here to say this! And non-binary people, of course.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Came here to say this! And non-binary people, of course.
Presidential. Immunity.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Presidential. Immunity.
Congratulations from London, another great city with another great, proudly Muslim mayor!
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Congratulations from London, another great city with another great, proudly Muslim mayor!
Trouble is, to the modern Centrist, "Yes We Can!" doesn't have the same delicious ring to it as their favourite chant, "No We Can't!"
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trouble is, to the modern Centrist, "Yes We Can!" doesn't have the same delicious ring to it as their favourite chant, "No We Can't!"
Particularly because she backs it up with the fact that two-thirds of Americans believe it. As if following the herd isn't the exact thing she's arguing against!
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Particularly because she backs it up with the fact that two-thirds of Americans believe it. As if following the herd isn't the exact thing she's arguing against!
It's a bit weird, though, that her example of where we shouldn't discount the wisdom of crowds in favour of experts is the Lab Leak theory!
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's a bit weird, though, that her example of where we shouldn't discount the wisdom of crowds in favour of experts is the Lab Leak theory!
Labour Party policy seems to be to do whatever will please exactly nobody.
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Labour Party policy seems to be to do whatever will please exactly nobody.
The bit that blows my mind (and speaks to judgement) is even if all the stars aligned and there were some possible explanation, how did NOBODY go, 'Do you think the Nazi tattoo might be a tiny problem when running for office?'
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The bit that blows my mind (and speaks to judgement) is even if all the stars aligned and there were some possible explanation, how did NOBODY go, 'Do you think the Nazi tattoo might be a tiny problem when running for office?'
Have you thought the panic might be about Lucy Powell being announced as Deputy Labour Leader next week, rather than the EHRC itself?
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Have you thought the panic might be about Lucy Powell being announced as Deputy Labour Leader next week, rather than the EHRC itself?
I think the other thing which is driving the EHRC's sense of urgency is the Labour Deputy Leadership election. They need a fait accompli before Lucy Powell wins, given all signs point towards her strongly resisting the draft guidance becoming statutory...
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think the other thing which is driving the EHRC's sense of urgency is the Labour Deputy Leadership election. They need a fait accompli before Lucy Powell wins, given all signs point towards her strongly resisting the draft guidance becoming statutory...