Mark
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Politics is not like selling biscuits, where the task is to find out what people like & flog it to them.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Politics is not like selling biscuits, where the task is to find out what people like & flog it to them.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
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When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.
September 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.
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"The last three years have seen the de facto legalisation of racial abuse in online space. Elon Musk has turned Twitter/X into one of the most powerful amplifiers of racism we have ever seen ... Government departments are reluctant to even review whether they should still use it"
August 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"The last three years have seen the de facto legalisation of racial abuse in online space. Elon Musk has turned Twitter/X into one of the most powerful amplifiers of racism we have ever seen ... Government departments are reluctant to even review whether they should still use it"
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“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...
How much of Gaza is left standing?
Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction
www.economist.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'perhaps the real plea here is for Keir Starmer to recognise the country he actually leads'
'perhaps the real plea here is for Keir Starmer to recognise the country he actually leads'
There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'perhaps the real plea here is for Keir Starmer to recognise the country he actually leads'
'perhaps the real plea here is for Keir Starmer to recognise the country he actually leads'
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The Prime Minister must act with immediate airdrops of much-needed aid into Gaza and get other countries to do the same.
It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.
It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Prime Minister must act with immediate airdrops of much-needed aid into Gaza and get other countries to do the same.
It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.
It is simply inhumane that Gaza faces starvation due to Israel’s aid blockade. Words alone won’t save lives.
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Shocking, predictable, avoidable. "testimonies from doctors, relief workers and Gazans this week make it clear that a worst-case scenario is finally unfolding: Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating" washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shocking, predictable, avoidable. "testimonies from doctors, relief workers and Gazans this week make it clear that a worst-case scenario is finally unfolding: Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating" washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Look at that - winning candidate gets barely over a fifth of the vote. Five candidates all within 8% of each other. This is happening and under first past the post the result is pure chaos.
✅ Conservative HOLD
Prestatyn Central (Denbighshire) council by-election result:
CON: 21.7% (-1.8)
IND: 21.1% (+17.2)
REF: 18.4% (+18.4)
PC: 14.4% (+14.4)
GRN: 13.6% (-35.4)
LAB: 9.0% (-14.5)
Defence was second placed winner of two-member ward.
+/- 2022
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Prestatyn Central (Denbighshire) council by-election result:
CON: 21.7% (-1.8)
IND: 21.1% (+17.2)
REF: 18.4% (+18.4)
PC: 14.4% (+14.4)
GRN: 13.6% (-35.4)
LAB: 9.0% (-14.5)
Defence was second placed winner of two-member ward.
+/- 2022
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
andrewteale.me.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Look at that - winning candidate gets barely over a fifth of the vote. Five candidates all within 8% of each other. This is happening and under first past the post the result is pure chaos.
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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❤️ It's laudable that Labour wants to embed a Sure Start-type system so deeply that it can't be undone
⚠️ But First Past the Post means any party can win a majority on 30% of the vote
🎯 To truly embed popular, effective policies we need a fair voting system
⚠️ But First Past the Post means any party can win a majority on 30% of the vote
🎯 To truly embed popular, effective policies we need a fair voting system
Labour vows to protect Sure Start-type system from any future Reform assault
Exclusive: Education secretary says scheme will be so deeply embedded that no rightwing party can unpick it
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
❤️ It's laudable that Labour wants to embed a Sure Start-type system so deeply that it can't be undone
⚠️ But First Past the Post means any party can win a majority on 30% of the vote
🎯 To truly embed popular, effective policies we need a fair voting system
⚠️ But First Past the Post means any party can win a majority on 30% of the vote
🎯 To truly embed popular, effective policies we need a fair voting system
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I think there is a word for this. “The idea of the zone, according to Katz, is to accommodate … 600,000 Palestinians who have been living in the Mawasi area on the coast… after screening them…Palestinians will not be allowed to leave the zone, he said.” timesofisrael.com/katz-calls-for…
https://timesofisrael.com/katz-calls-for…
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I think there is a word for this. “The idea of the zone, according to Katz, is to accommodate … 600,000 Palestinians who have been living in the Mawasi area on the coast… after screening them…Palestinians will not be allowed to leave the zone, he said.” timesofisrael.com/katz-calls-for…
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Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Well, the US was not really thinking of sending more anti air weapons to Ukraine, it was planning on stopping what little was on its way. The US is cutting Ukraine off during this vital moment. Once again, flattering Trump is not the right strategy. A free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
"Daddy" Just Accelerated The Killing Of Ukrainians
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Well, the US was not really thinking of sending more anti air weapons to Ukraine, it was planning on stopping what little was on its way. The US is cutting Ukraine off during this vital moment. Once again, flattering Trump is not the right strategy. A free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
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interesting to see how much more coverage here we're getting of a chant at a music festival than the IDF being ordered to shoot and murder people in Gaza who are seeking aid!
IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
interesting to see how much more coverage here we're getting of a chant at a music festival than the IDF being ordered to shoot and murder people in Gaza who are seeking aid!
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote"
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
June 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote"
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK
@natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 'The survey found record levels of support for electoral reform. For the first time, a majority of supporters of all parties favour electoral reform'
Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows
Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 'The survey found record levels of support for electoral reform. For the first time, a majority of supporters of all parties favour electoral reform'