Hannah 🌹🏳️🌈
@ceremonialgeek.substack.com
Collects Records
Loves Music
Tech Enthusiast
Labour Member
Pragmatist
I like a debate built on evidence, not vibes.
Number one fan of the suits worn by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Loves Music
Tech Enthusiast
Labour Member
Pragmatist
I like a debate built on evidence, not vibes.
Number one fan of the suits worn by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson, and the British Media
I am not going to sit here and pretend that Keir Starmer is the Messiah.
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So, I wrote a Substack. I haven't done so for monetary gain, just as a way to share my thoughts in more detail. I'd appreciate any feedback, as this is my first attempt at a thinkpiece.
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“It’s clear he didn’t run this grotesque idea past any women in real life.”
It is deeply offensive to blame or penalise women for not having children, it’s even more painful for those like me who have suffered the pain of miscarriage after miscarriage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It is deeply offensive to blame or penalise women for not having children, it’s even more painful for those like me who have suffered the pain of miscarriage after miscarriage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility comments
Byelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
“It’s clear he didn’t run this grotesque idea past any women in real life.”
It is deeply offensive to blame or penalise women for not having children, it’s even more painful for those like me who have suffered the pain of miscarriage after miscarriage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It is deeply offensive to blame or penalise women for not having children, it’s even more painful for those like me who have suffered the pain of miscarriage after miscarriage.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My Bluesky domain is no more!
February 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
My Bluesky domain is no more!
One of my friends found a Rachel Reeves fan account on TikTok and asked if I had created it. Sadly, no.
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
One of my friends found a Rachel Reeves fan account on TikTok and asked if I had created it. Sadly, no.
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The media on Farage's corruption: *tumbleweed*
Also, the media: *join us while we provide you with our hundredth variation on the topic, "why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?"
Also, the media: *join us while we provide you with our hundredth variation on the topic, "why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?"
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The media on Farage's corruption: *tumbleweed*
Also, the media: *join us while we provide you with our hundredth variation on the topic, "why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?"
Also, the media: *join us while we provide you with our hundredth variation on the topic, "why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?"
Thangham Debbonaire would have made an absolutely formidable SoS for Culture, Media and Sport. It is such a shame she lost her seat in 2024.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Thangham Debbonaire would have made an absolutely formidable SoS for Culture, Media and Sport. It is such a shame she lost her seat in 2024.
It has indeed been a torrid week; it is a waste of time to argue to the contrary, but I am not sure we would have got where we are, where Mandelson's skills as a manipulator were favoured over principle, had it not been for the media and their constant platforming of him as a mastermind. Yet...
‘You call it a shitshow – I say it’s unforgivable’: Lisa Nandy on Epstein, Mandelson and Labour’s torrid week
‘You call it a shitshow – I say it’s unforgivable’: Lisa Nandy on Epstein, Mandelson and Labour’s torrid week
The culture secretary talks about secret briefings, the need for solidarity and why the government must recognise its big moment of reckoning
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It has indeed been a torrid week; it is a waste of time to argue to the contrary, but I am not sure we would have got where we are, where Mandelson's skills as a manipulator were favoured over principle, had it not been for the media and their constant platforming of him as a mastermind. Yet...
I have been in two minds for the past couple of months as to whether Keir Starmer should stay or go, but nothing makes me more determined to ensure and defend the former than the prospect of Elon Musk getting his own way. Musk wants Starmer to leave, something backbenchers should keep in mind.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I have been in two minds for the past couple of months as to whether Keir Starmer should stay or go, but nothing makes me more determined to ensure and defend the former than the prospect of Elon Musk getting his own way. Musk wants Starmer to leave, something backbenchers should keep in mind.
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Never forget Rishi Sunak admitted that councils like mine lost out under the Tories so wealthy areas Tunbridge Wells could get more
Money back for libraries, children, elderly people, ASB, bins, street cleaning, housing = Labour in government
Money back for libraries, children, elderly people, ASB, bins, street cleaning, housing = Labour in government
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Never forget Rishi Sunak admitted that councils like mine lost out under the Tories so wealthy areas Tunbridge Wells could get more
Money back for libraries, children, elderly people, ASB, bins, street cleaning, housing = Labour in government
Money back for libraries, children, elderly people, ASB, bins, street cleaning, housing = Labour in government
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Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
So, I wrote a Substack. I haven't done so for monetary gain, just as a way to share my thoughts in more detail. I'd appreciate any feedback, as this is my first attempt at a thinkpiece.
open.substack.com/pub/ceremoni...
open.substack.com/pub/ceremoni...
Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson, and the British Media
I am not going to sit here and pretend that Keir Starmer is the Messiah.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
So, I wrote a Substack. I haven't done so for monetary gain, just as a way to share my thoughts in more detail. I'd appreciate any feedback, as this is my first attempt at a thinkpiece.
open.substack.com/pub/ceremoni...
open.substack.com/pub/ceremoni...
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Incredible to think that chessgate got more scrutiny than Farage breaching the MP code of conduct seventeen times.
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Incredible to think that chessgate got more scrutiny than Farage breaching the MP code of conduct seventeen times.
Convinced Liz Truss is just Laura Loomer in a different font.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Convinced Liz Truss is just Laura Loomer in a different font.
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Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?
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By all accounts, I agree that not all the woes should be laid at the media's door, but the journalists' lack of self-awareness is staggering. I really do not believe the media is in a position to throw stones from their gigantic glass houses. A period of self-reflection would do them good.
Some of Starmer's woes were avoidable, but the media do love making a scandal out of scraps. I'm old enough to remember when they hounded Rachel Reeves for over a week for "lying about the public finances", and when they were proved wrong, tried to get her over a chess championship.
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
By all accounts, I agree that not all the woes should be laid at the media's door, but the journalists' lack of self-awareness is staggering. I really do not believe the media is in a position to throw stones from their gigantic glass houses. A period of self-reflection would do them good.
Some of Starmer's woes were avoidable, but the media do love making a scandal out of scraps. I'm old enough to remember when they hounded Rachel Reeves for over a week for "lying about the public finances", and when they were proved wrong, tried to get her over a chess championship.
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Some of Starmer's woes were avoidable, but the media do love making a scandal out of scraps. I'm old enough to remember when they hounded Rachel Reeves for over a week for "lying about the public finances", and when they were proved wrong, tried to get her over a chess championship.
I am tired of factionalists deluding themselves that this mess is all the fault of the media. Still, I am equally tired of the media class refusing to address their own complicity or the fact that they exacerbate any sense of turmoil because chaos brings them greater financial rewards.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I am tired of factionalists deluding themselves that this mess is all the fault of the media. Still, I am equally tired of the media class refusing to address their own complicity or the fact that they exacerbate any sense of turmoil because chaos brings them greater financial rewards.
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Today we published our Local Power Plan putting £1bn into community energy.
This is the biggest investment in community energy in history, putting communities at the heart of everything this government does. (1/3)
This is the biggest investment in community energy in history, putting communities at the heart of everything this government does. (1/3)
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Today we published our Local Power Plan putting £1bn into community energy.
This is the biggest investment in community energy in history, putting communities at the heart of everything this government does. (1/3)
This is the biggest investment in community energy in history, putting communities at the heart of everything this government does. (1/3)
Keir Starmer has apologised for his grave error of judgment and rightly so. The decision was morally wrong and a c*ck up of epic proportions but I have yet to hear an apology from the journalists who wrote op-eds at the time of Mandelson's appointment, calling it "genius". Where are their apologies?
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Keir Starmer has apologised for his grave error of judgment and rightly so. The decision was morally wrong and a c*ck up of epic proportions but I have yet to hear an apology from the journalists who wrote op-eds at the time of Mandelson's appointment, calling it "genius". Where are their apologies?
The leadership election to replace Keir Starmer is going to be absolutely brutal isn't it?
February 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The leadership election to replace Keir Starmer is going to be absolutely brutal isn't it?
Two things are true in this instance:
1. Keir Starmer made a huge error of judgement over Mandelson, which was entirely avoidable.
2. The media is determined to destabilise the Government because stability isn't profitable, and many of them are far too full of their own self importance.
1. Keir Starmer made a huge error of judgement over Mandelson, which was entirely avoidable.
2. The media is determined to destabilise the Government because stability isn't profitable, and many of them are far too full of their own self importance.
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Two things are true in this instance:
1. Keir Starmer made a huge error of judgement over Mandelson, which was entirely avoidable.
2. The media is determined to destabilise the Government because stability isn't profitable, and many of them are far too full of their own self importance.
1. Keir Starmer made a huge error of judgement over Mandelson, which was entirely avoidable.
2. The media is determined to destabilise the Government because stability isn't profitable, and many of them are far too full of their own self importance.