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Hard Choices is somehow even worse than Strong and Stable because it's completely obvious to everybody but apparently Reeves, Starmer and McSweeney that the hard choice is raising taxes and literally everyone in the UK has known this since May 2024 because public services are in the fucking toilet
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hard Choices is somehow even worse than Strong and Stable because it's completely obvious to everybody but apparently Reeves, Starmer and McSweeney that the hard choice is raising taxes and literally everyone in the UK has known this since May 2024 because public services are in the fucking toilet
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His diaries are fascinating as you realise the level of access backbench MPs had to Blair’s regime and equally the fact Blair asked him to become Home Affairs chair- had Keir even spoken to the select committee chairs before they all rebelled?
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
His diaries are fascinating as you realise the level of access backbench MPs had to Blair’s regime and equally the fact Blair asked him to become Home Affairs chair- had Keir even spoken to the select committee chairs before they all rebelled?
Oh. Yes, this is me. I even created a best of 97 playlist called July 2025.
Fool that I am.
Fool that I am.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Oh. Yes, this is me. I even created a best of 97 playlist called July 2025.
Fool that I am.
Fool that I am.
My theory is a variant: Most people want decent public services. Paid for by other people's taxes.
This sounds as if it shd be universal delusion but it's not: 🇬🇧 media has destroyed any chance of honesty about tax/spend for so long, we've forgotten the social contract. Unserious media AND pols.
This sounds as if it shd be universal delusion but it's not: 🇬🇧 media has destroyed any chance of honesty about tax/spend for so long, we've forgotten the social contract. Unserious media AND pols.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
My theory is a variant: Most people want decent public services. Paid for by other people's taxes.
This sounds as if it shd be universal delusion but it's not: 🇬🇧 media has destroyed any chance of honesty about tax/spend for so long, we've forgotten the social contract. Unserious media AND pols.
This sounds as if it shd be universal delusion but it's not: 🇬🇧 media has destroyed any chance of honesty about tax/spend for so long, we've forgotten the social contract. Unserious media AND pols.
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
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There are no binary choices to political solutions. It’s not throw open the borders or be Farage. There are workable answers - it just takes hard work, intelligence, compassion, nuance, communication, diligence, effort and political will.
Would be nice to see some.
Would be nice to see some.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
There are no binary choices to political solutions. It’s not throw open the borders or be Farage. There are workable answers - it just takes hard work, intelligence, compassion, nuance, communication, diligence, effort and political will.
Would be nice to see some.
Would be nice to see some.
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Man. What if the left, who are apparently in power, did something to further their own interests for once. Would that be mad? That would be mad right?
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Man. What if the left, who are apparently in power, did something to further their own interests for once. Would that be mad? That would be mad right?