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Essentially the big problem with post-Blair politics is a lot of politicians still haven't caught up to 'watch the hands, not the mouth'.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Essentially the big problem with post-Blair politics is a lot of politicians still haven't caught up to 'watch the hands, not the mouth'.
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But the trouble with Blue Labour is that while there is some intellectual groundwork there, it's (a) obscured by Glasman's idiotic braying and (b) leads the party to electoral toxicity
It's not that it's anti-intellectual, but that it doesn't work strategically (partly as it's morally abhorrent)
It's not that it's anti-intellectual, but that it doesn't work strategically (partly as it's morally abhorrent)
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
But the trouble with Blue Labour is that while there is some intellectual groundwork there, it's (a) obscured by Glasman's idiotic braying and (b) leads the party to electoral toxicity
It's not that it's anti-intellectual, but that it doesn't work strategically (partly as it's morally abhorrent)
It's not that it's anti-intellectual, but that it doesn't work strategically (partly as it's morally abhorrent)
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Almost everything wrong with the UK housing market is due to Thatcher kicking off a 45 year long credit bubble by financializing something we all need—homes. It's so pervasive we can barely imagine life without it, but it's destroying our social cohesion and infrastructure now.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Almost everything wrong with the UK housing market is due to Thatcher kicking off a 45 year long credit bubble by financializing something we all need—homes. It's so pervasive we can barely imagine life without it, but it's destroying our social cohesion and infrastructure now.
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It also doesn't really make sense. He already has a codename, it's 007, why does he need another one. Why give the same fake name to multiple agents, you're just making it easier for the enemy to spot them. Why is Teresa's legal name on her gravestone "Teresa Bond" if it's just a codename. Etc
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It also doesn't really make sense. He already has a codename, it's 007, why does he need another one. Why give the same fake name to multiple agents, you're just making it easier for the enemy to spot them. Why is Teresa's legal name on her gravestone "Teresa Bond" if it's just a codename. Etc
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That's the way to do it. I remember seeing an episode of Sunset Beach where a voice over announced at the beginning of a scene the character of X would now be played by Y, and as soon as she entered, another character said "have you changed your hair??"
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
That's the way to do it. I remember seeing an episode of Sunset Beach where a voice over announced at the beginning of a scene the character of X would now be played by Y, and as soon as she entered, another character said "have you changed your hair??"