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i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
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“Read theory.” The closest Angela Davis comes to talking about an alternative in her book, Are Prisons Obsolete, is talking about how a white American forgave a Black South African man for killing their daughter during riots immediately prior to the fall of apartheid
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Read theory.” The closest Angela Davis comes to talking about an alternative in her book, Are Prisons Obsolete, is talking about how a white American forgave a Black South African man for killing their daughter during riots immediately prior to the fall of apartheid
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I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
"What about [form of abuse that is mostly de facto decriminalised right now anyway]?"
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
Stephen articulates succinctly what I call 'The Social-Democratic Social Contract'. The objective of social democracy is to build a society where the comfortable middle-classes feel they have a genuine stake in institutions and policies that give the greatest benefit to society's most vulnerable.
Just from a basic political economy perspective, there is no route to a different state that doesn't involve macro-economic policies that means that middle-class white collar households earn more, social policies that mean they get more, and tax policies that mean they pay more.
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Stephen articulates succinctly what I call 'The Social-Democratic Social Contract'. The objective of social democracy is to build a society where the comfortable middle-classes feel they have a genuine stake in institutions and policies that give the greatest benefit to society's most vulnerable.
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Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
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Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
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"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
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Aside from the deeply unpleasant proposals, the language Mahmood is using is irresponsible and reinforces Reform's framing of the issue. What on earth is she doing?
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Aside from the deeply unpleasant proposals, the language Mahmood is using is irresponsible and reinforces Reform's framing of the issue. What on earth is she doing?
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This is what sent him into a week long crashout
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is what sent him into a week long crashout
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It's true. If Labour raise income taxes, the party might slump to around a quarter of the vote, and its PM and Chancellor might be even more unpopular than Rishi Sunak in 2024 or Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 - wait, sorry, just got an email from Ipsos with some new polling, I'm sure it's nothing important.
Quite a contrast to the BlueSky consensus the last 24 hours
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's true. If Labour raise income taxes, the party might slump to around a quarter of the vote, and its PM and Chancellor might be even more unpopular than Rishi Sunak in 2024 or Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 - wait, sorry, just got an email from Ipsos with some new polling, I'm sure it's nothing important.
<Sickos image> Yes! Haha Yes!
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
<Sickos image> Yes! Haha Yes!
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who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
Ian sums up my feelings perfectly.
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ian sums up my feelings perfectly.
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'Today's workers pay for today's pensions, public and private, always and everywhere' is something I would love to hear a UK Chancellor say, in a resignation speech if necessary.
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
'Today's workers pay for today's pensions, public and private, always and everywhere' is something I would love to hear a UK Chancellor say, in a resignation speech if necessary.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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They were being integrated with the mayor role anyway so this makes total sense. No need for a separate function. Helps build up mayors as the single tier of regional government.
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
They were being integrated with the mayor role anyway so this makes total sense. No need for a separate function. Helps build up mayors as the single tier of regional government.
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Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Asylum policy in Denmark
Politicians in the UK have expressed interest in Denmark's approach to granting asylum and the integration of refugees.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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Look, admit it is this the wrong move in both political and policy terms? Yes. But aren't you in the least bit *curious* as to what the exact ways that 'we raised £30bn through tweaks and little tax hikes' won't work?
Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Look, admit it is this the wrong move in both political and policy terms? Yes. But aren't you in the least bit *curious* as to what the exact ways that 'we raised £30bn through tweaks and little tax hikes' won't work?
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At our event last week, @stephanomics.bsky.social spoke about how the Government is doing better on the long-term stuff, than on the short-term.
Catch up here 👉 buff.ly/eC4gWG3
Catch up here 👉 buff.ly/eC4gWG3
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At our event last week, @stephanomics.bsky.social spoke about how the Government is doing better on the long-term stuff, than on the short-term.
Catch up here 👉 buff.ly/eC4gWG3
Catch up here 👉 buff.ly/eC4gWG3
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The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Imo we have a system of grace and forgiveness for the rich and powerful and merciless, arbitrary harshness for most other people
June 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Imo we have a system of grace and forgiveness for the rich and powerful and merciless, arbitrary harshness for most other people
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(I talk about this a bit more in this piece from a few years ago.)
www.niskanencenter.org/honoring-the...
www.niskanencenter.org/honoring-the...
Honoring The Dishonorable, Part 2: The Dishonorable Living - Niskanen Center
Power isn't virtue. Abuses of power shouldn't be honored when the powerful are living any more than statues should be built to honor evil after they are dead.
www.niskanencenter.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
(I talk about this a bit more in this piece from a few years ago.)
www.niskanencenter.org/honoring-the...
www.niskanencenter.org/honoring-the...