Ryan MacMullen
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I would be very unsurprised if the coming Labour leadership contest didn’t have a ‘stand up to Trump’ dimension. The corollary is a different position regarding EU/Europe.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I would be very unsurprised if the coming Labour leadership contest didn’t have a ‘stand up to Trump’ dimension. The corollary is a different position regarding EU/Europe.
This is fascinating and should be blindingly obvious to any person who has watched the BBC over the last 15 years.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is fascinating and should be blindingly obvious to any person who has watched the BBC over the last 15 years.
We’re at the ‘maths to 18’ stage, except this time with music.
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We’re at the ‘maths to 18’ stage, except this time with music.
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Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
A unique blend of hubris and chutzpah.
Rachel Reeves Says Her Resignation Would Lead To Economic Meltdown
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rachel...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rachel...
Rachel Reeves Says Her Resignation Would Lead To Economic Meltdown
"What do you think would happen in financial markets if I did that?"
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A unique blend of hubris and chutzpah.
Mind boggling numbers. I do wonder if this is where an AI market correction might begin.
From this summer, apropos of nothing. on.ft.com/3ZPr6P3
Palantir is nuts. When’s the crash?
An AI darling faces its dusky interregnum
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Mind boggling numbers. I do wonder if this is where an AI market correction might begin.
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Good to know the UK government is doing lots of business with this guy.
Since Q is a boomer who doesn't understand technology I have done you all the favor of posting this insane footage
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Good to know the UK government is doing lots of business with this guy.
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Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
Yeah, they are toast.
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Yeah, they are toast.
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I feel like this speech could have been an email?
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I feel like this speech could have been an email?
The bunfight for this seat will be a sight to behold.
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The bunfight for this seat will be a sight to behold.
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I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
Raising income tax but keeping the cap (whichever way they try and triangulate) is nothing if not consistent. This way they can continue to be as unpopular with as many groups as possible.
Full abolition of two-child benefit cap not expected in Budget ft.trib.al/swV08Bf
Full abolition of two-child benefit cap not expected in Budget
UK chancellor in discussions over plans to reform the contentious welfare policy
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Raising income tax but keeping the cap (whichever way they try and triangulate) is nothing if not consistent. This way they can continue to be as unpopular with as many groups as possible.
Just dawned on me the potential Labour leadership election could well coincide with the decennial of the Brexit referendum.
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just dawned on me the potential Labour leadership election could well coincide with the decennial of the Brexit referendum.
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If Greens start consistently leading Labour in polls, and beating them in local elections then the logic of tactical voting which Labour has been relying on could flip savagely on them. As Caerphilly by-election shows, "Only Labour can beat Reform" doesn't work if voters know it isn't true.
Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If Greens start consistently leading Labour in polls, and beating them in local elections then the logic of tactical voting which Labour has been relying on could flip savagely on them. As Caerphilly by-election shows, "Only Labour can beat Reform" doesn't work if voters know it isn't true.
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Something is happening with the Greens.
🌍 | Highest ever Green polling (15%).
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.
RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Something is happening with the Greens.
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I've now seen it enough for me to feel it's a trend. Some people seem to be hallucinating specific polling misses, with it usually to minimise Labour's losses in polls or Reform's gains.
FWIW, Hamilton was pretty much in line with what would be expected based on Scotland-wide polling at the time.
FWIW, Hamilton was pretty much in line with what would be expected based on Scotland-wide polling at the time.
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I've now seen it enough for me to feel it's a trend. Some people seem to be hallucinating specific polling misses, with it usually to minimise Labour's losses in polls or Reform's gains.
FWIW, Hamilton was pretty much in line with what would be expected based on Scotland-wide polling at the time.
FWIW, Hamilton was pretty much in line with what would be expected based on Scotland-wide polling at the time.
Lower than Sunak or Johnson ever were.
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Lower than Sunak or Johnson ever were.
And so it begins.
Starmer Mulls Europe Rethink in Search for Way to Counter Farage
Almost a decade on from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, Brexit is back on the agenda for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government as it tries to fend off the threat from Nigel Farage...
www.bloomberg.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And so it begins.
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“Tactical voting“ chat is like the progressive alliance chat: it dances around the central problem of “the Labour party needs to appeal to more people”.
My only concern is that could you have the same momentum/communication if it became clear that reform were winning in 300 seats as you have had in Caerphilly?
Getting the tactical vote out would be a lot harder across that many seats, and you'd need a viable alternative as well
Getting the tactical vote out would be a lot harder across that many seats, and you'd need a viable alternative as well
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Tactical voting“ chat is like the progressive alliance chat: it dances around the central problem of “the Labour party needs to appeal to more people”.
This is where you logically end up. Why wait until May when it’s clear he’s unable or willing to change?
Exclusive: No10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney addressed a meeting of Labour peers on Wednesday night. It did not go well, for him or Keir Starmer.
The HuffPost UK weekend political read 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/end-of...
The HuffPost UK weekend political read 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/end-of...
End Of The Keir Show: How Senior Labour Figures Now Believe Starmer Is Already Toast
Will the embattled PM even make it to the New Year in No.10?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is where you logically end up. Why wait until May when it’s clear he’s unable or willing to change?
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The government uses stronger language - “deeply saddened” - to describe a football club not taking up a ticket allocation than it does to condemn transphobia and racism. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
UK government ‘deeply saddened’ as Maccabi Tel Aviv decline any Aston Villa tickets
The Israeli side’s fans have been blocked from attending, with the club saying in a statement: ‘The wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The government uses stronger language - “deeply saddened” - to describe a football club not taking up a ticket allocation than it does to condemn transphobia and racism. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘We’d only do this to the recent arrivals’
Labour spokesman
“The Tories want to retrospectively change the rules to deport people who have been in this country and contributed to our society for decades. They would separate British children from their parents and expel doctors and nurses who have been serving patients in the NHS for years."
“The Tories want to retrospectively change the rules to deport people who have been in this country and contributed to our society for decades. They would separate British children from their parents and expel doctors and nurses who have been serving patients in the NHS for years."
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
‘We’d only do this to the recent arrivals’
Green +2
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Green +2