evan
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This sounds like defensive briefing straight from a Morgan McSweeney Whatsapp group in denial about how an ineffective leader unwilling to face the breakdown of US-Europe relations might not be the best figure to lead the UK into a post-American order
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This sounds like defensive briefing straight from a Morgan McSweeney Whatsapp group in denial about how an ineffective leader unwilling to face the breakdown of US-Europe relations might not be the best figure to lead the UK into a post-American order
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December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’m so sorry.
my lanyard.
it’s desecrating the working class😔
my lanyard.
it’s desecrating the working class😔
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m so sorry.
my lanyard.
it’s desecrating the working class😔
my lanyard.
it’s desecrating the working class😔
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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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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Sorry, but there's something so ineffably depressing about ministers spending their time on this kind of stuff. Not as if there aren't real problems that central government should be getting on with while letting local government make its own choices (and even its own mistakes). #GetAGrip
Cambridgeshire council's four-day week criticised by minister
Steve Reed says there has been a decline in key housing-related services.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sorry, but there's something so ineffably depressing about ministers spending their time on this kind of stuff. Not as if there aren't real problems that central government should be getting on with while letting local government make its own choices (and even its own mistakes). #GetAGrip
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Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.
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I'm getting really really fed up at constant reassertion that welfare spending is "out of control" when it is the same as the average for the past few decades.
One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.
One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I'm getting really really fed up at constant reassertion that welfare spending is "out of control" when it is the same as the average for the past few decades.
One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.
One reason disability benefit costs have risen is because core support has fallen.
This is really good, it explains the govt’s lack of a compelling narrative/ vision very well.
"The left won't win the next election just trying to keep Reform out of power – they need a programme".
Leo Varadkar on where Labour went wrong from day one of coming to power
Leo Varadkar on where Labour went wrong from day one of coming to power
September 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is really good, it explains the govt’s lack of a compelling narrative/ vision very well.
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
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Politico: on US TV yday Farage "praised the MAGA president (in ways he is unlikely to in front of a British audience) for being “brave and true and right” in his actions at the southern border to “keep your American culture”"
He won't say that here as Trump is deeply unpopular in the UK
He won't say that here as Trump is deeply unpopular in the UK
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Politico: on US TV yday Farage "praised the MAGA president (in ways he is unlikely to in front of a British audience) for being “brave and true and right” in his actions at the southern border to “keep your American culture”"
He won't say that here as Trump is deeply unpopular in the UK
He won't say that here as Trump is deeply unpopular in the UK
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Polling from @Moreincommon_ on Lucy Connolly
More than half think her sentence was too lenient or about right. Only a third that it was too harsh.
Only 18% think politicians should associate themselves her, while 51% think they should actively distance themselves from her.
More than half think her sentence was too lenient or about right. Only a third that it was too harsh.
Only 18% think politicians should associate themselves her, while 51% think they should actively distance themselves from her.
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Polling from @Moreincommon_ on Lucy Connolly
More than half think her sentence was too lenient or about right. Only a third that it was too harsh.
Only 18% think politicians should associate themselves her, while 51% think they should actively distance themselves from her.
More than half think her sentence was too lenient or about right. Only a third that it was too harsh.
Only 18% think politicians should associate themselves her, while 51% think they should actively distance themselves from her.
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Pritzker is describing Trump’s fascist invasion of Chicago with total moral and political clarity. It’s an example that every other Democrat in the country should follow.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pritzker is describing Trump’s fascist invasion of Chicago with total moral and political clarity. It’s an example that every other Democrat in the country should follow.
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🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
August 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
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The people are demanding we disband the public and elect a new one.
Reform UK and the Conservatives have called the acquittal of suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones on charges of encouraging violent disorder after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut "two-tier justice" and called for government action.
This was a *jury trial*.
This was a *jury trial*.
August 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The people are demanding we disband the public and elect a new one.
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Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
August 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
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As soon as I saw that clip of Ben Maguire yesterday I knew they'd all dismiss him because he's a man. They don't want men to talk about gender or sexuality or feminism, they want men to grunt and protect women with their muscles.
Andrea Dworkin pointed out the irony of being told men are women's natural protectors, when they are the biggest danger. Whether women are put on a pedestal or a pyre, it's the same old patriarchy. Men & women are not different species, men are not naturally superior to women.
June 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
As soon as I saw that clip of Ben Maguire yesterday I knew they'd all dismiss him because he's a man. They don't want men to talk about gender or sexuality or feminism, they want men to grunt and protect women with their muscles.
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This is so perfect. "Dead Center" and he's so far to the right that he's half off the cover
I seriously do not know how this title got through even a single launch meeting.
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is so perfect. "Dead Center" and he's so far to the right that he's half off the cover
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Yeah, for all sloppiness of the launch, a formal organisation of a loose coalition that did damage to a party when it was winning a landslide nationally is likely to do even more damage when said party is on, like, 24% nationally
I think they can probably do well where they attract Gaza Indos (we need a better term for these people sorry) who were already laying the groundwork anyway, this will say nothing about the viability of their brand or politics one way or another but it will offer Corbyn a bit of fun in retirement
July 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, for all sloppiness of the launch, a formal organisation of a loose coalition that did damage to a party when it was winning a landslide nationally is likely to do even more damage when said party is on, like, 24% nationally
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NEW
How a recent US Supreme Court judgment is an immense blow to the Rule of Law - even more than the presidential immunity decision.
Longer piece than usual.
On the universal injunctions case, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
How a recent US Supreme Court judgment is an immense blow to the Rule of Law - even more than the presidential immunity decision.
Longer piece than usual.
On the universal injunctions case, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
July 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW
How a recent US Supreme Court judgment is an immense blow to the Rule of Law - even more than the presidential immunity decision.
Longer piece than usual.
On the universal injunctions case, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
How a recent US Supreme Court judgment is an immense blow to the Rule of Law - even more than the presidential immunity decision.
Longer piece than usual.
On the universal injunctions case, by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."