@firstprinciples.bsky.social
They're hostages to fortune when faced with a hostile media
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
They're hostages to fortune when faced with a hostile media
This more than anything was Thatcher's most damaging legacy. Humans are a social species and in trying to deny that, she undermined the idea of community and mutual support, legitimising the boundless greed and callous selfishness that still distorts our national life
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This more than anything was Thatcher's most damaging legacy. Humans are a social species and in trying to deny that, she undermined the idea of community and mutual support, legitimising the boundless greed and callous selfishness that still distorts our national life
Not sure about 'God' knowing how many times this has happened, but we do:
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November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not sure about 'God' knowing how many times this has happened, but we do:
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The Patriots Who Cancelled Christmas
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Patriots Who Cancelled Christmas
aka the shit spiral
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
aka the shit spiral
We're still paying for Thatcher and Lawson doing that in the mid-1980s
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We're still paying for Thatcher and Lawson doing that in the mid-1980s
I have no recollection of turning 35 but have just worked out that we had a toddler and an eight week-old baby at the time, so that's probably why
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I have no recollection of turning 35 but have just worked out that we had a toddler and an eight week-old baby at the time, so that's probably why
cue "now they're banning Christmas" outrage from the usual suspects
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
cue "now they're banning Christmas" outrage from the usual suspects
This is the big win for Reform when they get live coverage. They could not buy this kind of a platform.
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is the big win for Reform when they get live coverage. They could not buy this kind of a platform.
and definitely shouldn't get unedited live broadcast coverage
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
and definitely shouldn't get unedited live broadcast coverage
Appalling sycophancy and media capture. If the Greens or LibDems held a press conference it might not get reported at all
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Appalling sycophancy and media capture. If the Greens or LibDems held a press conference it might not get reported at all
Most of those types wind up in government or big business, where they inflict their callous immiseration at several removes
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Most of those types wind up in government or big business, where they inflict their callous immiseration at several removes
Is his argument that the electorate shouldn't have been stupid enough to believe the lies that he and the other Brexiters told?
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Is his argument that the electorate shouldn't have been stupid enough to believe the lies that he and the other Brexiters told?
the three words he was looking for are: far right politics
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the three words he was looking for are: far right politics
It means we can't build enough of them quickly enough to avert the problems of 2–3C rise without increasing our efforts to reduce emissions and switch to much cheaperm and quicker renewable alternatives
November 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It means we can't build enough of them quickly enough to avert the problems of 2–3C rise without increasing our efforts to reduce emissions and switch to much cheaperm and quicker renewable alternatives
'cos no 'working family' could have more than two children, right?
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
'cos no 'working family' could have more than two children, right?
Sickening how The Spectator wants to celebrate this
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sickening how The Spectator wants to celebrate this
We are seeing Darwinian selection at work in the US. Appalling.
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are seeing Darwinian selection at work in the US. Appalling.
Justice of a sort. But none of it makes up for what Andrew, Epstein and others did to her
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Justice of a sort. But none of it makes up for what Andrew, Epstein and others did to her
Interesting. I lived in Kent as a child in the 60s and early 70s. Halloween wasn't a thing for us, despite having a Scots dad. Bonfire night was the event.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interesting. I lived in Kent as a child in the 60s and early 70s. Halloween wasn't a thing for us, despite having a Scots dad. Bonfire night was the event.
I was there last week but didn't get the clear blue skies. The colours look even more vivid now
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I was there last week but didn't get the clear blue skies. The colours look even more vivid now