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China, Taiwan, Poland. Ukraine and IP law mostly
I keep coming back to this poster I saw near where I live: she knows who votes for her and does things designed to appeal to them. Does Labour under Starmer know who votes for them and do they have any plan at all to do anything designed to appeal to them?
It's the most basic thing in politics.
It's the most basic thing in politics.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I keep coming back to this poster I saw near where I live: she knows who votes for her and does things designed to appeal to them. Does Labour under Starmer know who votes for them and do they have any plan at all to do anything designed to appeal to them?
It's the most basic thing in politics.
It's the most basic thing in politics.
Starmer has positions. He’s got plenty of them. The issue is they don’t fit together in any particular way and don’t appear directed to any particular end, still less to appealing to any particular person.
I keep coming back to this poster from Braverman. Like, at least she knows who votes for her.
I keep coming back to this poster from Braverman. Like, at least she knows who votes for her.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Starmer has positions. He’s got plenty of them. The issue is they don’t fit together in any particular way and don’t appear directed to any particular end, still less to appealing to any particular person.
I keep coming back to this poster from Braverman. Like, at least she knows who votes for her.
I keep coming back to this poster from Braverman. Like, at least she knows who votes for her.
Well, at least they spare us their poetry, I guess there’s that…
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Well, at least they spare us their poetry, I guess there’s that…
I mean this was the wider context that the Graun felt would be useful to the reader for this story. Not anything about Russia. Not even anything about the progress of the war or the fact that the Russians have been doing this repeatedly, over and over.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I mean this was the wider context that the Graun felt would be useful to the reader for this story. Not anything about Russia. Not even anything about the progress of the war or the fact that the Russians have been doing this repeatedly, over and over.
You know lads, that's a nice goal and all, but there's a quick way of achieving it...
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
You know lads, that's a nice goal and all, but there's a quick way of achieving it...
FFS.
There's nothing this government won't do to pander to old people who ultimately won't vote for them anyway, and nothing they will even try to improve the lot of those who did vote for them.
There's nothing this government won't do to pander to old people who ultimately won't vote for them anyway, and nothing they will even try to improve the lot of those who did vote for them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
FFS.
There's nothing this government won't do to pander to old people who ultimately won't vote for them anyway, and nothing they will even try to improve the lot of those who did vote for them.
There's nothing this government won't do to pander to old people who ultimately won't vote for them anyway, and nothing they will even try to improve the lot of those who did vote for them.
No, no, no Pasokification is what Corbyn’s Labour avoided in 2019 by…. Oh.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
No, no, no Pasokification is what Corbyn’s Labour avoided in 2019 by…. Oh.
In the annals of low-effort Halloween costumes, going as Arthur Dent has to be a win for me, surely?
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In the annals of low-effort Halloween costumes, going as Arthur Dent has to be a win for me, surely?
This is an odd, but accurate, way of describing the Isle of Wight.
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is an odd, but accurate, way of describing the Isle of Wight.
"the Tories decimated funding for FE, from the mid to late 2000’s"
I assume you mean 2010's?
I assume you mean 2010's?
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"the Tories decimated funding for FE, from the mid to late 2000’s"
I assume you mean 2010's?
I assume you mean 2010's?
Dear Graun, "19% less"=/="almost as much"
Source: your response if I cut your pay by 19%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Source: your response if I cut your pay by 19%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Dear Graun, "19% less"=/="almost as much"
Source: your response if I cut your pay by 19%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Source: your response if I cut your pay by 19%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That and this thing, also never got.
On the flip side we had a ZX Spectrum which was awesome.
On the flip side we had a ZX Spectrum which was awesome.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
That and this thing, also never got.
On the flip side we had a ZX Spectrum which was awesome.
On the flip side we had a ZX Spectrum which was awesome.
You mean “closed” as in “they opened a larger replacement school”
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You mean “closed” as in “they opened a larger replacement school”
OK, but he was talking bollocks. Prison spending isn’t fallen long term.
October 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
OK, but he was talking bollocks. Prison spending isn’t fallen long term.
Here’s some buildings that became empty in a Communist country…
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here’s some buildings that became empty in a Communist country…
Being a parent in 2025 means regularly receiving messages such as this one.
The thing is, I have absolutely no concerns about reading this book with my kids. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing they would like. I know why the school has to do this but it really seems excessive.
The thing is, I have absolutely no concerns about reading this book with my kids. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing they would like. I know why the school has to do this but it really seems excessive.
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Being a parent in 2025 means regularly receiving messages such as this one.
The thing is, I have absolutely no concerns about reading this book with my kids. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing they would like. I know why the school has to do this but it really seems excessive.
The thing is, I have absolutely no concerns about reading this book with my kids. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing they would like. I know why the school has to do this but it really seems excessive.
Aaaaaand, this is exactly what I expected to get floated sooner or later.
Sorry to say this, but: get started on getting British citizenship if you want to live in the UK long-term and are here on EUSS. Yes, you shouldn't have to do it.
Sorry to say this, but: get started on getting British citizenship if you want to live in the UK long-term and are here on EUSS. Yes, you shouldn't have to do it.
October 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Aaaaaand, this is exactly what I expected to get floated sooner or later.
Sorry to say this, but: get started on getting British citizenship if you want to live in the UK long-term and are here on EUSS. Yes, you shouldn't have to do it.
Sorry to say this, but: get started on getting British citizenship if you want to live in the UK long-term and are here on EUSS. Yes, you shouldn't have to do it.
Remember this? Things can seem pretty dark, but these people can lose. There is a wide gap between what they think they can do and what they can actually do.
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Remember this? Things can seem pretty dark, but these people can lose. There is a wide gap between what they think they can do and what they can actually do.
This, which is just the "LOL, they have no plan" thing that has failed since 2016, is the wrong response.
Call this out for the harmful racism it actually is.
Call this out for the harmful racism it actually is.
September 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This, which is just the "LOL, they have no plan" thing that has failed since 2016, is the wrong response.
Call this out for the harmful racism it actually is.
Call this out for the harmful racism it actually is.
Cap’n Birdeye’s dirty secret is he is really Käpt’n Iglo aus Hamburg
(No really, that’s where Birdseye comes from)
(No really, that’s where Birdseye comes from)
September 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cap’n Birdeye’s dirty secret is he is really Käpt’n Iglo aus Hamburg
(No really, that’s where Birdseye comes from)
(No really, that’s where Birdseye comes from)
This - what could be the beginning of the end for the Conservative party - would have been absolutely unimaginable ten years ago.
It took Brexit, the connivance of May, the mendacity of BoJo, the incompetence of Truss, and the stupid games in the last leadership race, to deliver this result.
It took Brexit, the connivance of May, the mendacity of BoJo, the incompetence of Truss, and the stupid games in the last leadership race, to deliver this result.
September 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This - what could be the beginning of the end for the Conservative party - would have been absolutely unimaginable ten years ago.
It took Brexit, the connivance of May, the mendacity of BoJo, the incompetence of Truss, and the stupid games in the last leadership race, to deliver this result.
It took Brexit, the connivance of May, the mendacity of BoJo, the incompetence of Truss, and the stupid games in the last leadership race, to deliver this result.
It’s my annual time to say that I’ve just bought 20 litres of decent German beer at a Getränkemarkt and paid about you might pay for a round of ~4 pints in an central London pub.
August 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It’s my annual time to say that I’ve just bought 20 litres of decent German beer at a Getränkemarkt and paid about you might pay for a round of ~4 pints in an central London pub.
I mean it literally flashed up this on the screen every episode. As far as I can remember (it’s been a decade+ since my last watch-through), they did not have any plan at all.
But it was still a great series. “33” is possibly my favourite episode of any Sci-Fi series ever.
But it was still a great series. “33” is possibly my favourite episode of any Sci-Fi series ever.
August 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I mean it literally flashed up this on the screen every episode. As far as I can remember (it’s been a decade+ since my last watch-through), they did not have any plan at all.
But it was still a great series. “33” is possibly my favourite episode of any Sci-Fi series ever.
But it was still a great series. “33” is possibly my favourite episode of any Sci-Fi series ever.
The excellent words of W/Cdr Guy Gibson.
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The excellent words of W/Cdr Guy Gibson.
“Peace deal without ceasefire” is something our prime minister is seriously supposed to be ready to accept.
What even is that? Sounds like a recipe for something like the Panmunjom talks that ground on for years whilst the war similarly went on.
What even is that? Sounds like a recipe for something like the Panmunjom talks that ground on for years whilst the war similarly went on.
August 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Peace deal without ceasefire” is something our prime minister is seriously supposed to be ready to accept.
What even is that? Sounds like a recipe for something like the Panmunjom talks that ground on for years whilst the war similarly went on.
What even is that? Sounds like a recipe for something like the Panmunjom talks that ground on for years whilst the war similarly went on.