@giannisarra.bsky.social
Political theorist, Taskmaster/Simpsons obsessive
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I do find it funny how Labour spent years saying LibDem policy compromises was a skill issue and how they would have simply not done austerity and empowered anti-welfarist policies that hollowed the state and now the Chancellor is doing smol beanist interviews about meanie mansplainers
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I do find it funny how Labour spent years saying LibDem policy compromises was a skill issue and how they would have simply not done austerity and empowered anti-welfarist policies that hollowed the state and now the Chancellor is doing smol beanist interviews about meanie mansplainers
My best guess is Yglesias is using post-liberal as a kind of catch-all that includes "wokeism" and democratic socialists. While you can find illiberal elements there, it's not post-liberalism.
For a true example of a centre-left party that has been captured by post-liberalism, Labour's right there.
For a true example of a centre-left party that has been captured by post-liberalism, Labour's right there.
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My best guess is Yglesias is using post-liberal as a kind of catch-all that includes "wokeism" and democratic socialists. While you can find illiberal elements there, it's not post-liberalism.
For a true example of a centre-left party that has been captured by post-liberalism, Labour's right there.
For a true example of a centre-left party that has been captured by post-liberalism, Labour's right there.
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Trump: “I’m like Ronald Reagan. Maybe even better than Reagan. Make America Great Again!”
Vance: “Like Ancient Rome, our nation is in a post-republican period. The true volk are crying out for a Caesar. I’m ready.”
Miller: “I am literally Goebbels.”
Rubio: “Please, I just want to bomb Venezuela.”
Vance: “Like Ancient Rome, our nation is in a post-republican period. The true volk are crying out for a Caesar. I’m ready.”
Miller: “I am literally Goebbels.”
Rubio: “Please, I just want to bomb Venezuela.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Trump: “I’m like Ronald Reagan. Maybe even better than Reagan. Make America Great Again!”
Vance: “Like Ancient Rome, our nation is in a post-republican period. The true volk are crying out for a Caesar. I’m ready.”
Miller: “I am literally Goebbels.”
Rubio: “Please, I just want to bomb Venezuela.”
Vance: “Like Ancient Rome, our nation is in a post-republican period. The true volk are crying out for a Caesar. I’m ready.”
Miller: “I am literally Goebbels.”
Rubio: “Please, I just want to bomb Venezuela.”
If you're a PhD student in political theory, definitely submit an abstract.
This was a terrific conference last year, and the organising committee is an amazing group.
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This was a terrific conference last year, and the organising committee is an amazing group.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
2026 KCL Political Theory Conference
We invite submissions from graduate students in political theory and adjacent disciplines, including but not limited to political philosophy, social and critical theory, history of political thought, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you're a PhD student in political theory, definitely submit an abstract.
This was a terrific conference last year, and the organising committee is an amazing group.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
This was a terrific conference last year, and the organising committee is an amazing group.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate
Conference
📅Date: 26 Nov 2025
🏟️Place: KCL Waterloo Campus
🎤Keynote: Prof. Jonathan Wolff
📊Sessions: Interdisciplinary & Policy-oriented (see ⤵︎for details)
📝Register here:
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Please come join us!!
#PPE #Econsky #Philsky
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Conference
📅Date: 26 Nov 2025
🏟️Place: KCL Waterloo Campus
🎤Keynote: Prof. Jonathan Wolff
📊Sessions: Interdisciplinary & Policy-oriented (see ⤵︎for details)
📝Register here:
kclppe4pp.github.io
Please come join us!!
#PPE #Econsky #Philsky
#Polisky #Policysky
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
The Weekly Howl
The British government just did something I agree with, and it feels almost gross to mention it. Also: who invented the week? And some Beeching-themed maps.
jonn.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
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Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
Labour has given up on integration
Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers
www.newstatesman.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
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“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
One of my favourite authors as of late so this is great news
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One of my favourite authors as of late so this is great news
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A common theme from Mahmood and her supporters in Parliament this evening is that the UK is divided or being torn apart, and while that is true, I find it utterly dispicable that they conclude that it is the refugees and not those stirring up hatred that are doing the dividing.
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A common theme from Mahmood and her supporters in Parliament this evening is that the UK is divided or being torn apart, and while that is true, I find it utterly dispicable that they conclude that it is the refugees and not those stirring up hatred that are doing the dividing.
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On any average day in the last 35 years, about 115,000 people left extreme poverty behind. But based on current trends, progress against extreme poverty will come to a halt.
Important slow news story on @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
Important slow news story on @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On any average day in the last 35 years, about 115,000 people left extreme poverty behind. But based on current trends, progress against extreme poverty will come to a halt.
Important slow news story on @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
Important slow news story on @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
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Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
ngl this is a pretty weak line to take
People are right to be frustrated with the asylum system, but stoking division won’t fix it.
The Home Secretary should focus on solutions, not sensationalism.
The Home Secretary should focus on solutions, not sensationalism.
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ngl this is a pretty weak line to take
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You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
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Any journalist who has reached out to the federal government for a statement this year can attest to the unhinged responses they always get. I picked a couple of examples www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
![When HuffPost journalist S.V. Dáte reached out to the White House to ask who had picked Budapest for the location of the president’s recent meeting with Putin, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt replied “your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also responded with “your mom.” Leavitt further elaborated:
It’s funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal [sic]. You are a far left hack who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don’t tell you that to your face. Stop texting me your disingenuous, biased, and bullshit questions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r75unbj372lvbim6syioaueo/bafkreidlmkzabjg5k4fxzi6ofg4356i77ftr7d7nfsamqqchwgou6h7jcq@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Any journalist who has reached out to the federal government for a statement this year can attest to the unhinged responses they always get. I picked a couple of examples www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
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Fwiw, I believe Labour might have been able to successfully execute a 'mixed' strategy on immigration that reduced the threat from Reform without alienating liberal/left voters it needs. Avoiding rhetoric of the right while letting the numbers fall as they were already doing would have been a start.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fwiw, I believe Labour might have been able to successfully execute a 'mixed' strategy on immigration that reduced the threat from Reform without alienating liberal/left voters it needs. Avoiding rhetoric of the right while letting the numbers fall as they were already doing would have been a start.
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I'm not sure how anyone who lambasted Jenrick for painting over children's murals at an asylum centre can stay quiet over this.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I'm not sure how anyone who lambasted Jenrick for painting over children's murals at an asylum centre can stay quiet over this.
My expectations for Labour were low, but "literally taking lessons from Kristi Noem" really is shocking.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My expectations for Labour were low, but "literally taking lessons from Kristi Noem" really is shocking.
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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The call is coming from inside the house
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The call is coming from inside the house
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Whilst I accept that the median British voter is substantially more in favour of restrictions on immigration than I am, I refuse to believe that they’d hear “Trump-like immigration policy” and give a big thumbs up
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Whilst I accept that the median British voter is substantially more in favour of restrictions on immigration than I am, I refuse to believe that they’d hear “Trump-like immigration policy” and give a big thumbs up
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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Check out Derek Edyvane's new post on 'The Page 99 Test' blog about his latest book, The Politics of Politeness: Citizenship, Civility, and the Democracy of Everyday Life. Find out what's on p. 99, and what it tells us about the book as a whole!
page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...
page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...
Derek Edyvane's "The Politics of Politeness"
Derek Edyvane is Professor of Political Theory in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. He was previ...
page99test.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Check out Derek Edyvane's new post on 'The Page 99 Test' blog about his latest book, The Politics of Politeness: Citizenship, Civility, and the Democracy of Everyday Life. Find out what's on p. 99, and what it tells us about the book as a whole!
page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...
page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...