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At the least it will trigger a reshuffle and Rayner back into the cabinet.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
At the least it will trigger a reshuffle and Rayner back into the cabinet.
The key word 'managed' gets lost as the debate/language is so polarised. Also, if policy changed now would it not give Farage the chance to change the subject from the scrutiny over racist comments at school and Russia he is currently under?
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The key word 'managed' gets lost as the debate/language is so polarised. Also, if policy changed now would it not give Farage the chance to change the subject from the scrutiny over racist comments at school and Russia he is currently under?
I don't see them flocking back at local elections
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I don't see them flocking back at local elections
Get attention. Get votes. Get power. Blame others.
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Get attention. Get votes. Get power. Blame others.
Sowing the seeds of many of the issues now then? Aging population, technological change going haywire in some respects..
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sowing the seeds of many of the issues now then? Aging population, technological change going haywire in some respects..
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If we want to rebuild the defences against authoritarianism (as we should) we'd be better off using the instruments we already have.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If we want to rebuild the defences against authoritarianism (as we should) we'd be better off using the instruments we already have.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
Fascinating thread. Even if remain had won, there would still be a clear trajectory on the right to populism and beyond. Don't think it would be massively different to today.
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fascinating thread. Even if remain had won, there would still be a clear trajectory on the right to populism and beyond. Don't think it would be massively different to today.
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Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
The Palace of Westminster comparison is an interesting one given the documented issues of structural/safety problems. A lot of people horrified by what is happening to the WH, would at the same time be supportive of a 'rip off the plaster and just get on with it' approach for Westminster.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Palace of Westminster comparison is an interesting one given the documented issues of structural/safety problems. A lot of people horrified by what is happening to the WH, would at the same time be supportive of a 'rip off the plaster and just get on with it' approach for Westminster.
Keane loses points for the Haaland incident for me personally.
October 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Keane loses points for the Haaland incident for me personally.
Also Seedorf? Viera? Deschamps? Nedved? Not saying Keane was better or worse than them. But a lot of quality CMs in that era
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Also Seedorf? Viera? Deschamps? Nedved? Not saying Keane was better or worse than them. But a lot of quality CMs in that era
You'd presume Starmer being 20 years older and a football fan would be able to call this out as nonsense based on his own experience of attending games in the 80s?
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You'd presume Starmer being 20 years older and a football fan would be able to call this out as nonsense based on his own experience of attending games in the 80s?
Reversing brexit will take years, potentially decades, as a political project.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Reversing brexit will take years, potentially decades, as a political project.
Unless.. they are behind the scenes getting cold feet about Farage and trying to prevent the Tories total collapse. Or not.
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Unless.. they are behind the scenes getting cold feet about Farage and trying to prevent the Tories total collapse. Or not.
But only for those with inebriated leave to remain.
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
But only for those with inebriated leave to remain.
Thanks to the National Pint Service
October 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thanks to the National Pint Service
I don't know why it is being relitigated when the answer was obviously to bench Gerrard and Lampard. Play Carrick and Scholes.
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I don't know why it is being relitigated when the answer was obviously to bench Gerrard and Lampard. Play Carrick and Scholes.
Cameron onwards has been a shower but a lot of ageing, deindustrialised countries have struggled post credit crunch +social media etc. Badenoch has been shit, but whoever from that negligible talent pool won after the election defeat/rise of reform would be doomed.
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Cameron onwards has been a shower but a lot of ageing, deindustrialised countries have struggled post credit crunch +social media etc. Badenoch has been shit, but whoever from that negligible talent pool won after the election defeat/rise of reform would be doomed.
A TV adaptation of The Last English King by Julian Rathbone would be good
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A TV adaptation of The Last English King by Julian Rathbone would be good