Tim Hughes
@gotimmy.net
Brighton-based doer of stuff at the Guardian
Husband of @elainehills.bsky.social
Husband of @elainehills.bsky.social
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SPOILER: Socialism won.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
SPOILER: Socialism won.
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
At the evening with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Brighton. 20 mins until it starts and it’s rammed
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
At the evening with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Brighton. 20 mins until it starts and it’s rammed
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One guy got locked up in immigration detention without his medication. He went blind. Lost all his vision. He wasn’t deported. They threw him out of detention for being blind and made him homeless
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One guy got locked up in immigration detention without his medication. He went blind. Lost all his vision. He wasn’t deported. They threw him out of detention for being blind and made him homeless
I’ve just played this Guardian budget game, and would like to propose myself as chancellor
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’ve just played this Guardian budget game, and would like to propose myself as chancellor
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Labour has comprehensively trapped itself by agreeing to play entirely by their opponents’ rules.
The game is fixed so the only move that’s ever available is more and worse cruelty, while at the same time no level of cruelty will ever be enough to win.
A moral & political death-spiral.
The game is fixed so the only move that’s ever available is more and worse cruelty, while at the same time no level of cruelty will ever be enough to win.
A moral & political death-spiral.
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Labour has comprehensively trapped itself by agreeing to play entirely by their opponents’ rules.
The game is fixed so the only move that’s ever available is more and worse cruelty, while at the same time no level of cruelty will ever be enough to win.
A moral & political death-spiral.
The game is fixed so the only move that’s ever available is more and worse cruelty, while at the same time no level of cruelty will ever be enough to win.
A moral & political death-spiral.
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A large-majority government that doesn’t know what it wants to do.
Feeling really sorry RN for the smug arses that go out and habitually defend these fools.
Feeling really sorry RN for the smug arses that go out and habitually defend these fools.
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A large-majority government that doesn’t know what it wants to do.
Feeling really sorry RN for the smug arses that go out and habitually defend these fools.
Feeling really sorry RN for the smug arses that go out and habitually defend these fools.
Absolutely right, @zackpolanski.bsky.social should listen to the cool cats at the Speccy about the youth vote. 6 7
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Absolutely right, @zackpolanski.bsky.social should listen to the cool cats at the Speccy about the youth vote. 6 7
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I think it's a reasonable move, having the same person in charge of the police and in charge of crime is a clear conflict of interest
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I think it's a reasonable move, having the same person in charge of the police and in charge of crime is a clear conflict of interest
The parallels between the BBC top brass falling on their swords due to never being able to appease the right enough, and Labour etc etc
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The parallels between the BBC top brass falling on their swords due to never being able to appease the right enough, and Labour etc etc
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Farewell then Tim Davie. Under his watch the BBC whitewashed genocide, had the BBC News website resembling a “migrant crime” X account, boosted trans hate and the right wing STILL hate him. Quite an achievement
BREAKING: Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general.
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Farewell then Tim Davie. Under his watch the BBC whitewashed genocide, had the BBC News website resembling a “migrant crime” X account, boosted trans hate and the right wing STILL hate him. Quite an achievement
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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It seems pretty risky to tell people they won't see the change they want if they vote Green, given that they already voted Labour and didn't see the change they wanted.
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It seems pretty risky to tell people they won't see the change they want if they vote Green, given that they already voted Labour and didn't see the change they wanted.
Reminded of a post I saw the other day (apologies, don’t remember from whom) that pointed out that no matter what happens - climate catastrophe, nuclear war - our planet is the only known place that can support human life.
Still, I’m glad this brain genius is going to land the first permanent settlement on Mars*
*he isn’t
*he isn’t
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Reminded of a post I saw the other day (apologies, don’t remember from whom) that pointed out that no matter what happens - climate catastrophe, nuclear war - our planet is the only known place that can support human life.
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This is really good. I’m a member of a different party (hi Zack!) but I still think the current government has the potential to do much better, and that would benefit us all
A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
A world without Keir Starmer
Is it time to change the Labour leader?
iandunt.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is really good. I’m a member of a different party (hi Zack!) but I still think the current government has the potential to do much better, and that would benefit us all
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October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Andrew to lose 'prince' title
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Andrew to lose 'prince' title
One for @mrjamesob.bsky.social
But wine importer Bill DeBlasio did give the reporter what they wanted to hear
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One for @mrjamesob.bsky.social
*Bangs*Head*Repeatedly* There is not enough money or energy in the world to achieve what Altman is *committed* to
POP
POP
Sam Altman says OpenAI has committed to spend about $1.4T on infrastructure so far, equating to roughly 30GW of data center capacity (Ina Fried/Axios)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
*Bangs*Head*Repeatedly* There is not enough money or energy in the world to achieve what Altman is *committed* to
POP
POP
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Morgan McSweeney frantically googling "how proscribe Green party terrorist"
Latest Polling by @YouGov
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Morgan McSweeney frantically googling "how proscribe Green party terrorist"
I’m fully behind the case for HS2, but for the love of god sort out east-west as well as north-south. Stepdaughter just took 4hrs to get from Manchester - Durham (admittedly with a replacement bus on one leg, but not much quicker without).
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’m fully behind the case for HS2, but for the love of god sort out east-west as well as north-south. Stepdaughter just took 4hrs to get from Manchester - Durham (admittedly with a replacement bus on one leg, but not much quicker without).
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A side point but so much of British politics is just about advert representation really. Maybe England for the English does really just mean putting more white families in ads for debt collection or gambling sites
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white". She goes on to say there are now more or less no white people represented on British television anymore.
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A side point but so much of British politics is just about advert representation really. Maybe England for the English does really just mean putting more white families in ads for debt collection or gambling sites
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In amongst all the distracting nonsense we are fed on a daily basis, the ONS published the data showing that the UKs greenhouse gas emissions fell by a whopping 0.5% in 2024
Anybody who tells you that we’re facing the challenge of climate change is having you on
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
Anybody who tells you that we’re facing the challenge of climate change is having you on
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
Greenhouse gas emissions, UK - Office for National Statistics
Measuring the air emissions generated by UK economic activities.
www.ons.gov.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In amongst all the distracting nonsense we are fed on a daily basis, the ONS published the data showing that the UKs greenhouse gas emissions fell by a whopping 0.5% in 2024
Anybody who tells you that we’re facing the challenge of climate change is having you on
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...
Anybody who tells you that we’re facing the challenge of climate change is having you on
www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...