Mark Herbert
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Mark Herbert
@herbo1234.bsky.social
· Jan 24
The front page of the Express from 1936. With just a couple of name changes this could have been written last week!
The front page of the Express from 1936. With just a couple of name changes this could have been written last week!
January 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The front page of the Express from 1936. With just a couple of name changes this could have been written last week!
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Interesting article as ever from Danny Finkelstein, but almost no content or argument at all to substantiate the core contention in the headline. Most of it is (perceptively) about how Musk and Trump are two very different kinds of ego-maniac 1/
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Complacent centrists are to blame for Elon Musk
Tech billionaire’s bromance with Donald Trump is a response to the inability of established parties to reform failing institutions
www.thetimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Interesting article as ever from Danny Finkelstein, but almost no content or argument at all to substantiate the core contention in the headline. Most of it is (perceptively) about how Musk and Trump are two very different kinds of ego-maniac 1/
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
iandunt.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
January 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done?
Yesterday we highlighted some of the achievements of our new government in its first six months. Here we explore some of the detail
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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Reposted by Mark Herbert
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
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Brexit thread (from 2020)
UK: We don't like our trade deal
EU: Why not?
UK: We only get 95% of what we want
EU: It only gives us 95% too. That's how negotiating goes
UK: We want a new deal that gives us everything we can think of
EU: But you signed a deal
UK: We don't care, we hate you
1/21
UK: We don't like our trade deal
EU: Why not?
UK: We only get 95% of what we want
EU: It only gives us 95% too. That's how negotiating goes
UK: We want a new deal that gives us everything we can think of
EU: But you signed a deal
UK: We don't care, we hate you
1/21
December 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Brexit thread (from 2020)
UK: We don't like our trade deal
EU: Why not?
UK: We only get 95% of what we want
EU: It only gives us 95% too. That's how negotiating goes
UK: We want a new deal that gives us everything we can think of
EU: But you signed a deal
UK: We don't care, we hate you
1/21
UK: We don't like our trade deal
EU: Why not?
UK: We only get 95% of what we want
EU: It only gives us 95% too. That's how negotiating goes
UK: We want a new deal that gives us everything we can think of
EU: But you signed a deal
UK: We don't care, we hate you
1/21
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Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
December 6, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
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I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RP if you really do
Like if you do
RP if you really do
November 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RP if you really do
Like if you do
RP if you really do