Joseph Morley
@josephmorley.bsky.social
Ancient History PhD student.
Manchester
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Refugees will continue to exist and the right will continue to be able to attack their presence. I am baffled by the apparent belief that voters will change course because you can point to a figure in a statistical bulletin about something distinct from what voters were complaining about anyway.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Refugees will continue to exist and the right will continue to be able to attack their presence. I am baffled by the apparent belief that voters will change course because you can point to a figure in a statistical bulletin about something distinct from what voters were complaining about anyway.
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Yeah - my theory is that a) there is this feeling that his failure is the death of all hope: people really hoped the Tory defeat would bring about an end to misery and grimness and it hasn’t b) he reminds them of their manager c) the visible lack of a plan or a vision.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yeah - my theory is that a) there is this feeling that his failure is the death of all hope: people really hoped the Tory defeat would bring about an end to misery and grimness and it hasn’t b) he reminds them of their manager c) the visible lack of a plan or a vision.
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Strong "recently divorced dad trying to hit on much younger women" energy here.
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Strong "recently divorced dad trying to hit on much younger women" energy here.
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me normally: fuck me, Europe. what a terminally cucked continent. we're all so fucked. no one recognises the basically lifethreatening systemic threats to our democracy that we are surrounded by. everyone's granny is a violent racist. it is all so shit
me when an American even hints at agreeing:
me when an American even hints at agreeing:
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
me normally: fuck me, Europe. what a terminally cucked continent. we're all so fucked. no one recognises the basically lifethreatening systemic threats to our democracy that we are surrounded by. everyone's granny is a violent racist. it is all so shit
me when an American even hints at agreeing:
me when an American even hints at agreeing:
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The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
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The worst Prime Minister in terms of damage done to the country is David Cameron, but there’s an argument to be made Keir Starmer is the worst in terms of how ridiculously bad at the job he continues to be given that the election handed him all the tools necessary to do it well.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The worst Prime Minister in terms of damage done to the country is David Cameron, but there’s an argument to be made Keir Starmer is the worst in terms of how ridiculously bad at the job he continues to be given that the election handed him all the tools necessary to do it well.
If one of Starmer's main arguments for staying on is that "removing him would damage our relationship with foreign governments" (so, Trump) then he really doesn't understand what has got him into this mess: the fact that progressive voters and MPs just don't like him (Starmer).
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If one of Starmer's main arguments for staying on is that "removing him would damage our relationship with foreign governments" (so, Trump) then he really doesn't understand what has got him into this mess: the fact that progressive voters and MPs just don't like him (Starmer).
There's a lot of competition, but this is probably the worst tweet or skeet I have ever seen from mainstream British political media.
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
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October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
There's a lot of competition, but this is probably the worst tweet or skeet I have ever seen from mainstream British political media.
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That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
Whilst the right-wing remains far weaker in Scotland than in England you would never guess from the way some SNP posters talk about Scottish Politics that the Scottish right is on course for its best result since devolution by an absolute mile.
New Scottish Parliament poll, Survation 22 Sep - 14 Oct (changes vs 4 - 16 Sep):
List:
SNP ~ 29% (-2)
RUK ~ 20% (+4)
Lab ~ 17% (-1)
Con ~ 12% (-1)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 10% (-1)
Alba ~ 2% (nc)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 34% (-3)
RUK ~ 22% (+4)
Lab ~ 18% (-2)
Con ~ 10% (-1)
LD ~ 8% (+1)
Grn ~ 7% (+2)
List:
SNP ~ 29% (-2)
RUK ~ 20% (+4)
Lab ~ 17% (-1)
Con ~ 12% (-1)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 10% (-1)
Alba ~ 2% (nc)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 34% (-3)
RUK ~ 22% (+4)
Lab ~ 18% (-2)
Con ~ 10% (-1)
LD ~ 8% (+1)
Grn ~ 7% (+2)
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Whilst the right-wing remains far weaker in Scotland than in England you would never guess from the way some SNP posters talk about Scottish Politics that the Scottish right is on course for its best result since devolution by an absolute mile.
"We are bad at our jobs" is a very interesting strategy.
Britain has lost control of its borders, home secretary admits on.ft.com/477w3pn
Britain has lost control of its borders, home secretary admits
Shabana Mahmood says public trust in state will be weakened unless politicians ‘bring order’ to immigration
on.ft.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"We are bad at our jobs" is a very interesting strategy.
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I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'
Shadow DEFRA SoS, Victoria Atkins MP, bemoans those trying to score points off Jenrick's "private" remarks: "These are conversation we must have thoughtfully away from the clickbait of social media that, sadly, is so often the case."
And here is Victoria Thoughtful-Atkins at a farmers' protest. ~AA
And here is Victoria Thoughtful-Atkins at a farmers' protest. ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'
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In addition, I think also: politics is about argument! When I say 'the free movement of services, goods, capital and people is good for growth', I am not saying it because it is popular, but because it is true. It is in fact racist to say that mixed-race people should be deported!
The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
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Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In addition, I think also: politics is about argument! When I say 'the free movement of services, goods, capital and people is good for growth', I am not saying it because it is popular, but because it is true. It is in fact racist to say that mixed-race people should be deported!
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Labour are confusing 'decisions which Labour members do not enjoy or dislike' with 'decisions anyone outside of the Labour party likes or welcomes', I think. www.ft.com/content/f776...
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Labour are confusing 'decisions which Labour members do not enjoy or dislike' with 'decisions anyone outside of the Labour party likes or welcomes', I think. www.ft.com/content/f776...
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If the UK implements a 10 year requirement to get Indefinite Leave to Remain that means that if you work for 9 years and then lose your job you're ineligible for unemployment benefits and risk having to uproot your entire existence. It's cruel and inhumane.
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If the UK implements a 10 year requirement to get Indefinite Leave to Remain that means that if you work for 9 years and then lose your job you're ineligible for unemployment benefits and risk having to uproot your entire existence. It's cruel and inhumane.
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This is a "conversation" that is about as relevant or as useful to Labour as a Liberace impersonator communing with Liberace's ghost on a Ouija Board might yield valuable insights on how Mozart ought to be conducted.
September 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is a "conversation" that is about as relevant or as useful to Labour as a Liberace impersonator communing with Liberace's ghost on a Ouija Board might yield valuable insights on how Mozart ought to be conducted.
Irrecoverable- anybody claiming it's worth keeping him on is delusional.
Little change for satisfaction with Farage, Badenoch and Davey, since June 2025.
However, Starmer’s satisfaction rating (-66) is worst on Ipsos record – going back to 1977.
How does that compare to previous leaders?
However, Starmer’s satisfaction rating (-66) is worst on Ipsos record – going back to 1977.
How does that compare to previous leaders?
September 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Irrecoverable- anybody claiming it's worth keeping him on is delusional.
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It would be nice if pro-Labour accounts who were like "yeehaw we're finally got Reform where we want them" after Farage's Tylenol gaffe would stop to note that not only did Starmer not hit him on this weak spot but he chose to instead echo Farage's message to a newspaper THAT NO LABOUR VOTER READS
Also economically. The argument is explicitly 'New Labour's economic approach was wrong'. Okay, Keir...what is yours? Do you have one?!
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It would be nice if pro-Labour accounts who were like "yeehaw we're finally got Reform where we want them" after Farage's Tylenol gaffe would stop to note that not only did Starmer not hit him on this weak spot but he chose to instead echo Farage's message to a newspaper THAT NO LABOUR VOTER READS
"I've heard you concerns and I've elected to exacerbate them"
Just an absolutely crap politician.
Just an absolutely crap politician.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Starmer: Labour got it wrong on migration #TomorrowsPapersToday
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"I've heard you concerns and I've elected to exacerbate them"
Just an absolutely crap politician.
Just an absolutely crap politician.
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The whole of history:
We’ve given immense power to half a dozen dudes to force their midlife crises onto the whole of humanity
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The whole of history:
Jenrick fully intends to be the leader of merged Tory-Reform party if Farage is defeated next time round imo, because this makes no sense if your goal is to save the Conservative Party in its present form.
Tory candidates must pledge support for leaving ECHR or stand down, says Jenrick
Tory candidates must pledge support for leaving ECHR or stand down, says Jenrick
Shadow justice secretary demands that prospective MPs sign contract saying they stand for ‘Conservative values’
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UK politics – latest updates
Robert Jenrick has demanded that prospective Conservative candidates should either promise to support leaving the European convention on human rights or stand down.
As the party continues to debate whether to pledge to withdraw from the international agreement, the the shadow justice secretary said he would get candidates “to sign a contract to say they actually stand for Conservative values”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Jenrick fully intends to be the leader of merged Tory-Reform party if Farage is defeated next time round imo, because this makes no sense if your goal is to save the Conservative Party in its present form.
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"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
jonn.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
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Farage went from *winning* a national election with 31% of the vote to getting only 2% in the General Election later that year.
Far too much fatalism that we have to put up with his filth dominating politics for the next four years. Take him down hard, take him down now.
Far too much fatalism that we have to put up with his filth dominating politics for the next four years. Take him down hard, take him down now.
Again, the *obvious* weakness Reform has is combining its first ~10%, who are much more conspiracy adjacent, with wider mainstream appeal. This is a wedge both Labour and Tories should be kicking.
Remember how much Ref. floundered under Tice when they became the party of Covid-skepticism?
Remember how much Ref. floundered under Tice when they became the party of Covid-skepticism?
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Farage went from *winning* a national election with 31% of the vote to getting only 2% in the General Election later that year.
Far too much fatalism that we have to put up with his filth dominating politics for the next four years. Take him down hard, take him down now.
Far too much fatalism that we have to put up with his filth dominating politics for the next four years. Take him down hard, take him down now.