Neil Atkinson
@knoxharrington.bsky.social
Turns meetings into pints and pints into meetings. Host of The Anfield Wrap and occasional writer of things. Author of Transformer for the good people at Canongate.
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But my gut is: the problem with the government’s agenda is they are hitting the winners from economic liberalism on their most important thing (their livelihood and their businesses) and hitting the winners of social liberalism on their most important thing (their lives).
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
But my gut is: the problem with the government’s agenda is they are hitting the winners from economic liberalism on their most important thing (their livelihood and their businesses) and hitting the winners of social liberalism on their most important thing (their lives).
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Of the many reasons people choose to take lightweight valuables when fleeing their home, one obvious and haunting reason is to pay for services in desperate situations. And now the party of Labour has seen fit to sink to the level of the exploiters and traffickers it proclaims to oppose.
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Of the many reasons people choose to take lightweight valuables when fleeing their home, one obvious and haunting reason is to pay for services in desperate situations. And now the party of Labour has seen fit to sink to the level of the exploiters and traffickers it proclaims to oppose.
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One particularly depraved aspect of Labour’s proposed jewellery seizure policy is that, after months of stating their goal was to crack down on ‘smuggling gangs’, they’ve proudly settled on a policy tantamount to saying, “Whatever these smugglers don’t exploit from you, we’ll have instead.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
One particularly depraved aspect of Labour’s proposed jewellery seizure policy is that, after months of stating their goal was to crack down on ‘smuggling gangs’, they’ve proudly settled on a policy tantamount to saying, “Whatever these smugglers don’t exploit from you, we’ll have instead.”
Key line on what Robertson has just said there about Jota is about him being "in a bad way" earlier today in his hotel room.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Key line on what Robertson has just said there about Jota is about him being "in a bad way" earlier today in his hotel room.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
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Imagine, if you wish, the manager of a football club shouting at the fans that parking the bus and general hacking and shit-housery all over the pitch is, unfortunately, the only viable plan to win games. And then you look up the league table, and the club is 14pts off the first Europa League spots
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Imagine, if you wish, the manager of a football club shouting at the fans that parking the bus and general hacking and shit-housery all over the pitch is, unfortunately, the only viable plan to win games. And then you look up the league table, and the club is 14pts off the first Europa League spots
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
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One to bookmark for when Labour collapse in London next May
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One to bookmark for when Labour collapse in London next May
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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They were like this twenty years ago. What changed is, they no longer care whether people understand what they are and what they’re up to, because they’re holding the microphone and are confident they can shout their critics down, aided by our appalling media outlets.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
They were like this twenty years ago. What changed is, they no longer care whether people understand what they are and what they’re up to, because they’re holding the microphone and are confident they can shout their critics down, aided by our appalling media outlets.
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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If only it had been glaringly obvious that this was the situation *ten fucking years ago*, and that the Labour right were 100% on the side of the Sun and the Telegraph on this stuff: we might not have spent a decade roaring at the left for preventing exactly these clowns doing precisely this shit.
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If only it had been glaringly obvious that this was the situation *ten fucking years ago*, and that the Labour right were 100% on the side of the Sun and the Telegraph on this stuff: we might not have spent a decade roaring at the left for preventing exactly these clowns doing precisely this shit.
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Look at this headline: it correctly lays out the actual opposing forces - the Labour leadership, in temporary alliance with the Mail, the Sun, Reform and the Tories, against everyone in this country who has a remaining shred of decency. This is what they have made, because it’s what they all want.
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Look at this headline: it correctly lays out the actual opposing forces - the Labour leadership, in temporary alliance with the Mail, the Sun, Reform and the Tories, against everyone in this country who has a remaining shred of decency. This is what they have made, because it’s what they all want.
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Today has been a massive victory for anti-migrant voices.
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today has been a massive victory for anti-migrant voices.
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
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There is a group of people who are opposed to the policy platform of this government who spend their time on here goading Labour members who entirely agree with them on that. You would think tackling the people who don't agree with them, a far larger group, would be a more productive use of time.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There is a group of people who are opposed to the policy platform of this government who spend their time on here goading Labour members who entirely agree with them on that. You would think tackling the people who don't agree with them, a far larger group, would be a more productive use of time.
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The membership of a political party is not a fandom. That goes double when that party is in power, and doubles again for the Labour Party in particular which has always been an uneasy coalition held together by principle rather than policy in which there is essentially a constant state of war.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The membership of a political party is not a fandom. That goes double when that party is in power, and doubles again for the Labour Party in particular which has always been an uneasy coalition held together by principle rather than policy in which there is essentially a constant state of war.
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July 2024 - Labour are elected on the basis of Starmer being a dull but competent PM.
No drama just focused on fixing the basics.
November 2025 - Now the least popular PM ever Starmer announces plans for mass deportations, the seizure of immigrant wealth and the indentured labour of migrants.
No drama just focused on fixing the basics.
November 2025 - Now the least popular PM ever Starmer announces plans for mass deportations, the seizure of immigrant wealth and the indentured labour of migrants.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
July 2024 - Labour are elected on the basis of Starmer being a dull but competent PM.
No drama just focused on fixing the basics.
November 2025 - Now the least popular PM ever Starmer announces plans for mass deportations, the seizure of immigrant wealth and the indentured labour of migrants.
No drama just focused on fixing the basics.
November 2025 - Now the least popular PM ever Starmer announces plans for mass deportations, the seizure of immigrant wealth and the indentured labour of migrants.
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You know the government are in serious trouble when even the Today Programme are defending the rights of refugee children.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You know the government are in serious trouble when even the Today Programme are defending the rights of refugee children.
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Anglophone nations have largely given up on ideas, knowledge and research as a source of innovation in favour of reactionary ideology.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Anglophone nations have largely given up on ideas, knowledge and research as a source of innovation in favour of reactionary ideology.
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.