@markstrugnell.bsky.social
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At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
An Island of Strangers, Led by a Party of Strangers
A Labour government with a historic majority has somehow decided the best way to beat the far right is to imitate its homework. Badly.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
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Lucky for Starmer most people have forgotten his 10 pledges he made when running for Labour leader, given he's abandoned so many, including: free movement, higher income tax for top 5%, higher corporation tax, abolish UC, common ownership of rail/mail/energy and water, no more NHS outsourcing, etc.
April 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lucky for Starmer most people have forgotten his 10 pledges he made when running for Labour leader, given he's abandoned so many, including: free movement, higher income tax for top 5%, higher corporation tax, abolish UC, common ownership of rail/mail/energy and water, no more NHS outsourcing, etc.
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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Yes. It's real.
Link to Twitter if you want to verify for yourself.
x.com/leicesterliz...
Archived copy of tweet.
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Link to Twitter if you want to verify for yourself.
x.com/leicesterliz...
Archived copy of tweet.
archive.ph/DYoh4
March 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Yes. It's real.
Link to Twitter if you want to verify for yourself.
x.com/leicesterliz...
Archived copy of tweet.
archive.ph/DYoh4
Link to Twitter if you want to verify for yourself.
x.com/leicesterliz...
Archived copy of tweet.
archive.ph/DYoh4
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Yet another case of "I didn't leave Labour, Labour left me".
www.thenational.scot/news/2501291...
www.thenational.scot/news/2501291...
‘Disgusted’: Top activist resigns from Labour over disability benefit cuts
A PROMINENT disability campaigner has resigned from the Labour Party over the UK Government’s planned benefit cuts, saying she feels “quite…
www.thenational.scot
March 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yet another case of "I didn't leave Labour, Labour left me".
www.thenational.scot/news/2501291...
www.thenational.scot/news/2501291...
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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I see some tend to believe an orange king.
I'll tell it once and won't repeat it.
I don't consider our President a dictator or ever felt it.
Other Ukrainians?
Please see the latest poll conducted between Nov 2024 and Jan 2025 as part of the Onukh IBIF project, funded by the British Academy.
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I'll tell it once and won't repeat it.
I don't consider our President a dictator or ever felt it.
Other Ukrainians?
Please see the latest poll conducted between Nov 2024 and Jan 2025 as part of the Onukh IBIF project, funded by the British Academy.
⬇️
February 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I see some tend to believe an orange king.
I'll tell it once and won't repeat it.
I don't consider our President a dictator or ever felt it.
Other Ukrainians?
Please see the latest poll conducted between Nov 2024 and Jan 2025 as part of the Onukh IBIF project, funded by the British Academy.
⬇️
I'll tell it once and won't repeat it.
I don't consider our President a dictator or ever felt it.
Other Ukrainians?
Please see the latest poll conducted between Nov 2024 and Jan 2025 as part of the Onukh IBIF project, funded by the British Academy.
⬇️