Matt
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When institutions fail, bad people amass unaccountable power. Most of the time, people who are both toxic enough to do this and ambitious enough to want to do this are....weird people. It's both.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When institutions fail, bad people amass unaccountable power. Most of the time, people who are both toxic enough to do this and ambitious enough to want to do this are....weird people. It's both.
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The argument about his own schoolboy racism is: why are we applying contemporary social norms on racist slurs to the 1980s
But this comment trying to mitigate & defend the use of "chinky" is more: why can't we apply 1970s/80s norms [which he described as 2005 norms] to the 2020s
But this comment trying to mitigate & defend the use of "chinky" is more: why can't we apply 1970s/80s norms [which he described as 2005 norms] to the 2020s
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The argument about his own schoolboy racism is: why are we applying contemporary social norms on racist slurs to the 1980s
But this comment trying to mitigate & defend the use of "chinky" is more: why can't we apply 1970s/80s norms [which he described as 2005 norms] to the 2020s
But this comment trying to mitigate & defend the use of "chinky" is more: why can't we apply 1970s/80s norms [which he described as 2005 norms] to the 2020s
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Doing this last year would've been a signal that they care, doing it this year is a signal that they're desperate.
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Doing this last year would've been a signal that they care, doing it this year is a signal that they're desperate.
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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A rare photo of Gianni Infantino where he isn't the biggest cunt in it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A rare photo of Gianni Infantino where he isn't the biggest cunt in it.
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The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
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"my mother died in labour, turning blue in the process, and you want to help elect a Blue Labour government?!?!"
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"my mother died in labour, turning blue in the process, and you want to help elect a Blue Labour government?!?!"
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I do think it's worth addressing that the intellectual lodestar of this government is a gibbering idiot.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I do think it's worth addressing that the intellectual lodestar of this government is a gibbering idiot.
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These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
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it is interesting, all family trees have that one ancestor they're really ashamed of, and now we're seeing the making of those ancestors in realtime. three, four, five generations down the road these will be the people everyone wishes they didn't have blood-ties to and skims over their lives.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
it is interesting, all family trees have that one ancestor they're really ashamed of, and now we're seeing the making of those ancestors in realtime. three, four, five generations down the road these will be the people everyone wishes they didn't have blood-ties to and skims over their lives.
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People know exactly what‘s going on.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
People know exactly what‘s going on.
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Totally this.
It's insulting. It sees the white working class as an undifferentiated, uncultured, suspicious, incurious, territorial, ignorant, potentially violent singularity.
Fuck Blue Labour.
It's insulting. It sees the white working class as an undifferentiated, uncultured, suspicious, incurious, territorial, ignorant, potentially violent singularity.
Fuck Blue Labour.
The irony of the Blue Labour rhetoric is actually how prejudicial it is about the white working class.
why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Totally this.
It's insulting. It sees the white working class as an undifferentiated, uncultured, suspicious, incurious, territorial, ignorant, potentially violent singularity.
Fuck Blue Labour.
It's insulting. It sees the white working class as an undifferentiated, uncultured, suspicious, incurious, territorial, ignorant, potentially violent singularity.
Fuck Blue Labour.
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The best strategy for a Labour government is to govern like the sort of Labour government that their voters expected to see in office.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The best strategy for a Labour government is to govern like the sort of Labour government that their voters expected to see in office.
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Dunno, man, if you've managed to get your car onto a dinghy and sail it across the channel then you fucking deserve to keep it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Dunno, man, if you've managed to get your car onto a dinghy and sail it across the channel then you fucking deserve to keep it.
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Listening to the FT podcast where they say Mahmood is McSweeney's top choice of successor and the idea that Starmer will go but the man most responsible for his catastrophic unpopularity will get to choose the next PM is, um, optimistic on his part
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Listening to the FT podcast where they say Mahmood is McSweeney's top choice of successor and the idea that Starmer will go but the man most responsible for his catastrophic unpopularity will get to choose the next PM is, um, optimistic on his part
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Barbara Tuchman defines a government 'folly' as a course of action that was perceived as unwise at the time, alternatives were available and it was a collective decision (group think).
Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Barbara Tuchman defines a government 'folly' as a course of action that was perceived as unwise at the time, alternatives were available and it was a collective decision (group think).
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The irony of the Blue Labour rhetoric is actually how prejudicial it is about the white working class.
why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The irony of the Blue Labour rhetoric is actually how prejudicial it is about the white working class.
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It is pretty amazing that anyone in Labour would be briefing favourably about one of the least popular members of an administration that is already unpopular in the US, let alone over here. Have they gone entirely mad?
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November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It is pretty amazing that anyone in Labour would be briefing favourably about one of the least popular members of an administration that is already unpopular in the US, let alone over here. Have they gone entirely mad?
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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less than six months to the May elections lads
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
less than six months to the May elections lads
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Yvette Cooper was defined by inertia and just blew in the wind. Shabana Mahmood gets things done. And what she wants to get done is absolutely crackers.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yvette Cooper was defined by inertia and just blew in the wind. Shabana Mahmood gets things done. And what she wants to get done is absolutely crackers.
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I don't know that I agree, he is a guy, but the guy he's like for a lot of people is "My overpromoted line manager"
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I don't know that I agree, he is a guy, but the guy he's like for a lot of people is "My overpromoted line manager"
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Just once, it would be nice if a footballer pointed down after scoring a goal, to dedicate it to a departed loved one they know is in hell.
April 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just once, it would be nice if a footballer pointed down after scoring a goal, to dedicate it to a departed loved one they know is in hell.