@michael-a.bsky.social
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if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism
The Mail on Sunday: TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS #TomorrowsPapersToday
August 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism
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"Artificial Intelligence will have an impact ten times greater than that of the Industrial Revolution," says somebody whose only knowledge of the Industrial Revolution must come from Artificial Intelligence.
August 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Artificial Intelligence will have an impact ten times greater than that of the Industrial Revolution," says somebody whose only knowledge of the Industrial Revolution must come from Artificial Intelligence.
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But are Reform really “making the political weather” as you, so uncritically say, Chris Mason, or are you making it for them by hyperventilating over each grubby little Tory-Reform-reshuffle, without *ever* properly scrutinising the howling failures of these deeply unpleasant, grifting clowns?
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
But are Reform really “making the political weather” as you, so uncritically say, Chris Mason, or are you making it for them by hyperventilating over each grubby little Tory-Reform-reshuffle, without *ever* properly scrutinising the howling failures of these deeply unpleasant, grifting clowns?
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We have a chance to improve our relationship + trading terms with the EU, give musicians + young people more freedom and make travel easier…
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
May 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We have a chance to improve our relationship + trading terms with the EU, give musicians + young people more freedom and make travel easier…
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
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I am getting increasingly frustrated by Labour bigwigs speechifying about how the world has changed and we need to be bold and then... not being bold
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am getting increasingly frustrated by Labour bigwigs speechifying about how the world has changed and we need to be bold and then... not being bold
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🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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Blue Labour needs to get in the bin.
New post just out
On the return of "Blue Labour" and why attacking liberalism would fracture the government's fragile coalition.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a...
On the return of "Blue Labour" and why attacking liberalism would fracture the government's fragile coalition.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a...
Answering the wrong question
The return of Blue Labour
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Blue Labour needs to get in the bin.
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I’m not sure you can spend the last decade painting anyone who still supports membership of a trading partnership as a traitor then pivot to “we must give the authoritarian invader of Europe everything he wants” and not expect a teensy bit of Quisling chat back, if I’m honest.
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’m not sure you can spend the last decade painting anyone who still supports membership of a trading partnership as a traitor then pivot to “we must give the authoritarian invader of Europe everything he wants” and not expect a teensy bit of Quisling chat back, if I’m honest.
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For a mere human to get a sense of the immensity of eternity, one only has to watch “page 2 of 2” on a screen display at a train station.
February 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For a mere human to get a sense of the immensity of eternity, one only has to watch “page 2 of 2” on a screen display at a train station.
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On the 5th anniversary of Brexit, a throwback to David Frost in 2015,
"It is in the UK's national interest to stay part of the EU, we benefit economically from it very much"
"The EU Single Market adds uplift to GDP"
"To somebody on an average salary that's about £1,500 a year"
"It is in the UK's national interest to stay part of the EU, we benefit economically from it very much"
"The EU Single Market adds uplift to GDP"
"To somebody on an average salary that's about £1,500 a year"
January 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
On the 5th anniversary of Brexit, a throwback to David Frost in 2015,
"It is in the UK's national interest to stay part of the EU, we benefit economically from it very much"
"The EU Single Market adds uplift to GDP"
"To somebody on an average salary that's about £1,500 a year"
"It is in the UK's national interest to stay part of the EU, we benefit economically from it very much"
"The EU Single Market adds uplift to GDP"
"To somebody on an average salary that's about £1,500 a year"
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It was never about "criminals" at all. It's about scooping up as many brown people as possible, meeting arrest quotas, and getting video of them being herded on to planes. Just take a step back and imagine it in black and white but a railroad car instead of a C-17.
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It was never about "criminals" at all. It's about scooping up as many brown people as possible, meeting arrest quotas, and getting video of them being herded on to planes. Just take a step back and imagine it in black and white but a railroad car instead of a C-17.
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In a world full of Elon Musk wannabes, be a Matt Damon.
December 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
In a world full of Elon Musk wannabes, be a Matt Damon.
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
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My thoughts exactly
January 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My thoughts exactly
Guests fly in tonight.
Meantime musing that there is no problem for which a bifold shower door is a sensible long-term solution.
Happy boxing day, one and all.
Meantime musing that there is no problem for which a bifold shower door is a sensible long-term solution.
Happy boxing day, one and all.
December 26, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Guests fly in tonight.
Meantime musing that there is no problem for which a bifold shower door is a sensible long-term solution.
Happy boxing day, one and all.
Meantime musing that there is no problem for which a bifold shower door is a sensible long-term solution.
Happy boxing day, one and all.
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By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
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The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.