Phil Burton-Cartledge
@philbc3.bsky.social
Does political sociology @DerbyUni | Blogger | Author: 'The Party's Over: The Rise and Fall of the Conservatives from Thatcher to Sunak' | Bylines @Tribune & @Jacobin | Bits of SF too | Writes things: http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk
He can write a minute and chair a meeting, but he can't appoint political advisors that actually understand politics.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He can write a minute and chair a meeting, but he can't appoint political advisors that actually understand politics.
I know some Labour people hold on to the hope Angela Rayner would be better than this. But on immigration and asylum, there will be no change. The same self-defeating stupidity. The same barbaric treatment of vulnerable people.
November 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I know some Labour people hold on to the hope Angela Rayner would be better than this. But on immigration and asylum, there will be no change. The same self-defeating stupidity. The same barbaric treatment of vulnerable people.
That Glasman is held up as some kind of guru speaks to the intellectual poverty of the Labour right.
The seeming influence of Glasman is genuinely bizarre. What exactly are his credentials as a strategic political genius?
Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
That Glasman is held up as some kind of guru speaks to the intellectual poverty of the Labour right.
Stupidity is the flip-side of nasty.
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Stupidity is the flip-side of nasty.
Unlike the rest of the cabinet, McSweeney is from a well-heeled background on the right wing of Irish politics. A not insignificant factor IMO.
Well, I would ask whether any of these foibles make Morgan stand out as radically different to e.g. most of the cabinet
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Unlike the rest of the cabinet, McSweeney is from a well-heeled background on the right wing of Irish politics. A not insignificant factor IMO.
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Have checked. Snow sighted in hell.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Have checked. Snow sighted in hell.
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Those Gen Z bastards with their ‘rights’ & selfish obsession with a healthy work-life balance
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November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Those Gen Z bastards with their ‘rights’ & selfish obsession with a healthy work-life balance
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
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This is not accidental. It's deliberate.
You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is not accidental. It's deliberate.
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
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Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Put on your dancing shoes. That's an order.
Juliet Roberts - So Good
I do not understand why the full video of this unsung house gem is not available in full anywhere. A crime!
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November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Put on your dancing shoes. That's an order.
Fully endorse. Alexander's book on Thatcherism is truly excellent.
📼 PTO REWIND 📼 - Alexander Gallas on popular support for the Thatcher governments of the 1980s, Thatcherism as a "two-nations hegemonic project" and the debates between Stuart Hall and Bob Jessop on how to make sense of Thatcherism:
Rewind: Alexander Gallas on the Thatcherite offensive
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 15/11/2025 · 52m
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November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fully endorse. Alexander's book on Thatcherism is truly excellent.
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For more on the issues I have with throwing the term "feudalism" about you can check out this discussion I had with @jemgilbert.bsky.social on his excellent show, Culture, Power and Politics share.google/ncUCJoWzj7wZ...
What's Feudal About 'Technofeudalism'?
Join Jem and historian Eleanor Janega as they explore the links between capitalism and techno-feudalism in this insightful podcast episode.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For more on the issues I have with throwing the term "feudalism" about you can check out this discussion I had with @jemgilbert.bsky.social on his excellent show, Culture, Power and Politics share.google/ncUCJoWzj7wZ...
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ICYMI: Charles Reitz, 'Herbert Marcuse Today: On Ecological Destruction, Neofascism, White Supremacy, Hate Speech, Racist Police Killings, and the Radical Goals of Socialism' - focuses on Marcuse’s political-philosophical vision and cultural critique. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ICYMI: Charles Reitz, 'Herbert Marcuse Today: On Ecological Destruction, Neofascism, White Supremacy, Hate Speech, Racist Police Killings, and the Radical Goals of Socialism' - focuses on Marcuse’s political-philosophical vision and cultural critique. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
The Your Party Debacle
The left in this country doesn't need agents provocateurs to stuff things up, it's more then capable of doing that itself. And here are two...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
The Your Party Debacle
The left in this country doesn't need agents provocateurs to stuff things up, it's more then capable of doing that itself. And here are two...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
Yes they are. This government is a sewer.
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
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November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yes they are. This government is a sewer.
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
The Your Party Debacle
The left in this country doesn't need agents provocateurs to stuff things up, it's more then capable of doing that itself. And here are two...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"A dynamic independent of the centre's gatekeeping and the dithering is underway, and is refusing to be snuffed out by the idiocies leading figures keep inflicting on the project."
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extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
Looking at the charts, you've got the Arab Strap in the top 100. Golden Girls's Kinetic. Deep bloody Dish. Binary Finary. Unforgivable not to give any of them a spot. #totp
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Looking at the charts, you've got the Arab Strap in the top 100. Golden Girls's Kinetic. Deep bloody Dish. Binary Finary. Unforgivable not to give any of them a spot. #totp