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Richard Gadsden
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Three-time Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, Man Utd and Red Sox fan, cis man, he/him/his, 83 protons, not a werelabradoodle, in spite of my appearance
I come pretty well-equipped, but assistance is always welcomed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You can do a lot of adjustments on an analogue TV with Test Card F
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There are times when this is annoying. This is not one of those times.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is the new Vishwanathan Anand Trophy for the Chess World Cup winner.

Not often a sport trophy scores real design points, but, uh, look at this one.
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Something that was posted in the comments of Matt's latest blog puts that attitude very clearly (this isn't Matt himself, but this got zero pushback).

Removed the name because it's absolutely not relevant.
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ah, yes.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A suggestion for you to add
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have found a new location for Conservative Party HQ
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I have a doormat
October 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be much meaner, though:

Illustrated: Kemi Badenoch's reaction to the Vimes Boots Theory.
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Given my family name, I really couldn't resist this doormat.
September 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Curtis Evans is 65.
He's a Marine veteran.
He volunteers for the congressional campaign of @katmabu.bsky.social.
He was protesting against an ICE detention facility.

He's the subject of this photo by @staceywescott.bsky.social, which should be at the least nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Semper Fi
September 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Recently had cause to look up the notorious "core group jellyfish" description of Andy Burnham from 2016.

Interesting to note how Angela Rayner was being characterised back then.

Source is a tweet: x.com/georgeeaton/...
September 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@superlinguo.bsky.social @gretchenmcc.bsky.social saw this and thought you'd appreciate it.
September 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think this quote sums up Matt Yglesias well, both the good and the bad bits of his politics.

open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
September 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well, they could get worse than that.
September 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wish I could read anything from the NYT, but I'm a bot, apparently.
August 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
OK, this is amazing campaign merch. Shame that as a non-US citizen I'm not allowed to buy any.

For those who are: www.bonfire.com/elect-the-do...
July 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
You can see the track layout here (from the wonderful openrailwaymap.org) - there just isn't room to lengthen the platforms.
July 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here's Wikipedia
July 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also, your graph isn't up to date.
May 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Expressing this in the manner of a Lib Dem leaflet:
May 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There is only one correct treatment for the PNS from a Lib Dem
May 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How to make me sad in the morning.
February 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I wonder why people get suspicious about Noah Smith's relationship to fascism.
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM