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My advice to Democrats would be: what would the GOP do in your place? Do that.
Why are Democrats quite so supine? Is there a reason?
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My advice to Democrats would be: what would the GOP do in your place? Do that.
Why are Democrats quite so supine? Is there a reason?
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Why are Democrats quite so supine? Is there a reason?
Have I understood this BBC story?
1. The bosses who resigned were utterly useless.
2. They shouldn't have quit.
Presumably 2 has occurred because of 1.
1. The bosses who resigned were utterly useless.
2. They shouldn't have quit.
Presumably 2 has occurred because of 1.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Have I understood this BBC story?
1. The bosses who resigned were utterly useless.
2. They shouldn't have quit.
Presumably 2 has occurred because of 1.
1. The bosses who resigned were utterly useless.
2. They shouldn't have quit.
Presumably 2 has occurred because of 1.
One of the unpleasant things about N American bars, I am currently sat in one before heading to the airport, is that the serving staff (male and female) are selected on the basis of good looks. No competent but fat ones.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One of the unpleasant things about N American bars, I am currently sat in one before heading to the airport, is that the serving staff (male and female) are selected on the basis of good looks. No competent but fat ones.
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"Let me eat cake"
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Let me eat cake"
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Yes. Ironically the MMT many on the left once supported tells us just this. We need taxes not to raise money but to control inflation. To do this, we need to cut spending rather than saving - which means taxes on the middlingly well-off.
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Yes. Ironically the MMT many on the left once supported tells us just this. We need taxes not to raise money but to control inflation. To do this, we need to cut spending rather than saving - which means taxes on the middlingly well-off.
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Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
This is a real test of how far gone SCOTUS really is. The legislative text is, imo, quite clear and is unaltered by its context. The tariffs have no legal basis
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS.
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS as Gorsuch warns of a "one-way ratchet" in presidential powers
Kavanaugh stood out in defense of the administration, but even his questions started lagging as the day wore on.
www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a real test of how far gone SCOTUS really is. The legislative text is, imo, quite clear and is unaltered by its context. The tariffs have no legal basis
Isn't this a good sign? It gives Trump a way our in 2028? When the Republican candidate, whoever it is, loses he can say the reason was he wasn't on the ballot, and if he had been he'd have won easily.
I doubt Trump cares abour the Republicans, or indeed anything very much than DJT.
I doubt Trump cares abour the Republicans, or indeed anything very much than DJT.
I got bad news for Trump about every election going forward from now until the end of time
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Isn't this a good sign? It gives Trump a way our in 2028? When the Republican candidate, whoever it is, loses he can say the reason was he wasn't on the ballot, and if he had been he'd have won easily.
I doubt Trump cares abour the Republicans, or indeed anything very much than DJT.
I doubt Trump cares abour the Republicans, or indeed anything very much than DJT.
Politics for adolescents.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Politics for adolescents.
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Counterpoint: tax wealth *and* work. Or else explain the radical public service and welfare cuts you’ll make to fund so as not to tax work.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Counterpoint: tax wealth *and* work. Or else explain the radical public service and welfare cuts you’ll make to fund so as not to tax work.
Please do not do retrospectives on how great "Wings" were.
Crap then, crap now.
McCartney is a clearly lovely and brilliant man, but what a waste of time.
Crap then, crap now.
McCartney is a clearly lovely and brilliant man, but what a waste of time.
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Please do not do retrospectives on how great "Wings" were.
Crap then, crap now.
McCartney is a clearly lovely and brilliant man, but what a waste of time.
Crap then, crap now.
McCartney is a clearly lovely and brilliant man, but what a waste of time.
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🧵 Here’s why a left-wing Democrat winning in New York is proof that Keir Starmer needs to move further left to win in small red wall towns in Britain. (1/245)
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🧵 Here’s why a left-wing Democrat winning in New York is proof that Keir Starmer needs to move further left to win in small red wall towns in Britain. (1/245)
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“‘Affordable housing’ feels like it was introduced as a cheat to justify building no actual social housing, and to pretend the market would somehow just fix it all, even with agonisingly strict planning rules. Instead, we’ve just ended up with no market housing and no social housing.”
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Nish Kumar and James Acaster are campaigning against a much-needed development in Peckham
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November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“‘Affordable housing’ feels like it was introduced as a cheat to justify building no actual social housing, and to pretend the market would somehow just fix it all, even with agonisingly strict planning rules. Instead, we’ve just ended up with no market housing and no social housing.”
They shouldn't have been allowed to state the defence as it isn't within its definition.
This is a problem with juries. Justice isn't being done according to law.
They should all have been convicted. If we don't agree with that, we change the law through democratic process.
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This is a problem with juries. Justice isn't being done according to law.
They should all have been convicted. If we don't agree with that, we change the law through democratic process.
/1
In two separate trials relating to the same protest, one group was able to use the "reasonable excuse" statutory defence of public nuisance that included stating agreed climate facts to the jury and were acquitted and the other group were not permitted to use the defence and were convicted.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They shouldn't have been allowed to state the defence as it isn't within its definition.
This is a problem with juries. Justice isn't being done according to law.
They should all have been convicted. If we don't agree with that, we change the law through democratic process.
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This is a problem with juries. Justice isn't being done according to law.
They should all have been convicted. If we don't agree with that, we change the law through democratic process.
/1
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While it is significant that New York can elect a Mayor who is & so identifies as an immigrant leader, the tendency to conflate Zohran Mamdani & Sadiq Khan as Mayors who are Muslim in high profile national/global cities (by opponents but also fans + media) overlooks significant contrasts
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
While it is significant that New York can elect a Mayor who is & so identifies as an immigrant leader, the tendency to conflate Zohran Mamdani & Sadiq Khan as Mayors who are Muslim in high profile national/global cities (by opponents but also fans + media) overlooks significant contrasts
I'm in North America. These election results are mildly interesting, but we've been here before. Structurally the Democrats have a problem because of the absence of any leader. The Republicans suffered from the same problem, which is how they were taken over by a populist insurgent.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I'm in North America. These election results are mildly interesting, but we've been here before. Structurally the Democrats have a problem because of the absence of any leader. The Republicans suffered from the same problem, which is how they were taken over by a populist insurgent.
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Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
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God knows how many times this has happened: Zero.
Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.
Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.
Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.
Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
God knows how many times this has happened: Zero.
Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.
Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.
Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.
Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.
Great works of art are amazing when they catch you unawares.
Put on the radio to eat dinner to. Beethoven's 9th. We've all heard it thousands of times.
But, my God. A human being did that
Put on the radio to eat dinner to. Beethoven's 9th. We've all heard it thousands of times.
But, my God. A human being did that
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Great works of art are amazing when they catch you unawares.
Put on the radio to eat dinner to. Beethoven's 9th. We've all heard it thousands of times.
But, my God. A human being did that
Put on the radio to eat dinner to. Beethoven's 9th. We've all heard it thousands of times.
But, my God. A human being did that
World's Wrongest Man calls it correctly.
People do indeed sometimes vote for stupid things, cheered on by morons.
People do indeed sometimes vote for stupid things, cheered on by morons.
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
World's Wrongest Man calls it correctly.
People do indeed sometimes vote for stupid things, cheered on by morons.
People do indeed sometimes vote for stupid things, cheered on by morons.
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Can’t even be a prince anymore, because of revoke
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Can’t even be a prince anymore, because of revoke
Do you know anybody still on "X"?
Please tell them to delete their account. I am really not a harcore lefty, but this stuff is just not ok.
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Please tell them to delete their account. I am really not a harcore lefty, but this stuff is just not ok.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Do you know anybody still on "X"?
Please tell them to delete their account. I am really not a harcore lefty, but this stuff is just not ok.
/1
Please tell them to delete their account. I am really not a harcore lefty, but this stuff is just not ok.
/1
Possibly the best film ever made. It is almost an anthology piece, stealing from Hitchcock's earlier, less well known, British films. (Plagiarise from the best).
Eve Marie Saint (101) is the best "Hitchcock blond." (Margaret Lockwood a better lead, but not blond).
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Eve Marie Saint (101) is the best "Hitchcock blond." (Margaret Lockwood a better lead, but not blond).
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Every time I watch North by Northwest I am struck by the proufound but totally unacknowldged influence Hitch had on the Bond franchise. (Dr No came three years later.) This gibson-drinking, unflappable, debonair man, in an impeccably tailored suit, fakes his own death so he can act unseen. 1/3
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Possibly the best film ever made. It is almost an anthology piece, stealing from Hitchcock's earlier, less well known, British films. (Plagiarise from the best).
Eve Marie Saint (101) is the best "Hitchcock blond." (Margaret Lockwood a better lead, but not blond).
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Eve Marie Saint (101) is the best "Hitchcock blond." (Margaret Lockwood a better lead, but not blond).
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I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...