Stephen Hipkin
@stephenhipkin.bsky.social
Retired economic and social historian of early modern England. Now learning new stuff. Centre-left, Internationalist, and Francophile. Trying to stay positive.
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Who says Donald isn’t a master tactician? Calling your supporters weaklings for wanting to see the Epstein List that’s been promised to them for years is some serious 4D chess. You tell them, Donald. You just tell them… 😆
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Who says Donald isn’t a master tactician? Calling your supporters weaklings for wanting to see the Epstein List that’s been promised to them for years is some serious 4D chess. You tell them, Donald. You just tell them… 😆
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It's a wonder we don't find these people covered in lamb's blood and speaking in tongues when they legislate, they're absolutely off their tits.
Mike Johnson: "God miraculously saved the president's life -- I think it's undeniable -- and he did it for an obvious purpose. His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence. He points that out all the time and he's right to do so."
July 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's a wonder we don't find these people covered in lamb's blood and speaking in tongues when they legislate, they're absolutely off their tits.
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Alexa, show me a slippery slope…
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Alexa, show me a slippery slope…
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Labour should relish the chance to fight the next GE on Brexit.
They can't win if immigration concerns are top. Impossible. Reform will always walk away victors from that encounter.
Force Reform to fight somewhere they're less comfortable instead.
The disaster of Brexit is a perfect battleground.
They can't win if immigration concerns are top. Impossible. Reform will always walk away victors from that encounter.
Force Reform to fight somewhere they're less comfortable instead.
The disaster of Brexit is a perfect battleground.
June 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Labour should relish the chance to fight the next GE on Brexit.
They can't win if immigration concerns are top. Impossible. Reform will always walk away victors from that encounter.
Force Reform to fight somewhere they're less comfortable instead.
The disaster of Brexit is a perfect battleground.
They can't win if immigration concerns are top. Impossible. Reform will always walk away victors from that encounter.
Force Reform to fight somewhere they're less comfortable instead.
The disaster of Brexit is a perfect battleground.
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Blogged: why we shouldn't debate immigration: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
Not debating immigration
How should we debate immigration? Here's my advice: don't. Debates don't work, at least not as they should. They don't favour the truth, but plausible liars and for those who can best appeal to prejud...
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Blogged: why we shouldn't debate immigration: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
In the wake of this week's unedifying spectacle at the Nato summit one can only hope that European and UK politicians take seriously these timely and surely important interventions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
Chartbook 389: Europe's zombie armies. Or how to spend $3.1 trillion and have precious little to show for it.
“$3.1 trillion on European defense over a decade ...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In the wake of this week's unedifying spectacle at the Nato summit one can only hope that European and UK politicians take seriously these timely and surely important interventions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
In the wake of this week's unedifying spectacle at the Nato summit one can only hope that European and UK politicians take seriously these timely and surely important interventions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
Chartbook 389: Europe's zombie armies. Or how to spend $3.1 trillion and have precious little to show for it.
“$3.1 trillion on European defense over a decade ...
adamtooze.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In the wake of this week's unedifying spectacle at the Nato summit one can only hope that European and UK politicians take seriously these timely and surely important interventions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/one...
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I wrote about David Goodhart's confused, contradictory complaints about immigrants and London (too skilled and too unskilled, too rich and too poor, all at the same time) in 2013.
What's changed? His writing has got worse and his racism has got *much* worse.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
What's changed? His writing has got worse and his racism has got *much* worse.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
Jonathan Portes · An Exercise in Scapegoating: Scapegoating Immigrants
David Goodhart argues that the major problems with British society are primarily caused by immigration, but his...
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June 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I wrote about David Goodhart's confused, contradictory complaints about immigrants and London (too skilled and too unskilled, too rich and too poor, all at the same time) in 2013.
What's changed? His writing has got worse and his racism has got *much* worse.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
What's changed? His writing has got worse and his racism has got *much* worse.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
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We have got to stop kidding ourselves that appeasing Trump & trying to please him gains us any leverage, any guarantees, any reliable favour.
Trump has chosen Putin and the oligarchy. We must cancel his state visit. @ukstoptrump.bsky.social
Trump has chosen Putin and the oligarchy. We must cancel his state visit. @ukstoptrump.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We have got to stop kidding ourselves that appeasing Trump & trying to please him gains us any leverage, any guarantees, any reliable favour.
Trump has chosen Putin and the oligarchy. We must cancel his state visit. @ukstoptrump.bsky.social
Trump has chosen Putin and the oligarchy. We must cancel his state visit. @ukstoptrump.bsky.social
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"Fine line"? Seriously?
And the tariffs on Canada/Mexico are a fine line between nihilistic economic illiteracy and...what exactly??
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
And the tariffs on Canada/Mexico are a fine line between nihilistic economic illiteracy and...what exactly??
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Trump treads fine line between striking a deal and blackmailing Ukraine
Donald Trump has paused US military aid to Ukraine, days after his very public row with its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
news.sky.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Fine line"? Seriously?
And the tariffs on Canada/Mexico are a fine line between nihilistic economic illiteracy and...what exactly??
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
And the tariffs on Canada/Mexico are a fine line between nihilistic economic illiteracy and...what exactly??
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
The UK, France and Germany must now move at pace to establish an integrated common European security defence force and categorically assert Europe's independence.
February 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The UK, France and Germany must now move at pace to establish an integrated common European security defence force and categorically assert Europe's independence.
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Starmer’s grip and grin with Trump ain’t aging very well.
Not saying we shouldn’t have gone to the US, but stark reality is that U.K. needs to massively reverse out of the ‘special relationship’ - as quickly as possible
Not saying we shouldn’t have gone to the US, but stark reality is that U.K. needs to massively reverse out of the ‘special relationship’ - as quickly as possible
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Starmer’s grip and grin with Trump ain’t aging very well.
Not saying we shouldn’t have gone to the US, but stark reality is that U.K. needs to massively reverse out of the ‘special relationship’ - as quickly as possible
Not saying we shouldn’t have gone to the US, but stark reality is that U.K. needs to massively reverse out of the ‘special relationship’ - as quickly as possible
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This moment from @mrjamesob.bsky.social has gone very viral on TikTok and YouTube since we published. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXF9...
James O'Brien reacts to Elon Musk's salute
YouTube video by LBC
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January 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This moment from @mrjamesob.bsky.social has gone very viral on TikTok and YouTube since we published. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXF9...
If it looks like a Nazi, and it sounds like a Nazi, and it acts like a Nazi, it's a Nazi.
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If it looks like a Nazi, and it sounds like a Nazi, and it acts like a Nazi, it's a Nazi.
The unspeakable in pursuit of the execrable.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The unspeakable in pursuit of the execrable.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Well, that's me finished with Facebook. Screw Zuckerberg!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well, that's me finished with Facebook. Screw Zuckerberg!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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We know Jenrick is both a shameless opportunist and an overt racist/ethnonationalist.
But the test is now for Badenoch.
Ted Heath, to his great credit, immediately sacked Enoch Powell.
Does she have the same moral courage?
But the test is now for Badenoch.
Ted Heath, to his great credit, immediately sacked Enoch Powell.
Does she have the same moral courage?
January 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We know Jenrick is both a shameless opportunist and an overt racist/ethnonationalist.
But the test is now for Badenoch.
Ted Heath, to his great credit, immediately sacked Enoch Powell.
Does she have the same moral courage?
But the test is now for Badenoch.
Ted Heath, to his great credit, immediately sacked Enoch Powell.
Does she have the same moral courage?
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All the President's men
Support for Ann Telnaes
By @deAdder
Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
Support for Ann Telnaes
By @deAdder
Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
All the President's men
A cartoon in support of Ann Telnaes
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January 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
All the President's men
Support for Ann Telnaes
By @deAdder
Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
Support for Ann Telnaes
By @deAdder
Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
He could pay off a few student loans with that ... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Nick Clegg has sold almost $19m in Meta shares since joining Facebook in 2018
Former UK deputy prime minister, who still has about $21m worth, is leaving role as president of global affairs
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
He could pay off a few student loans with that ... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
December 27, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
I do wish the Guardian had warned me before publishing an online front page featuring a photo of the appalling Farage gurning into the camera in front of unspeakable red-coated degenerates intent on inflicting cruelty to animals for their own warped gratification.
December 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
I do wish the Guardian had warned me before publishing an online front page featuring a photo of the appalling Farage gurning into the camera in front of unspeakable red-coated degenerates intent on inflicting cruelty to animals for their own warped gratification.
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New Years Message for all Reform Party Supporters!
Every single one of you is knowingly supporting racism, so you are no longer within the realm of polite disagreement.
So I only wish you the worst in 2025.
Happy New Year Everyone else!
Every single one of you is knowingly supporting racism, so you are no longer within the realm of polite disagreement.
So I only wish you the worst in 2025.
Happy New Year Everyone else!
New Years Message to Reform Party Voters!
YouTube video by Femi
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December 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM
New Years Message for all Reform Party Supporters!
Every single one of you is knowingly supporting racism, so you are no longer within the realm of polite disagreement.
So I only wish you the worst in 2025.
Happy New Year Everyone else!
Every single one of you is knowingly supporting racism, so you are no longer within the realm of polite disagreement.
So I only wish you the worst in 2025.
Happy New Year Everyone else!
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Lambs resist calls to close slaughterhouse
December 22, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Lambs resist calls to close slaughterhouse