Stoatwobbler
@stoatwobbler.bsky.social
Supporter of Rejoining the EU. Christian, Whiggish, Wednesdayite, metalhead, partial to real ale and slightly geeky.
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Look at the people who've been lauded as paragons of political brilliance by the SW1 commentariat.
So many have crashed and burned spectacularly. Often proving in the process that they are in fact the biggest fools and charlatans going.
So many have crashed and burned spectacularly. Often proving in the process that they are in fact the biggest fools and charlatans going.
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Look at the people who've been lauded as paragons of political brilliance by the SW1 commentariat.
So many have crashed and burned spectacularly. Often proving in the process that they are in fact the biggest fools and charlatans going.
So many have crashed and burned spectacularly. Often proving in the process that they are in fact the biggest fools and charlatans going.
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A lot of people seem to struggle with the simple reality that Labour government comms are not part of some grand game of 4D chess they are playing. They are just bad. I mean, really, really bad.
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A lot of people seem to struggle with the simple reality that Labour government comms are not part of some grand game of 4D chess they are playing. They are just bad. I mean, really, really bad.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
What an incredibly moronic rule for a business to introduce.
Even Humphrey Smith would baulk at that one!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Even Humphrey Smith would baulk at that one!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Altrincham bar bans solo-drinkers to 'protect customers'
Some people are unhappy that they are not allowed to drink on their own in a bar in Altrincham.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
What an incredibly moronic rule for a business to introduce.
Even Humphrey Smith would baulk at that one!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Even Humphrey Smith would baulk at that one!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The thing "International Men's Day" teaches you is how many people in positions of authority automatically assume that all men are mentally ill and / or suicidal!
Today is International Mens day when all those men who moan about international Women's day get to do their thing.
a man standing in front of a swimming pool
ALT: a man standing in front of a swimming pool
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The thing "International Men's Day" teaches you is how many people in positions of authority automatically assume that all men are mentally ill and / or suicidal!
It's not a good thing that traffic in #Rotherham is so dependent on one road.
All it takes is one incident on Centenary Way and the whole town comes to a standstill
All it takes is one incident on Centenary Way and the whole town comes to a standstill
Traffic is building following a road traffic collision on a busy Rotherham road this morning, with motorists urged to avoid the area
www.thestar.co.uk/news/emergen...
www.thestar.co.uk/news/emergen...
Motorists told to avoid area after crash on busy road leads to traffic delays
Traffic is building following a road traffic collision on a busy Rotherham road this morning, with motorists urged to avoid the area.
www.thestar.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's not a good thing that traffic in #Rotherham is so dependent on one road.
All it takes is one incident on Centenary Way and the whole town comes to a standstill
All it takes is one incident on Centenary Way and the whole town comes to a standstill
You do have to wonder if Kemi Badenoch has ever actually attended a CofE Church to be coming out with rubbish like this!
Badenoch describes Church of England as 'Labour party at prayer', as she says letting welfare spending soar 'not Christian' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You do have to wonder if Kemi Badenoch has ever actually attended a CofE Church to be coming out with rubbish like this!
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a Cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways really fast!
Things went sideways really fast!
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a Cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways really fast!
Things went sideways really fast!
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Britain needs more tourism, not less.
I'm not convinced that this won't be used to introduce tourist taxes in places that don't get the influx of tourists needed to make these levies worthwhile.
I'm not convinced that this won't be used to introduce tourist taxes in places that don't get the influx of tourists needed to make these levies worthwhile.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Britain needs more tourism, not less.
I'm not convinced that this won't be used to introduce tourist taxes in places that don't get the influx of tourists needed to make these levies worthwhile.
I'm not convinced that this won't be used to introduce tourist taxes in places that don't get the influx of tourists needed to make these levies worthwhile.
"Blue Labour" has a heavily romanticised idea of the working class that really doesn't have much to do with actual working folk in 2025.
Which leads them to lash out with nonsensical stuff about "lanyardism" whenever their bubble gets burst.
Which leads them to lash out with nonsensical stuff about "lanyardism" whenever their bubble gets burst.
why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Blue Labour" has a heavily romanticised idea of the working class that really doesn't have much to do with actual working folk in 2025.
Which leads them to lash out with nonsensical stuff about "lanyardism" whenever their bubble gets burst.
Which leads them to lash out with nonsensical stuff about "lanyardism" whenever their bubble gets burst.
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British online political commentary is basically a garbage heap of worthless ideas at this point.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
British online political commentary is basically a garbage heap of worthless ideas at this point.
Whatever flaws Kier Starmer has, #Labour aren't going to stop the rot by simply getting rid of him as leader.
They have to look deeper, to what sort of vision and purpose they have for running the country in the first place!
They have to look deeper, to what sort of vision and purpose they have for running the country in the first place!
Labour MP Clive Lewis on #C4News calling for Andy Burnham to be back in the Labour party and replace Keir Starmer as the next Labour Prime Minister
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Whatever flaws Kier Starmer has, #Labour aren't going to stop the rot by simply getting rid of him as leader.
They have to look deeper, to what sort of vision and purpose they have for running the country in the first place!
They have to look deeper, to what sort of vision and purpose they have for running the country in the first place!
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
Can politicians please give the cringeworthy AI nonsense a swerve? All it does is make you look like an even bigger dingleberry.
Which is quite something in the case of Mayor Oliver Coppard! 🤣
Which is quite something in the case of Mayor Oliver Coppard! 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Can politicians please give the cringeworthy AI nonsense a swerve? All it does is make you look like an even bigger dingleberry.
Which is quite something in the case of Mayor Oliver Coppard! 🤣
Which is quite something in the case of Mayor Oliver Coppard! 🤣
Maybe it would help the government (and everyone else outside of the SW1 commentariat) if members of the government stopped leaking everything they discuss in private?
There is a small subset of pro-Starmer ultras on here who either genuinely don’t understand that budget stories *are directly briefed out by the Treasury, with permission* or pretend not to know that. And so they claim the plans never existed, haven’t changed, etc. It is maddening, and dumb as fuck.
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Maybe it would help the government (and everyone else outside of the SW1 commentariat) if members of the government stopped leaking everything they discuss in private?
I'm not sure I can agree with @thatginamiller.bsky.social on this one.
It's probably for the best that the First Lord of the Treasury has been leading the way for working from home since 1732!
It's probably for the best that the First Lord of the Treasury has been leading the way for working from home since 1732!
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'm not sure I can agree with @thatginamiller.bsky.social on this one.
It's probably for the best that the First Lord of the Treasury has been leading the way for working from home since 1732!
It's probably for the best that the First Lord of the Treasury has been leading the way for working from home since 1732!
Much of the "Anglo-Saxon" model of Liberalism came over to Britain from the Netherlands with the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
A hugely important event that us Liberals don't like to consider these days as we find the religious sectarianism at the heart of the Glorious Revolution to be problematic.
A hugely important event that us Liberals don't like to consider these days as we find the religious sectarianism at the heart of the Glorious Revolution to be problematic.
My weird personal fascination with Dutch history, and in particular with the "Dutch Golden age" comes from the fact that I believe the central role the Dutch played in shaping modern liberalism is neglected, and not taught widely enough.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Much of the "Anglo-Saxon" model of Liberalism came over to Britain from the Netherlands with the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
A hugely important event that us Liberals don't like to consider these days as we find the religious sectarianism at the heart of the Glorious Revolution to be problematic.
A hugely important event that us Liberals don't like to consider these days as we find the religious sectarianism at the heart of the Glorious Revolution to be problematic.
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
I see that endless #whiskysanta posts on Facebook and Twitter have already started! 🥴
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I see that endless #whiskysanta posts on Facebook and Twitter have already started! 🥴
‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.’
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.’
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Why weren't the commentariat losing their minds like this 20 years ago when every other London commuter seemed to be reading The Da Vinci Code on the train?
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Why weren't the commentariat losing their minds like this 20 years ago when every other London commuter seemed to be reading The Da Vinci Code on the train?
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It doesn't matter how much you feed the beast of the right-wing press, they'll still bite your head off
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It doesn't matter how much you feed the beast of the right-wing press, they'll still bite your head off
Good riddance if you ask me.
BREAKING: BBC has confirmed Tim Davie is to step down as BBC Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Good riddance if you ask me.
Just had a black cherry flavoured coffee. Quite possibly the most appallingly unpleasant thing I've put in my mouth in years! 🤢
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just had a black cherry flavoured coffee. Quite possibly the most appallingly unpleasant thing I've put in my mouth in years! 🤢