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Wulf Sternhammer
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Be kind. Be cheerful. Be bold.
Say what you like about Zack Polanski, but my breasts are at least 5% bigger since he was elected. Admittedly, I am a middle aged man with a penchant for Greggs.
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
craven
/ˈkreɪv(ə)n/
adjective
contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Don’t Forget To Remember
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Democracy Dies in Cowardice
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Is RFK Jr just 100 trillion virions in a trench coat?
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I also frequently confuse left and right
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Perhaps so, but at least everything's in it's right place.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I only learned of Conquest‘s Laws of Politics this morning and now I’m seeing them everywhere
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Democracy dies in darkness. It was intended as a warning, they are using it as a playbook.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m protective of the BBC but now barely consume any BBC content. I glance at the front page for headlines but for detail go elsewhere (like Sam’s blog). I used to wake up to Today and go to bed after Newsnight but not for many years. Is this typical? If so, what’s the future of the BBC?
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Here is the article that was linked in the now deleted post
abcnews.go.com/US/snap-appe...
In SNAP appeal, Trump administration says it faces more harm than people who can't buy food: ANALYSIS
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's requirement that it make full November SNAP payments.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We’re going to need a bigger vote
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Does "anti-woke" mean sleepy?
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That makes sense to me.

Gyles - of course it’s a choice. It’s a political choice to have an election and the voters will choose the result.

I don’t share your certainty on the timing or outcome of those choices, but I appreciate you taking the time to engage. Let’s agree to check back in 2030.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
What is a melstride?
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So you agree that reunification could happen mid century but probably not in the next 10 years?
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I don’t doubt that there are pressures towards reunification, and the polling you shared shows a move in that direction. But a leading indicator of a successful reunification vote would be changes in the voting pattern in NI and I’m not yet seeing that. Because it does come down to a choice- a vote.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ok I’ve read your earlier thread on polling and scanned the report.

I think you make a key point: “many NI unionists refuse to even acknowledge, never mind discuss, the prospect of a United Ireland.“

I find it hard to imagine NI progressing towards successful reunification when this is the case.
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Sorry, I hadn’t seen this response - I’ll look at that. I was talking about the graph in your initial post. But I think my point still holds - if NI was heading to reunification I’d expect the share of these voting blocks to change. Polls are interesting but eventually this will be decided by votes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Attempting reunification when a large group of the population is implacably against it in an area with a history of political violence would be a recipe for chaos, wouldn’t it?
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Support for the unaligned block also looks flat. If I understand you correctly you’re saying that support for reunification is growing amongst unaligned voters, but if that was the case I’d still expect to see some shifts in these lines preceding a successful reunification vote.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM