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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.
Reform says something unhinged
⬇️
Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁
Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
⬇️
Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.
Reform says something unhinged
⬇️
Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
⬇️
Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
⬇️
Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
⬇️
And repeat...🔁
Reform says something unhinged
⬇️
Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
⬇️
Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
⬇️
Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
⬇️
And repeat...🔁
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And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
October 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
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The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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"Reform is making inroads with business. The most recent Electoral Commission filings show new cash donors from the financial world, once the Tories’ preserve."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism
Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Reform is making inroads with business. The most recent Electoral Commission filings show new cash donors from the financial world, once the Tories’ preserve."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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So what I don’t understand is that if your argument is that attacking Jews in Britain has got nothing to do with Israel (one I agree with) then how can you say a pro-Palestinian protest has anything to do with Jews in Britain?
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Shabana Mahmood calls for demonstrators to ‘take a step back’ and call off planned protests after Thursday’s deadly attack
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So what I don’t understand is that if your argument is that attacking Jews in Britain has got nothing to do with Israel (one I agree with) then how can you say a pro-Palestinian protest has anything to do with Jews in Britain?
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Labour 3rd to the greens and reform in a council seat it used to win for fun and that at the heart of Andy Burnham‘s Greater Manchester. What’s he going to do about that?? www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_re...
Election results - Woodhouse Park ward local by-election - 25 September 2025 | Manchester City Council
Results for local and parliament elections and referendums in Manchester
www.manchester.gov.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Labour 3rd to the greens and reform in a council seat it used to win for fun and that at the heart of Andy Burnham‘s Greater Manchester. What’s he going to do about that?? www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_re...
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Worth remembering this when you hear Reform talking about swans, autism and ‘science never being settled’.
Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Worth remembering this when you hear Reform talking about swans, autism and ‘science never being settled’.
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More brilliant Starmer comms.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
More brilliant Starmer comms.
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150 lawyers and NGOs report being 'pressured into silence' by death and rape threats from far-right - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
150 lawyers and NGOs report being 'pressured into silence' by death and rape threats from far-right - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Is there such a thing as a legal impossibility if the system is corrupt and the parliament sovereign?
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Is there such a thing as a legal impossibility if the system is corrupt and the parliament sovereign?
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Every year, once and only once, I challenge myself to paint an oversized centerpiece landscape.
I finished this year's painting just last night. Naturally, it features moons, cold water, and many moons.
It's titled 'Mirror of Many Moons.'
Whew...back to smaller things.
I finished this year's painting just last night. Naturally, it features moons, cold water, and many moons.
It's titled 'Mirror of Many Moons.'
Whew...back to smaller things.
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Every year, once and only once, I challenge myself to paint an oversized centerpiece landscape.
I finished this year's painting just last night. Naturally, it features moons, cold water, and many moons.
It's titled 'Mirror of Many Moons.'
Whew...back to smaller things.
I finished this year's painting just last night. Naturally, it features moons, cold water, and many moons.
It's titled 'Mirror of Many Moons.'
Whew...back to smaller things.
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Trevor Philips talking on @news.sky.com abt Saturday's far-right march claiming it was dominated by "normal people" & "the quiet majority". Says nothing here or in @thetimes.com abt the language of violence of Elon Musk & Tommy Robinson. The media normalising what is the extreme right & politics.
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Trevor Philips talking on @news.sky.com abt Saturday's far-right march claiming it was dominated by "normal people" & "the quiet majority". Says nothing here or in @thetimes.com abt the language of violence of Elon Musk & Tommy Robinson. The media normalising what is the extreme right & politics.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The @financialtimes.com take on UK politics has always been one of benign & deluded centrism. It never understood the appeal of Brexit. And here in this weekend's paper Camilla Cavendish thinks the problem in Starmer's Labour is that trade unions have too much power. Versus the tyranny of capital.
September 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The @financialtimes.com take on UK politics has always been one of benign & deluded centrism. It never understood the appeal of Brexit. And here in this weekend's paper Camilla Cavendish thinks the problem in Starmer's Labour is that trade unions have too much power. Versus the tyranny of capital.
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*NEWS*: Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone are joining Zeteo’s political team as new staff reporters, plus Peter Rothpletz will be helping me launch a progressive politics morning news letter. We’re also hiring a breaking news reporter.
Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo wants to take on Politico Playbook from the left
The publication is expanding its politics coverage to gear up for the midterm elections.
www.semafor.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
*NEWS*: Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone are joining Zeteo’s political team as new staff reporters, plus Peter Rothpletz will be helping me launch a progressive politics morning news letter. We’re also hiring a breaking news reporter.
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Another day, yet ANOTHER stupid, pointless announcement on immigration from this stupid pointless government.
Today: you are a student - we're going to write you a stern letter about how you better not be thinking of staying!
Insanity. Racist, cowardly, insanity. #r4today
Today: you are a student - we're going to write you a stern letter about how you better not be thinking of staying!
Insanity. Racist, cowardly, insanity. #r4today
September 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Another day, yet ANOTHER stupid, pointless announcement on immigration from this stupid pointless government.
Today: you are a student - we're going to write you a stern letter about how you better not be thinking of staying!
Insanity. Racist, cowardly, insanity. #r4today
Today: you are a student - we're going to write you a stern letter about how you better not be thinking of staying!
Insanity. Racist, cowardly, insanity. #r4today
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I wouldn’t have thought many Labour MPs came into politics to strip the rights of torture survivors to be reunited with the spouses & children.
They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
September 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wouldn’t have thought many Labour MPs came into politics to strip the rights of torture survivors to be reunited with the spouses & children.
They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
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Keir Starmer's Downing Street communications strategy is amateurish, politically cowardly & counter-productive. It rarely has cut through, seldom lands & is defensive & trying to appease the appeal of Faragism without understanding it. HT #TrevorPhillips @skynewsrss.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Keir Starmer's Downing Street communications strategy is amateurish, politically cowardly & counter-productive. It rarely has cut through, seldom lands & is defensive & trying to appease the appeal of Faragism without understanding it. HT #TrevorPhillips @skynewsrss.bsky.social
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In comparison with knife-welding youths it’s unaccountably angry old people who pose a much greater threat to Britain’s social stability.
August 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In comparison with knife-welding youths it’s unaccountably angry old people who pose a much greater threat to Britain’s social stability.