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If we want to rebuild the defences against authoritarianism (as we should) we'd be better off using the instruments we already have.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If we want to rebuild the defences against authoritarianism (as we should) we'd be better off using the instruments we already have.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.
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Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
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Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
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New Biography Revives the Reputation of Æthelstan, the First King of England www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #EnglishHistory and check out the new #book by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social for @princetonupress.bsky.social
New Biography Revives the Reputation of Æthelstan, the First King of England - Medievalists.net
A new biography of Æthelstan, released to mark 1,100 years since his coronation in 925, seeks to restore the early medieval ruler’s reputation as the first king of England.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New Biography Revives the Reputation of Æthelstan, the First King of England www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #EnglishHistory and check out the new #book by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social for @princetonupress.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay, 1st September 1532, Henry VIII granted the title of Marquess of Pembroke to his mistress and future wife Anne Boleyn, just 454 years before the broadcast of the first episode of the BBC sitcom Brushstrokes.
youtu.be/kXtq7KVi5SM?...
youtu.be/kXtq7KVi5SM?...
BBC Brush Stokes Opening Credits
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September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#OnThisDay, 1st September 1532, Henry VIII granted the title of Marquess of Pembroke to his mistress and future wife Anne Boleyn, just 454 years before the broadcast of the first episode of the BBC sitcom Brushstrokes.
youtu.be/kXtq7KVi5SM?...
youtu.be/kXtq7KVi5SM?...
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December 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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