Matthew Ratcliffe
theonlymouse.bsky.social
Matthew Ratcliffe
@theonlymouse.bsky.social
Citizen of the Republic of Cymru
An heirloom passed down through the generations, I’d rather not have it for breakfast.
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At the moment I’d be happy with not having to boil hats for food.
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tbf having a better day of it today due to some half hearted kick chase from NZ.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
She’s another right wing hack making a living by spouting lines directly from Tufton Street and is best ignored.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“Does that mean we’ll get our fair share of HS2, East/West Rail money?”

“No”

“Devolution of the Crown Estate?”

“No”
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
While I agree, I suggest that Labour (and the Tories) suffer this to a far greater degree than the others.
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I seen to remember Corbyn also ruled out a deal and the same happened at the last election when Labour refused to do deals with other parties.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Unfortunately pragmatism is not something that the powers that be at the top of UK Labour seem to recognise.

I fear that if Reform win the next general election it will be because Labour refused to be pragmatic rather than other parties.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
If Labour is best place to beat Reform then I would vote Labour.

Question for you - if any other progressive party is best place to beat Reform, should Labour stand aside?
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And I’m all for tactical voting but Labour’s view on it is that it only applies to voting Labour rather than standing aside for other parties
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If being less bad than Reform is all Labour has then it has very little to offer the electorate.

Quite frankly UK Labour’s offer to the Welsh Electorate at the last GE was hardly different to the UK Tory offer.
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Yep. The idea that Labour falls into the “progressive” camp when all it’s seems to be doing is chasing the Reform vote doesn’t stack up.
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Excellent idea!
October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM