Tom
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The thing about right wing deregulation is somehow it is always about making it easier to drill for oil in national parks and never about making it a bit easier to build housing or connections to solar farms
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about right wing deregulation is somehow it is always about making it easier to drill for oil in national parks and never about making it a bit easier to build housing or connections to solar farms
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this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
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Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This is really wild stuff tbh
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is really wild stuff tbh
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One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
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❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph
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Trump’s rehabilitation of Putin sends the message to others that if you bully your neighbours you will be rewarded with propaganda wins like the red carpet treatment he gave Putin. You may even be rewarded with new territory & the ability to meddle in other nation’s constitution
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump’s rehabilitation of Putin sends the message to others that if you bully your neighbours you will be rewarded with propaganda wins like the red carpet treatment he gave Putin. You may even be rewarded with new territory & the ability to meddle in other nation’s constitution
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Those who say Trump is doing something where others sat on the sidelines, sure, but since he’s been president, attacks on Ukraine have only increased - dramatically so. Putin couldn’t even keep a lid on it during the bizarre bro-fest in Alaska, bombs literally fell as they met
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Those who say Trump is doing something where others sat on the sidelines, sure, but since he’s been president, attacks on Ukraine have only increased - dramatically so. Putin couldn’t even keep a lid on it during the bizarre bro-fest in Alaska, bombs literally fell as they met
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
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Cosmic fucking horror
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Cosmic fucking horror
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Grok denying the Holocaust here
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Grok denying the Holocaust here
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Oh no, please don't seize the assets of those European companies and individuals who stayed in Russia after 2014!
Please, anything but that.
Please, anything but that.
RUSSIA TO USE SIMILAR MEASURE IF EU SEIZES ASSETS: TASS
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Oh no, please don't seize the assets of those European companies and individuals who stayed in Russia after 2014!
Please, anything but that.
Please, anything but that.
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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
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BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
Jeffrey Epstein Had Access to Trump's Inner Circle, While Working With Steve Bannon
Emails and text messages reveal Jeffrey Epstein had a direct line into Donald Trump’s inner circle while Bannon worked to rehabilitate him in the hours before his arrest
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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Don't think there's any doubt it would have been incredibly unpopular.
The relevant questions are a) will the tax rises they do instead be more or less unpopular and b) would it allow them to do things that made them look more competent in three years' time.
The relevant questions are a) will the tax rises they do instead be more or less unpopular and b) would it allow them to do things that made them look more competent in three years' time.
Quite a contrast to the BlueSky consensus the last 24 hours
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Don't think there's any doubt it would have been incredibly unpopular.
The relevant questions are a) will the tax rises they do instead be more or less unpopular and b) would it allow them to do things that made them look more competent in three years' time.
The relevant questions are a) will the tax rises they do instead be more or less unpopular and b) would it allow them to do things that made them look more competent in three years' time.
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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 8:09 AM
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.
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What you have to understand is that Labour had to make the tax pledge so they would win a majority of 500 instead of 80, which was essential so they could…????
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What you have to understand is that Labour had to make the tax pledge so they would win a majority of 500 instead of 80, which was essential so they could…????
Shocked, shocked i tell you
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Shocked, shocked i tell you
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The principle that we all contribute to high quality public services and a welfare safety net is a good one. Solidarity is a virtue. It’s not progressive nor left-wing to attack it as a principle. We all contribute, but those with the broadest shoulders contribute the most.
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The principle that we all contribute to high quality public services and a welfare safety net is a good one. Solidarity is a virtue. It’s not progressive nor left-wing to attack it as a principle. We all contribute, but those with the broadest shoulders contribute the most.
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All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
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"Are we the baddies?"
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Are we the baddies?"
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I'm as left wing as it gets, and I couldn't roll my eyes further into my skull.
"People don't want forever wars"...
These geniuses *really* think it takes two to tango, when it comes to war, don't they?
"Hey, I'm declaring war on you"
"I don't want a war!"
"Ah crap well no war, I guess, then."
🙄
"People don't want forever wars"...
These geniuses *really* think it takes two to tango, when it comes to war, don't they?
"Hey, I'm declaring war on you"
"I don't want a war!"
"Ah crap well no war, I guess, then."
🙄
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm as left wing as it gets, and I couldn't roll my eyes further into my skull.
"People don't want forever wars"...
These geniuses *really* think it takes two to tango, when it comes to war, don't they?
"Hey, I'm declaring war on you"
"I don't want a war!"
"Ah crap well no war, I guess, then."
🙄
"People don't want forever wars"...
These geniuses *really* think it takes two to tango, when it comes to war, don't they?
"Hey, I'm declaring war on you"
"I don't want a war!"
"Ah crap well no war, I guess, then."
🙄