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And the govt keeps pushing out policies & messages to prove how uselessly TOUGH they are, which keeps the issue salient, keeps people thinking “this sounds like a big problem for the country”
So, with PLUMMETING immigration, people still think it’s rising.
Insane.
So, with PLUMMETING immigration, people still think it’s rising.
Insane.
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
And the govt keeps pushing out policies & messages to prove how uselessly TOUGH they are, which keeps the issue salient, keeps people thinking “this sounds like a big problem for the country”
So, with PLUMMETING immigration, people still think it’s rising.
Insane.
So, with PLUMMETING immigration, people still think it’s rising.
Insane.
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Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.
ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.
"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.
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Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest
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The takeaway:
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The takeaway:
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.
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Unfortunately Labour can quote deportation figures all they like but the Reform voters will not be satisfied until there are no Black and Asian people visible on the bus. And also anyone that looks like they might be Polish.
And the reason is simple: Solutions for the cost of living crisis require fundamentally altering both the architecture of capitalism internal to Britain *and* relations to external, global capital flows, while immigration is nebulous and can be performatively addressed through spectacular violence.
The cost of living crisis is far and away the biggest concern for voters but the media and political class is just going to demonise asylum seekers and trans people until the planet combusts (which may be soon)
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Unfortunately Labour can quote deportation figures all they like but the Reform voters will not be satisfied until there are no Black and Asian people visible on the bus. And also anyone that looks like they might be Polish.
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Labour is now undeniably, and deliberately, stoking division, hate and racial tensions. Absolutely any attacks can be laid at this government's door at this point. They have decided to incite the far right instead of combatting it, and there is no defence for that in any realm of reality.
July 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Labour is now undeniably, and deliberately, stoking division, hate and racial tensions. Absolutely any attacks can be laid at this government's door at this point. They have decided to incite the far right instead of combatting it, and there is no defence for that in any realm of reality.
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”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economically dead: what is wrong with our economy?
The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn't an accident – it's by design; we need change
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
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Suggested plan for non-right UK parties:
1: Try making decisions / polices based on what is ‘morally right’ NOT what advisors say might win votes at the next election
2: Don’t be cunts. You won’t out-cunt Reform/Tories. Cunt voters won’t believe you and you will lose non-cunt voter trust.
1: Try making decisions / polices based on what is ‘morally right’ NOT what advisors say might win votes at the next election
2: Don’t be cunts. You won’t out-cunt Reform/Tories. Cunt voters won’t believe you and you will lose non-cunt voter trust.
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Suggested plan for non-right UK parties:
1: Try making decisions / polices based on what is ‘morally right’ NOT what advisors say might win votes at the next election
2: Don’t be cunts. You won’t out-cunt Reform/Tories. Cunt voters won’t believe you and you will lose non-cunt voter trust.
1: Try making decisions / polices based on what is ‘morally right’ NOT what advisors say might win votes at the next election
2: Don’t be cunts. You won’t out-cunt Reform/Tories. Cunt voters won’t believe you and you will lose non-cunt voter trust.
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Corbyn's Labour Party were endlessly smeared as rigid ideologues too steeped in Stalinist propaganda to hear the genuine, legitimate concerns of the British voter. Many of the people who made those smears now watch McSweeney repeatedly smash the Blue Labour button at every hurdle and are silent.
Hearing those six voters all wrote “I hate Ed miliband” on their ballots
May 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Corbyn's Labour Party were endlessly smeared as rigid ideologues too steeped in Stalinist propaganda to hear the genuine, legitimate concerns of the British voter. Many of the people who made those smears now watch McSweeney repeatedly smash the Blue Labour button at every hurdle and are silent.
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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
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It's...not countering if....it's....the same stuff.
"Today Starmer will attempt to counter Farage’s party with a series of hardhitting videos on immigration. The party has also run adverts with Reform-style branding and messaging." Times
February 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's...not countering if....it's....the same stuff.