Matthew Carson

uk politics

How Labour can resurrect itself To recover from a dreadful first year, Starmer must acknowledge his failures

I’m in the @ftweekend.com twice this week: once on how Labour can recover, and what Keir Starmer needs to change for that to happen:

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this will probably sound spikier than intended but I find it interesting that the right is now (cynically !) doing this, when the Labour left spent so long talking about extra-parliamentary organising, activating communities etc, then did.... nothing of the sort

If a Reform MP argued as regularly and consistently as Neil O’Brien does that people who aren’t “white British” don’t count as properly British and are in fact just foreign, then they would lose the whip, let alone be on the frontbench.

I have become my father

I’d rather have them than Americans going on about fucking books all the time

There are too many librarians on BlueSky

I wouldn’t know

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Don’t worry you can ask CoPilot to summarise it if it gets too long

Feckless sellout Democrats must imitate the principled left-wing firebrand governments of Anthony Albanese and Mark Carney

Left of image is Sickos, your favourite window staring friend going "YES HA HA HA YES!" Right of image is a French revolution era Sickos, Monsieur Pervers, saying "OUI, HON HON HON, OUI!"

Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.

I don’t understand why people are confused by the EHRC guidance. There is one toilet that always lies, one toilet that always tells the truth and one toilet that always answers randomly. Trans people get to ask 3 yes or no questions, directed to only one toilet. The toilets answer in their own langu

That perfect moment when Pope Francis stopped the car to embrace Sophie Cruz. I cried my fuckin eyes out. After all the pain this country puts migrants through, this moment the little Mexican girl broke through was ... everything (video cred: AP). He was a real one. Obit below.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

The fact shes LOTO is objectively bad for britain and all but i find her extreme self confidence and the insane things she says such a fucking funny combo

UK PM Starmer to Zelensky:

"You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."

This would be the same Robert Jenrick that said during the Tory leadership campaign:

"If I was an American citizen I would be voting for Donald Trump".

I occasionally check in there and some people have literally talked non stop about it for six months. Who cares!

Very this

Average South African second hand book stall

I don’t ever want to watch a video please don’t make me watch a video

Heh heh

Subtweet: I don’t think the answer to “how should a midsized open economy react to the critical posts of a man who is a close adviser to the next president of the country thar is the central component of Five Eyes, Nato, the global economy, etc.” is a question with an obvious right answer.

Just wait for the Gaza peace deal on 21 January