Just more evidence that the UKs “first past the post” voting system does not reflect the diversity of our politics. Time for a change
03.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 210 🔁 45 💬 11 📌 0Just more evidence that the UKs “first past the post” voting system does not reflect the diversity of our politics. Time for a change
03.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 210 🔁 45 💬 11 📌 0Thank you.
03.03.2026 07:10 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I have been asking the same question. Any answer?
03.03.2026 07:09 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0I’ve gone from Glasgow to Edinburgh to Belfast to London and I’m no clearer on British Values either. TBH going from Glasgow to Edinburgh was the trickiest one. After that Belfast to London was a doddle.
02.03.2026 22:33 — 👍 80 🔁 12 💬 11 📌 4Yes. Prof Ali Ansari is excellent
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🚨 EMERGENCY POD 🚨 Is Trump’s attack on Iran the most consequential world event since 9/11? How will the war play out? Has anyone bargained for running a country of 90m people that’s now in chaos?
🚨 Paul Salem of the Middle East Institute talks to @gavinesler.bsky.social
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Real insight on the US and Israeli attacks on Iran and the fallout across the Middle East from Paul Salem of the Middle East Institute- worth a listen. @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
02.03.2026 14:26 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Worth a read: (thanks to @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social )
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This is idiotic
02.03.2026 06:53 — 👍 348 🔁 83 💬 21 📌 32Are you suggesting that American supermarkets are like MAGA … stuck in the 1950s? (When measles was also a thing?) (Asking for a friend)…
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Green crab surrounding green, pink and yellow seaweed
Colours of the ocean #Shetland
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The sudden ousting of two of China’s top military leaders has sparked intense speculation about what it says about Xi Jinping’s grip on power. @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by @merics.bsky.social expert Daria Impiombato ➡️
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Thrilled to say that I will start my little book tour in June in Scotland, at the Borders Book Festival.
Seems appropriate, as there is a lot on the past and present of the union in the book. Very grateful to @gavinesler.bsky.social for the invitation.
Trump is causing chaos again with a tariff tantrum, while Starmer’s Labour faces a major test at the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. @gavinesler.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss the key stories to look out for in the week ahead.
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We can’t wait to see you! @helenebismarck.bsky.social and also can’t wait to read the book!
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Washington. Lincoln. T Roosevelt. FDR. Eisenhower. Kennedy…. “I can destroy…” God bless America…
20.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 65 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 1At some point maybe someone in the United States will explain clearly who pays for tariffs imposed by the US on foreign imports….
20.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 94 🔁 8 💬 6 📌 110 years - and the Brexit successes are listed here in alphabetical order:
20.02.2026 19:12 — 👍 87 🔁 27 💬 5 📌 1Really fascinating conversation with @shashj.bsky.social from The Economist on Russia’s weaknesses as well as strengths
17.02.2026 13:48 — 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0The glamour of being a published author … thank you @jowolff.bsky.social
16.02.2026 21:44 — 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0If you discovered that a British politician took money from the Russian government or any part of the Kremlin’s vast propaganda machine, would that politician ever be fit to hold any public office in the UK? (Just wondering…)
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It really is astonishing that government ministers and their advisers thought this was a sensible way to proceed. The independence of our courts and judges is something to be cherished www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
13.02.2026 16:56 — 👍 103 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 1They are right - And any National Commission should be given a rapid timetable to come to a conclusion because the arguments have been obvious for years. Decades.
12.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 86 🔁 33 💬 7 📌 0APPG Members Sean Woodcock MP and Jo Platt MP today warn that Westminster's First Past The Post electoral system could deliver chaos, and call on the government to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
12.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 83 🔁 33 💬 5 📌 2Vox pops are pointless and misleading. If they have to be balanced then what do they prove? If they are not balanced they don’t give a variety of views. I speak as someone who was once asked why my vox pops from Clydebank (where I was born) didn’t seem to include any Conservatives…. Any guesses?
12.02.2026 14:39 — 👍 65 🔁 13 💬 6 📌 1Yes - if 40% of the UK Voting Age Population does not vote (as in 2024) and Labour won a third of the votes of those who did vote, that means the Labour landslide was based on 20% of the Voting Age Population. This is not an anti Labour point- it is a pro democracy point.
10.02.2026 18:02 — 👍 64 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0Yes -
10.02.2026 17:22 — 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Surely now we have to recognise that the “two party” system of government and opposition, Labour and Conservative, is dead and needs to be buried?
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Labour’s widely unpopular senior advisor Morgan McSweeney falls on his sword but will it be enough to stop Starmer from being consumed by the Mandelson/Epstein fallout? @nndroid.bsky.social and @gavinesler.bsky.social discuss this and more ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod