The first sentence is βNigel Farage has sensationally claimedβ¦β
01.03.2026 08:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The first sentence is βNigel Farage has sensationally claimedβ¦β
01.03.2026 08:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm appalled by this from the Mail. Ugly, straightforward racism, and amplifying the spurious claim of its favoured candidate (even the Reform party chair said last week that any irregularities wouldnβt have changed the result).
01.03.2026 06:53 β π 73 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0Well, no, theyβre not just as wrong. The bigger error is not seeing that βtrying to win over voters from a party on the opposite end of the spectrum, whose values your core voters opposeβ is not same as βchasing voters from party on same side ideologically whose values your core voters like.β
28.02.2026 19:00 β π 1051 π 242 π¬ 71 π 1Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote.
28.02.2026 15:13 β π 979 π 275 π¬ 21 π 7The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost
28.02.2026 11:03 β π 3290 π 825 π¬ 281 π 129Can't get over the horror of this story.
27.02.2026 15:46 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Extraordinary graph.
27.02.2026 13:48 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Sectarian.
The sheer contempt and entitlement in that word.
Thousands of Muslim voters just voted for a white, (I think) working class non-Muslim woman because they feel abandoned by Labour and agree with her views on a huge foreign policy issue and on immigration policy
If the Muslims were integrated, they would haveβ¦voted for a more socially conservative candidate? As ever βWant to get stupider? Try Racism (TM)β never fails.
27.02.2026 11:43 β π 588 π 117 π¬ 50 π 5I was at the count in Gorton and Denton last night and we all saw Matt Goodwin eat ballot papers. His girlfriend and team begged him to stop but he kept stuffing it into his mouth and making grunting sounds like the Cookie Monster
27.02.2026 10:24 β π 1084 π 198 π¬ 24 π 12
The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis.
Hmmmmmm.
You got to feel for Matt Goodwin.
Sorry missed a word. You got to feel contempt for Matt Goodwin.
Great thread.
27.02.2026 10:36 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0What a photo
27.02.2026 08:47 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win.
The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong.
Canβt help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year agoβ¦
This is a great piece (written pre by-election result) that really gets to the heart of Labourβs vote haemorrhaging.
27.02.2026 07:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Sort of forgot that this whole thing was still going www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
26.02.2026 12:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another lifetime!
26.02.2026 10:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow George, end of an era! Good luck with whatever is next.
26.02.2026 10:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes absolutely there would be. I remember reading Sam Knight's New Yorker piece about austerity a couple of years ago and being so infuriated that Osborne is just like "we won the argument! everyone's doign austerity now! we got everything right!" Made me want to punch a wall.
26.02.2026 09:25 β π 39 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a βweaponββHIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.
25.02.2026 20:48 β π 12636 π 6101 π¬ 56 π 332Stuart is almost halfway to his target - if you can donate anything please do!
24.02.2026 15:44 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1When I did Lord of the Flies for GCSE, you could borrow an old copy if you forgot yours. One genius had crossed out the title and written "LORD OF THE SHITS" and then every time the word "conch" appeared, circled it and written in the margin: "CONCH". Those were the only annotations.
25.02.2026 17:02 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Cool! Fine! Good! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
25.02.2026 16:41 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Can't wait for this to be replicated at a general election and end up with government-by-random-number-generator
25.02.2026 13:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Restore Britain's language is not just racist it's now indistinguishable from Neo-Nazi groups.
25.02.2026 11:14 β π 832 π 179 π¬ 24 π 11Restore Britain will, without apology or fear, deport the third world orcs who break into our country, rape young women and then expect the British to tolerate their presence. There is finally a political party that will defend our home, our people, our shires. Restore Britain.
The UK parliament now has an MP who is openly racist and far right. This is, for the current era, new ground, and it will be interesting to see how - if at all β other MPs respond.
25.02.2026 10:38 β π 556 π 250 π¬ 81 π 77Never ceases to amaze me that AI technology is so widely relied upon in areas where it fundamentally doesn't work (example 1001 here, making up case law!) observer.co.uk/news/science...
24.02.2026 16:43 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Stuart is almost halfway to his target - if you can donate anything please do!
24.02.2026 15:44 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Why local journalism matters, in a nutshell
24.02.2026 07:37 β π 41 π 15 π¬ 0 π 0