Danny Rye

Matthew Goodwin, Reform and the politics of resentment The ‘heterodox intellectual’ turned populist is a morbid symptom of the digital age

“What prompted a promising academic to throw it all away in the name of becoming a propagandist for the radical right?” @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on the political journey of Matthew Goodwin .
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At the next election, Farage could carry into Parliament hundreds of MPs whose views are *vastly* more radical even than his own.

He'll assume that doesn't matter, because he's essentially an autocrat.

But once elected, they'll have votes and seats for five years - however they choose to use them.

It turns out Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin is full of shit.

a person is playing a guitar in a dark room with purple lights Alt: Chris Squire of Yes, jumping in the air whilst playing Bass Guitar

Yes!!

I don't think he was ever a member of the Yardbirds, although he wrote a few songs for them. Both a bit of a stretch in the 90s but Yes did their big "union" tour in 1991.

Yes? Graham Gouldman?

YouTube video by comedyklips The Fast Show - That's amazing -10- Swearing

youtu.be/TAj7S7lyHdA?...

Some of it is very very rude you might remember.

David Goodhart gets the chronology wrong re both the "five minutes" pejorative reference [he misses the role of birthplace over 3-5 decades] + the 10-15 years [which is demonstrably wrong] as when this began. This is a reasonable claim if turn 10-15 years into 30-50 years, which is v different

if one of our students went on to become a lead curator in the Second World War material at the IWM, we would be so proud of them as a department -- and the government would look at the starting salary and concede that we had not really 'added' any 'value' with our degree at all

I think this is a fantastic idea. Park Singalong anyone?

*Ouch*

The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature:

You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be

Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans

BBC Archive 1978: Balls the pet fruit bat Kieran Prendiville meets zoologist and pterodactyl expert Cherrie Bramwell, and her pet, Balls the fruit bat.

Either this is the most elaborate comedy sketch or people were just much more fabulously eccentric in the 1970s.

Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed

The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.

This is our victory! 1/3

Large numbers gathered for Pride in Budapest

Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️

I've had at least one eye on it all day.

What a fantastic test match that was.

🤦

It’s stuff like this that makes me think we’re doomed. The media environment is this sort of lazy cowardice plus frenzied online nonsense.

The public realm would be much improved if people were to realize that the correct answers to many questions are "don't know" or "none of my business."

😬😱

american watching british panel shows: it’s just funnier. and more human. they know how to laugh at themselves

brit watching british panel shows: he’s a terf. everyone here went to cambridge, he’s married to the producer. he should be in jail for tax evasion. the wrong guy on 8 out of 10 cats died

🚨BREAKING: Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in Liberty’s legal challenge of anti-protest powers

Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership

Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏

I feel the need to go back to it now!

Unlike my much missed mother, I am not much of a gardener, but I am very happy with how these roses are turning out!

Lovely!