Steven Fielding

So you do remember experts at the time saying how austerity had weakened the NHS response to Covid?

Making children smaller and sicker was quite the achievement so I’m not surprised he’s been inundated by such enticing jobs and why journalists seek his views about all manner of subjects.

Not exactly sure when Russia declared war on everybody but it happened awhile ago and I’m surprised so few people have noticed.

Perhaps you don’t remember austerity and its impact on NHS funding and so eventually on its capacity?

If social media is credited with radicalising young men then these findings suggest that the effect of social media is vastly exaggerated.

So a tiny minority more than previous generations holds more misogynistic views. But don’t let that stop the narrative.

Another win for George Osborne. I can see why he is treated with such reverence.

I have the same helpful attitude when it comes to Spurs 😎 a club I’ve never been able to take entirely seriously.

But much more salutary now given the gross disparity in wealth of spurs compared to supposedly lesser clubs. Last season I almost hoped Man U would go down as the only way it would force change. But crises don’t always promote good change …

59% of Americans Oppose the Military Action in Iran

“Nearly a third of Americans — 29 percent in the CNN poll — said they were not paying much attention.” 🫨https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/us/politics/iran-us-war-military-polls.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.WIwN.SoREnX4pb24r&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Cos Daddy told me so.

Yes but how many press-ups could he do?

‘ I love the sound of a Psalm in the morning…’

It’s amazing @skynewsrss.bsky.social went to an actual expert who can explain things in detail on the basis of their precise knowledge rather than as they usually one of the blowhards of the far left and the far right to spill their brains. Were Montie & Owen on the BBC?

It just adds to the friendly ambience.

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You know that he won’t, and he’ll just become beguiled by his golden drapes again.

Zack Polanski Says He Would Try To Persuade Vladimir Putin To Give Up His Nuclear Weapons "It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."

🤷‍♀️ www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...

The Greens are led by an ex-hypnotist with a record we probably all know about, seek to appease Putin & weaken NATO. And yet Labour is still not the party of choice to defeat Reform. What kind of special magic is that?

This will end the war quicker than any humanitarian appeal.

People who stare at the camera unblinkingly while confidently throwing various ingredients (usually cottage cheese, feta, oats & red onion) into a mixing bowl; where on earth did they come from?

There’s still a branch in Totnes, which might say a lot about Totnes.

Up to a point if by that you mean mixing social conservatism with a limited adherence to government intervention. But new labour liberalism had severe limits and could be extremely conservative.

Absolutely. The McSweeney approach is a calcified version of Mandelson’s now largely irrelevant 90s strategy.

I’m not buying the new labour nostalgia, not that it didn’t do good things but it laid the electoral foundations for the party’s troubles. It wasn’t as if they weren’t warned of the possible consequences in 2000 & not by somebody on the left!

They appear to be making (very) modest progress here, but it’s the political strategy which has been catastrophic & is, again arguably, a consequence of the strategy New Labour pursued, which weakened the party’s link to those who would become lost ‘hero’ voters.

I think the idea that they haven’t got a strategy is wrong. It became way too cautious prior to election & is hampered by fiscal constraints some of which are arguably self imposed but others actually exist due to huge govt debt & power of financial markets.

He should be forced to interview Maurice Glasman… forever.

There were Labour canvassers in Gorton who were embarrassed about that claim to such an extent they refused to post leaflets which contained it.

The idea that you voters with the prospect of the Greens legalising all drugs was a direct link back to Mandelson‘s infamous campaign in Littleborough and Saddleworth to demonise the Lib Dems. This is a geriatric, calcified strategy.