Good lord. What an abject failure the Blue Labour strategy has been.
03.03.2026 07:09 β π 237 π 60 π¬ 6 π 2Good lord. What an abject failure the Blue Labour strategy has been.
03.03.2026 07:09 β π 237 π 60 π¬ 6 π 2I've got a tip for the PM that's going to blow his mind. If he thinks about the documents he puts his name to, he'll have to spend less time distancing himself from them.
03.03.2026 07:23 β π 144 π 36 π¬ 13 π 0This is nothing. Just send Mahmood out again to announce some more anti-refugee policies and you can easily find your way to fifth place.
03.03.2026 06:50 β π 368 π 91 π¬ 17 π 1Who knew I could learn to miss the lies of the Iraq war era. But at least they were consistent. At least they could articulate what they were pretending to do.
03.03.2026 02:13 β π 137 π 15 π¬ 7 π 0How can you win a war if no-one can explain what it's for? Riddle me that Batman.
03.03.2026 02:11 β π 271 π 29 π¬ 23 π 1
Had thought views of Farage were pretty fixed.
YouGov have him net -37 (a 10 point deterioration since Spring)
Approve: 27%
Disapprove: 64%
It is striking how much the by-election inquest is for the core vote, and may be exacerbating the reputational risks
France is to boost its nuclear arsenal and extend the deterrent to cover other European countries, in a major development of its nuclear defence policy
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It's truly extraordinary, all the column inches and earnest pundit chatter about his strategy and personality, when in fact it's all right there, in broad daylight. He's a baby having a tantrum. It's really no more complicated than that.
02.03.2026 23:48 β π 291 π 26 π¬ 9 π 3I only occasionally find myself reading Trump's words but it is still surprising to me, even now, that the world is ruled by someone with the mental age of a five year old.
02.03.2026 23:46 β π 305 π 47 π¬ 10 π 1No administration with a moral core would have put these plans forward, let alone try to enact them without a vote. Once these proposals are in place, they will not be reversed. Make them think again iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...
02.03.2026 23:04 β π 163 π 36 π¬ 3 π 1The government's immigration proposals are an obscenity: They needlessly punish refugees, make integration basically impossible, and introduce a sliding system of administrative abuse depending on how wealthy you are iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...
02.03.2026 23:02 β π 467 π 144 π¬ 11 π 3I wonder what she'll think, when she's out of government in a few months time. Was it worth it? Persecuting refugees in order to satisfy an electoral strategy even she probably doesn't believe in. Pissing away the last dregs of your integrity for a plan which has already been shown not to work.
02.03.2026 13:03 β π 547 π 53 π¬ 30 π 0
Abysmal, immoral, cruel, small hearted, tiny minded, ineffective, undemocratic, and just generally utterly indecent. What a bitter godforesaken disappointment these people are.
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Any country should be grateful to have a family like this come stay - people who are enamoured with the place, eloquent, highly educated. But instead we shoot ourselves in the foot.
01.03.2026 22:46 β π 127 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0The treatment at the airport is one thing. But it is a bit heartbreaking to hear him allude to British people in the comments - internet muck - killing off his dream of living in Britain.
01.03.2026 22:44 β π 75 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0I find this guy one of the most perceptive and generous foreign commentators about the UK. So I suppose that it should come as no surprise that he's having a rough time now he's spending time here www.instagram.com/reel/DVW6Mpf...
01.03.2026 22:42 β π 103 π 8 π¬ 8 π 1Who faced a damn sight more pressure to intervene than Starmer did
01.03.2026 22:13 β π 135 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0
Lord Peter Ricketts, former head of the Foreign Office:
βIf youβre going to attack a country you have to show it is in self-defence and that there is some kind of imminent threat. You canβt make that case hereβ¦An indifference to international law is dangerous.β
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βWe cannot say that the United Statesβ actions are against international law, but we condemn Iranβs retaliatory actions as against international law,β is neither a coherent nor a compelling position.
01.03.2026 21:15 β π 2107 π 630 π¬ 28 π 0I suppose it's impressive that Starmer managed to maintain the correct moral and political position for all of ten minutes. Some kind of record.
01.03.2026 22:00 β π 449 π 41 π¬ 17 π 1We have no "partners in the Gulf". Israel and the US are both de-facto rogue states which do not represent our values or share our interests.
01.03.2026 21:59 β π 701 π 90 π¬ 15 π 4Kind of incredible. I was just sitting down to write about how Starmer should be given credit for keeping us out of this mess when he does this. Unutterably foolish and obsequious. Why in God's name should we have anything to do with this shortsighted madness.
01.03.2026 21:56 β π 2190 π 519 π¬ 227 π 37This is so good, we wish WE had made it! The history & lunacy of the disinformation campaign around 15-Minute Cities, by 2 βnon expertsβ @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social who show how experts SHOULD be communicating. Thanks to the @originstorypodcast.bsky.social podcast. #UrbanTruth
01.03.2026 18:16 β π 163 π 46 π¬ 1 π 2Thanks very much. Really flattered by that.
01.03.2026 19:41 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think the logical and likely response is that bourgeois supporters (who make up most Labour MPs, members and voters) will sacrifice Mahmood over migration.
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"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them."
Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan
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I have not seen this discussed yet
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Obscene.
28.02.2026 09:55 β π 721 π 158 π¬ 21 π 4Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
28.02.2026 07:19 β π 23575 π 7093 π¬ 726 π 403And on Monday's order paper is a written statement on "asylum changes". Next week would also be when the Spring statement of changes to the immigration rules are often laid.
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