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@matthewblott.com
✅ Social democracy ✅ Liberalism ❌ Progressivism
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This is utter racist bullshit, obviously. I assume his defenders would note that the fact that a Palestinian Arab assassinated his father when he was 14 (he was one of the pallbearers for the coffin) has impacted his worldview. But he's a conspiracy nutjob in general, so 🤷♂️
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
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Huge congrats to Harry Kane. Surely England’s best ever striker, but also comes across as a thoroughly likeable and grounded man (www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...) A well-deserved win 🏆 #ballond’or
Personally I think there's more political profit for Labour pursuing this than making friendly overtures to the EU.
Andy Burnham’s government has privately given up on reaching Labour’s target of building 1.5mn new homes by 2029, and ministers will refer to the goal less and less, according to government figures www.ft.com/content/285a...
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25-year-old combat medic Eva was killed in Kyiv during a Russian double-tap strike while attempting to save victims.
One reason I have my doubts China will replace the US as the innovate behemoth of the 21st century is because a nation this insecure can only stymie the entrepreneurial spirit required.
Mbappe dropped by two major brands in China joking about Mao Zedong Came after a video emerged online with Mbappe saying that the funniest internet meme he had seen was of his face photo-shopped onto that of "some guy - I think he's a Chinese dictator"
Catching up with @futuretimeline.bsky.social, something to look forward to in a few weeks.
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When the JD Vance administration takes Greenland and the Baltics fall to Russia it will be because the European white collar worker refused to touch a word processor that looks a tiny bit different from Microsoft Word www.tomshardware.com/software/mic...
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this is only true if you woke up in 2024 and Trump 1 and the entire Republican Party across the last half century and more didn't exist but it's an excerpt from an interior designer and podcaster turned political commentator so this is the level of commentary we deserve I guess
Why the road to American fascism was paved by Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.
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What were they thinking? My ConHome piece on the pro-Ukrainian British politicians who backed Trump in 2024 and how their tribalism got the better of them. conservativehome.com/2026/10/26/d...
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'Reminiscent of the worst sort of saloon-bar bore, ranting in a corner while other patrons realise it’s time to go home' - delightfully-scathing Simon Heffer review of Liz Truss's latest nonsense book, awarding it no stars in a hit job on 'Bank Job'. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.
Former chief of defence staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin tells @ldfreedman.bsky.social that Boris Johnson was so uncertain whether to back Ukraine just days before the full-scale invasion he asked for papers to be drawn up on supporting Ukraine or 'looking the other way.'
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The new Ofcom chair's response here is pathetic. I'm flabbergasted at this appointment, how can the Burnham administration waive this through? www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgFh...
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We have Tory-Reform crossover. Average of 6 polls from different companies, fieldwork 16-23 Oct Lab 28.8% Con 22.2% Rfm 21.7% Green 9.5% Lib Dem 9.2% en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...
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Maybe Trump paid Bill Maher to kiss his ass, or maybe Maher was never honest about who he was and what he believed.👇
When I was on Bill Maher’s show back in the day, he’d call me a crazy Tea Party guy. With disdain. Now look what Maher has become - an authoritarian-embracing MAGA apologist. If you told me back in 2016, that I’d become a NeverTrumper, and Maher would become a Trump bootlicker, I’d of said no way.
Realise I said 'Burnham administration' which sounds a bit American, probably @stevenhseggie.bsky.social's influence. It should really be 'Burnham government'. Must do better.
The new Ofcom chair's response here is pathetic. I'm flabbergasted at this appointment, how can the Burnham administration waive this through? www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgFh...
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“In any case, regulation still leaves the underlying problem untouched: that of corporations squatting upon public infrastructure. Addressing that requires us to transform the relationship between technology and the public.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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