Andy Butterworth
@acb66.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
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LIVE: The Good News the Media Aren't Interested In
YouTube video by A Different Bias
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
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It's funny the handful of replies and quotes on this from people who haven't read it and think that the issue here is just, you know, them working very hard. Working six days a week on a job you love can be great fun. Eating only steak and eggs because it is 'optimising'? Uggh.
I read this, and I am freshly reminded that one of the most important insights in humanism is that this our one and only life.
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It's funny the handful of replies and quotes on this from people who haven't read it and think that the issue here is just, you know, them working very hard. Working six days a week on a job you love can be great fun. Eating only steak and eggs because it is 'optimising'? Uggh.
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For all, for Alex.
Saturday. Foley Square. 2 p.m.
Saturday. Foley Square. 2 p.m.
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
For all, for Alex.
Saturday. Foley Square. 2 p.m.
Saturday. Foley Square. 2 p.m.
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🚨 NEW: Reform UK has reported Labour to the police over a video attacking its Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin
The clip shows Goodwin referring to the Tory Conference in Manchester
They say it breaches a law against any "false statement of fact"
Reform don't like the facts
The clip shows Goodwin referring to the Tory Conference in Manchester
They say it breaches a law against any "false statement of fact"
Reform don't like the facts
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🚨 NEW: Reform UK has reported Labour to the police over a video attacking its Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin
The clip shows Goodwin referring to the Tory Conference in Manchester
They say it breaches a law against any "false statement of fact"
Reform don't like the facts
The clip shows Goodwin referring to the Tory Conference in Manchester
They say it breaches a law against any "false statement of fact"
Reform don't like the facts
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Nigel Farage here, lavishing praise on the UAE for its approach to “law and order” - a state that locks up activists and has arbitrary detentions.
Grim.
Grim.
In a GB News interview with an Emirati minister, GB News host / shareholder and Reform leader Nigel Farage says the UK can "learn" from the UAE in terms of "law and order".
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
January 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Nigel Farage here, lavishing praise on the UAE for its approach to “law and order” - a state that locks up activists and has arbitrary detentions.
Grim.
Grim.
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Lucy Powell, Deputy Leader of the Labour party: "I’ve been out door-knocking too but I won’t post on here what people had to say about you as you might go running off to the police again …"
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Lucy Powell, Deputy Leader of the Labour party: "I’ve been out door-knocking too but I won’t post on here what people had to say about you as you might go running off to the police again …"
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Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
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‘Why is my high street abandoned?!?m they ask…while shopping online and opposing any attempts to improve the public real that involves not putting drivers first.
It’s a real mystery, guys!
It’s a real mystery, guys!
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK
Retail accounts for 5% of the UK economy – but its visibility gives it an outsize influence on public perception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:55 AM
‘Why is my high street abandoned?!?m they ask…while shopping online and opposing any attempts to improve the public real that involves not putting drivers first.
It’s a real mystery, guys!
It’s a real mystery, guys!
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This is quite odd. Even if you, personally, don't like the ideas of Ruth Davidson and Andy Street it's a simple fact that they both consistently out-performed their party in elections. There is also no polling evidence I know of that the wider electorate is in the "mood" described.
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This is quite odd. Even if you, personally, don't like the ideas of Ruth Davidson and Andy Street it's a simple fact that they both consistently out-performed their party in elections. There is also no polling evidence I know of that the wider electorate is in the "mood" described.
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There is no "self" in self-driving cars.
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
There is no "self" in self-driving cars.
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Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life...
From the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday: Reform UK have announced plans for cuts to income tax in Scotland if they were to win the Scottish Parliament elections in May. They say they …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
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"We can't sit still while this is going on": Surly Bikes responds to death of Alex Pretti, urges cycling community to join unity rides in memory of man killed by ICE in Minneapolis
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road.cc/content/news...
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
"We can't sit still while this is going on": Surly Bikes responds to death of Alex Pretti, urges cycling community to join unity rides in memory of man killed by ICE in Minneapolis
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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Paging @iaindale.bsky.social x
Why did you delete this, Matt Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Paging @iaindale.bsky.social x
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Today in Oligarchy. (One in a series.)
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Today in Oligarchy. (One in a series.)
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Contains v odd govt quote, from MHCLG: "The NPPF is a planning document. It sets out guidelines for housebuilding and planning in England. The VAWG strategy is about protecting women and girls from violence and misogyny.... [it is] unclear as to why anyone would expect the two things to be combined”
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Contains v odd govt quote, from MHCLG: "The NPPF is a planning document. It sets out guidelines for housebuilding and planning in England. The VAWG strategy is about protecting women and girls from violence and misogyny.... [it is] unclear as to why anyone would expect the two things to be combined”
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NEW: The government's new national planning framework for England contains precisely zero mentions of women and girls despite urban design been seen as a key element in helping women and girls feel safer. by @lexytopping.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
England planning proposals fail to mention safety of women and girls, say critics
Draft proposals likely to ‘embed risk and inequality’, campaigners and urban planners say
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
NEW: The government's new national planning framework for England contains precisely zero mentions of women and girls despite urban design been seen as a key element in helping women and girls feel safer. by @lexytopping.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Even with the caveat that lots of voters barely notice who a candidate it, Reform selecting Matt Goodwin for Gorton and Denton is... bold:
• Not a politician
• Has said some pretty fruity things
• Quite thin-skinned
Book me in for the hustings.
• Not a politician
• Has said some pretty fruity things
• Quite thin-skinned
Book me in for the hustings.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Even with the caveat that lots of voters barely notice who a candidate it, Reform selecting Matt Goodwin for Gorton and Denton is... bold:
• Not a politician
• Has said some pretty fruity things
• Quite thin-skinned
Book me in for the hustings.
• Not a politician
• Has said some pretty fruity things
• Quite thin-skinned
Book me in for the hustings.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Bravo, Maestro.
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Bravo, Maestro.
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Portsmouth’s pubs are the lifeblood of our city bringing people together and helping to preserve the vitality of our high streets.
I welcome the Government’s major new support package👇🏻
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/support-package-for-portsmouth-pubs
I welcome the Government’s major new support package👇🏻
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/support-package-for-portsmouth-pubs
Government announces support package that backs Portsmouth Pubs
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Portsmouth’s pubs are the lifeblood of our city bringing people together and helping to preserve the vitality of our high streets.
I welcome the Government’s major new support package👇🏻
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/support-package-for-portsmouth-pubs
I welcome the Government’s major new support package👇🏻
www.stephenmorgan.org.uk/support-package-for-portsmouth-pubs
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Reform UK looking more and more like a more extreme, more dysfunctional (if that is even possible) version of Boris Johnson's failed government.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Reform UK looking more and more like a more extreme, more dysfunctional (if that is even possible) version of Boris Johnson's failed government.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
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NEW: Labour are capping ground rents at £250 a year.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
NEW: Labour are capping ground rents at £250 a year.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.