CMK 🦋
@conormk.bsky.social
Twitter exile. Politics obsessive. General rambler. Long-suffering United fan.
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
There it is in black and white: Chris Mason admits that he does not know what his job is. No wonder he is so desperately poor at doing it.
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There it is in black and white: Chris Mason admits that he does not know what his job is. No wonder he is so desperately poor at doing it.
If you include all the previous +100% drug price reductions Trump has claimed to have caused, pharmacy companies must now be paying consumers hundreds of dollars to buy a pack of Advil.
Trump: You’re going to have drug prices coming down 500,600,700% because of me
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you include all the previous +100% drug price reductions Trump has claimed to have caused, pharmacy companies must now be paying consumers hundreds of dollars to buy a pack of Advil.
McLaren have done almost everything they can to throw away this drivers championship. Insane that Max is still in it. It’s like they’ve borrowed Ferrari’s strategy book.
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
McLaren have done almost everything they can to throw away this drivers championship. Insane that Max is still in it. It’s like they’ve borrowed Ferrari’s strategy book.
What an absolute mess McLaren have made of the strategy here. Disastrous for both cars. Should’ve pitted under the safety car.
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What an absolute mess McLaren have made of the strategy here. Disastrous for both cars. Should’ve pitted under the safety car.
A pretty good summary of the budget here. Great to see the two-child benefit cap lifted, but other than that, this very much felt like a budget of managed decline.
This govt remains incapable of communicating a vision for the country.
This govt remains incapable of communicating a vision for the country.
The second year of magical thinking: this evening's newsletter on the Budget:
Rachel Reeves doubles down on wishful thinking
A government that can’t make tough choices now is unlikely to do so on the eve of an election
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A pretty good summary of the budget here. Great to see the two-child benefit cap lifted, but other than that, this very much felt like a budget of managed decline.
This govt remains incapable of communicating a vision for the country.
This govt remains incapable of communicating a vision for the country.
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
This strikes at the heart of Labour’s problem. Two budgets in a row now of tinkering around the edges to raise just enough to get by until the next budget, all while constraining growth in the process, which is the *only* thing that’s going to ultimately break the cycle.
Damning line from the OBR this: "We have assessed that none of the policy measures in this Budget have a sufficiently material impact to justify adjusting our post-measures potential output forecast."
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
Ie it's a budget which does nothing new for growth.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This strikes at the heart of Labour’s problem. Two budgets in a row now of tinkering around the edges to raise just enough to get by until the next budget, all while constraining growth in the process, which is the *only* thing that’s going to ultimately break the cycle.
Well, that saves me having to listen to Reeves muddle through her budget speech.
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Well, that saves me having to listen to Reeves muddle through her budget speech.
This government is finished. The decisions expected to be announced tomorrow by Reeves in this budget are mind-bogglingly stupid.
Reeves increases minimum wage by 4.1% ahead of tax-raising Budget on.ft.com/3KoXOCn
Reeves increases minimum wage by 4.1% ahead of tax-raising Budget
Chancellor takes steps to cushion the cost of living but is set to extend a ‘stealth tax’ by freezing personal tax thresholds
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This government is finished. The decisions expected to be announced tomorrow by Reeves in this budget are mind-bogglingly stupid.
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely fucking insane from Reeves to keep the 5p cut going. Completely indefensible.
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Absolutely fucking insane from Reeves to keep the 5p cut going. Completely indefensible.
Killing Eve has to be up there. The last season was diabolically bad.
while I am posting trivia, which TV show do you think showed the sharpest fall in quality from first to last seasons? I ask because the answer is obviously The Morning Show, the last series of which was garbage
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Killing Eve has to be up there. The last season was diabolically bad.
Crazy how many people genuinely believe a wealth tax is the sole thing that can miraculously solve all of Britain’s economic woes.
Most 2024 Labour and Green voters say the financial issues facing public services can be realistically solved solely by raising taxes on the rich
Green: 65%
Labour: 54%
Lib Dem: 43%
Reform: 23%
Con: 19%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Green: 65%
Labour: 54%
Lib Dem: 43%
Reform: 23%
Con: 19%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Crazy how many people genuinely believe a wealth tax is the sole thing that can miraculously solve all of Britain’s economic woes.
The fact that there are millions of people who earnestly listen to this unbelievably shit, unintelligible podcast every week hurts my soul.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The fact that there are millions of people who earnestly listen to this unbelievably shit, unintelligible podcast every week hurts my soul.
This is damning.
Credit to the interviewer for not allowing Farage to obfuscate like he always does and pin him down to a clear answer.
Credit to the interviewer for not allowing Farage to obfuscate like he always does and pin him down to a clear answer.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
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Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is damning.
Credit to the interviewer for not allowing Farage to obfuscate like he always does and pin him down to a clear answer.
Credit to the interviewer for not allowing Farage to obfuscate like he always does and pin him down to a clear answer.
You really only have to spend five minutes in the US to see how little it has in common with modern Britain.
People like Kruger promote this false idea that we have some kind of superiority over Europe, whom we have far more in common with than the Americans.
People like Kruger promote this false idea that we have some kind of superiority over Europe, whom we have far more in common with than the Americans.
'America is British'.
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You really only have to spend five minutes in the US to see how little it has in common with modern Britain.
People like Kruger promote this false idea that we have some kind of superiority over Europe, whom we have far more in common with than the Americans.
People like Kruger promote this false idea that we have some kind of superiority over Europe, whom we have far more in common with than the Americans.
Elise Stefanik is one of the biggest losers in Congress. Embarrassing.
If President Trump keeps Elise Stefanik unemployed for longer he’s gonna have to pay her a severance.
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Elise Stefanik is one of the biggest losers in Congress. Embarrassing.
Can’t overstate how masterfully well Mamdani handled this meeting. Played to Trump’s base attraction to popular, successful people without moving off message or veering into sycophancy.
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Can’t overstate how masterfully well Mamdani handled this meeting. Played to Trump’s base attraction to popular, successful people without moving off message or veering into sycophancy.
Disgusting.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Disgusting.
This is why immigration is a zero-sum game that any responsible govt would not play with the far-right, because even if you get the numbers down, they’ll just pivot the argument to blame you for something else or insist it’s still not low enough. There’s always another racist dog whistle to blow.
Net migration to the UK has fallen fast - down by more than 60% from the peak -and is set to fall further.
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is why immigration is a zero-sum game that any responsible govt would not play with the far-right, because even if you get the numbers down, they’ll just pivot the argument to blame you for something else or insist it’s still not low enough. There’s always another racist dog whistle to blow.
Can’t believe it. You’d never have known.
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Can’t believe it. You’d never have known.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Almost like there’s a lesson in this somewhere for Labour.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Almost like there’s a lesson in this somewhere for Labour.