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Rederealignment: What happens when the commentariat are blinded by status quo bias?
England desperately needs civic nationalism to counter its lazy slide into darkness.
And Scotland needs a stronger leader than Swinney.
theconversation.com/syrian-scott...
And Scotland needs a stronger leader than Swinney.
theconversation.com/syrian-scott...
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
England desperately needs civic nationalism to counter its lazy slide into darkness.
And Scotland needs a stronger leader than Swinney.
theconversation.com/syrian-scott...
And Scotland needs a stronger leader than Swinney.
theconversation.com/syrian-scott...
The same policies from a pragmatic liberal, who is simply adapting to the present state, might work.
Looking at this fiasco, and the mess Starmer is making of government, it’s looking more and more like the defeat of Corbynism was about its own limitations rather than the Machiavellian machinations of the Labour right
Three people who’d be expected to be Your Party bigwigs have largely walked away from Corbyn’s project: former NE mayor Jamie Driscoll, former Labour MP Beth Winter, and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein.
I have some new intel on the fall-out, if you’re interested in that sort of thing… 🧵
I have some new intel on the fall-out, if you’re interested in that sort of thing… 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The same policies from a pragmatic liberal, who is simply adapting to the present state, might work.
You think "That's a good result" and then look up the teamsheet and wonder how they never won anything.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLK...
Scotland 3-1 Spain [11-11-1984]
YouTube video by ScotFooty&More
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
You think "That's a good result" and then look up the teamsheet and wonder how they never won anything.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLK...
They haven't realised they're a government with a 161 majority who can just do things.
In a feature for @politicshome.bsky.social I’ve explored the debate behind the government’s “difficult tightrope” on immigration policy
Govt insiders believe there’s political space to set out more of a positive case for skilled legal immigration – but even MPs who support this admit it’s "risky"
Govt insiders believe there’s political space to set out more of a positive case for skilled legal immigration – but even MPs who support this admit it’s "risky"
'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
www.politicshome.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
They haven't realised they're a government with a 161 majority who can just do things.
I've made money on every Jake Paul fight and every Anthony Joshua fight. (I've lost every fight except one of Dalton Smith and Dennis McCann - some guys are just easier to read.)
Jake has always wanted respect as a warrior, there's been great value in fading the conspiracy. He would love to see r2.
Jake has always wanted respect as a warrior, there's been great value in fading the conspiracy. He would love to see r2.
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I've made money on every Jake Paul fight and every Anthony Joshua fight. (I've lost every fight except one of Dalton Smith and Dennis McCann - some guys are just easier to read.)
Jake has always wanted respect as a warrior, there's been great value in fading the conspiracy. He would love to see r2.
Jake has always wanted respect as a warrior, there's been great value in fading the conspiracy. He would love to see r2.
I go on about this.
English ethnic minorities unwittingly side with the far right, by agreeing they can be British but not English.
English ethnic minorities unwittingly side with the far right, by agreeing they can be British but not English.
Most white adults in England who say English identity requires family heritage *don't* mean it in a racial sense (28% do) - most ethnic minority adults with the same view *do* think you have to be white to be English (54-63%)
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I go on about this.
English ethnic minorities unwittingly side with the far right, by agreeing they can be British but not English.
English ethnic minorities unwittingly side with the far right, by agreeing they can be British but not English.
Once Starmer is replaced, Farage will likely be value again.
Status quo bias all over the place these days.
Status quo bias all over the place these days.
Cashed out Farage as next PM.
Starmer's choice to look weak rather than nasty won't help him personally. The PLP being historically knifeless is anchoring the price.
Starmer's choice to look weak rather than nasty won't help him personally. The PLP being historically knifeless is anchoring the price.
Starmer backtracking again … www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Once Starmer is replaced, Farage will likely be value again.
Status quo bias all over the place these days.
Status quo bias all over the place these days.
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Everybody should just pirate everything. Download all the ROMs you can, play old games that Nintendo wants to charge you $60 for the privilege of playing again, anybody who has a problem with this has incurable cop-brain and you shouldn't listen to anything they say
tbh as much as official rereleases are good for accessibility, I also feel like a lot of people just won't play games if they don't have official versions and that's not great for culture. Everyone should be downloading random ROMs until they find that special one that breaks their brain wide open.
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Everybody should just pirate everything. Download all the ROMs you can, play old games that Nintendo wants to charge you $60 for the privilege of playing again, anybody who has a problem with this has incurable cop-brain and you shouldn't listen to anything they say
Anti-AI people are bluesky's legion of Nazi blueticks. Just utterly wretched groupthink.
Anti-AI and anti-gambling people are this generation's Mary Whitehouse.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Anti-AI people are bluesky's legion of Nazi blueticks. Just utterly wretched groupthink.
As a pragmatist this stuff is obvious, but as you get older you realise that's a minority view.
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As a pragmatist this stuff is obvious, but as you get older you realise that's a minority view.
Rederealignment: What happens when the commentariat are blinded by status quo bias?
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Rederealignment: What happens when the commentariat are blinded by status quo bias?
It is remarkable how normalised Islamophobia is, across America and Britain.
Unless proto genocidal Islamophobia is recognised as such by the *majority* of Democrats, and especially by those who run the party, the slide into fascism will not stop.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It is remarkable how normalised Islamophobia is, across America and Britain.
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intense discussions result in Starmer hailing Zohran Mamdami as a 'fellow Arsenal fan' in a weirdly constipated congratulatory tweet. Commenters gibber and hoot, call for his public disembowellment.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
intense discussions result in Starmer hailing Zohran Mamdami as a 'fellow Arsenal fan' in a weirdly constipated congratulatory tweet. Commenters gibber and hoot, call for his public disembowellment.
People surprised by Schumer after he already said what his job is.
“My job is to keep the left pro-Israel.” - Schumer to Bret Stephens.
Is that really his job?
Is that really his job?
Opinion | Chuck Schumer Isn’t Jewish Like the Pope Isn’t Catholic
Derided by the MAGA right and yelled at by the far left, the Senate Democratic leader is inhabiting a very Jewish place right now.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
People surprised by Schumer after he already said what his job is.
Anti-AI and anti-gambling people are this generation's Mary Whitehouse.
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Anti-AI and anti-gambling people are this generation's Mary Whitehouse.
A certain group of female MPs have been obsessed with choking porn for ages.
You can't find it by accident. It's not one of categories you'll be offered on any porn site.
You can't find it by accident. It's not one of categories you'll be offered on any porn site.
So a weird thing happened to me in Aldi that I cdn't quite place until I was listening to Gabby Bertin talking about choking in porn on the radio this am. (NB: this is 100% not a sex thing). Having the usual polite chitchat with the cashier who is tired from working extra shifts to make £ for xmas..
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A certain group of female MPs have been obsessed with choking porn for ages.
You can't find it by accident. It's not one of categories you'll be offered on any porn site.
You can't find it by accident. It's not one of categories you'll be offered on any porn site.
Sturgeon would've smacked this guy all over the place. I'm not sure Swinney has it in him. We'll find out.
Good luck to leaderless England. Zack trying his best there.
Good luck to leaderless England. Zack trying his best there.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sturgeon would've smacked this guy all over the place. I'm not sure Swinney has it in him. We'll find out.
Good luck to leaderless England. Zack trying his best there.
Good luck to leaderless England. Zack trying his best there.
Remarkable stupidity.
"If your electoral strategy is inviting bigots to bully you into adopting bad policy, then you will invariably implement bad policy"
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Remarkable stupidity.
Back-of-enveloping tactical voting models until chatgpt chokes.
(commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...)
(commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...)
General election 2024 results
Full results and analysis of the 4th July 2024 general election, where Labour won a majority in Parliament
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Back-of-enveloping tactical voting models until chatgpt chokes.
(commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...)
(commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...)
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US-China agreement: no one can be worth over 100 billion dollars. The excess goes to the state or you get shot. Applicable all over the world, nowhere to hide.
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
US-China agreement: no one can be worth over 100 billion dollars. The excess goes to the state or you get shot. Applicable all over the world, nowhere to hide.
Exactly! I've been going on about this.
(The logic of most anti-tourism or anti-gentrification arguments is virtually indistinguishable from that of anti-immigration politics.)
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Exactly! I've been going on about this.
I think Paget Brewster would like me.
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think Paget Brewster would like me.
Imagine Americans being able to recognise value at 1.10.
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Imagine Americans being able to recognise value at 1.10.
This is a great point. The Evil v Shit framing will take a public battering before the general election.
Going to be really hard for Labour to make the case that it's "them or reform" if the only people beating Reform in every by-election and non-national election between now and 2029 are other parties
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is a great point. The Evil v Shit framing will take a public battering before the general election.
Seems quite a meaningful index.
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Seems quite a meaningful index.