John Oxley
@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
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The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
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John Oxley
@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
· Mar 9
And just think, you can read me being right about everything for less than a central London pint a month..
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Also, The Troubles is a terrible example of the point he is trying to make because a big contributor to the peace process was weakening the IRA's ability to sustain violent action.
I'm sorry but those on here doing "what Polanski actually said on NATO was…" are doing exactly what Corbynites were doing and it's getting pretty tedious. Just accept that on this he is deeply unserious and he will need to do something about it if he wants to get anywhere
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Also, The Troubles is a terrible example of the point he is trying to make because a big contributor to the peace process was weakening the IRA's ability to sustain violent action.
It's going to be fascinating if Twitter gets properly regulated again and there are localised economic collapses because the rage farmers of developing countries lose their income.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's going to be fascinating if Twitter gets properly regulated again and there are localised economic collapses because the rage farmers of developing countries lose their income.
Again, while the hypnotits thing is funny, it is also a real issue of "So, your previous career was being a charlatan?"
I did fall into the trap of "What's his angle with the NATO stuff?" before realising it's not that deep it's just what he believes as a fundamentally unserious individual.
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Again, while the hypnotits thing is funny, it is also a real issue of "So, your previous career was being a charlatan?"
Looks like they *did* get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook.
Rotherham has seen a remarkable rise in its productivity in recent years. From the lowest in South Yorkshire in 2004, by 2023 it had the highest productivity in the area, even above Sheffield.
So what’s going on in South Yorkshire?
Short thread below.
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So what’s going on in South Yorkshire?
Short thread below.
1/6
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Looks like they *did* get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook.
Why do Irish dancers only move their legs?
Because their arms have been decommissioned pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement.
Because their arms have been decommissioned pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Why do Irish dancers only move their legs?
Because their arms have been decommissioned pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement.
Because their arms have been decommissioned pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement.
POV: You're about to hear views on Home Rule and Tariff Reform.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
POV: You're about to hear views on Home Rule and Tariff Reform.
Me, every wedding we go to after the one in Vilnius: Boy, I hope the DJ plays that Lithuanian version of "Summer of '69"
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Me, every wedding we go to after the one in Vilnius: Boy, I hope the DJ plays that Lithuanian version of "Summer of '69"
Conservatives 🤝 Labour
Ignoring the role
of public services in GE24
Ignoring the role
of public services in GE24
A government that keeps talking about how bad its inheritance is but really hasn't, at any point, absorbed just how bad its inheritance is. (Which has partly led to it making its inheritance *harder* to fix in some places)
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Conservatives 🤝 Labour
Ignoring the role
of public services in GE24
Ignoring the role
of public services in GE24
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UK’s problem is that we don’t have enough disposable income, which you can fix by things getting cheaper or by people earning more money, and also either one of those things makes the other easier.
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
UK’s problem is that we don’t have enough disposable income, which you can fix by things getting cheaper or by people earning more money, and also either one of those things makes the other easier.
The chances of it being on time and on budget would make it the perfect Grand Designs episode.
Continuing my campaign for the building restoration to be funded by selling rights to a new cross-media Time Team x Grand Designs
What's buried under Peers' Car Park? 🚗
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The chances of it being on time and on budget would make it the perfect Grand Designs episode.
A big part of this, I think, and Labour's general failing is caring about the first 15% of people who were going Reform, not the second 15%.
Should have boxed them into being a crank party.
Should have boxed them into being a crank party.
It is genuinely mortifying how the only people I see pointing Reform's links to Russia out are /not/ Labour.
Stop Ukraine joining NATO?
"If that is what Moscow insists on being part of any settlement.”
- Richard Tice, Reform August 2025
"If that is what Moscow insists on being part of any settlement.”
- Richard Tice, Reform August 2025
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A big part of this, I think, and Labour's general failing is caring about the first 15% of people who were going Reform, not the second 15%.
Should have boxed them into being a crank party.
Should have boxed them into being a crank party.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Something... Something... MPs expenses... IanHislop.gif
Kind of riffing on @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com but then horror is that whatever frustrations and concerns Trump voters had, they attached them to a man without any redeeming features whatsoever
Trump and his supporters should have been [Terms of Service Violation] in February 2020.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Kind of riffing on @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com but then horror is that whatever frustrations and concerns Trump voters had, they attached them to a man without any redeeming features whatsoever
Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
The president is clearly unwell. As an American, I find it hard to believe that our president speaks in this way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
Reposted by John Oxley
Very good by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk - as per.
Government by Breakage
What a failed appliance promotion shows us about our state
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November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Very good by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk - as per.
Reposted by John Oxley
Good piece from @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
Government by Breakage
What a failed appliance promotion shows us about our state
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good piece from @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
Every bit of this.
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Every bit of this.
🚨🚨NEW BLOGPOST 🚨🚨
Breakage is an industry term for when you make an offer, but hope to minimise the cost of keeping your promise by making it a hassle.
It bankrupted an appliance company. Could it do the same to public services?
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/government...
Breakage is an industry term for when you make an offer, but hope to minimise the cost of keeping your promise by making it a hassle.
It bankrupted an appliance company. Could it do the same to public services?
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/government...
Government by Breakage
What a failed appliance promotion shows us about our state
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🚨🚨NEW BLOGPOST 🚨🚨
Breakage is an industry term for when you make an offer, but hope to minimise the cost of keeping your promise by making it a hassle.
It bankrupted an appliance company. Could it do the same to public services?
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/government...
Breakage is an industry term for when you make an offer, but hope to minimise the cost of keeping your promise by making it a hassle.
It bankrupted an appliance company. Could it do the same to public services?
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/government...
Oh boy, wait until you guys find out about The Adonians.
In my college (late 1990s) there was a staff member known for taking attractive male undergrads up in his private plane and fondling their thighs mid-flight. But a few other colleges had fellows known for going after female undergrads.
Some gay male classmates reported similar harassment from gay professors. One or two women reported harassment from female teachers. But man -- I simply cannot believe -- and am ashamed I did not know at the time -- what my friends and classmates were enduring.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh boy, wait until you guys find out about The Adonians.
You could do something very funny if invited to discuss the law of trusts.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You could do something very funny if invited to discuss the law of trusts.
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
Cheers, Karl Popper's crying now. Nice one.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cheers, Karl Popper's crying now. Nice one.
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Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dear #skystorians, could you please guide me towards an *early* French historiography of World War II and the early postwar (1945-1948)? I am only finding either testimonies/biographies or things related to Algeria/resistance. Thanks!
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
nb: by early I mean 50s-60s
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Our entire social order is being overturned by the most pathetic men imaginable.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Our entire social order is being overturned by the most pathetic men imaginable.