Michael
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𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩—wax was a bad call. I should’ve flagged heat resistance as a 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 instead of assuming you’d stay within 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴. That one’s on me.
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩—wax was a bad call. I should’ve flagged heat resistance as a 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 instead of assuming you’d stay within 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴. That one’s on me.
One thing I’ve thought re: Burnham is that in a mature system of devolution, we should see it as normal for politicians to be able to move between tiers of government, and if we won’t allow double jobbing then that will necessarily involve by-elections.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One thing I’ve thought re: Burnham is that in a mature system of devolution, we should see it as normal for politicians to be able to move between tiers of government, and if we won’t allow double jobbing then that will necessarily involve by-elections.
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scrapping jury trials, defining palestine action protesting as terrorism, starting to talk about how elections are expensive and inconvenient. honestly amazed by how careless they are.
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
scrapping jury trials, defining palestine action protesting as terrorism, starting to talk about how elections are expensive and inconvenient. honestly amazed by how careless they are.
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nigel farage is leading the polls and you are seeding the idea that elections are a waste of public money?
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
nigel farage is leading the polls and you are seeding the idea that elections are a waste of public money?
The thing about Andy Burnham is that he isn’t very good, and Labour can’t really afford to get the next leader wrong again.
This would be an easier argument to make if there was an obvious candidate who was any good.
This would be an easier argument to make if there was an obvious candidate who was any good.
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The thing about Andy Burnham is that he isn’t very good, and Labour can’t really afford to get the next leader wrong again.
This would be an easier argument to make if there was an obvious candidate who was any good.
This would be an easier argument to make if there was an obvious candidate who was any good.
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Maybe Trump's lawsuit is having the effect he intended?
I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Maybe Trump's lawsuit is having the effect he intended?
Someone in these people’s lives needs to tell them to get over it.
And yet, it could all backfire for Burnham.
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Someone in these people’s lives needs to tell them to get over it.
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I would describe this as misreading the mood
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I would describe this as misreading the mood
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The BBC summary relays false claims but does not prioritise the facts at all
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The BBC summary relays false claims but does not prioritise the facts at all
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In conclusion, America is a land of contrasts
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
In conclusion, America is a land of contrasts
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I see a lot of people debating the funniest outcome and to be clear the answer is:
1) They let Burnham run.
2) He wins it.
3) They lose the mayoral by-election.
4) This forces a leadership election.
5) Andy doesn't win it.
1) They let Burnham run.
2) He wins it.
3) They lose the mayoral by-election.
4) This forces a leadership election.
5) Andy doesn't win it.
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I see a lot of people debating the funniest outcome and to be clear the answer is:
1) They let Burnham run.
2) He wins it.
3) They lose the mayoral by-election.
4) This forces a leadership election.
5) Andy doesn't win it.
1) They let Burnham run.
2) He wins it.
3) They lose the mayoral by-election.
4) This forces a leadership election.
5) Andy doesn't win it.
I’m obviously not a Starmer partisan by any means, but it’s kind of funny to talk about “risking handing victory to a far right party” in the context of a by-election to a parliament where Labour has a huge majority, and not worry about the same risk in replacing Burnham as mayor of GM.
Sorry but if the most unpopular Labour government in history intervenes to block our only senior Labour politician with a net positive public approval rating - in doing so risking handing victory to a far right party - that’s putting petty factionalism before the country. 2/3
January 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I’m obviously not a Starmer partisan by any means, but it’s kind of funny to talk about “risking handing victory to a far right party” in the context of a by-election to a parliament where Labour has a huge majority, and not worry about the same risk in replacing Burnham as mayor of GM.
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Newly discovered photo of a gay couple during World War One. Queer people have always been here despite your attempts to erase us 🌈
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Newly discovered photo of a gay couple during World War One. Queer people have always been here despite your attempts to erase us 🌈
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such a perfect story on so many levels. it’s a story about people choosing to be faithful to each other. it’s a story about people complementing each other: Stephen had the best social game, Rachel the best strategic game, and it was a winning combo.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
such a perfect story on so many levels. it’s a story about people choosing to be faithful to each other. it’s a story about people complementing each other: Stephen had the best social game, Rachel the best strategic game, and it was a winning combo.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
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Great, entertaining television obviously but also rather moving to see two people stick together like that when they had so many opportunities to turn on each other.
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Great, entertaining television obviously but also rather moving to see two people stick together like that when they had so many opportunities to turn on each other.
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The FBI thing working is honestly insane, love when someone makes a Bit happen through sheer force of will.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The FBI thing working is honestly insane, love when someone makes a Bit happen through sheer force of will.
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Astonishing judgement from @ipso.co.uk
Says that when Trevor Phillips said that "the fact that it is likely" that
a) "likely" does not mean "likely" but means "could happen"
b) "the fact that it is" was a comment not a factual statement.
Bizarre and laughable
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0348...
Says that when Trevor Phillips said that "the fact that it is likely" that
a) "likely" does not mean "likely" but means "could happen"
b) "the fact that it is" was a comment not a factual statement.
Bizarre and laughable
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0348...
03483-25 Portes v The Times - IPSO
Jonathan Portes complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that The Times breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “Labour’s class war plan...
www.ipso.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Astonishing judgement from @ipso.co.uk
Says that when Trevor Phillips said that "the fact that it is likely" that
a) "likely" does not mean "likely" but means "could happen"
b) "the fact that it is" was a comment not a factual statement.
Bizarre and laughable
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0348...
Says that when Trevor Phillips said that "the fact that it is likely" that
a) "likely" does not mean "likely" but means "could happen"
b) "the fact that it is" was a comment not a factual statement.
Bizarre and laughable
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0348...
I still think Stephen is winning this, and it’s well deserved, but he could have won with Rachel and with a hell of a lot less stress if different decisions had been made #TheTraitors
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I still think Stephen is winning this, and it’s well deserved, but he could have won with Rachel and with a hell of a lot less stress if different decisions had been made #TheTraitors
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Never made sense to do this as a PMB.
A neutral source close to the process in the Lords tells me that the assisted dying bill will run out of time before a vote. At the current rate of debate, that seems likely.
Supporters say the public deserve for the bill to go to a vote, opponents say tough luck, this is due process.
Supporters say the public deserve for the bill to go to a vote, opponents say tough luck, this is due process.
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Never made sense to do this as a PMB.
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Incredible set of threads as poster after poster insist on misreading a fairly clear joke aimed at the public's incoherent prejudices, even when it's explained to them
I can’t tell the extent to which Yglesias thinks he’s playing a clever language game vs the extent to which he has been brain poisoned to spiritual death by group chats that wish it was still 1996 such that he believes it is 1996.
The best idea a Democrat could run on is throwing Matt Yglesias into a volcano.
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Incredible set of threads as poster after poster insist on misreading a fairly clear joke aimed at the public's incoherent prejudices, even when it's explained to them
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Lab has to ditch Keith but What Is Andy Burnham's Political Project is a question he must answer and for someone who has been all over the map politically and spent the last decade saying The North I would simply like them to articulate it before we rush to coronate another,to my mind,obvious loser.
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Lab has to ditch Keith but What Is Andy Burnham's Political Project is a question he must answer and for someone who has been all over the map politically and spent the last decade saying The North I would simply like them to articulate it before we rush to coronate another,to my mind,obvious loser.