The Prophet Cassandra
@prophetcassandra.bsky.social
Talks occasionally.
Trans. 28. London. She/Her.
Trans. 28. London. She/Her.
Pinned
Wrote a short story about making the perfect Christmas Lunch since it's the season
Reviews so far:
"Gave me an existential crisis"
"Thoroughly Enjoyed that"
"Can't believe it had such a happy ending"
Reviews so far:
"Gave me an existential crisis"
"Thoroughly Enjoyed that"
"Can't believe it had such a happy ending"
Should probably reup this while it's seasonally appropriate.
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How about increasing taxes?
Keir Starmer is convening advisers today to try and break the deadlock on delayed Defence Investment Plan, with other crucial convos lined up by PM
Govt officials are examining ‘creative solutions’ to override defence funding gap of up to £28bn over 10 years
www.ft.com/content/4458...
Govt officials are examining ‘creative solutions’ to override defence funding gap of up to £28bn over 10 years
www.ft.com/content/4458...
Keir Starmer seeks to push forward with delayed defence investment plan
Meeting convened by UK prime minister comes as officials examine ways of overriding multibillion-pound funding gap
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
How about increasing taxes?
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And well, even if there is some very decisive move, it is still very hard to answer the question: 'Why did you ignore security advice to appoint this man to a senior role? Why did you believe whatever asurances he gave you?'
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
And well, even if there is some very decisive move, it is still very hard to answer the question: 'Why did you ignore security advice to appoint this man to a senior role? Why did you believe whatever asurances he gave you?'
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They appointed him because they thought the security concerns meant Trump would like him - it’s just we have to pretend not to have noticed they went “Peter loves hanging out with nonces & that’s 90% of this job”
Everyone should go
Everyone should go
No 10 appointed Mandelson despite security concerns, Sky News understands
Number 10 say developed vetting was done by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the normal way.
news.sky.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
They appointed him because they thought the security concerns meant Trump would like him - it’s just we have to pretend not to have noticed they went “Peter loves hanging out with nonces & that’s 90% of this job”
Everyone should go
Everyone should go
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breaking
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP has just reported Peter Mandelson to the Metropolitan Police to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence of criminality in his actions as a UK government minister and in his long-standing relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP has just reported Peter Mandelson to the Metropolitan Police to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence of criminality in his actions as a UK government minister and in his long-standing relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
breaking
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP has just reported Peter Mandelson to the Metropolitan Police to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence of criminality in his actions as a UK government minister and in his long-standing relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP has just reported Peter Mandelson to the Metropolitan Police to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence of criminality in his actions as a UK government minister and in his long-standing relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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🚨BREAKING - Gordon Brown says he has asked the Cabinet Secretary "to investigate the disclosure of confidential and market sensitive information" allegedly from Mandelson
Says he asked the cabinet office to investigate this in September and department found no record.
Says he asked the cabinet office to investigate this in September and department found no record.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🚨BREAKING - Gordon Brown says he has asked the Cabinet Secretary "to investigate the disclosure of confidential and market sensitive information" allegedly from Mandelson
Says he asked the cabinet office to investigate this in September and department found no record.
Says he asked the cabinet office to investigate this in September and department found no record.
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Can't even leak confidential cabinet finance information to a known paedophile anymore, because of woke.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Can't even leak confidential cabinet finance information to a known paedophile anymore, because of woke.
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BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
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since Anas Sarwar wants us all to talk about his policy on trans issues today, all I’m thinking is, it’s *such* an exercise in cowardice that pretends it’s principle.
Scottish Labour voted overwhelmingly *for* gender recognition reform *in this parliamentary term* *under Anas Sarwar’s leadership*
Scottish Labour voted overwhelmingly *for* gender recognition reform *in this parliamentary term* *under Anas Sarwar’s leadership*
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
since Anas Sarwar wants us all to talk about his policy on trans issues today, all I’m thinking is, it’s *such* an exercise in cowardice that pretends it’s principle.
Scottish Labour voted overwhelmingly *for* gender recognition reform *in this parliamentary term* *under Anas Sarwar’s leadership*
Scottish Labour voted overwhelmingly *for* gender recognition reform *in this parliamentary term* *under Anas Sarwar’s leadership*
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Your Party won't stand in D&G because their CEC is the same day and, look, ChangeUK actually did manage to run full slates in the 2019 Euros despite internally collapsing so this is cringe
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Your Party won't stand in D&G because their CEC is the same day and, look, ChangeUK actually did manage to run full slates in the 2019 Euros despite internally collapsing so this is cringe
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I know the lootbox Bobby kotick Epstein email is wild but microtransactions go all the way back to arcade machines which required quarters to continue playing. lootboxes were not invented by Activision gatcha mechanics preexisted that shit by years. Please believe in the existence of history
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I know the lootbox Bobby kotick Epstein email is wild but microtransactions go all the way back to arcade machines which required quarters to continue playing. lootboxes were not invented by Activision gatcha mechanics preexisted that shit by years. Please believe in the existence of history
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i will never get over the image of the DOJ attorneys who were about to be fired, humiliated, and threatened with prosecution due to Garland's failure applauding as the man who ruined their careers and lives exited the building
Merrick Garland was so good a man that he was stupid.
I mean this in the spirit of curiosity: why the fuck did the Biden DOJ not release these Epstein files?
Were they just completely asleep at the wheel? Did Trump have the files stashed away in a Maralago bathroom?
Seriously what the fuck.
Were they just completely asleep at the wheel? Did Trump have the files stashed away in a Maralago bathroom?
Seriously what the fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
i will never get over the image of the DOJ attorneys who were about to be fired, humiliated, and threatened with prosecution due to Garland's failure applauding as the man who ruined their careers and lives exited the building
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Great FT piece citing @cassiarowland.bsky.social’s analysis which shows gov plans to radically reduce jury trials save relatively little court capacity. The should focus on court productivity instead
Also makes important point that MoJ data is poor. Needs to be fixed asap
ep.ft.com/permalink/em...
Also makes important point that MoJ data is poor. Needs to be fixed asap
ep.ft.com/permalink/em...
The absence of government modelling to justify curtailing the right to trial by jury has allowed opponents to make all the running — and that may yet precipitate another Labour U-turn. It has also exposed a lack of good data to monitor one specific problem that is contributing to trial delays every day.
ep.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Great FT piece citing @cassiarowland.bsky.social’s analysis which shows gov plans to radically reduce jury trials save relatively little court capacity. The should focus on court productivity instead
Also makes important point that MoJ data is poor. Needs to be fixed asap
ep.ft.com/permalink/em...
Also makes important point that MoJ data is poor. Needs to be fixed asap
ep.ft.com/permalink/em...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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I think also this is a reflection of the fact this Labour leadership did very little intellectual renewal, in that the intellectual argument for 'a graduate contribution' IMO remains a strong argument for Plan A tuition fees. It's *also* a really poor one for the post-2012 tuition fees system.
When this bit of the party tries to imply that higher education is an elitist luxury rather than a public good, it's projection IMO.
Because their ideology – which is basically Fabianism on steroids – is incredibly elitist!
Because their ideology – which is basically Fabianism on steroids – is incredibly elitist!
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I think also this is a reflection of the fact this Labour leadership did very little intellectual renewal, in that the intellectual argument for 'a graduate contribution' IMO remains a strong argument for Plan A tuition fees. It's *also* a really poor one for the post-2012 tuition fees system.
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I wrote a big post about this in Notes but it comes down to this:
I am sick of being told that not only should I be comfortable with politicians who don’t believe my marriage should be legal, but that to criticise them for that is somehow an illiberal attempt to force religion out of politics.
I am sick of being told that not only should I be comfortable with politicians who don’t believe my marriage should be legal, but that to criticise them for that is somehow an illiberal attempt to force religion out of politics.
Gordon Brown 'appalled by treatment of Kate Forbes' after religious backlash
A new book reveals the former prime minister considered making an intervention over the issue
www.scotsman.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I wrote a big post about this in Notes but it comes down to this:
I am sick of being told that not only should I be comfortable with politicians who don’t believe my marriage should be legal, but that to criticise them for that is somehow an illiberal attempt to force religion out of politics.
I am sick of being told that not only should I be comfortable with politicians who don’t believe my marriage should be legal, but that to criticise them for that is somehow an illiberal attempt to force religion out of politics.
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The New Left partly succeeded in building a Gramscian counter-hegemony, just not against Vietnam, but against the Great Society.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The New Left partly succeeded in building a Gramscian counter-hegemony, just not against Vietnam, but against the Great Society.
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Years later and I'm yet to see an explanation of what the correct, respectful way for me to respond to a politician who doesn't see my marriage as legitimate should have been.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Gordon Brown 'appalled by treatment of Kate Forbes' after religious backlash
A new book reveals the former prime minister considered making an intervention over the issue
www.scotsman.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Years later and I'm yet to see an explanation of what the correct, respectful way for me to respond to a politician who doesn't see my marriage as legitimate should have been.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Take my country's fucking name out of your mouth and don't talk about it like it's a lab experiment, you disgusting fucking freak
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Take my country's fucking name out of your mouth and don't talk about it like it's a lab experiment, you disgusting fucking freak
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Broke: Britain is a two party political system
Woke: Britain is now a two bloc, multiparty system
Bespoke: Britain is a one party system and that party is Nimbyism.
Woke: Britain is now a two bloc, multiparty system
Bespoke: Britain is a one party system and that party is Nimbyism.
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Broke: Britain is a two party political system
Woke: Britain is now a two bloc, multiparty system
Bespoke: Britain is a one party system and that party is Nimbyism.
Woke: Britain is now a two bloc, multiparty system
Bespoke: Britain is a one party system and that party is Nimbyism.
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Andy Burnham's basic problem: essentially every Labour power broker who is not a dyed-in-the-wool Burnhamite has a vested interest in keeping him out of Parliament. (Some of the politicians who claimed this week to want him back have key allies on the NEC who voted to block him)
Diminished Keir Starmer at the limit of his powers
Andy Burnham veto leaves government where it started — with a weakened PM struggling to push controversial policy through parliament
www.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Andy Burnham's basic problem: essentially every Labour power broker who is not a dyed-in-the-wool Burnhamite has a vested interest in keeping him out of Parliament. (Some of the politicians who claimed this week to want him back have key allies on the NEC who voted to block him)
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it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
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I think this is right. In general the thing that *all* the replacements to Starmer haven't reckoned with (other than Miliband, who doesn't count because IMV he genuinely does not want it), is that Reeves' budgets have placed neither public services nor the public finances on the road to recovery.
Being blocked seems to me optimal for Burnham. He gets to "would have easily won" without actually having to contest the seat, establishes himself as the contender Starmer fears most and, if Labour lose, gets "Keir would rather hurt the party by losing a seat, than have a rival win it" as a bonus.
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I think this is right. In general the thing that *all* the replacements to Starmer haven't reckoned with (other than Miliband, who doesn't count because IMV he genuinely does not want it), is that Reeves' budgets have placed neither public services nor the public finances on the road to recovery.
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Neither side is playing 4D chess. They're both incompetent. The psychodrama will continue.
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Neither side is playing 4D chess. They're both incompetent. The psychodrama will continue.
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I always have the same dream.
I'm walking down a dark alleyway and blocking my path is the Ed Stone. I throw a bottle at it and it shatters against the stone surface. Then it lunges for me.
I wake up in a cold sweat. I go to make my coffee. I look at the mug in my hand. I can't stop screaming.
I'm walking down a dark alleyway and blocking my path is the Ed Stone. I throw a bottle at it and it shatters against the stone surface. Then it lunges for me.
I wake up in a cold sweat. I go to make my coffee. I look at the mug in my hand. I can't stop screaming.
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I always have the same dream.
I'm walking down a dark alleyway and blocking my path is the Ed Stone. I throw a bottle at it and it shatters against the stone surface. Then it lunges for me.
I wake up in a cold sweat. I go to make my coffee. I look at the mug in my hand. I can't stop screaming.
I'm walking down a dark alleyway and blocking my path is the Ed Stone. I throw a bottle at it and it shatters against the stone surface. Then it lunges for me.
I wake up in a cold sweat. I go to make my coffee. I look at the mug in my hand. I can't stop screaming.