Pawel Swidlicki
@pswidlicki.bsky.social
Currently clean on OPSEC
I don't blame businesses and organisations for establishing relationships with Reform, it's prudent way to manage potential risk and they need to operate in the world as it is and not how they might wish it to be. Besides, the demarcation between Tories and Reform is increasingly blurred these days.
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I don't blame businesses and organisations for establishing relationships with Reform, it's prudent way to manage potential risk and they need to operate in the world as it is and not how they might wish it to be. Besides, the demarcation between Tories and Reform is increasingly blurred these days.
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The reason this has been whipped up is the Budget is incredibly boring and tame, with no fundamental reform of anything. It’s a bit of fiscal drag and some tinkering on issues of marginal interest. Really the question is why wasn’t there more serious measures given the economy’s relative stability?
It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The reason this has been whipped up is the Budget is incredibly boring and tame, with no fundamental reform of anything. It’s a bit of fiscal drag and some tinkering on issues of marginal interest. Really the question is why wasn’t there more serious measures given the economy’s relative stability?
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
Really good piece on the state of anti-Semitism in the US (though majority is also very applicable in UK and much of continental Europe) www.startribune.com/maga-antisem...
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Really good piece on the state of anti-Semitism in the US (though majority is also very applicable in UK and much of continental Europe) www.startribune.com/maga-antisem...
Your textbook 'useful idiot'
Former Farage party MEP denies taking money from pro-Russian campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Your textbook 'useful idiot'
Say what you want about ChUK, they at least managed to successfully convene a meal for 9 people www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Say what you want about ChUK, they at least managed to successfully convene a meal for 9 people www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wasn't that long ago that Tory politicians would get very tetchy when it was put to them what Christian leaders had to say about their budgets (and other policies for that matter) but I guess we're just giving the political kaleidoscope another shake.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Wasn't that long ago that Tory politicians would get very tetchy when it was put to them what Christian leaders had to say about their budgets (and other policies for that matter) but I guess we're just giving the political kaleidoscope another shake.
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Trump has never once in his life extemporaneously used the phrase "western civilization." He was once asked about western liberalism and thought they were talking about California Democrats. One of the more blatant tells for a Miller-written screed.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Trump has never once in his life extemporaneously used the phrase "western civilization." He was once asked about western liberalism and thought they were talking about California Democrats. One of the more blatant tells for a Miller-written screed.
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The OBR publishing early is bad news for a) the person who carries the can b) the political debate around the OBR but maybe good for those of us who think Budget documents should be published before, not after, the Chancellor speaks as a matter of course when the world doesn't end at 13:30 today?
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The OBR publishing early is bad news for a) the person who carries the can b) the political debate around the OBR but maybe good for those of us who think Budget documents should be published before, not after, the Chancellor speaks as a matter of course when the world doesn't end at 13:30 today?
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Obsessed with the inclusion criteria for this list
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Obsessed with the inclusion criteria for this list
Zuma's defence here is amazing, 'I thought it was a legitimate paramilitary training programme in Russia, I didn't think they'd get sent to fight in Ukraine' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jacob Zuma’s daughter accused of tricking men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine
South African police investigate allegations made against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla by another of ex-president’s daughters
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Zuma's defence here is amazing, 'I thought it was a legitimate paramilitary training programme in Russia, I didn't think they'd get sent to fight in Ukraine' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Its impossible to have too many books, and as for the cables, well you never know, worth keeping them in that dusty box just in case
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Its impossible to have too many books, and as for the cables, well you never know, worth keeping them in that dusty box just in case
Yeah, this is the kind of subtlety that gave us 3 Sims/Sims 3
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
www.n-tv.de
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yeah, this is the kind of subtlety that gave us 3 Sims/Sims 3
One of my favourite instances of this was when one of these purportedly 'UK Patriot' type accounts got tripped up by not realising that Brum was a reference to Birmingham
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
One of my favourite instances of this was when one of these purportedly 'UK Patriot' type accounts got tripped up by not realising that Brum was a reference to Birmingham
TBF I'm not familiar with his early work, but since he has emerged as a public figure, for someone cast as a thinker, Glassman seems remarkably un-thoughtful. Like this is just rote 'anti-woke' verbiage that could've been published at any point over past decade
Why is transphobia the default state for so many arseholes?
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
TBF I'm not familiar with his early work, but since he has emerged as a public figure, for someone cast as a thinker, Glassman seems remarkably un-thoughtful. Like this is just rote 'anti-woke' verbiage that could've been published at any point over past decade
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There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
They'll just deport some more pro-Palestinian students and then the total sum of anti-Semitism will net out, same principle as carbon offsetting
"US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 US troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month."
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
They'll just deport some more pro-Palestinian students and then the total sum of anti-Semitism will net out, same principle as carbon offsetting
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No matter which way you cut it, this has become a very unpopular government - now at Johnson on resignation day and Corbyn in mid-2019 levels of dislike, including among their own voters.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating falls to its lowest level to date (-54, 16-17 November), within the margin of error of Jeremy Corbyn (-55) and Boris Johnson's (-53) lowest ratings
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No matter which way you cut it, this has become a very unpopular government - now at Johnson on resignation day and Corbyn in mid-2019 levels of dislike, including among their own voters.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
As someone who consumes a lot of political content in the current era I am pretty jaded, but this has genuinely blown my mind
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As someone who consumes a lot of political content in the current era I am pretty jaded, but this has genuinely blown my mind
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Yes, if only we had an agency that could provide "food, doctors, and everything else that are desperately needed" in Sudan.
Trump is now turning his attention to Sudan. We’ll see if the warring factions there want to play his games.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yes, if only we had an agency that could provide "food, doctors, and everything else that are desperately needed" in Sudan.
"In return, Moscow would promise not to further attack Ukraine or other countries in Europe, according to the officials, and would codify that promise in legislation."
The Trump administration has drafted a peace plan calling for Ukraine to yield territory to Russia and drop demands for a peacekeeping force to deter future attacks by Moscow, U.S. officials said.
Trump Administration Pushes New Plan for Ending Ukraine War
The 28-point proposal drafted by some of the president’s closest aides is likely to face strong opposition from Ukraine.
on.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"In return, Moscow would promise not to further attack Ukraine or other countries in Europe, according to the officials, and would codify that promise in legislation."
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62% of Israelis, and 73%(!) of Jewish Israelis, said they'd oppose Palestinian statehood, even if it's coupled with normalization with Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli public (not just government) and the rest of the world seem to be moving in 2 very opposite directions. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
The Israeli public (not just government) and the rest of the world seem to be moving in 2 very opposite directions. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Israeli poll shows strong opposition to Palestinian state | The Jerusalem Post
Among Jewish Israelis, opposition is even higher at 79%, up from 76% in the previous JCFA poll. This marks the highest level of Jewish-Israeli opposition in its tracking since the war began.
www.jpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
62% of Israelis, and 73%(!) of Jewish Israelis, said they'd oppose Palestinian statehood, even if it's coupled with normalization with Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli public (not just government) and the rest of the world seem to be moving in 2 very opposite directions. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
The Israeli public (not just government) and the rest of the world seem to be moving in 2 very opposite directions. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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To quote @mcopelov.bsky.social, “‘Who was actually president in 2020?’ continues to be the central cleavage in American politics in 2025.”
NEW: House Republicans on a judiciary subcommittee are laying the groundwork for a law-defying mid-decade census, claiming counting noncitizens and statistical errors in the 2020 Census justifies a recount to give the GOP more congressional seats.
To Weaken Minority Voting Power, Republicans Push For Unprecedented Mid-Decade Census
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
To quote @mcopelov.bsky.social, “‘Who was actually president in 2020?’ continues to be the central cleavage in American politics in 2025.”