Richard
@richd028.bsky.social
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"They’ve attacked all these people, in a desperate attempt to make clear to racists and social conservatives that they hear them. If the racists and social conservatives were actually going to vote for them this would merely seem abhorrent. When they clearly aren’t, it’s stupid too."
Everybody Hates Keir
How did Starmer go from landslide to endgame in under two years? Also this week: the most murderous mammal on earth; and every thought I have about an insane train plan.
jonn.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"They’ve attacked all these people, in a desperate attempt to make clear to racists and social conservatives that they hear them. If the racists and social conservatives were actually going to vote for them this would merely seem abhorrent. When they clearly aren’t, it’s stupid too."
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A lot of low level accounting jobs are essentially human control points to prevent fraud, they haven't been automated not because it's impossible but because the amount of fraud you can commit against a fully automated purchasing system is basically unlimited
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A lot of low level accounting jobs are essentially human control points to prevent fraud, they haven't been automated not because it's impossible but because the amount of fraud you can commit against a fully automated purchasing system is basically unlimited
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a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
a society losing the plot in real time
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I saw a post from someone that said they believe negative posting on Bluesky will affect turnout for less engaged voters and buddy there ARE no 'less engaged voters' on Bluesky and if you think faceless rageaholics on a tiny social media site influence election turnout, they absolutely don't.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I saw a post from someone that said they believe negative posting on Bluesky will affect turnout for less engaged voters and buddy there ARE no 'less engaged voters' on Bluesky and if you think faceless rageaholics on a tiny social media site influence election turnout, they absolutely don't.
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Right, but if you strip out the hyperbole it's just "the public are angry about the cost of living, immigration and the NHS and don't particularly understand any of them" which, sure, but what do I do with that?
You may not like it, but strip out the hyperbole and abuse and it's quite hard to argue with this Cummings asssessment of the public mood
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Right, but if you strip out the hyperbole it's just "the public are angry about the cost of living, immigration and the NHS and don't particularly understand any of them" which, sure, but what do I do with that?
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Also, the immigration stuff, which is his real bug bear because he's a cryptofascist nutter, is just wrong? "The british public underestimate immigration" do they fuck.
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Also, the immigration stuff, which is his real bug bear because he's a cryptofascist nutter, is just wrong? "The british public underestimate immigration" do they fuck.
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Yeah, British politics is simple. You just need to improve public services without any meaningful tax increases, reduce immigration without any labour market impacts, and deliver growth and you'll be hugely successful.
Right, but if you strip out the hyperbole it's just "the public are angry about the cost of living, immigration and the NHS and don't particularly understand any of them" which, sure, but what do I do with that?
You may not like it, but strip out the hyperbole and abuse and it's quite hard to argue with this Cummings asssessment of the public mood
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yeah, British politics is simple. You just need to improve public services without any meaningful tax increases, reduce immigration without any labour market impacts, and deliver growth and you'll be hugely successful.
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
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our position is that he’s doing a bloody great job delivering on the priorities of the british people right and will be doing so for three more months until regrettably the people have expressed their anger at his serious failures of leadership
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
our position is that he’s doing a bloody great job delivering on the priorities of the british people right and will be doing so for three more months until regrettably the people have expressed their anger at his serious failures of leadership
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The ban feels a bit mad to me because it's a bit 'at 16 or 18, everyone should be free to drink the bathtub-brewed wine' but I find the 'no, no-one is harmed by the tub moonshine' stuff even crazier.
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The ban feels a bit mad to me because it's a bit 'at 16 or 18, everyone should be free to drink the bathtub-brewed wine' but I find the 'no, no-one is harmed by the tub moonshine' stuff even crazier.
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Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
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And that's ultimately who he was: the preferred chief of staff of the 'no policies, just vibes' crowd, who are in denial even now that they have driven Labour to the brink of death.
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
And that's ultimately who he was: the preferred chief of staff of the 'no policies, just vibes' crowd, who are in denial even now that they have driven Labour to the brink of death.
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A thought that’s *still* ridiculous omg
February 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
A thought that’s *still* ridiculous omg
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This fundamentally is the problem with a large part of the Labour Party: it has set itself against a large part of the core vote of a 21st century social democratic party, partly due to an incapability to parse such positions as existing and having merit outwith their narrow factionalism
"uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism"
You mean being a fucking vaguely centre-left socdem?
Fucking inject it into my veins!
You mean being a fucking vaguely centre-left socdem?
Fucking inject it into my veins!
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This fundamentally is the problem with a large part of the Labour Party: it has set itself against a large part of the core vote of a 21st century social democratic party, partly due to an incapability to parse such positions as existing and having merit outwith their narrow factionalism
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The decent odds on Streeting, a man almost scientifically designed to lose a Labour leadership contest, continue to disprove the wisdom of the betting markets applying to politics
Ed Miliband backed into second favourite to be next leader on Betfair, now has marginally shorter odds than Wes Streeting.
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The decent odds on Streeting, a man almost scientifically designed to lose a Labour leadership contest, continue to disprove the wisdom of the betting markets applying to politics
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Huge example of why banning social media for under 18's doesnt fix the problems with an unregulated sector.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Huge example of why banning social media for under 18's doesnt fix the problems with an unregulated sector.
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...