Xander King
@xanderking.bsky.social
Just another person escaping the X binfire. Left wing, and most of the assumptions you’ve just made about that are true. He/him. Otrovert.
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Xander King
@xanderking.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Choosing the lesser of two evils gets you at least half way to evil with every choice.
He’s so good at this. And, crucially, the lines are never allowed to go stale. The left are very good at saying things that are true but, generally, with little flair or emotional appeal. Not now
Nobody on Labour media duties ever goes beyond dry, spoon-fed lines. All the talent has been eradicated
Nobody on Labour media duties ever goes beyond dry, spoon-fed lines. All the talent has been eradicated
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
He’s so good at this. And, crucially, the lines are never allowed to go stale. The left are very good at saying things that are true but, generally, with little flair or emotional appeal. Not now
Nobody on Labour media duties ever goes beyond dry, spoon-fed lines. All the talent has been eradicated
Nobody on Labour media duties ever goes beyond dry, spoon-fed lines. All the talent has been eradicated
Complete capitulation by @libdems.org.uk here. Complying in advance. Just another party unwilling to upset TERFs, and another reason why Greens won’t just “lend” LD candidates their vote tactically, as many LD supporters assume they will.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Complete capitulation by @libdems.org.uk here. Complying in advance. Just another party unwilling to upset TERFs, and another reason why Greens won’t just “lend” LD candidates their vote tactically, as many LD supporters assume they will.
This is, of course, evil - but also massively stupid.
What will happen now is that the back benches will privately tell the front bench to get stuffed, the proposals will be watered down to near nothing and Labour will have burnt goodwill they don’t have on more fascist appeasement.
What will happen now is that the back benches will privately tell the front bench to get stuffed, the proposals will be watered down to near nothing and Labour will have burnt goodwill they don’t have on more fascist appeasement.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is, of course, evil - but also massively stupid.
What will happen now is that the back benches will privately tell the front bench to get stuffed, the proposals will be watered down to near nothing and Labour will have burnt goodwill they don’t have on more fascist appeasement.
What will happen now is that the back benches will privately tell the front bench to get stuffed, the proposals will be watered down to near nothing and Labour will have burnt goodwill they don’t have on more fascist appeasement.
About 2-3 years ago I said Labour’s plans for the NHS wouldn’t work - plans to increase private sector involvement in the NHS would simply increase costs unsustainably and not deliver lasting wait list improvements because ITS THE SAME DOCTORS. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
About 2-3 years ago I said Labour’s plans for the NHS wouldn’t work - plans to increase private sector involvement in the NHS would simply increase costs unsustainably and not deliver lasting wait list improvements because ITS THE SAME DOCTORS. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And here, in a nutshell, is why Labour’s position on immigration is suicidally stupid.
Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And here, in a nutshell, is why Labour’s position on immigration is suicidally stupid.
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never forget how they reported on us
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
never forget how they reported on us
Torment Nexus etc.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Torment Nexus etc.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Working theory - Keir Starmer has a twin brother, let’s say called “Piers”, who’s a real right wing arse, and they’re playing a game where they draw lots every morning to see who’ll be PM that day, but neither is allowed to tell the other what they did the previous day - they just guess and react.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Working theory - Keir Starmer has a twin brother, let’s say called “Piers”, who’s a real right wing arse, and they’re playing a game where they draw lots every morning to see who’ll be PM that day, but neither is allowed to tell the other what they did the previous day - they just guess and react.
I think this is roughly where I am.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I think this is roughly where I am.
This would be like living in Germany in the 1930s, having a Jewish kid who got murdered by fascist youths and then doing a photo op with Goebbels to blame it all on the free press.
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This would be like living in Germany in the 1930s, having a Jewish kid who got murdered by fascist youths and then doing a photo op with Goebbels to blame it all on the free press.
The primary purpose of BBC news and current affairs has never been independent journalism - it’s to provide reassurance that everything going on is fine and normal, even when it isn’t.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The primary purpose of BBC news and current affairs has never been independent journalism - it’s to provide reassurance that everything going on is fine and normal, even when it isn’t.
Guardian: “Some close to Corbyn believe Sultana is trying to keep money to help fight a leadership contest over the next few months. Sultana’s allies however say some money needs to be held back in case those who donated in the movement’s early days demand refunds.”
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Guardian: “Some close to Corbyn believe Sultana is trying to keep money to help fight a leadership contest over the next few months. Sultana’s allies however say some money needs to be held back in case those who donated in the movement’s early days demand refunds.”
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
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Just the cleanest Matthew 25 test you could imagine revealing a Christendom of goats leading their flocks straight to the eternal fires.
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just the cleanest Matthew 25 test you could imagine revealing a Christendom of goats leading their flocks straight to the eternal fires.
There is nothing at all in the Green manifesto that Nordic countries don’t deliver every single day of the year and twice at Christmas. If Darren and chums can’t achieve it, he should step aside and let capable people do it.
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There is nothing at all in the Green manifesto that Nordic countries don’t deliver every single day of the year and twice at Christmas. If Darren and chums can’t achieve it, he should step aside and let capable people do it.
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"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
I saw somewhere that the amount of money this costs could give every Tesla employee a package worth $840,000.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I saw somewhere that the amount of money this costs could give every Tesla employee a package worth $840,000.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Do you think Elon Musk saw the rising tide of revolt against billionaires and decided to dodge it by becoming a trillionaire, and then people would love him?
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you think Elon Musk saw the rising tide of revolt against billionaires and decided to dodge it by becoming a trillionaire, and then people would love him?
Hiding his light under a bagel.
“Sandwich guy” tells me it was “heartening” to get so much support from his fellow Washingtonians but that he’s “not comfortable” with the “hero” narrative. I asked him if he thought DC residents were registering their dissent by finding him not guilty, he said “perhaps.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hiding his light under a bagel.
The year is 2025 and I have just learned of the acquittal of a sandwich thrower on charges of assault from Luke Skywalker and I am unconvinced I haven’t been dreaming while comatose since 2016.
A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated.
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The year is 2025 and I have just learned of the acquittal of a sandwich thrower on charges of assault from Luke Skywalker and I am unconvinced I haven’t been dreaming while comatose since 2016.
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A heartening read.
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A heartening read.
I mean, I’ve had a go at answering this. But why do people like this ask this question of ordinary people. I’m not the fucking chancellor. She should do her damn job and enact progressive, pro-environment taxation.
How would you fill the tax gap caused by reduction on fuel duty/VAT on petrol/diesel as EVs replace ICE vehicles, if not though taxing per mile?
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I mean, I’ve had a go at answering this. But why do people like this ask this question of ordinary people. I’m not the fucking chancellor. She should do her damn job and enact progressive, pro-environment taxation.
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Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...