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Heather, if you listen to last week's excellent Politics Theory Other podcast about the history & strategy of Spotify, you'll want to find an alternative - and quickly, and rightly.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Heather, if you listen to last week's excellent Politics Theory Other podcast about the history & strategy of Spotify, you'll want to find an alternative - and quickly, and rightly.
Agree this is good, but - much though I admire Polanski's politics - for an ex-actor his acting is rather stilted.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Agree this is good, but - much though I admire Polanski's politics - for an ex-actor his acting is rather stilted.
That's not exactly helpful in telling us what fiscal policies a progressive UK party should be advocating now, Jonathan, and that is the crucial question.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That's not exactly helpful in telling us what fiscal policies a progressive UK party should be advocating now, Jonathan, and that is the crucial question.
So you need to start organising to this end within the PLP
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So you need to start organising to this end within the PLP
Yes the Guardian is weird like that, & much keener on radicalism abroad than at home.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yes the Guardian is weird like that, & much keener on radicalism abroad than at home.
The Times, Telegraph, Mail & Express are doing their bit to prepare the ground
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Times, Telegraph, Mail & Express are doing their bit to prepare the ground
Yes, it's particularly hard to predict because there's likely to be lots of tactical voting against both Labour & Reform. It'll vary hugely from seat to seat as people look at local polls & choose which of the rest to vote for.
October 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yes, it's particularly hard to predict because there's likely to be lots of tactical voting against both Labour & Reform. It'll vary hugely from seat to seat as people look at local polls & choose which of the rest to vote for.
Thanks, Steve x
September 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thanks, Steve x
Good piece. Now that the government has decided that perhaps genocide isn't so nice (while continuing to supply arms), will all those big name commentators on bsky who have remained silent for 21 months finally find their voices?
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good piece. Now that the government has decided that perhaps genocide isn't so nice (while continuing to supply arms), will all those big name commentators on bsky who have remained silent for 21 months finally find their voices?
powerful piece - thanks for posting it
July 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
powerful piece - thanks for posting it
Radicalisation isn't just caused by individuals with personal problems. It's also caused by eg a political culture founded on lying & deceit (eg Johnson & Starmer). And imo it's right to be radicalised the west's response to Gaza, which has laid bare hypocrisy & double standards in droves.
July 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Radicalisation isn't just caused by individuals with personal problems. It's also caused by eg a political culture founded on lying & deceit (eg Johnson & Starmer). And imo it's right to be radicalised the west's response to Gaza, which has laid bare hypocrisy & double standards in droves.
under FPTP they urgently need to create an effective alliance with the Greens, or both will fail
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
under FPTP they urgently need to create an effective alliance with the Greens, or both will fail
On the contrary, I think McSweeney is determined to prove that he's a real hard man by accomplishing the almost impossible feat of reducing the government's approval rating to single figures.
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On the contrary, I think McSweeney is determined to prove that he's a real hard man by accomplishing the almost impossible feat of reducing the government's approval rating to single figures.
Almost everyone in the media helped project him as competent, grown-up, focused, efficient forensic etc etc, yet now that they have turned against him, no-one admits to having made a mistake.
July 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Almost everyone in the media helped project him as competent, grown-up, focused, efficient forensic etc etc, yet now that they have turned against him, no-one admits to having made a mistake.
Agreed, but the leadership election system was carefully tweaked in such a way that it's hard to see how anyone with even slightly different politics can win. So we'll almost certainly get more of the same. I think Labour have had it.
July 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Agreed, but the leadership election system was carefully tweaked in such a way that it's hard to see how anyone with even slightly different politics can win. So we'll almost certainly get more of the same. I think Labour have had it.
If Sir Keir cares about international law, it's in a very strange way. Israel is breaking international law at will in relation to the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and above all Gaza, committing war crimes almost daily, but not a peep of criticism from Sir Keir.
July 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If Sir Keir cares about international law, it's in a very strange way. Israel is breaking international law at will in relation to the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and above all Gaza, committing war crimes almost daily, but not a peep of criticism from Sir Keir.
this was excellent, thanks
July 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
this was excellent, thanks
this (by Alfie Steer) is the best piece on the new party I've read: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-rev...
I wish them well, but think Alfie points to some potentially serious problems, and will stick with the Greens myself
I wish them well, but think Alfie points to some potentially serious problems, and will stick with the Greens myself
The Revenge of the Left
Zarah Sultana’s recent announcement that she has resigned from Labour to ‘co-lead the founding of a new party’ with Jeremy Corbyn marks the beginning of probably the most significant left-wing schism ...
renewal.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
this (by Alfie Steer) is the best piece on the new party I've read: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-rev...
I wish them well, but think Alfie points to some potentially serious problems, and will stick with the Greens myself
I wish them well, but think Alfie points to some potentially serious problems, and will stick with the Greens myself
The common factor between Spiked & McSweeney is a form of disavowal whereby the principal determinant of whatever position you adopt is that it must fly in the face of established left-wing opinion. It's pathetic, childish & (as we now know) disastrous when applied in power, but there we are...
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The common factor between Spiked & McSweeney is a form of disavowal whereby the principal determinant of whatever position you adopt is that it must fly in the face of established left-wing opinion. It's pathetic, childish & (as we now know) disastrous when applied in power, but there we are...
Corbyn might well have messed up the parliamentary procedures too, but at least he'd have been trying to implement humane & decent social democratic policies.
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Corbyn might well have messed up the parliamentary procedures too, but at least he'd have been trying to implement humane & decent social democratic policies.
I suspect they're desperate to try to give Starmer a more human / sympathetic image, and hope that this will help. But it's desperate stuff, and almost certainly a futile mission.
June 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I suspect they're desperate to try to give Starmer a more human / sympathetic image, and hope that this will help. But it's desperate stuff, and almost certainly a futile mission.
Don't underestimate the ability of the ghouls in charge of Labour to ignore or unilaterally adjust the rules so that the membership are left with the option of simply rubberstamping whoever they want to succeed Starmer. They've run the Party like a dictatorship for 5 years, and habits are ingrained.
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Don't underestimate the ability of the ghouls in charge of Labour to ignore or unilaterally adjust the rules so that the membership are left with the option of simply rubberstamping whoever they want to succeed Starmer. They've run the Party like a dictatorship for 5 years, and habits are ingrained.