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"Tory administrations it was the millennialist quasi-religious project of Brexit, combined with Robespierrian tribalist murder-psychosis and the basic underlying fact that they were a bunch of cunts." Hands down the best thing I have read this week.
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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McSweeneyite Labour and the "cowardice trap".

For fuck's sake, Labour, find your cojones! @darrenpjones.bsky.social
Third, and most important, there is a lack of bravery. Of courage. In case after case, we see the government fail to do the right thing, because they think it’ll hurt them. Do they know that people like Gibbs should obviously not be on the BBC board? Yes. Do they know that the tax system is a mess and needs fixing? Absolutely. Do they know that tax rises now can improve public services later? Almost certainly. But they are too afraid to take the hit. They keep on doing the supposedly popular thing, or the easiest thing, and are then surprised to find that it does not lead to a popular outcome. But there is a reason for that: the decision has unpopular effects. They must choose between an unpopular decision and an unpopular effect. You see this across the policy landscape. Universities need more money. Will that be popular? No, so they don’t do it. What is the effect? Universities collapsing. Will that be popular? No, it’ll be even less popular than the policy which would have prevented it. Immigrants boost economic growth. Is immigration popular? No, so they try to reduce it. What is the effect? Reduced growth. Will that be popular? No, it’ll be even less popular than the policy which would have prevented it. This is the cowardice trap. And Labour is currently caught in it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
boogie1444.bsky.social
Spot on with the cowardice trap.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
Props to this guy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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benfenton.bsky.social
At least he did say that Trump would not win a libel action. Big moment for the BBC - show some fight. They don't have to kow-tow, so just respectfully decline to engage in legal talk, say the prog has been removed from streaming (without saying that had already happened) and leave it at that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM