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“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
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There was absolutely *no* reason for the news to look the way it did last week, especially on the BBC of all places, beyond the fact that a large swathe of the media (particularly the upper echelons) have been captured by the Twitter machine and have substituted the 'map' for the territory.
Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his attempted military coup in Brazil, but you didn't hear much about it in the news because the people who did the exact same thing in the States dominated the media crying hysterically over a podcaster. None of this was inevitable.
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
There was absolutely *no* reason for the news to look the way it did last week, especially on the BBC of all places, beyond the fact that a large swathe of the media (particularly the upper echelons) have been captured by the Twitter machine and have substituted the 'map' for the territory.
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Not one government has mirrored its X accounts on Bluesky, let alone moving over and leaving Musk's hate sewer. How long do we have to wait? Which country is going to make the first move? The EU could be a catalyst but only when a national government moves will all the attendant institutions follow.
September 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Not one government has mirrored its X accounts on Bluesky, let alone moving over and leaving Musk's hate sewer. How long do we have to wait? Which country is going to make the first move? The EU could be a catalyst but only when a national government moves will all the attendant institutions follow.
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If you are still on X you are supporting this.
September 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you are still on X you are supporting this.
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The media across the spectrum did a bad job of context last weekend, by reporting aspirations of a massive wave of protests as a fact.
The earlier prediction that the injunction to empty the hotel would see protests grow proved wrong.
We don't know if the new verdict will. Don't assume, do report
The earlier prediction that the injunction to empty the hotel would see protests grow proved wrong.
We don't know if the new verdict will. Don't assume, do report
August 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The media across the spectrum did a bad job of context last weekend, by reporting aspirations of a massive wave of protests as a fact.
The earlier prediction that the injunction to empty the hotel would see protests grow proved wrong.
We don't know if the new verdict will. Don't assume, do report
The earlier prediction that the injunction to empty the hotel would see protests grow proved wrong.
We don't know if the new verdict will. Don't assume, do report
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Small chart, big problem
August 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Small chart, big problem
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All you had to do was listen to her.
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
All you had to do was listen to her.
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England was pretty cosmopolitan in the early medieval period it turns out
www.thetimes.com/article/9e23...
www.thetimes.com/article/9e23...
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Analysis of DNA from graves in Kent and Dorset reveals the first genetic evidence of direct links between Britain and Africa in the early medieval period
www.thetimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
England was pretty cosmopolitan in the early medieval period it turns out
www.thetimes.com/article/9e23...
www.thetimes.com/article/9e23...
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Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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Despite the high praise received for the atmosphere Palace fans twice created at Wembley with their displays this year. In another example of football culture crushing, Wembley Stadium has just put the kaibosh on our Community Sheild display.
Statement by the HoF
www.instagram.com/p/DND5bOFo_D...
Statement by the HoF
www.instagram.com/p/DND5bOFo_D...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Despite the high praise received for the atmosphere Palace fans twice created at Wembley with their displays this year. In another example of football culture crushing, Wembley Stadium has just put the kaibosh on our Community Sheild display.
Statement by the HoF
www.instagram.com/p/DND5bOFo_D...
Statement by the HoF
www.instagram.com/p/DND5bOFo_D...
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Another cost is the psychological price paid by submitting to Trump. It destroys your credibility, helps the far-right narrative that strongmen are superior to democracy, creates a precedent to keep giving in and makes you look weak in the new might-is-right international order that is emerging.
July 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Another cost is the psychological price paid by submitting to Trump. It destroys your credibility, helps the far-right narrative that strongmen are superior to democracy, creates a precedent to keep giving in and makes you look weak in the new might-is-right international order that is emerging.
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God bless DuckDuckGo
Search engine feature of the moment: DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/d...
techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/d...
DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results | TechCrunch
DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.
techcrunch.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
God bless DuckDuckGo
Only watched the France and the Sweden games, but Jess Carter has looked poor this n both.
July 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Only watched the France and the Sweden games, but Jess Carter has looked poor this n both.
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Further evidence, if needed, of the appalling stratification of European club football. Hard to see UEFA doing this had it been a Barcelona, City, Milan for example
Uefa demote Crystal Palace to the Conference League
July 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Further evidence, if needed, of the appalling stratification of European club football. Hard to see UEFA doing this had it been a Barcelona, City, Milan for example
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This OBR chart (using OECD data) debunks two pervasive myths:
a) UK pensions are pitifully low compared to other European countries.
b) The "triple lock" has done its work of boosting UK pensions so can now be abandoned.
[my earlier piece on triple lock here: ukandeu.ac.uk/in-defence-o... ]
a) UK pensions are pitifully low compared to other European countries.
b) The "triple lock" has done its work of boosting UK pensions so can now be abandoned.
[my earlier piece on triple lock here: ukandeu.ac.uk/in-defence-o... ]
July 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This OBR chart (using OECD data) debunks two pervasive myths:
a) UK pensions are pitifully low compared to other European countries.
b) The "triple lock" has done its work of boosting UK pensions so can now be abandoned.
[my earlier piece on triple lock here: ukandeu.ac.uk/in-defence-o... ]
a) UK pensions are pitifully low compared to other European countries.
b) The "triple lock" has done its work of boosting UK pensions so can now be abandoned.
[my earlier piece on triple lock here: ukandeu.ac.uk/in-defence-o... ]
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Fuck off.
This governance-by-opinion-poll has to end. Stop asking people's opinions about stuff we don't have the tools to understand and do the damn work you've been elected for.
This governance-by-opinion-poll has to end. Stop asking people's opinions about stuff we don't have the tools to understand and do the damn work you've been elected for.
June 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Fuck off.
This governance-by-opinion-poll has to end. Stop asking people's opinions about stuff we don't have the tools to understand and do the damn work you've been elected for.
This governance-by-opinion-poll has to end. Stop asking people's opinions about stuff we don't have the tools to understand and do the damn work you've been elected for.
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Multiple ships sailed. European orgs/govts could have set up Mastodon instances. They chose not to. They could post here. They chose not to. They’ve normalised posting in the social media equivalent of 4chan. I can’t see anything changing.
June 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Multiple ships sailed. European orgs/govts could have set up Mastodon instances. They chose not to. They could post here. They chose not to. They’ve normalised posting in the social media equivalent of 4chan. I can’t see anything changing.
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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It might help your sanity if you recognise that economic policy has nothing to do with actual economics. It's about placating old (often dead) voters by appealing to a fictional world wherein our comparative advantage is still in industries that no longer really exist.
May 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It might help your sanity if you recognise that economic policy has nothing to do with actual economics. It's about placating old (often dead) voters by appealing to a fictional world wherein our comparative advantage is still in industries that no longer really exist.
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All I want is electronic devices with wood. I want my next PlayStation to look like Moog made it in the 70’s.
May 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
All I want is electronic devices with wood. I want my next PlayStation to look like Moog made it in the 70’s.
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A nice, unassuming advert for a partwork magazine about wildlife... and then the last 5 seconds karate kicks you in the guts
April 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A nice, unassuming advert for a partwork magazine about wildlife... and then the last 5 seconds karate kicks you in the guts
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One of the sources of rot running through our political, intellectual, and media institutions is the total triumph of the idea that democracy means outsourcing your morality and point of view to a fuzzily incoherent view of what's popular. Total rejection of the idea of morality as personal virtue.
How is this different than what Republican senators say about Trump
April 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One of the sources of rot running through our political, intellectual, and media institutions is the total triumph of the idea that democracy means outsourcing your morality and point of view to a fuzzily incoherent view of what's popular. Total rejection of the idea of morality as personal virtue.