Edward Barrow
@ejoftheweb.bsky.social
Part-time Londoner: woke liberal socialist, empiricist. Likes food, dancing, gardening, interested in politics, economics, environment. Likely to block bigots and denialists of any stripe; will block crypto bros etc.
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Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
Besides, MPs should have their feet, heart home and grass-roots in their constituency. I don't think Greens should do that parachuting into a safe seat thing the other parties do.
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Besides, MPs should have their feet, heart home and grass-roots in their constituency. I don't think Greens should do that parachuting into a safe seat thing the other parties do.
And now, with Trump, Reform etc, they think they have social permission to express them again.
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And now, with Trump, Reform etc, they think they have social permission to express them again.
Hear hear! And while we're at it, a word for linen too. Tough, smart, grows next door to me, lasts years.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hear hear! And while we're at it, a word for linen too. Tough, smart, grows next door to me, lasts years.
And have Labour bottomed-out?
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And have Labour bottomed-out?
Whatever property tax we end up replacing council tax with, there has to be a continuous revaluation process. Imo, indexation informed by all local property transactions.
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Whatever property tax we end up replacing council tax with, there has to be a continuous revaluation process. Imo, indexation informed by all local property transactions.
The petition debates are usually held in Westminster Hall rather than the chamber and are pretty sparsely attended anyway. Maybe Ed Davey will be able to get this one more prominence in the order paper...
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The petition debates are usually held in Westminster Hall rather than the chamber and are pretty sparsely attended anyway. Maybe Ed Davey will be able to get this one more prominence in the order paper...
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The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
my wife has it. Annoying, but hardly the worst of the autoimmune diseases....
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
my wife has it. Annoying, but hardly the worst of the autoimmune diseases....
No European is going to welcome the remigration of any of the Drumpf family or their acolytes...
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No European is going to welcome the remigration of any of the Drumpf family or their acolytes...
Indeed, by far the biggest obstacle is in the UK establishment which needs to get over its deep-rooted transactionalism. And we are hardly going to be welcome while Faragists are still a force in the land.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Indeed, by far the biggest obstacle is in the UK establishment which needs to get over its deep-rooted transactionalism. And we are hardly going to be welcome while Faragists are still a force in the land.
This is certainly true; however, the UK as a former member should have less to do to get its law back in line with the acquis. It's still a timescale measured in years rather than months.
Germany and France together can and do strongarm recalcitrant smaller states not to veto things they want
Germany and France together can and do strongarm recalcitrant smaller states not to veto things they want
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is certainly true; however, the UK as a former member should have less to do to get its law back in line with the acquis. It's still a timescale measured in years rather than months.
Germany and France together can and do strongarm recalcitrant smaller states not to veto things they want
Germany and France together can and do strongarm recalcitrant smaller states not to veto things they want
A start. The aim should be for all parties to survive on membership subscriptions alone. Cut coat cloth, and engage with grassroots more, the schmooze will always compromise integrity.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A start. The aim should be for all parties to survive on membership subscriptions alone. Cut coat cloth, and engage with grassroots more, the schmooze will always compromise integrity.
We should all be angry. Angry for our friends, and angry for the damage the rhetoric does for our society and economy.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We should all be angry. Angry for our friends, and angry for the damage the rhetoric does for our society and economy.
I don't think this Labour has much to lose. Nysta Labour with its tankie core could be embarrassed. But it's Reform and the Brexitier wing of the Tories (think the now-disbanded CFoR) who have most to fear. Anyway, have you signed the petition? Now at 71,245...
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I don't think this Labour has much to lose. Nysta Labour with its tankie core could be embarrassed. But it's Reform and the Brexitier wing of the Tories (think the now-disbanded CFoR) who have most to fear. Anyway, have you signed the petition? Now at 71,245...