Jack Stapleton
@jnrstapleton.bsky.social
Sustainability & Storytelling
📍Southampton, UK
📍Southampton, UK
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The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
Who would make the best PM?
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
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“Deepfake child pornography is fine as long as only adults get to see it” is a curious place for the modern Conservative Party to find itself, but here we are
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“Deepfake child pornography is fine as long as only adults get to see it” is a curious place for the modern Conservative Party to find itself, but here we are
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
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What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
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Unexpected message this year.
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Unexpected message this year.
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In many respects it has been a pretty bleak year both domestically and globally, but that makes it all the more important to share some of the things that make us laugh. So here is a random selection of humour (not just from this year) of various sorts that I could watch again and again.
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In many respects it has been a pretty bleak year both domestically and globally, but that makes it all the more important to share some of the things that make us laugh. So here is a random selection of humour (not just from this year) of various sorts that I could watch again and again.
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
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Just because you are unable to imagine how someone else’s mind works does not mean that person’s mind does not work like that
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just because you are unable to imagine how someone else’s mind works does not mean that person’s mind does not work like that
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Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
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This isn't a complaint, but it's weird how there is *this* Britain existing in parallel with *that* Britain. Our papers, our news media, is fucking trash. A picture of a small, grey, mean country that is only capable of hate. Then you watch, like, regular TV, or meet regular people, and it's...fine?
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This isn't a complaint, but it's weird how there is *this* Britain existing in parallel with *that* Britain. Our papers, our news media, is fucking trash. A picture of a small, grey, mean country that is only capable of hate. Then you watch, like, regular TV, or meet regular people, and it's...fine?
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Political commentary has a bias towards agency: toward an idea that the 2024 general election is primarily about “things British politicians did” rather than “the invasion of Ukraine”.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Political commentary has a bias towards agency: toward an idea that the 2024 general election is primarily about “things British politicians did” rather than “the invasion of Ukraine”.
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Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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Hey the Nazis did this to my grandparents so this sounds cool @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hey the Nazis did this to my grandparents so this sounds cool @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
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if you're being pedantic about the definition of pedophilia I'm assuming you are a pedophile
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
if you're being pedantic about the definition of pedophilia I'm assuming you are a pedophile
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
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Need to emphasize that if you tell me you use chatbots to do your job, especially if your job is something creative like writing, I am going to assume that you are probably bad at your job and also gullible and not terribly bright and you should assume I am not remotely alone in that
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Need to emphasize that if you tell me you use chatbots to do your job, especially if your job is something creative like writing, I am going to assume that you are probably bad at your job and also gullible and not terribly bright and you should assume I am not remotely alone in that
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w