Joe Kelly
@joekelly216.bsky.social
This is excellent. Sadly will not be read by many of the people who need to read it
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is excellent. Sadly will not be read by many of the people who need to read it
Brilliant as usual.
Summed up by "the actual Prime Minister is still missing, presumed shit"
Summed up by "the actual Prime Minister is still missing, presumed shit"
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
jonn.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Brilliant as usual.
Summed up by "the actual Prime Minister is still missing, presumed shit"
Summed up by "the actual Prime Minister is still missing, presumed shit"
This is an incredibly powerful and persuasive thread
On Thursday night, we heard that government was making big concessions on its planning bill, putting lots more controls on its nature recovery plans.
I find this disappointing. And to explain why, I have to tell a story I’ve been holding off from sharing.
I find this disappointing. And to explain why, I have to tell a story I’ve been holding off from sharing.
July 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is an incredibly powerful and persuasive thread
This is an excellent thread
Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is an excellent thread
This is fascinating but also really depressing.
I’m tired of hearing about bats. Do you want to hear a story about jumping spiders and the town that disappeared?
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
February 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is fascinating but also really depressing.
Reposted by Joe Kelly
I’m tired of hearing about bats. Do you want to hear a story about jumping spiders and the town that disappeared?
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
February 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I’m tired of hearing about bats. Do you want to hear a story about jumping spiders and the town that disappeared?
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.
I love the idea of amounts of government spend being described by the % of spend rather than just the total amount
Excellent piece by @deanbaker13.bsky.social on how media reporting of economics positively misleads the public - equally if not more true of the UK..
cepr.net/publications...
cepr.net/publications...
Imagine a News Media That Saw Its Role as Informing Its Audience
Why Doesn’t the Media Try to Inform Their Audience? Progressives have their backs against the wall. Is there a way forward?
cepr.net
January 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I love the idea of amounts of government spend being described by the % of spend rather than just the total amount
Reposted by Joe Kelly
I'm going to do some coverage on here of the assisted dying debate. If you're not interested please mute this thread now. It'll probably go on a while.
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 AM
I'm going to do some coverage on here of the assisted dying debate. If you're not interested please mute this thread now. It'll probably go on a while.
Reposted by Joe Kelly
Rachel Reeves's budget promises "£3.9 billion of funding in 2025-26 for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage Track-1 project". That's money straight down the toilet, with many billions more to follow. It's infuriating. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Rachel Reeves's budget promises "£3.9 billion of funding in 2025-26 for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage Track-1 project". That's money straight down the toilet, with many billions more to follow. It's infuriating. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...