Malcolm De Dodd
@malcolmdedodd.bsky.social
No #1 Matt Hancock fan
I mean, Trump literally said that Kirk was weak and a loser for getting killed in his assassination. So really this is a case of the dumbest people finally realising what the rest of us already knew: Trump is a catty and bitchy narcissistic bully who doesn't respect anyone
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I mean, Trump literally said that Kirk was weak and a loser for getting killed in his assassination. So really this is a case of the dumbest people finally realising what the rest of us already knew: Trump is a catty and bitchy narcissistic bully who doesn't respect anyone
"Paul may have been the Beatle who pushed forward music, but he FELL OFF when they disbanded. How could the guy who did Oh Darling also do Wonderful Christmastime??? Some people live too long and embarrass themselves. Big shame he's dead, but a bigger shame he didn't die sooner"
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Paul may have been the Beatle who pushed forward music, but he FELL OFF when they disbanded. How could the guy who did Oh Darling also do Wonderful Christmastime??? Some people live too long and embarrass themselves. Big shame he's dead, but a bigger shame he didn't die sooner"
In most functioning countries Trump would have gotten a summary execution after January 6th. Hell in most countries he would have been refused to be allowed to ever run again. The Dems allowed this, as did the courts. There is no democracy or rule of law left in the US, none at all
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In most functioning countries Trump would have gotten a summary execution after January 6th. Hell in most countries he would have been refused to be allowed to ever run again. The Dems allowed this, as did the courts. There is no democracy or rule of law left in the US, none at all
Earthquakes seem fun for the few seconds where everything shakes. The whole "everything collapses around you" part seems less fun though
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Earthquakes seem fun for the few seconds where everything shakes. The whole "everything collapses around you" part seems less fun though
You also have like 20% of the electorate screaming "NO HOW DARE YOU TRY TO FIX THAT THING! GO TO HELL!" and somehow that bloc has disproportionate influence
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You also have like 20% of the electorate screaming "NO HOW DARE YOU TRY TO FIX THAT THING! GO TO HELL!" and somehow that bloc has disproportionate influence
"Partial twitching diseased rat" does also describe Streeting very well tbh
December 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Partial twitching diseased rat" does also describe Streeting very well tbh
That is dialectics in action
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
That is dialectics in action
Back in the 80s and 90s, the reason that so many big actors, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, did ADs in Japan was because they got the big payout without anyone locally ever knowing about it and thus having the best of both worlds: the payday and protecting their image and not lowering it
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Back in the 80s and 90s, the reason that so many big actors, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, did ADs in Japan was because they got the big payout without anyone locally ever knowing about it and thus having the best of both worlds: the payday and protecting their image and not lowering it
Because in a very weird way, Parasite is the most genuine depiction of what it means to "pull yourself up from your bootstraps", just they think that the film is something to emulate rather than something that reveals how horribly dehumanising that entire mindset is
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Because in a very weird way, Parasite is the most genuine depiction of what it means to "pull yourself up from your bootstraps", just they think that the film is something to emulate rather than something that reveals how horribly dehumanising that entire mindset is
At this point if one asks "did X person see or read this piece of popular work which slates their entire ideology" you can assume that they have, but legitimately missed the entire point
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
At this point if one asks "did X person see or read this piece of popular work which slates their entire ideology" you can assume that they have, but legitimately missed the entire point
Being a pedant is a good trait to have though!
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Being a pedant is a good trait to have though!
Fair point, I should have worded that slightly better to account for that. I used a slight, and lazy, shortcut there when what I should have said is that the party runs in multiple regions, not necessarily all of them under the same structure
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fair point, I should have worded that slightly better to account for that. I used a slight, and lazy, shortcut there when what I should have said is that the party runs in multiple regions, not necessarily all of them under the same structure
No it is a nation, but in this context national means something very different and specific in contrast to regional. A national party is one who runs in many different regions, a regional party is one that runs in one certain area
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
No it is a nation, but in this context national means something very different and specific in contrast to regional. A national party is one who runs in many different regions, a regional party is one that runs in one certain area
I forgot about him! But note the word I used, "national party." PC only runs in Wales, it is a regional party. I am referring to someone in charge of a party who runs in England, Scotland, and Wales
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I forgot about him! But note the word I used, "national party." PC only runs in Wales, it is a regional party. I am referring to someone in charge of a party who runs in England, Scotland, and Wales
I like how they ignore that he is the first openly gay person to be a leader of a national and major political party in the UK. Like that is a pretty significant thing and it just seems to be overlooked by nearly everyone!
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I like how they ignore that he is the first openly gay person to be a leader of a national and major political party in the UK. Like that is a pretty significant thing and it just seems to be overlooked by nearly everyone!
Having a live televised show where all the presidential candidates have to draw 30 clocks in 30 minutes actually sounds like both immensely important vetting and amazing TV
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Having a live televised show where all the presidential candidates have to draw 30 clocks in 30 minutes actually sounds like both immensely important vetting and amazing TV
The good news is that there is 0% chance of it ever being in anything worth watching 😊
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The good news is that there is 0% chance of it ever being in anything worth watching 😊
It would be amazing if it doesn't even get to the stages where the lords and whitehall shoot so many holes into the planned scheme that it ends up dying on the grapevine. Like that is a proper government deathrattle
September 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It would be amazing if it doesn't even get to the stages where the lords and whitehall shoot so many holes into the planned scheme that it ends up dying on the grapevine. Like that is a proper government deathrattle
What is amazing about these developments is that there are dozens of separate lenses to view them through, and each lense will come to its own unique conclusion about how horrific and nightmarish this development is
September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What is amazing about these developments is that there are dozens of separate lenses to view them through, and each lense will come to its own unique conclusion about how horrific and nightmarish this development is
It's like liberals believe in the inverse of the "if the Führer knew" and "the Tsar's advisors are to blame" phenomenon where the leader is the uniquely bad figure corrupting all the good people under them who just want to do the best for the country
September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's like liberals believe in the inverse of the "if the Führer knew" and "the Tsar's advisors are to blame" phenomenon where the leader is the uniquely bad figure corrupting all the good people under them who just want to do the best for the country
If we are being honest, that hasn't been part of discussions relating to public policy at any level of the state since, at best, the Human Rights Act
September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If we are being honest, that hasn't been part of discussions relating to public policy at any level of the state since, at best, the Human Rights Act
This has been true for decades. See the hell that the US put SE Asia and South America through during the cold war, and MENA during the post-cold war. Only now there is a direct uncensored feed on everyone's phones of what American hegemony actually looks like
August 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This has been true for decades. See the hell that the US put SE Asia and South America through during the cold war, and MENA during the post-cold war. Only now there is a direct uncensored feed on everyone's phones of what American hegemony actually looks like
Really the only one that is happy is Streeting, and that is because he is an especially sociopathic right winger who lacks even the small bits of humanity that someone like Lammy has (or perhaps had would be more appropriate)
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Really the only one that is happy is Streeting, and that is because he is an especially sociopathic right winger who lacks even the small bits of humanity that someone like Lammy has (or perhaps had would be more appropriate)
He believed he had to compromise, to take the "pragmatic" route to all policy issues, to moderate his identity, to accept that he can change nothing, to become another empty husk that administers a system far beyond him. And that, like with many other members of the Starmer cabinet, is killing him
August 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
He believed he had to compromise, to take the "pragmatic" route to all policy issues, to moderate his identity, to accept that he can change nothing, to become another empty husk that administers a system far beyond him. And that, like with many other members of the Starmer cabinet, is killing him