Mark Gray
@markymarkgray.bsky.social
So sane it’s driving me crazy.
I genuinely wonder what Farage thinks when he hears people voicing this kind of opinion. ‘Holy f*ck, what have I started?’ Or ‘ohhhh I could probably get more right wing and not lose support!’?
December 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I genuinely wonder what Farage thinks when he hears people voicing this kind of opinion. ‘Holy f*ck, what have I started?’ Or ‘ohhhh I could probably get more right wing and not lose support!’?
It’s also originally a Baudelaire quote.
December 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
It’s also originally a Baudelaire quote.
Massive tax cuts for the rich is ‘governing left’? attempting to ship asylum seekers off to a third country is ‘governing left’? Exiting a free trade area with your biggest export market is ‘governing left’? 🤯
December 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Massive tax cuts for the rich is ‘governing left’? attempting to ship asylum seekers off to a third country is ‘governing left’? Exiting a free trade area with your biggest export market is ‘governing left’? 🤯
‘The dark state stopped us’ translates from the original MAGA to ‘We really are terrible at this’
December 3, 2024 at 4:57 PM
‘The dark state stopped us’ translates from the original MAGA to ‘We really are terrible at this’
Rory Stewart has somehow made a career of being a weak enough Tory not to disagree with Alistair Campbell enough. But he is still a Tory, and was still proud enough of the Osborne austerity cuts to join the government.
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Rory Stewart has somehow made a career of being a weak enough Tory not to disagree with Alistair Campbell enough. But he is still a Tory, and was still proud enough of the Osborne austerity cuts to join the government.
I have to say as a cradle, if somewhat lapsed, Catholic who would normally find themselves very uneasy about the changes, the contributions from reformers seem much more persuasive than those from the no change side. Very interesting thoughtful debate.
November 29, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I have to say as a cradle, if somewhat lapsed, Catholic who would normally find themselves very uneasy about the changes, the contributions from reformers seem much more persuasive than those from the no change side. Very interesting thoughtful debate.
I swear to god the opposition to this government is going in far too hard, far too fast. They’ve got 4 years to keep up this pace against a government that is bound to start on the popular stuff fairly soon!
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I swear to god the opposition to this government is going in far too hard, far too fast. They’ve got 4 years to keep up this pace against a government that is bound to start on the popular stuff fairly soon!
Would have to wear the silver helmet for it to work, which kind of ruins the point of the red jersey!
November 23, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Would have to wear the silver helmet for it to work, which kind of ruins the point of the red jersey!
3rd smallest margin doesn’t exactly sound solid!
November 22, 2024 at 10:35 PM
3rd smallest margin doesn’t exactly sound solid!
And worth pointing out that winning elections is a different thing. That’s being good at campaigning. Of at least better than your opponents. Trump can’t build coalitions, can’t sort legislation out, can’t lead either his party or his allies
November 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
And worth pointing out that winning elections is a different thing. That’s being good at campaigning. Of at least better than your opponents. Trump can’t build coalitions, can’t sort legislation out, can’t lead either his party or his allies
Something that occurs to me is that Trump is not good at politics. It’s not the Deep State. Just as it wasn’t the deep state messing up Truss’s budget. It’s just being effing sh*t at politics. He hasn’t improved at all in 10 years playing at the national level.
November 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Something that occurs to me is that Trump is not good at politics. It’s not the Deep State. Just as it wasn’t the deep state messing up Truss’s budget. It’s just being effing sh*t at politics. He hasn’t improved at all in 10 years playing at the national level.
Any such list that doesn’t include the Littlest Hobo is wrong.
Although I realise that maybe you are a little old to have the same reverential nostalgia for it!
Although I realise that maybe you are a little old to have the same reverential nostalgia for it!
November 21, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Any such list that doesn’t include the Littlest Hobo is wrong.
Although I realise that maybe you are a little old to have the same reverential nostalgia for it!
Although I realise that maybe you are a little old to have the same reverential nostalgia for it!
…2026 and 2028 should be seen as opportunities, not threats in this light. Maybe less of the Obama’s, more of Whitmer and Shapiro and Buttigieg on the trail in ‘26.
November 20, 2024 at 11:03 AM
…2026 and 2028 should be seen as opportunities, not threats in this light. Maybe less of the Obama’s, more of Whitmer and Shapiro and Buttigieg on the trail in ‘26.
…might try threats, but a Presidential primary is a different beast from a state primary. I also think the position from the Democrats position is really much better than it looks. They can oppose when needed and find areas of agreement when they crop up, and the bench they have is strong…
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 AM
…might try threats, but a Presidential primary is a different beast from a state primary. I also think the position from the Democrats position is really much better than it looks. They can oppose when needed and find areas of agreement when they crop up, and the bench they have is strong…
…he has far less power over others now. Of course the Hawley’s and Vance’s and Desantis’s of this world will have a difficult balance to strike finding points of contrast with Trump, but for sure some will be looking for them. An appointment here or a policy there that can be criticised. Trump…
November 20, 2024 at 10:59 AM
…he has far less power over others now. Of course the Hawley’s and Vance’s and Desantis’s of this world will have a difficult balance to strike finding points of contrast with Trump, but for sure some will be looking for them. An appointment here or a policy there that can be criticised. Trump…
…2016 vote. It feels far shallower than it looks, and the winning party seems far more divided than you might think in the early days. Not every Republican will want to smash the system, and many will be plotting to see if they might run in 2028. That’s the next key thing. Trump may well find…
November 20, 2024 at 10:57 AM
…2016 vote. It feels far shallower than it looks, and the winning party seems far more divided than you might think in the early days. Not every Republican will want to smash the system, and many will be plotting to see if they might run in 2028. That’s the next key thing. Trump may well find…
I’m sorry you’ve said too much. You’ll shortly receive a package, probably shaped like a flamingo. I’d be careful opening it if I were you. Now, where did I put the sausage rolls.
November 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I’m sorry you’ve said too much. You’ll shortly receive a package, probably shaped like a flamingo. I’d be careful opening it if I were you. Now, where did I put the sausage rolls.
I don’t get the Musk stuff at the moment. Genuinely that’s the big I think is weird. Trump giving jobs to the boys is kind of (in a grotesque way) fairly normal. Why a newly elected President is publically felatting Musk is beyond me!
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 AM
I don’t get the Musk stuff at the moment. Genuinely that’s the big I think is weird. Trump giving jobs to the boys is kind of (in a grotesque way) fairly normal. Why a newly elected President is publically felatting Musk is beyond me!
Oh man that’s brought back some crazy memories of student years!
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Oh man that’s brought back some crazy memories of student years!
I think there is some truth there. I also think that GOP has managed to cast the Dems as so radical that anything put up by them must be more crazy and radical than the GOP candidate, whoever that is (see also Bush Gore in ‘00 for example).
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I think there is some truth there. I also think that GOP has managed to cast the Dems as so radical that anything put up by them must be more crazy and radical than the GOP candidate, whoever that is (see also Bush Gore in ‘00 for example).
It’s possible, and certainly possible one would try for the nomination in ‘28, but there will be a process and my guess is that by then even MAGA voters will want something different, be it Vance or Hawley or something less crazy.
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
It’s possible, and certainly possible one would try for the nomination in ‘28, but there will be a process and my guess is that by then even MAGA voters will want something different, be it Vance or Hawley or something less crazy.
I’ve been thinking about the debate a lot in the last couple of weeks. Everyone got caught up in the ‘their eating the dawgs’, when maybe the line that ought to have mattered was ‘concepts of a plan’. 8 years on, and that’s all you can say about health reform? C’mon dude!!
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I’ve been thinking about the debate a lot in the last couple of weeks. Everyone got caught up in the ‘their eating the dawgs’, when maybe the line that ought to have mattered was ‘concepts of a plan’. 8 years on, and that’s all you can say about health reform? C’mon dude!!