Matt Wardman
@mattwardman.bsky.social
Active travel, sometimes walking / cycling, politics & a miscellany.
That seems to me to come down to China's dislike of others telling it how it is.
Is this the politics of face?
Compare to how UK-China trade did not grow after Cameron's offhand comment on iirc Uyghur genocide.
Is this the politics of face?
Compare to how UK-China trade did not grow after Cameron's offhand comment on iirc Uyghur genocide.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
That seems to me to come down to China's dislike of others telling it how it is.
Is this the politics of face?
Compare to how UK-China trade did not grow after Cameron's offhand comment on iirc Uyghur genocide.
Is this the politics of face?
Compare to how UK-China trade did not grow after Cameron's offhand comment on iirc Uyghur genocide.
Conveniently (and probably wisely) the segment of file cannot be found.
No indecent exposure charges incoming !!!
No indecent exposure charges incoming !!!
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Conveniently (and probably wisely) the segment of file cannot be found.
No indecent exposure charges incoming !!!
No indecent exposure charges incoming !!!
When it leaks we get a true measure of the individual.
Well, it's a benefit !
Well, it's a benefit !
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When it leaks we get a true measure of the individual.
Well, it's a benefit !
Well, it's a benefit !
I also now have a Reform MP !
So it's all a bit wilderness here, though we don't have the worst of the extreme right, fortunately.
So it's all a bit wilderness here, though we don't have the worst of the extreme right, fortunately.
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I also now have a Reform MP !
So it's all a bit wilderness here, though we don't have the worst of the extreme right, fortunately.
So it's all a bit wilderness here, though we don't have the worst of the extreme right, fortunately.
Tx for the comment.
I'm in the North (ish) & joined to try & get my voice from the Red Wall into the mix.
My place did well from Town Funds etc (£100m) but it was a call I got wrong.
So I am particularly bitter - especially when they went "culture war to save our arse" on road safety.
I'm in the North (ish) & joined to try & get my voice from the Red Wall into the mix.
My place did well from Town Funds etc (£100m) but it was a call I got wrong.
So I am particularly bitter - especially when they went "culture war to save our arse" on road safety.
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tx for the comment.
I'm in the North (ish) & joined to try & get my voice from the Red Wall into the mix.
My place did well from Town Funds etc (£100m) but it was a call I got wrong.
So I am particularly bitter - especially when they went "culture war to save our arse" on road safety.
I'm in the North (ish) & joined to try & get my voice from the Red Wall into the mix.
My place did well from Town Funds etc (£100m) but it was a call I got wrong.
So I am particularly bitter - especially when they went "culture war to save our arse" on road safety.
I got as far as three words in her speech.
"Conservatives love Manchester."
Nope. Last time you were here Sunak stabbed it in the back (HS2) and walked away smirking.
That's a lie you do not even know is a lie.
Fuck off, Kemi. Go and look in the mirror.
(Ex-Tory member.)
"Conservatives love Manchester."
Nope. Last time you were here Sunak stabbed it in the back (HS2) and walked away smirking.
That's a lie you do not even know is a lie.
Fuck off, Kemi. Go and look in the mirror.
(Ex-Tory member.)
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I got as far as three words in her speech.
"Conservatives love Manchester."
Nope. Last time you were here Sunak stabbed it in the back (HS2) and walked away smirking.
That's a lie you do not even know is a lie.
Fuck off, Kemi. Go and look in the mirror.
(Ex-Tory member.)
"Conservatives love Manchester."
Nope. Last time you were here Sunak stabbed it in the back (HS2) and walked away smirking.
That's a lie you do not even know is a lie.
Fuck off, Kemi. Go and look in the mirror.
(Ex-Tory member.)
To be clear where my thread looks ambiguous - my "fear of Muslims" comment is my general opinion of a cultural fear that motivates the Nat Con movement in some respects, and is not a direct relevance to the Miriam Cates interview, or Cates herself.
(I have not seen here views on that aspect.)
(I have not seen here views on that aspect.)
October 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
To be clear where my thread looks ambiguous - my "fear of Muslims" comment is my general opinion of a cultural fear that motivates the Nat Con movement in some respects, and is not a direct relevance to the Miriam Cates interview, or Cates herself.
(I have not seen here views on that aspect.)
(I have not seen here views on that aspect.)
3/2 Here is a longish interview by Miriam Cates (ex Tory MP), who embraces some National Conservative views, & been involved with Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, with
Affinity, who are an important Conservative Evangelical organisation. Very interesting.
www.affinity.org.uk/podcast/fait...
Affinity, who are an important Conservative Evangelical organisation. Very interesting.
www.affinity.org.uk/podcast/fait...
Podcast: Faith in public life: A conversation with former MP Miriam Cates - Podcast - Affinity
This article is part of the Affinity Talks Gospel Podcast series. In this episode of Affinity Talks Gospel, hosts Lizzie Harewood and Graham Nicholls welcome former MP Miriam Cates to discuss her jour...
www.affinity.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
3/2 Here is a longish interview by Miriam Cates (ex Tory MP), who embraces some National Conservative views, & been involved with Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, with
Affinity, who are an important Conservative Evangelical organisation. Very interesting.
www.affinity.org.uk/podcast/fait...
Affinity, who are an important Conservative Evangelical organisation. Very interesting.
www.affinity.org.uk/podcast/fait...
There's "we need more babies" stuff amongst NatCons & others here (which is about fear of Muslims often). I'll drop a link to an interview below.
The new female ABC has been Bishop of London for 8 years, which is where St Mellitus College, HTB etc are based. And I have seen no ructions. 2/2
The new female ABC has been Bishop of London for 8 years, which is where St Mellitus College, HTB etc are based. And I have seen no ructions. 2/2
October 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There's "we need more babies" stuff amongst NatCons & others here (which is about fear of Muslims often). I'll drop a link to an interview below.
The new female ABC has been Bishop of London for 8 years, which is where St Mellitus College, HTB etc are based. And I have seen no ructions. 2/2
The new female ABC has been Bishop of London for 8 years, which is where St Mellitus College, HTB etc are based. And I have seen no ructions. 2/2
Good question. I'd say that it would not be a huge issue in the UK - much less than USA - as Evangelicals have a lower view of the priesthood etc than say RCs. In the USA there is a lot of "male headship" stuff in some Ev traditions, which does not transfer here very much. 1/2
October 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Good question. I'd say that it would not be a huge issue in the UK - much less than USA - as Evangelicals have a lower view of the priesthood etc than say RCs. In the USA there is a lot of "male headship" stuff in some Ev traditions, which does not transfer here very much. 1/2