Nick Watson
@nickwatson.bsky.social
Professor of Disability Research, University of Glasgow.
Reposted by Nick Watson
The irony is Lab’s manifesto - the doc which defines its plan for govt and constrains its choices (hence the gymnastics on tax) has stakeholder engagement baked in throughout. The approach to governing Ovenden urges his former bosses to reject is the one they were elected on bsky.app/profile/avee...
The biggest irony in this for me is that Labour were unusually committed to stakeholderism before even going into government.
I used to describe Labour's manifesto (...often to stakeholders) as a commitment to have lots of meetings or direct other people to hold meetings
I used to describe Labour's manifesto (...often to stakeholders) as a commitment to have lots of meetings or direct other people to hold meetings
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else.
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The irony is Lab’s manifesto - the doc which defines its plan for govt and constrains its choices (hence the gymnastics on tax) has stakeholder engagement baked in throughout. The approach to governing Ovenden urges his former bosses to reject is the one they were elected on bsky.app/profile/avee...
Hamish looks up for it.
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hamish looks up for it.
As long as they don’t run up stairs!
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
As long as they don’t run up stairs!
That will make up for it!
October 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
That will make up for it!
Can’t see how that was a clear and obvious error
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Can’t see how that was a clear and obvious error
Is the bar War Pigs still there?
August 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is the bar War Pigs still there?
Not my favourite, but then it takes all sorts
July 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Not my favourite, but then it takes all sorts
Great paper Louise, really enjoyed reading that
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Great paper Louise, really enjoyed reading that
It’s the whey you tell them!
June 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s the whey you tell them!
Or, as it’s usually called in the Avenues, haricots sur du pain grillé
June 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Or, as it’s usually called in the Avenues, haricots sur du pain grillé
A kitchen bookshelf in the Revered Avenues without either a Slater or a Lawson? I’m not sure that’s legal.
June 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A kitchen bookshelf in the Revered Avenues without either a Slater or a Lawson? I’m not sure that’s legal.
Exactly this, we shouldn’t underplay the risks Ed the Bee takes to ensure we get honey to put on our porridge
May 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Exactly this, we shouldn’t underplay the risks Ed the Bee takes to ensure we get honey to put on our porridge
Don’t go down the mines daddy, there’s plenty of slack in your pants.
May 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Don’t go down the mines daddy, there’s plenty of slack in your pants.
Maybe add some hollandaise sauce next time?
May 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Maybe add some hollandaise sauce next time?
Socrates, Brahms and Liszt?
April 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Socrates, Brahms and Liszt?
Not at all bitter, the best team won and France deserved both their win tonight and the championship, but why wasn’t Mauvaka’s headbutt a red card?
March 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not at all bitter, the best team won and France deserved both their win tonight and the championship, but why wasn’t Mauvaka’s headbutt a red card?