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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

I...I'm sorry?

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

A brief summary of Conservative Party Conference 2025, then.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 13h

Didn't know the BUF were back in town!

Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 16h

The Rest is The Heat Death of the Universe.

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 17h

One day, The Rest is History will stop.

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The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 17h

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah. Reading accounts of the first months of Barbarossa was a fairly eye opening experience, both academically and personally.

Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 17h

That latter fact seems monumentally unfair, doesn't it

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Lethal skewering this, in particular this paragraph skewering the idea that Handswortg is an integration failure when it is a multi-ethnic integration success story.

As Mrs Merton might say “what is it about this 9% white ward that led you to frame it as an integration failure?”

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Its 'presents lessons' based on both the last two years of conflict and the significant rise in anti-semitism in Europe, including the UK, that has accompanied the return of right-wing populism as a political force

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

There is a fundamental paradox here that Stephen describes, which too few comrades are willing to take into account.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

This is an unsurprisingly clear-eyed piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social that I think deserves a read

www.ft.com/content/14d4...

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews

Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

www.ft.com

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Cam @camislike.com · 1d

Begging everyone to get rid of Spotify not just because of this but because they actively hate musicians to an extent even other streamers do not

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 1d

*Calling PhD students of modern British and imperial history in London*

The @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social's first session this Thursday (9 Oct.) is dedicated to PhDs, at any stage, for elevator pitches and meet-and-greet. Do come along! Details in the link.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

New PhD Student Session

For the first session of term we will be hosting a meet and greet at the IHR for all PhD students in modern British and imperial history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

An incredible scoop from Darren here lifted straight from... Polanski's public Wikipedia page

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Andy Burnham found shaking

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Rude to talk about @deavesm.bsky.social and @matthewcarson.bsky.social as OAPs tbh

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Incorrect. Ireland is clearly Spain.

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 1d

outstanding.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Cameron and Osborne did generational damage to the fabric of British society - even without Brexit - and were rewarded for it with a full majority in 2015. They weren't begging the electorate to reward them for 'not breaking our manifesto ledges on tax'.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

But anyway, convincing voters that you're making proactive policy changes to make the country a better place also requires a) some ideological guiding principles to tie everything together and b) the ability not to constantly step on rakes.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

The structural changes that the government have made could be really positive in the *long term*. But are Labour seriously expecting voters to reward them for this in the here and now?

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

'That's a nice bubble you've got there, sure would be a shame if anyone was to happen to it...'

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

The government absolutely does have a comms problem, but most of these policies are, fundamentally, things that the general public won't actually see any direct, short term gains from.

Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · 2d

From Peter Kellner's latest substack:

Of 560 Labour voters present and recent past (switched since '24), *not one* said any of the following when asked about gov's best achievements

Some obv will be conscious of these things, but Labour still has a big problem, he writes: "voters aren’t hearing"

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 1d

Fundamentally, this is not a party that understands what they need to do to win again.

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