@stercus-uk.bsky.social
Opposing the government is a lot easier than being the government, mainly because you never have to take care to make sure your plans actually work when tested.
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Opposing the government is a lot easier than being the government, mainly because you never have to take care to make sure your plans actually work when tested.
You’re not wrong. There are way too many people in the political sphere who are so completely detached from reality that I marvel they can put on their trousers in the morning without setting fire to their own teeth.
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
You’re not wrong. There are way too many people in the political sphere who are so completely detached from reality that I marvel they can put on their trousers in the morning without setting fire to their own teeth.
The fear of “the other” will always beat self preservation. Thats how poor people have been persuaded to go to war against other poor people for thousands of years for the exclusive benefit of rich people: “our king is better than their king” even though both kings are screwing their subjects.
February 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The fear of “the other” will always beat self preservation. Thats how poor people have been persuaded to go to war against other poor people for thousands of years for the exclusive benefit of rich people: “our king is better than their king” even though both kings are screwing their subjects.
Just talk to him. And listen to what he wants to say. Museums are good, and mostly free.
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Just talk to him. And listen to what he wants to say. Museums are good, and mostly free.
There were loads of rational, competent Tories for most of the party’s existence. I would very rarely agree with them, but they had a consistent and logical approach which followed a clear set of objectives. Post-Johnson: Everyone left is just fucking mental, if you’ll pardon my vernacular.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
There were loads of rational, competent Tories for most of the party’s existence. I would very rarely agree with them, but they had a consistent and logical approach which followed a clear set of objectives. Post-Johnson: Everyone left is just fucking mental, if you’ll pardon my vernacular.
It’s funny for uk readers when you call the idiot in charge “dump”. Yes he’s a turd, but in uk slang “trump” itself means to break wind. He’s literally “President Fart” to us.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
It’s funny for uk readers when you call the idiot in charge “dump”. Yes he’s a turd, but in uk slang “trump” itself means to break wind. He’s literally “President Fart” to us.
Texas has been closer to a split state for a while than the election results would lead one to believe.
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Texas has been closer to a split state for a while than the election results would lead one to believe.
They’re the klan with shitter uniforms and a wider target list.
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
They’re the klan with shitter uniforms and a wider target list.
Conservatism in Britain is gone. It does not exist. What we have is a rightwing populist fringe takeover under Farage, a rump of those sitting right of centre who can’t quite accept it, and a Labour Party that doesn’t really know how to be anything other than “not those bastards”.
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Conservatism in Britain is gone. It does not exist. What we have is a rightwing populist fringe takeover under Farage, a rump of those sitting right of centre who can’t quite accept it, and a Labour Party that doesn’t really know how to be anything other than “not those bastards”.
I don’t think she was necessary. The Tory party has been fundamentally crippled since the Brexit vote. Everybody rational either disengaged, left, or was purged by Johnson’s idiocracy. Badenoch is what happens when a party has no idea what it is any more.
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I don’t think she was necessary. The Tory party has been fundamentally crippled since the Brexit vote. Everybody rational either disengaged, left, or was purged by Johnson’s idiocracy. Badenoch is what happens when a party has no idea what it is any more.
I mean, there’s an argument that if people genuinely would rather drive out of town to shop then perhaps all the vacant shops in town centres could be turned into flats so we don’t have to build on greenbelts?
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I mean, there’s an argument that if people genuinely would rather drive out of town to shop then perhaps all the vacant shops in town centres could be turned into flats so we don’t have to build on greenbelts?
I think it’s been apparent for some time that she never possessed the intelligence to provide any meaningful rebuttal to Farage’s sinister populism.
Just arse-achingly dim.
Just arse-achingly dim.
February 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I think it’s been apparent for some time that she never possessed the intelligence to provide any meaningful rebuttal to Farage’s sinister populism.
Just arse-achingly dim.
Just arse-achingly dim.
This would be an interesting premise, were the current leader of the Conservative Party not a tone deaf gormless oaf of galactic proportions.
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This would be an interesting premise, were the current leader of the Conservative Party not a tone deaf gormless oaf of galactic proportions.
If you let your kids win all the time you’re flirting hard with the very real risk they’ll grow up to be horrible entitled little wankers.
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
If you let your kids win all the time you’re flirting hard with the very real risk they’ll grow up to be horrible entitled little wankers.
I will never understand what was the necessity of creating a private, profit-making company to collect the interest on a loan made for a public purpose. There isn’t even any competition in the market: students can’t access finance from traditional lenders because they have no income.
January 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I will never understand what was the necessity of creating a private, profit-making company to collect the interest on a loan made for a public purpose. There isn’t even any competition in the market: students can’t access finance from traditional lenders because they have no income.
I’d be spending a lot of time ramming Teslas and white Audis into ditches.
January 23, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I’d be spending a lot of time ramming Teslas and white Audis into ditches.
It’s a bloody stupid idea. Almost completely unworkable and any smart kid will get around restrictions in minutes. What’s needed are restrictions on the social media companies and subsystem that forces them to be responsible for the content they publish.
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
It’s a bloody stupid idea. Almost completely unworkable and any smart kid will get around restrictions in minutes. What’s needed are restrictions on the social media companies and subsystem that forces them to be responsible for the content they publish.
Kids are going to get hold of it whatever restrictions we put in at the user end. It needs to be regulated, not just hidden behind pointless DOB-based firewalls
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Kids are going to get hold of it whatever restrictions we put in at the user end. It needs to be regulated, not just hidden behind pointless DOB-based firewalls
The headline does not represent the article. Polanskis actual position is much more sane
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The headline does not represent the article. Polanskis actual position is much more sane
You absolutely can already do that
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
You absolutely can already do that
Just when you thought Truss was the crappest possible tory leader, along comes Badenoch opening her mouth again as the drivel cascades out. Truss was detached from reality, but Badenoch just comes across as being monumentally, crushingly, gormlessly thick.
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Just when you thought Truss was the crappest possible tory leader, along comes Badenoch opening her mouth again as the drivel cascades out. Truss was detached from reality, but Badenoch just comes across as being monumentally, crushingly, gormlessly thick.
Yet another toxic cretin to muddy the never ending pool of idiocy that is the reform party.
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Yet another toxic cretin to muddy the never ending pool of idiocy that is the reform party.
But that’s part of the excitement; we always know it’s going to end, but we want see how, and in what way.
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
But that’s part of the excitement; we always know it’s going to end, but we want see how, and in what way.