Vanessa
@vanessabythesea.bsky.social
Member of the great upside down monkey circus.
Also AI/ASD researcher.
Also AI/ASD researcher.
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My Budget Day opinion:
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My Budget Day opinion:
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'.
Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.
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You don't need to launch a full bore defence of liberal internationalism to be able to question the ethics of sending refugees to their certain deaths.
August 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You don't need to launch a full bore defence of liberal internationalism to be able to question the ethics of sending refugees to their certain deaths.
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Scientists have observed that every time Reform goes above four MPs, one of them has to leave the party, a phenomenon known as the Farage Equilibrium.
Reform MP James McMurdock has removed the party whip from himself over an investigation into alleged business impropriety during the pandemic
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Scientists have observed that every time Reform goes above four MPs, one of them has to leave the party, a phenomenon known as the Farage Equilibrium.
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England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
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Their should be a law that any column published by someone who praised the Truss budget should have to have a disclaimer at the bottom reminding readers of that.
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Their should be a law that any column published by someone who praised the Truss budget should have to have a disclaimer at the bottom reminding readers of that.
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This is the ninth Reform councillor - all elected last month - to either have resigned or been suspended.
June 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is the ninth Reform councillor - all elected last month - to either have resigned or been suspended.
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Jenrick is obviously better at politics that Badenoch (who isn't?) but oddly that would probably make him better for Labour. In that he'd do a better job of spitting the vote on the right.
Today is the first time I thought that the world's most unlikeable man might actually be better at being LOTO than Badenoch and part of that is that he seems to be making everyone to the left of Jeremy Hunt lose their minds in a blizzard of well, actually
May 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Jenrick is obviously better at politics that Badenoch (who isn't?) but oddly that would probably make him better for Labour. In that he'd do a better job of spitting the vote on the right.
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Strange how all the people over here who were enthusiastic about Musk and DOGE now all seem to have other things they want to talk about.
"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again
The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.
prospect.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Strange how all the people over here who were enthusiastic about Musk and DOGE now all seem to have other things they want to talk about.
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Richard Littlejohn mostly lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
May 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Richard Littlejohn mostly lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
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Next time I get a cold, I'm going to betray it by having a Lemsip and some ibuprofen.
May 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Next time I get a cold, I'm going to betray it by having a Lemsip and some ibuprofen.
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Can't believe Starmer is about to betray Brexit when it has all been going so well.
May 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Can't believe Starmer is about to betray Brexit when it has all been going so well.
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Also we have a lot of historic data showing that broad based tax rises do not lead to this kind of backlash. It's the taking away of something from a specific group of people that everyone likes that is the issue with WFA.
May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Also we have a lot of historic data showing that broad based tax rises do not lead to this kind of backlash. It's the taking away of something from a specific group of people that everyone likes that is the issue with WFA.
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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
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Hannan's quote is a classic - he doesn't know if she's committed a massive crime but nevertheless has decided the punishment is invalid.
March 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hannan's quote is a classic - he doesn't know if she's committed a massive crime but nevertheless has decided the punishment is invalid.
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Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.
March 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.
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I'd completely forgotten that the 2026 World Cup is being held jointly between the US, Mexico and Canada. Christ what a mess. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The 2026 World Cup, heralded as a uniter, is facing divisive road blocks
And on-again, off-again trade war and threats from the US toward both of its co-hosts leave fans and teams in a tough position
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I'd completely forgotten that the 2026 World Cup is being held jointly between the US, Mexico and Canada. Christ what a mess. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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NEW: We obtained new US proposal. The Trump admin is pushing to gain sweeping control over all of Ukraine’s major minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees, in an aggressive expansion of previous demands. w/ @paolatamma.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/896d...
www.ft.com/content/896d...
US pushes for new and expansive deal to control Ukraine’s minerals and energy
Latest draft sent to Kyiv steps up demands and offers no security guarantees
www.ft.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW: We obtained new US proposal. The Trump admin is pushing to gain sweeping control over all of Ukraine’s major minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees, in an aggressive expansion of previous demands. w/ @paolatamma.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/896d...
www.ft.com/content/896d...
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I’m working on the assumption that at the moment they are
(a) showing they have exhausted every other option (spending cuts) qand
(b) hoping against hope that something might show up
(a) showing they have exhausted every other option (spending cuts) qand
(b) hoping against hope that something might show up
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I’m working on the assumption that at the moment they are
(a) showing they have exhausted every other option (spending cuts) qand
(b) hoping against hope that something might show up
(a) showing they have exhausted every other option (spending cuts) qand
(b) hoping against hope that something might show up
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🚨🚨 This is a very clear signal to all us researcher to stay off the US for the next three years: A French academic, who was on assignment from the CNRS, was detained by officers & later deported after landing at George Bush International Airport ahead of conference.🧵
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
Diplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on Trump
A diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🚨🚨 This is a very clear signal to all us researcher to stay off the US for the next three years: A French academic, who was on assignment from the CNRS, was detained by officers & later deported after landing at George Bush International Airport ahead of conference.🧵
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
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Well I guess it would be a bit awkward.
March 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well I guess it would be a bit awkward.
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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The top ten richest people in the world have lost a collective $42 billion today so far.
March 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The top ten richest people in the world have lost a collective $42 billion today so far.
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Exciting to watch Elon Musk pivot so elegantly from making his cars toxic to the demographic most likely to consider one, to making his Starlink a national security risk for all the governments who might have wanted it.
March 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Exciting to watch Elon Musk pivot so elegantly from making his cars toxic to the demographic most likely to consider one, to making his Starlink a national security risk for all the governments who might have wanted it.
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Just imagine a scenario in which PM Liz Truss was in charge now and then tell me that "all politicians are the same"
March 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just imagine a scenario in which PM Liz Truss was in charge now and then tell me that "all politicians are the same"