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James W

@jamesuk.bsky.social

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James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 1h

Good read that. Although sad and disappointing, the recent FHP situation seems to be a system functioning reasonably well. Some might argue on the one game ban but broadly its been dealt with far better than it probably would have been 5 years ago.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 1h

Congrats

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 4h

Quality stuff from Harry Brook today. The century was good also. 🤣
#NZvENG
#cricket
#gimp
🏏

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 6h

Apologies, im clearly on one today. Now with nuance. He is not and never has been a progressive and that he is lauded by so many progressives is sooo depressing.

His bias is so frustrating as he has such disproportionate influence.

And yet... LDs need him to flip to them. Maybe one day.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 7h

Rory Steward is a turd.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 7h

Rory Steward is a turd.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 7h

Wrexham have been surprisingly impressive!

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 7h

But if you model for tactical voting. Its not quite so clear cut.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 7h

@kamhussain.bsky.social Im realy not trying to be a dick its just that you're clearly nailed on to win. So you could use your campaign to get something concrete out of HQ.

Quadruple funding for this for example share.google/d1q7lTt2OU3s...

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James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Could he not, hear me out, take a lessen out of his ancestors playbook and ship him off to a monastery?

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks Kamran, no, I have read them. They are though pretty standard for any Lib Dem seeking internal election (1. Memberships voice to leadership....). The only specific one I could see was mentoring and supporting candidates. So what specifically are you pledging to do in that space?

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Hello @electionmaps.uk do any polsters model for tactical voting? It seems a pretty entrenched feature of this era of UK politics.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Kamran, lib dem member here. What specifically would you do differently to your predecessor?

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Feels like the prison Governor probably has to go. Just such an egregious fuck up.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Its just so fucking enraging.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like it might take some turn.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 9h

I wonder if Louis shift from placid mundane interviews to more interesting challenging ones has caught them by surprise. Given his back catalogue, it feels like they should have seen this coming. Presumably, they were fine with all the cannibalism chat in a previous episode?

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 23h

Its just jaw droppingly bad.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 1d

Farage is basically Mad Jim Jaspers.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 2d

These are the stories we need!

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

It's genuinely crackers that in the UK, a social media company can *take advertising money from a fraudster*, the bank has to repay the victim out of its pocket, and the social media company doesn't even have to give the advertising cash to the bank! They make money on the transaction!

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: The British government is preparing to roll back on its pledge to make Big Tech companies pay for scams in its upcoming fraud strategy.

Banks furious as UK shies away from making Big Tech pay for fraud

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged before the election to put tech giants on the hook for fraud.

www.politico.eu

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 2d

@bwalker.uk interesting just listening to the emergency @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod. It seems a pretty constant feature of uk elections over the last couple of years now. How do we start to model for tactical voting?

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 3d

Its why I've submitted the question "what would do differently to your predecessor" for an upcoming hustings. Im not really sure what theyre supposed to do and im tired of hearing "represent the membership".

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 6d

Why is this fpl life only pain.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 6d

Really gutsy performance.

James W @jamesuk.bsky.social · 13d

Excellent knock that from Shai Hope
#IndvWI