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Plus on tax, Labour (wrongly) 'ruled out' tax rises pre- election. That's unsustainable, but without a tax raising plan they've reverted to either pre packed Treasury plans (like employer NI) or slightly random ones. Progressive taxation is "left wing", but tax increases per se are not "left wing"
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Plus on tax, Labour (wrongly) 'ruled out' tax rises pre- election. That's unsustainable, but without a tax raising plan they've reverted to either pre packed Treasury plans (like employer NI) or slightly random ones. Progressive taxation is "left wing", but tax increases per se are not "left wing"
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a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
a society losing the plot in real time
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People are basically short of money because everything is so madly expensive these days. People are really struggling.
Everything stems from that, including the Right's shameful scapegoating of migrants.
Everything stems from that, including the Right's shameful scapegoating of migrants.
You may not like it, but strip out the hyperbole and abuse and it's quite hard to argue with this Cummings asssessment of the public mood
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
People are basically short of money because everything is so madly expensive these days. People are really struggling.
Everything stems from that, including the Right's shameful scapegoating of migrants.
Everything stems from that, including the Right's shameful scapegoating of migrants.
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well, they've got their talking point
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
well, they've got their talking point
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It’s unseemly and undignified. If you want to replace someone who lacks any apparent driver apart from wanting to be PM with a copy, then Wes is your man.
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
It’s unseemly and undignified. If you want to replace someone who lacks any apparent driver apart from wanting to be PM with a copy, then Wes is your man.
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I cannot emphasise enough how Faragism rests on the idea that 'the good old days' were better.
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I cannot emphasise enough how Faragism rests on the idea that 'the good old days' were better.
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No reason to quit caffeine. Find a real problem. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
No reason to quit caffeine. Find a real problem. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
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I cannot wait to see this whenever it gets picked up.
The History of Concrete review – John Wilson’s first movie is an absurd triumph
The documentarian’s feature debut, essentially an extended episode of his HBO series, turns an exploration of concrete into a meditation on change
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I cannot wait to see this whenever it gets picked up.
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Anthropic and Google now seem to get that the primary value people get out of AI is doing annoying work they don't want to do (coding, basic research, drafting emails, etc), OpenAI/XAI/Meta seem to still think image/video slop and search replacement are the future
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Anthropic and Google now seem to get that the primary value people get out of AI is doing annoying work they don't want to do (coding, basic research, drafting emails, etc), OpenAI/XAI/Meta seem to still think image/video slop and search replacement are the future
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What incredibly hilariously bad financial advice
Its written off eventually you moron, and the interest rate is higher than you can repay it
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
What incredibly hilariously bad financial advice
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It is I think an underrated parliament how very few people have actually worked recently (last 15 years) in professional services. The work-life balance thing comes from the fact households are working much more than in the 70s.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
It is I think an underrated parliament how very few people have actually worked recently (last 15 years) in professional services. The work-life balance thing comes from the fact households are working much more than in the 70s.
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Elon Musk: “We do not go to the Moon because it is easy, but because going to Mars is hard.”
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Elon Musk: “We do not go to the Moon because it is easy, but because going to Mars is hard.”
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All this begs another question: the Cabinet Office is supposed to be responsible for ethics and integrity in government.
Can Starmer really retain a Cabinet Office minister who commissioned a PR firm to investigate journalists on the flimsiest of pretexts?
Can Starmer really retain a Cabinet Office minister who commissioned a PR firm to investigate journalists on the flimsiest of pretexts?
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
All this begs another question: the Cabinet Office is supposed to be responsible for ethics and integrity in government.
Can Starmer really retain a Cabinet Office minister who commissioned a PR firm to investigate journalists on the flimsiest of pretexts?
Can Starmer really retain a Cabinet Office minister who commissioned a PR firm to investigate journalists on the flimsiest of pretexts?
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Simons’ other defence is that Labour Together asked “a PR company” to investigate a suspected “illegal hack”.
But if you think you’ve been hacked, you call cyber security experts, not “a PR company”....
Evidence seen by Democracy for Sale shows the authors of its reports were not tech experts
But if you think you’ve been hacked, you call cyber security experts, not “a PR company”....
Evidence seen by Democracy for Sale shows the authors of its reports were not tech experts
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Simons’ other defence is that Labour Together asked “a PR company” to investigate a suspected “illegal hack”.
But if you think you’ve been hacked, you call cyber security experts, not “a PR company”....
Evidence seen by Democracy for Sale shows the authors of its reports were not tech experts
But if you think you’ve been hacked, you call cyber security experts, not “a PR company”....
Evidence seen by Democracy for Sale shows the authors of its reports were not tech experts
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This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
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Neoliberal workforce models in social democratic parties and the decline of long-term vision, in this TED talk I will...
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Neoliberal workforce models in social democratic parties and the decline of long-term vision, in this TED talk I will...
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Have you considered that Charlie Brown had hoes?
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Have you considered that Charlie Brown had hoes?
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This was the "reshufflet" now said to have been partly orchestrated (or at least heavily influenced) by Peter Mandelson, because that is totally a job US ambassadors usually do
Tim Allan only joined No10 in September last year as part of the most recent (very turbulent) 'reset'...
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This was the "reshufflet" now said to have been partly orchestrated (or at least heavily influenced) by Peter Mandelson, because that is totally a job US ambassadors usually do
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Is the entire Labour Right on LSD
“There is not a vacancy, but I think Shabana Mahmood’s doing a bloody good job”.
Great interview with veteran of the Blair-Brown melodrama Jacqui Smith by Harry Clarke-Ezzidio:
Great interview with veteran of the Blair-Brown melodrama Jacqui Smith by Harry Clarke-Ezzidio:
Jacqui Smith: Changing leaders doesn’t solve the problem
The New Labour big beast speaks out on Andy Burnham and Starmer's future
www.newstatesman.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Is the entire Labour Right on LSD
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uber-wokes, net-zeroists, rejoinerists, corbynites, neo-corbynites, crypto corbynites, Chinese restaurants, why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
uber-wokes, net-zeroists, rejoinerists, corbynites, neo-corbynites, crypto corbynites, Chinese restaurants, why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?
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One of the things that makes 60s pop so interesting is that the second half of the decade is so much the guys from the first half getting weird, rather than a new set of weirdos emerging to take their place
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
One of the things that makes 60s pop so interesting is that the second half of the decade is so much the guys from the first half getting weird, rather than a new set of weirdos emerging to take their place
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The man who made his reputation defeating the BNP is going to end up delivering the country to Reform.
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 AM
The man who made his reputation defeating the BNP is going to end up delivering the country to Reform.