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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 8h

Discount 'informed ballot' push poll questions obviously (& credit to the pollster, they explicitly note this) but the basic conceit of 'when told the guy has a tattoo resembling a Nazi icon, they become less supportive' is both incredibly obvious and apparently *shocking* to some politicos!

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 9h

Just posting the numbers here means you miss what’s going on with Undecideds, where they all look at Platner after learning about the tattoo and go “yeah nah”

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 10h

(Not sure anybody will get this, but it amused me)

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 10h

Ricky Carlson!

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 14h

My hot take is the 2028 Dem nominee will be someone that no one is suspecting

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 14h

gotta be honest, I'm not sure her run would get to Super Tuesday but stay blessed, i guess

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 11h

Montgomerie has been a dick for a long time yes but there genuinely was a time when I do not believe he would be out there saying it’s not racist to say it drives you mad to see ads full of black people. This is a new thing! It is not a good thing!

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 12h

Montie gives Pochin the benefit of his wisdom.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14h

Found out about this one from the Labour press release condemning it, and it was a real trip to learn that this wasn’t “a Labour staffer with a tape recorder at a private event” story but a “she just said it on national TV” story.

Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 15h

The quotes in this are so fucking bad I had to check several times it wasn’t a deep fake
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'

Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'

www.mirror.co.uk

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · 20h

sometimes i remember "calque" is a loanword and "loanword" is a calque and i get so pissed off

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 19h

(The best BBC current affairs podcasts ime are Ukrainecast and From Our Own Correspondent because they actually know their audience niche)

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19h

The "jocks and nerds" meme was a truly terrible thing to happen to Westminster. Gave the lobby the misleading impression that anyone other than nerds was reading, which leads to stuff like "God, devolution / policy / anything other than Westminster horserace - yawnorama, right, guys?" in copy.

𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · 1d

one of them literally led to an independence referendum which was existential to the existence of the UK what the fuck are you talking about BBC

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 19h

I've said this before but my experience is sports podcasts actually end up treating poltics more seriously than Newscast when they occasionally get sidetracked onto it for a minute or so!

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 19h

IiRC Coons was seen as a sacrificial lamb when he went for the primary?

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 20h

To an extent the whole People's Vote movement on a broader scale as well, really

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 20h

Some of whom then abruptly realised in the early hours of the 24th how much they did actually care

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 1d

also was a bit surprised when talking about forces that constrain a left wing government institutions like civil service etc. didn’t mention ‘markets’ or any other economic forces

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 20h

Listened to this today and basically everyone who genuinely believes that Your Party could to be the instrument that revives collectivist politics in the UK (& every disaffected Labour member for that matter) should just focus on increasing trade union membership & getting more council houses built

Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 1d

Listened to the NS podcast interview with James Schneider, though it had some interesting bits but was surprised when he said Starmer and Farage same on foreign policy (I think they differ on Ukraine). Also odd when talking about Labour’s political agenda didn’t mention labour legislation

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 20h

Ah, I see

Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 20h

Is that actually a thing for anyone but UNISON?

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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 1d

Listened to the NS podcast interview with James Schneider, though it had some interesting bits but was surprised when he said Starmer and Farage same on foreign policy (I think they differ on Ukraine). Also odd when talking about Labour’s political agenda didn’t mention labour legislation

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 21h

I thought we did actually do the latter post-Collins?

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 22h

Reminded of the time an American called me a "sheepfucker" which simultaneously incensed me and left me wondering if they'd misremembered the slur or stumbled on it by coincidence

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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 22h

The conspiracists would also likely include me, who those types if anything consider basically English

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 22h

deciding not to spend my morning replying 'turnout's probably basically okay if underwhelming among Labour members and super low among affiliates with no real reason to care' to dozens of people, but feel free to imagine it if you wish

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Airship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 1d

"Libertarinism in law, restraint in personal practice" is a grand moral position more people should adopt, signed:
An anti-prohibition teetotaler.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

they were also right about alcohol - or, at least, 'the alcohol culture of the period.' Temperance and prohibition movements were largely driven by women aware of how much domestic violence and misery it fueled!

Daemon Primarch MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 1d

As it turns out the Victorians had at least one moral crusade target they were right about all along.

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Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 25d

Incidentally, anyone who is concerned about Birth Rates should be advocating abundant, universal access to many rounds of IVF for the women who really do want kids

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 25d

I'm sorry but this is polticial poison if you think about it for 30 seconds.

You want to tax people more for being fed up of NHS waiting lists?

For not wanting to wait 2 years in pain for a hip replacement? Or because they want a baby and the NHS won't pay for more IVF??

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25d

Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare.

Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare? Billions can be raised.

Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff, doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know why anyone thinks this is a good day for the armed forces when the judge said this:

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 1d

Most people in NI are really not surprised by the Soldier F outcome - but this was no show trial or witch hunt. The judge excoriated the soldiers' conduct, but because of a passing of time caused by extreme state failings, could not convict. That is the scandal. These headlines are grotesque:

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