Patch Thompson
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The ex-Ukip politician, known for his frequent gaffes, has been drawn into the scandal around Reform’s former Welsh leader Nathan Gill
Who is David Coburn? Farage’s former Scottish leader denies Russia claims
The ex-Ukip politician, known for his frequent gaffes, has been drawn into the scandal around Reform’s former Welsh leader Nathan Gill
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The ex-Ukip politician, known for his frequent gaffes, has been drawn into the scandal around Reform’s former Welsh leader Nathan Gill
The fact that Sultana's faction is doing this over *expelling SWP members* really shows how out of touch and inept they are. Locking out the SWP is one of the few things that most British left organisations agree on.
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The fact that Sultana's faction is doing this over *expelling SWP members* really shows how out of touch and inept they are. Locking out the SWP is one of the few things that most British left organisations agree on.
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She is also this dril tweet come to life
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
She is also this dril tweet come to life
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Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Kemi really will say the first thing that pops into her head/repeat the first tweet of the day she's seen. Unreal commitment to avoiding critical thought.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Kemi really will say the first thing that pops into her head/repeat the first tweet of the day she's seen. Unreal commitment to avoiding critical thought.
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It shows how skewed their perception is that they don't seem to recognise that your relatively high earning graduate is equally likely, if not more likely, to be a woman.
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It shows how skewed their perception is that they don't seem to recognise that your relatively high earning graduate is equally likely, if not more likely, to be a woman.
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Funny to think a year ago, most Tory MPs thought Starmer had a clever but cynical plan to bank the changes Sunak made on immigration and declare victory, rather than to keep holing himself under the waterline.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Funny to think a year ago, most Tory MPs thought Starmer had a clever but cynical plan to bank the changes Sunak made on immigration and declare victory, rather than to keep holing himself under the waterline.
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Aldi are selling a variation of pigs in blankets called Stags in Quilts - venison wrapped in bacon.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Aldi are selling a variation of pigs in blankets called Stags in Quilts - venison wrapped in bacon.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
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i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
"Clement Attlee has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by announcing the creation of a National Health Service"
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Clement Attlee has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by announcing the creation of a National Health Service"
British political media has been completely broken by years of petty party infighting. Now, politics can't be reported in any other way.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
British political media has been completely broken by years of petty party infighting. Now, politics can't be reported in any other way.
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At long last, space is opening up in British politics for Thatcherism
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
At long last, space is opening up in British politics for Thatcherism
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Looking at this pic of Justin Bieber's house, I'll never understand why the infinitely rich choose to live in gaffs that look like millennium era lottery funded conference centres.
September 19, 2023 at 10:37 AM
Looking at this pic of Justin Bieber's house, I'll never understand why the infinitely rich choose to live in gaffs that look like millennium era lottery funded conference centres.
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So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
So we are already back to the levels of migration of the early 2010s and declining faster... let's hope all those new restrictions, based on previous higher numbers, don't make Britain massively unattractive to those migrants the government DOES wish to attract.
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Imagine a world where all the tech companies named their products after Wodehouse characters rather than Tolkien concepts. It would still be just as toxic, but at least it would be funny. Instead of Palantir, you'd have the Empress of Blandings, for instance.
I'm sure if they won the search engine war, they'd have become corrupt and evil too, but I would've preferred Ask Jeeves winning if only to brainwash a whole new generation into reading PG Wodehouse novels to understand just who the hell Jeeves is.
Look kids! It’s Ask Jeeves! Over here Jeeves!
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Imagine a world where all the tech companies named their products after Wodehouse characters rather than Tolkien concepts. It would still be just as toxic, but at least it would be funny. Instead of Palantir, you'd have the Empress of Blandings, for instance.
By no means a perfect comparison, but Joe Biden was the most economically left-wing President since Carter and...
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
By no means a perfect comparison, but Joe Biden was the most economically left-wing President since Carter and...
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
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Steady hands on a sinking ship. Today’s budget was for two audiences: fractious backbenchers and our fiscal overlords. A few progressive tweaks, but ultimately, a missed opportunity for substantial reform and the change this country needs.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
The Lead's budget verdict: technocratic tweaks to a broken system
Lifting the two-child benefit cap is welcome, but Rachel Reeves' tax and spend plans fall far short of the financial shake up this country needs
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Steady hands on a sinking ship. Today’s budget was for two audiences: fractious backbenchers and our fiscal overlords. A few progressive tweaks, but ultimately, a missed opportunity for substantial reform and the change this country needs.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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the stuff or you don’t. Very old school but tests basic comprehension of material.
b) group work where 3-4 students will discuss a series of set books and films (the latter will be history at the movies-style chats) as Discord channels. Not AI proof - I realize that - but harder to simply spoof …
b) group work where 3-4 students will discuss a series of set books and films (the latter will be history at the movies-style chats) as Discord channels. Not AI proof - I realize that - but harder to simply spoof …
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
the stuff or you don’t. Very old school but tests basic comprehension of material.
b) group work where 3-4 students will discuss a series of set books and films (the latter will be history at the movies-style chats) as Discord channels. Not AI proof - I realize that - but harder to simply spoof …
b) group work where 3-4 students will discuss a series of set books and films (the latter will be history at the movies-style chats) as Discord channels. Not AI proof - I realize that - but harder to simply spoof …
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Been thinking about how to assess a decent-sized (40+) mostly lecture-based history course in the spring to avoid the slide into playing endless AI slop cop instead of teacher.
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Been thinking about how to assess a decent-sized (40+) mostly lecture-based history course in the spring to avoid the slide into playing endless AI slop cop instead of teacher.
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
What I’ve settled on as of now is:
a) 3 in-class old-fashioned blue book tests - basically AI proof, you either know …
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