Amos
@amosduveen.bsky.social
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Amos
@amosduveen.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Just so you so know, I plan to use this space much as I did the other one i.e. when I post, I'm often just trying to put my own thoughts in order. If you find that interesting or useful, that's great; if not, that's also great. I'm not here to chase engagement.
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how someone has managed to commit war crimes when there is not a war is not a question I expected to answer about actual topical events
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
how someone has managed to commit war crimes when there is not a war is not a question I expected to answer about actual topical events
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
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“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
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VENEZUELAN BOAT STRIKES
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
VENEZUELAN BOAT STRIKES
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
The thing about the "Red Wall" @mrjamesob.bsky.social, is that although those constituencies voted Leave in 2016; the Labour vote within them was generally pretty heavily Remain.
No one on the Right wants to highlight that but Labour seem to also be ignoring it for entirely different reasons.
No one on the Right wants to highlight that but Labour seem to also be ignoring it for entirely different reasons.
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The thing about the "Red Wall" @mrjamesob.bsky.social, is that although those constituencies voted Leave in 2016; the Labour vote within them was generally pretty heavily Remain.
No one on the Right wants to highlight that but Labour seem to also be ignoring it for entirely different reasons.
No one on the Right wants to highlight that but Labour seem to also be ignoring it for entirely different reasons.
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Farage: I won’t do a deal with the Tories because they were dishonest and incompetent.
Also Farage: We’re recruiting as many Tory MPs as we can.
Also Farage: We’re recruiting as many Tory MPs as we can.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Farage: I won’t do a deal with the Tories because they were dishonest and incompetent.
Also Farage: We’re recruiting as many Tory MPs as we can.
Also Farage: We’re recruiting as many Tory MPs as we can.
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From today's FT lead story on Farage telling donors he'll cut a deal with the Cons we know the right won't take ANYTHING for granted to seize power at the next election. They did it in 2019 and they'll do it again in 2028/29.
So why won't we match a regressive alliance with a progressive one?
So why won't we match a regressive alliance with a progressive one?
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
From today's FT lead story on Farage telling donors he'll cut a deal with the Cons we know the right won't take ANYTHING for granted to seize power at the next election. They did it in 2019 and they'll do it again in 2028/29.
So why won't we match a regressive alliance with a progressive one?
So why won't we match a regressive alliance with a progressive one?
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In today's episode of Origin Story, @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social explain the New Left, the messy constellation of ideas & movements that came out of the discrediting of Soviet communism 70 years ago & made the left what it is today 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#leftism #politics
#leftism #politics
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In today's episode of Origin Story, @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social explain the New Left, the messy constellation of ideas & movements that came out of the discrediting of Soviet communism 70 years ago & made the left what it is today 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#leftism #politics
#leftism #politics
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Imagine a world where the economic effects of a major set of policy announcements are viewed as of secondary importance to the resignation of an anonymous civil servant or an arcane debate about whether people said things a month ago as part of normal political messaging.
Oh, we live in that world.
Oh, we live in that world.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Imagine a world where the economic effects of a major set of policy announcements are viewed as of secondary importance to the resignation of an anonymous civil servant or an arcane debate about whether people said things a month ago as part of normal political messaging.
Oh, we live in that world.
Oh, we live in that world.
Yup. This and #ProportionalRepresentation.
However, my sense is that you need one to achieve the other, in whichever order. Both shape the political playing field in different ways. Sort out the press and PR suddenly becomes possible; get PR and you're more likely to get effective press regulation.
However, my sense is that you need one to achieve the other, in whichever order. Both shape the political playing field in different ways. Sort out the press and PR suddenly becomes possible; get PR and you're more likely to get effective press regulation.
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yup. This and #ProportionalRepresentation.
However, my sense is that you need one to achieve the other, in whichever order. Both shape the political playing field in different ways. Sort out the press and PR suddenly becomes possible; get PR and you're more likely to get effective press regulation.
However, my sense is that you need one to achieve the other, in whichever order. Both shape the political playing field in different ways. Sort out the press and PR suddenly becomes possible; get PR and you're more likely to get effective press regulation.
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They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
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So chosen because of the way it will prompt those online to say "actually, that is two words".
qed.
qed.
CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
So chosen because of the way it will prompt those online to say "actually, that is two words".
qed.
qed.
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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You know, people on the internet often make these enormous and racist claims like “Muslims can’t assimilate to the traditions of British life” but if there’s anybody out there right now doing a better impersonation of 100 years of the British far left then I fail to see it
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You know, people on the internet often make these enormous and racist claims like “Muslims can’t assimilate to the traditions of British life” but if there’s anybody out there right now doing a better impersonation of 100 years of the British far left then I fail to see it
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So he’s been investing in property, doing them up and then selling them
Fair enough
And that’s what he used to buy his own house in 2016 - that’s what he considers to be his “pension”
His own house that he lives in🤷🏼♀️
3/
Fair enough
And that’s what he used to buy his own house in 2016 - that’s what he considers to be his “pension”
His own house that he lives in🤷🏼♀️
3/
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
So he’s been investing in property, doing them up and then selling them
Fair enough
And that’s what he used to buy his own house in 2016 - that’s what he considers to be his “pension”
His own house that he lives in🤷🏼♀️
3/
Fair enough
And that’s what he used to buy his own house in 2016 - that’s what he considers to be his “pension”
His own house that he lives in🤷🏼♀️
3/
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Via @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Polish cartoon
“The peace talks were attended by Ushakov and Witkoff.”
“And from the American side?”
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Polish cartoon
“The peace talks were attended by Ushakov and Witkoff.”
“And from the American side?”
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Via @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Polish cartoon
“The peace talks were attended by Ushakov and Witkoff.”
“And from the American side?”
Via @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Polish cartoon
“The peace talks were attended by Ushakov and Witkoff.”
“And from the American side?”
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Doctors strike
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Doctors strike
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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And suddenly Albania VPN use is through the roof. (I understand there are a number of other countries that also ban ads…)
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
And suddenly Albania VPN use is through the roof. (I understand there are a number of other countries that also ban ads…)
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Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK aren't exactly dispelling the suspicion that Farage is a far right sympathiser with this signed black football shirt, with an arrow pointing to the number 18 and a motto reminiscent of Vichy France.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK aren't exactly dispelling the suspicion that Farage is a far right sympathiser with this signed black football shirt, with an arrow pointing to the number 18 and a motto reminiscent of Vichy France.