Chaminda Jayanetti
@cjayanetti.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
I hear free broadband polls well
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I hear free broadband polls well
if you're gonna troll him you need to tag him
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
if you're gonna troll him you need to tag him
I'm not saying it needs to "be more Blairite" and that's not a route I'm especially going down. Rentoul is just not someone I take seriously at all, but I doubt he'd sign up to Labour's workers' rights agenda, for example
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm not saying it needs to "be more Blairite" and that's not a route I'm especially going down. Rentoul is just not someone I take seriously at all, but I doubt he'd sign up to Labour's workers' rights agenda, for example
"voters just love income tax rises", said absolutely nobody on this site ever
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"voters just love income tax rises", said absolutely nobody on this site ever
Reposted by Chaminda Jayanetti
The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
I would definitely take the risk of male pattern baldness over period pains every month for 50 years
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I would definitely take the risk of male pattern baldness over period pains every month for 50 years
"God is a woman"
oh is she now
oh is she now
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"God is a woman"
oh is she now
oh is she now
which is part of why a lot of anti-Blairites see this government as Blairite when actual Blairites are out there calling it "brain-dead Labour" lol
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
which is part of why a lot of anti-Blairites see this government as Blairite when actual Blairites are out there calling it "brain-dead Labour" lol
yeah there's an extent to which they see Blairism not as an ideology or a policy framework but as a factional stance
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
yeah there's an extent to which they see Blairism not as an ideology or a policy framework but as a factional stance
yes and I think that aspect was underplayed at the time - they threw literally billions at them, shredded whatever remaining credibility their "fully costed" pledge had, and yet their vote share among that age group was pitiful because Waspi just isn't representative of that demographic as a whole
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
yes and I think that aspect was underplayed at the time - they threw literally billions at them, shredded whatever remaining credibility their "fully costed" pledge had, and yet their vote share among that age group was pitiful because Waspi just isn't representative of that demographic as a whole
grew up in white van country init
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
grew up in white van country init
I'd deliberately get all the factions' names subtly wrong at least once, so they end up sounding like they're one of the other factions
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'd deliberately get all the factions' names subtly wrong at least once, so they end up sounding like they're one of the other factions
absolute batshittery
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
absolute batshittery
so I don't think it was so much his "beigeness" as this: bsky.app/profile/cjay...
they always have a common enemy - I think it's more that they had a genuine once-in-a-lifetime opportunity once the 2015 Corbyn surge got going, and they knew it. the fraying in 2016 and the splits in 2018/19 were both driven by disagreements over how not to lose that opportunity
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
so I don't think it was so much his "beigeness" as this: bsky.app/profile/cjay...
there'd probably need to be some trust-building first. but if the Independent Alliance follow Adnan Hussain out the door, Sultana will probably end up running the rubble
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
there'd probably need to be some trust-building first. but if the Independent Alliance follow Adnan Hussain out the door, Sultana will probably end up running the rubble
I don't think the groupuscules can do much when facing a party of 100,000+ members that they don't have leadership of and which doesn't need them
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I don't think the groupuscules can do much when facing a party of 100,000+ members that they don't have leadership of and which doesn't need them
they wouldn't have opposed it, but they'd prefer manufacturing
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
they wouldn't have opposed it, but they'd prefer manufacturing
it was based on Mazzucato but went further with the state entity, which The Entrepreneurial State didn't suggest iirc
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
it was based on Mazzucato but went further with the state entity, which The Entrepreneurial State didn't suggest iirc
can't imagine who you're referring to...
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
can't imagine who you're referring to...
probably not at that stage yet
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
probably not at that stage yet
LMAO. I admit I didn't catch those memes, though I know she joined
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
LMAO. I admit I didn't catch those memes, though I know she joined
it's true, I no longer think you're the scum of the earth.
not on those grounds anyway
not on those grounds anyway
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
it's true, I no longer think you're the scum of the earth.
not on those grounds anyway
not on those grounds anyway
yeah I mean Glasman never stops talking, journalists never stop calling him up, and he is ofc an attention-seeking windbag so this is what comes out, even though it's Rutherford who has the actual relationship with the Labour leadership
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
yeah I mean Glasman never stops talking, journalists never stop calling him up, and he is ofc an attention-seeking windbag so this is what comes out, even though it's Rutherford who has the actual relationship with the Labour leadership
and the dwindling of the brains trust (eg Meadway) meant they didn't properly pitch-roll some of this stuff.
and then, to top it all off, you had the mad Waspi pledge midway through the campaign, suddenly adding billions to their "fully costed" manifesto out of nowhere
and then, to top it all off, you had the mad Waspi pledge midway through the campaign, suddenly adding billions to their "fully costed" manifesto out of nowhere
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
and the dwindling of the brains trust (eg Meadway) meant they didn't properly pitch-roll some of this stuff.
and then, to top it all off, you had the mad Waspi pledge midway through the campaign, suddenly adding billions to their "fully costed" manifesto out of nowhere
and then, to top it all off, you had the mad Waspi pledge midway through the campaign, suddenly adding billions to their "fully costed" manifesto out of nowhere