George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat politician. Local councillor in Guildford. Working in software engineering. My views are my own and aren't on behalf on anyone else.
Pronouns: he/him
Pronouns: he/him
Pinned
George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Eli Port, 29, has been ostracised for being against all the “isms” equally, and not just whichever ones happen to serve them personally in that moment.
Read the full article AND support our hi-jinx on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/136382...
Read the full article AND support our hi-jinx on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/136382...
Gonna need to pin this to my profile.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
The Lib Dems are fundamentally a party that puts together social liberals with moderately-left economics with social liberals with moderately-right economics, and consists of people much more prepared to compromise on economic policy than on liberalism.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Lib Dems are fundamentally a party that puts together social liberals with moderately-left economics with social liberals with moderately-right economics, and consists of people much more prepared to compromise on economic policy than on liberalism.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
⚠️ Even the most ardent Brexiteers now accept the damage done by Brexit...
💷 £90 billion in lost tax revenue... EVERY YEAR!
❌ That is over £20 billion more than the entire education budget. Scandalous.
https://www.ft.com/content/d3581bbe-98c6-4451-a7d9-c7c36b49d782
💷 £90 billion in lost tax revenue... EVERY YEAR!
❌ That is over £20 billion more than the entire education budget. Scandalous.
https://www.ft.com/content/d3581bbe-98c6-4451-a7d9-c7c36b49d782
Kemi Badenoch cites Brexit as ‘shock’ to UK
Tory leader’s comments come amid debate on whether Britain should rejoin EU customs union
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
⚠️ Even the most ardent Brexiteers now accept the damage done by Brexit...
💷 £90 billion in lost tax revenue... EVERY YEAR!
❌ That is over £20 billion more than the entire education budget. Scandalous.
https://www.ft.com/content/d3581bbe-98c6-4451-a7d9-c7c36b49d782
💷 £90 billion in lost tax revenue... EVERY YEAR!
❌ That is over £20 billion more than the entire education budget. Scandalous.
https://www.ft.com/content/d3581bbe-98c6-4451-a7d9-c7c36b49d782
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
See also: The Times doing that via publishing multiple letters from transphobic parents refusing to accept their kids, with a headline falsely claiming one bought hormones with their "pocket money", when it was an 18 year old buying them *with their own money, and having their parents steal them*:
archive.is
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Former Tory MP Ben Bradley has now defected to Reform. They really are taking all the worst people from the Boris era.
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Former Tory MP Ben Bradley has now defected to Reform. They really are taking all the worst people from the Boris era.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
"A sense that something has broken does not entail questioning the decency or inventiveness of the British people (although, who among us). It’s got nothing to do with the soul of the people, but instead concerns the functioning of the state."
No, Prime Minister, Things Weren’t Fine Before
No, Prime Minister, Things Weren’t Fine Before
No, Prime Minister, Things Weren’t Fine Before
Also this week: some notes on an evil death monkey; and the interactive map of the Roman Empire you’ve always dreamed of.
jonn.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"A sense that something has broken does not entail questioning the decency or inventiveness of the British people (although, who among us). It’s got nothing to do with the soul of the people, but instead concerns the functioning of the state."
No, Prime Minister, Things Weren’t Fine Before
No, Prime Minister, Things Weren’t Fine Before
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Lol well one thing ill say is that if the ruling was the other way around there wouldn’t be questions would there. It would have been a declaration trans people are finally segregated but anything remotely trans inclusive Must be questioned
Now changed, though I still don't think the framing is great
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Lol well one thing ill say is that if the ruling was the other way around there wouldn’t be questions would there. It would have been a declaration trans people are finally segregated but anything remotely trans inclusive Must be questioned
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
'tom became a nazi bcos of a fictionalised version of events in his head'
yeah that's true of pretty much all of them.
yeah that's true of pretty much all of them.
ah yes, everyone remembers that moment after 9/11 where everyone got cancelled and we started the extremely woke war on terror www.piratewires.com/p/heather-co...
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
'tom became a nazi bcos of a fictionalised version of events in his head'
yeah that's true of pretty much all of them.
yeah that's true of pretty much all of them.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
"She said the officer had abused her multiple times as a child and shared her with other “important men” at a hotel in Park Lane in central London. LBC understands the other men included an MP and a judge."
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"She said the officer had abused her multiple times as a child and shared her with other “important men” at a hotel in Park Lane in central London. LBC understands the other men included an MP and a judge."
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Think it's quite clear now that the reason for the police turning a blind eye to grooming gangs wasn't "political correctness" after all...
Met ‘brushed under the carpet’ claims officer ran grooming gang that sexually abused girls in care
www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-...
LBC investigation finds Metropolitan Police 'brushed under the carpet' claims that officer ran a grooming gang | LBC
Gang said to have included judge and MP
www.lbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Think it's quite clear now that the reason for the police turning a blind eye to grooming gangs wasn't "political correctness" after all...
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
NEW: I wrote about *very destructive* hail.
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
The costs of a hail damage have ballooned over the past two decades, prompting researchers to resort to extreme measures to understand how these storms destroy buildings.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: I wrote about *very destructive* hail.
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
also just in general maybe dunking on people for being virgins is something most of us should have left behind in high school.
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
also just in general maybe dunking on people for being virgins is something most of us should have left behind in high school.
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
just as an FYI u are not going to beat a bigot loser or fascist troll by trying to dunk on them for being a virgin, for example.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
just as an FYI u are not going to beat a bigot loser or fascist troll by trying to dunk on them for being a virgin, for example.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
a few years ago british politicians and columnists started abusing the term 'safeguarding' whenever they wanted to push bigoted or draconian policies.
now it basically has no meaning.
now it basically has no meaning.
Sensible safeguarding
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
a few years ago british politicians and columnists started abusing the term 'safeguarding' whenever they wanted to push bigoted or draconian policies.
now it basically has no meaning.
now it basically has no meaning.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
A couple of explanatory points.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A couple of explanatory points.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
The Spectator’s cocaine cannot possibly be so good as to outweigh how evil they are, even under an entirely debauched bacchanalia calculus, for so many London elites to attend that garden party. That’s simply impossible.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Spectator’s cocaine cannot possibly be so good as to outweigh how evil they are, even under an entirely debauched bacchanalia calculus, for so many London elites to attend that garden party. That’s simply impossible.
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
The Spectator has done everything in its power to harm Jews, Muslims, Black and brown people and defend its fascists friends from criticism—it’s a perpetual hate machine. Therefore, naturally, every year the London elite attend its summer garden party to be photographed and do cocaine
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Spectator has done everything in its power to harm Jews, Muslims, Black and brown people and defend its fascists friends from criticism—it’s a perpetual hate machine. Therefore, naturally, every year the London elite attend its summer garden party to be photographed and do cocaine
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
The Spectator has never been profitable, it cannot stop losing money. If a system is what it does, the Spectator cannot be understood to function as a profit-generating company; its function is to spread gutter fascist propaganda amongst its lay readership and politicians, money is no object
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Spectator has never been profitable, it cannot stop losing money. If a system is what it does, the Spectator cannot be understood to function as a profit-generating company; its function is to spread gutter fascist propaganda amongst its lay readership and politicians, money is no object
Reposted by George Potter 🔶
Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.