@godber.bsky.social
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Can we do best of three?
How about best of five?
What about seven?
How about best of five?
What about seven?
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Can we do best of three?
How about best of five?
What about seven?
How about best of five?
What about seven?
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🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
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Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
Student loans are 'fair', says Rachel Reeves, amid backlash | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
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Huge thanks to the gaggle of gurning, spittle-mouthed racists whose 200 yard "march" this Saturday to protest against brown people has prompted the police to advise local kids' activity groups to cancel their plans/classes in order to keep local children safe, well done everyone, top work
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Huge thanks to the gaggle of gurning, spittle-mouthed racists whose 200 yard "march" this Saturday to protest against brown people has prompted the police to advise local kids' activity groups to cancel their plans/classes in order to keep local children safe, well done everyone, top work
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From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.
Still looking.
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 AM
From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.
Still looking.
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More top analysis from Mason. 'Let me tell you why this non-story is a big story.'
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
More top analysis from Mason. 'Let me tell you why this non-story is a big story.'
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
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Labour source: “This is categorically untrue.”
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NEW: Andy Burnham says he found out his candidacy had been blocked via the media, rather than directly from the NEC.
“Tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days”.
Ouch.
“Tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days”.
Ouch.
PS - The fact that the media was informed of the NEC decision before I was tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days.
You would think that over 30 years of service would count for something but sadly not. 🤷🏻♂️
You would think that over 30 years of service would count for something but sadly not. 🤷🏻♂️
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Labour source: “This is categorically untrue.”
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The multilayered idiocy of this in policy and economic terms aside, just imagine aspiring to be, out of every country in the world, the one that is in a constant state of war with every one of its neighbours.
And this is the man Johnson appointed to negotiate our most important ever trade deal.
And this is the man Johnson appointed to negotiate our most important ever trade deal.
This is what worries me most at home. The instincts and views of any Reform-Tory govt are so totally at odds with the public, so outlandish to the median voter, as to make government and even the very ability to govern impossible. (1/2)
January 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The multilayered idiocy of this in policy and economic terms aside, just imagine aspiring to be, out of every country in the world, the one that is in a constant state of war with every one of its neighbours.
And this is the man Johnson appointed to negotiate our most important ever trade deal.
And this is the man Johnson appointed to negotiate our most important ever trade deal.
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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As has been mentioned in the replies, the current US admin signed off the Chagos deal in May last year www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...
www.state.gov
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
As has been mentioned in the replies, the current US admin signed off the Chagos deal in May last year www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
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Rowland O’Connor
Rob Parsonage
Christine Parsonage
Karen Knight
Anna Thomason-Kenyon
Richard Everett
Jack Bradley
Christopher Marriott
Angie Nash
Richard Morgan
Daniel Thomas
David Cumming
Rob Parsonage
Christine Parsonage
Karen Knight
Anna Thomason-Kenyon
Richard Everett
Jack Bradley
Christopher Marriott
Angie Nash
Richard Morgan
Daniel Thomas
David Cumming
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Rowland O’Connor
Rob Parsonage
Christine Parsonage
Karen Knight
Anna Thomason-Kenyon
Richard Everett
Jack Bradley
Christopher Marriott
Angie Nash
Richard Morgan
Daniel Thomas
David Cumming
Rob Parsonage
Christine Parsonage
Karen Knight
Anna Thomason-Kenyon
Richard Everett
Jack Bradley
Christopher Marriott
Angie Nash
Richard Morgan
Daniel Thomas
David Cumming
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Ian Cooper
➡️ Defected
Amelia Randall
Nicola Brown
Christopher Marriott
Kathy Gibbon
➡️ Resigned
Mark Whittington
Isabella Kemp
Jack McGlenen
Gaynor Jean-Louis
Wayne Titley
Donna Edmunds
Luke Shingler
Desmond Clarke
Andrew Kilburn
John Bailey
Sam Booth
David Maclean
Robert Bloom
➡️ Defected
Amelia Randall
Nicola Brown
Christopher Marriott
Kathy Gibbon
➡️ Resigned
Mark Whittington
Isabella Kemp
Jack McGlenen
Gaynor Jean-Louis
Wayne Titley
Donna Edmunds
Luke Shingler
Desmond Clarke
Andrew Kilburn
John Bailey
Sam Booth
David Maclean
Robert Bloom
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Ian Cooper
➡️ Defected
Amelia Randall
Nicola Brown
Christopher Marriott
Kathy Gibbon
➡️ Resigned
Mark Whittington
Isabella Kemp
Jack McGlenen
Gaynor Jean-Louis
Wayne Titley
Donna Edmunds
Luke Shingler
Desmond Clarke
Andrew Kilburn
John Bailey
Sam Booth
David Maclean
Robert Bloom
➡️ Defected
Amelia Randall
Nicola Brown
Christopher Marriott
Kathy Gibbon
➡️ Resigned
Mark Whittington
Isabella Kemp
Jack McGlenen
Gaynor Jean-Louis
Wayne Titley
Donna Edmunds
Luke Shingler
Desmond Clarke
Andrew Kilburn
John Bailey
Sam Booth
David Maclean
Robert Bloom
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Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated
Kathy Gibbon defects to the Conservatives
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Adam Smith
Daniel Taylor
John Allen
Nicole Brooke
Patrick Lambert
Maxine Fothergill
Tom Pickup
Kathy Gibbon defects to the Conservatives
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Adam Smith
Daniel Taylor
John Allen
Nicole Brooke
Patrick Lambert
Maxine Fothergill
Tom Pickup
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated
Kathy Gibbon defects to the Conservatives
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Adam Smith
Daniel Taylor
John Allen
Nicole Brooke
Patrick Lambert
Maxine Fothergill
Tom Pickup
Kathy Gibbon defects to the Conservatives
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Adam Smith
Daniel Taylor
John Allen
Nicole Brooke
Patrick Lambert
Maxine Fothergill
Tom Pickup
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The US has a 25th Amendment and an impeachment process but because cowardice is the defining characteristic of modern right wing politics, neither of these things will be exercised, even as this is the most glaring example of their being needed.
If this text is real (no reason to think it isn’t) we have to accept that the only solution here is Congress doing its job. He cannot be a president in this deteriorating mental state. But Congress won’t act.
We’re f*cked
We’re f*cked
There are, I promise you, still serious and important people who think that Trump is playing 3D chess — putting on an act to convince his laggard NATO allies to pony up their fare share.
But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
But stuff like this is pretty clear evidence that he's *the* immediate risk to our collective security
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The US has a 25th Amendment and an impeachment process but because cowardice is the defining characteristic of modern right wing politics, neither of these things will be exercised, even as this is the most glaring example of their being needed.
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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Do not be surprised if in the first days of an incoming populist radical government there is an entire raft of statutory instruments and other measures prepared and ready to go, exploiting every gap in our constitutional arrangements.
And worryingly, as you highlight, it would be extremely naive for us to assume the well funded right wing “think tanks” haven’t already worked out exactly how to dismantle what protections remain at blitzkrieg speed, should they gain power.
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Do not be surprised if in the first days of an incoming populist radical government there is an entire raft of statutory instruments and other measures prepared and ready to go, exploiting every gap in our constitutional arrangements.
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Nadhim Zahawi was made Chancellor by Boris Johnson, only to call for a new leader a day later.
He backed Liz Truss as PM, before being appointed Tory Chair by Rishi Sunak, only to be sacked over his tax affairs.
His defection to Reform UK is another step in an eventful political career.
He backed Liz Truss as PM, before being appointed Tory Chair by Rishi Sunak, only to be sacked over his tax affairs.
His defection to Reform UK is another step in an eventful political career.
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Nadhim Zahawi was made Chancellor by Boris Johnson, only to call for a new leader a day later.
He backed Liz Truss as PM, before being appointed Tory Chair by Rishi Sunak, only to be sacked over his tax affairs.
His defection to Reform UK is another step in an eventful political career.
He backed Liz Truss as PM, before being appointed Tory Chair by Rishi Sunak, only to be sacked over his tax affairs.
His defection to Reform UK is another step in an eventful political career.
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The Disappointing Dozen - all 12 councils that Reform took control of last May - have increased council taxes and broken their election pledges. This is what Reform promises are - easy to make and easy to dump once in power. Will they make the same promises this May…?
buff.ly/8xis4N9
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January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The Disappointing Dozen - all 12 councils that Reform took control of last May - have increased council taxes and broken their election pledges. This is what Reform promises are - easy to make and easy to dump once in power. Will they make the same promises this May…?
buff.ly/8xis4N9
buff.ly/8xis4N9
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
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‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent.
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
JustGiving faces investigation over claims donors are misled
The fundraising platform is accused of prompting supporters to add costly ‘tips’, helping deliver multimillion-pound returns to its US owner at donors’ expense
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent.
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
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The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
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Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay