Matt
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31. Professionally tall. Gamer 🎮 Manc 🐝🇬🇧 Partaker of geeky fandom. History buff. UK and US politics nerd
Yet another bout of infighting from the People’s Front of Judaea / Judaean People’s Front / Popular People’s Front. Surprise surprise
Splitters!
Splitters!
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yet another bout of infighting from the People’s Front of Judaea / Judaean People’s Front / Popular People’s Front. Surprise surprise
Splitters!
Splitters!
We need a Prime Minister with clarity of vision and the willingness to take on Reform rather than try to ape them
Keir Starmer is not that person
Keir Starmer is not that person
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We need a Prime Minister with clarity of vision and the willingness to take on Reform rather than try to ape them
Keir Starmer is not that person
Keir Starmer is not that person
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
Robbie Gibb needs to go and be replaced NOW
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Robbie Gibb needs to go and be replaced NOW
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
Rachel Reeves confirms she will scrap the two-child benefit cap
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rachel Reeves confirms she will scrap the two-child benefit cap
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
Starmer should appoint a BBC DG who is every bit as biased as Davie was, just in the other direction
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Starmer should appoint a BBC DG who is every bit as biased as Davie was, just in the other direction
AfD has been kept out of power in Germany because no other party will countenance working with them
I want the same commitment from British parties about Reform
I want the same commitment from British parties about Reform
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
AfD has been kept out of power in Germany because no other party will countenance working with them
I want the same commitment from British parties about Reform
I want the same commitment from British parties about Reform
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I know some people consider it a bit woke, but I believe that if someone is a massive racist and attempts to exploit tragic events to push their extreme ideological agenda they shouldn't be consistently rewarded with a platform by media.
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I know some people consider it a bit woke, but I believe that if someone is a massive racist and attempts to exploit tragic events to push their extreme ideological agenda they shouldn't be consistently rewarded with a platform by media.
Nigel Farage has gone mighty quiet on PR since it started looking like FPTP might give him a Johnson-sized majority on less than 30% of the vote
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Nigel Farage has gone mighty quiet on PR since it started looking like FPTP might give him a Johnson-sized majority on less than 30% of the vote
Could the British political parties please stop their “Who can deport more people, faster?” competition
Thanks
Thanks
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Could the British political parties please stop their “Who can deport more people, faster?” competition
Thanks
Thanks
Has Keir Starmer considered appointing a certain someone as the Lord Brown of Dunfermline and making him Chancellor?
Not entirely unserious about this
Not entirely unserious about this
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Has Keir Starmer considered appointing a certain someone as the Lord Brown of Dunfermline and making him Chancellor?
Not entirely unserious about this
Not entirely unserious about this
Every European election be like
Liberals (centre-right) 23%
National Brotherhood (far-right) 22%
Amazing! (centre) 15%
Social Democrats (centre-left) 13%
Greens (left) 12%
Separatist Party (left) 7%
Separatist Party of Somewhere Else (far-right, possibly illegal) 5%
Communists (far-left) 3%
Liberals (centre-right) 23%
National Brotherhood (far-right) 22%
Amazing! (centre) 15%
Social Democrats (centre-left) 13%
Greens (left) 12%
Separatist Party (left) 7%
Separatist Party of Somewhere Else (far-right, possibly illegal) 5%
Communists (far-left) 3%
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every European election be like
Liberals (centre-right) 23%
National Brotherhood (far-right) 22%
Amazing! (centre) 15%
Social Democrats (centre-left) 13%
Greens (left) 12%
Separatist Party (left) 7%
Separatist Party of Somewhere Else (far-right, possibly illegal) 5%
Communists (far-left) 3%
Liberals (centre-right) 23%
National Brotherhood (far-right) 22%
Amazing! (centre) 15%
Social Democrats (centre-left) 13%
Greens (left) 12%
Separatist Party (left) 7%
Separatist Party of Somewhere Else (far-right, possibly illegal) 5%
Communists (far-left) 3%
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
Cinema staff used to come and tell people being loud to shut up. Failing that, they’d kick them out. That role appears to have completely vanished, and not for the better
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
Some might argue that streaming movies at home has given us all etiquette amnesia. But when it comes to disrupting a screening, I think the rules have some nuance, writes Polly Hudson
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cinema staff used to come and tell people being loud to shut up. Failing that, they’d kick them out. That role appears to have completely vanished, and not for the better
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It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
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On Reform's Danny Kruger's reported complaints about parties being 'LGBT-supporting', a Lib Dem source says it's "disgraceful and completely unacceptable."
"Farage's MPs clearly have views that are completely out of step with modern Britain." He "must confirm if he agrees with these comments."
"Farage's MPs clearly have views that are completely out of step with modern Britain." He "must confirm if he agrees with these comments."
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On Reform's Danny Kruger's reported complaints about parties being 'LGBT-supporting', a Lib Dem source says it's "disgraceful and completely unacceptable."
"Farage's MPs clearly have views that are completely out of step with modern Britain." He "must confirm if he agrees with these comments."
"Farage's MPs clearly have views that are completely out of step with modern Britain." He "must confirm if he agrees with these comments."
We now have 5-party politics
FPTP only works when there are 2 clear dominators
We need PR
FPTP only works when there are 2 clear dominators
We need PR
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We now have 5-party politics
FPTP only works when there are 2 clear dominators
We need PR
FPTP only works when there are 2 clear dominators
We need PR
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Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
Apparently all it takes to be a “Tory rising star” now is to be interviewed
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Apparently all it takes to be a “Tory rising star” now is to be interviewed
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The unwillingness of a great many people to call racism racism because doing so is seen as rude or uncivil is hugely problematic.
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The unwillingness of a great many people to call racism racism because doing so is seen as rude or uncivil is hugely problematic.
Labour need to get over the white working class. They’re no longer Labour voters, and trying to win them back just alienates the people who are now Labour’s support base. Be a party of graduates and professionals
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Labour need to get over the white working class. They’re no longer Labour voters, and trying to win them back just alienates the people who are now Labour’s support base. Be a party of graduates and professionals