Michael
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I buy that he genuinely cares about this. He should go to a pride march next year! I don’t think he has attended one since 2022.
Acceptance and safety of LGBT people doesn’t just take care of itself, people in power have to set an example.
Acceptance and safety of LGBT people doesn’t just take care of itself, people in power have to set an example.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I buy that he genuinely cares about this. He should go to a pride march next year! I don’t think he has attended one since 2022.
Acceptance and safety of LGBT people doesn’t just take care of itself, people in power have to set an example.
Acceptance and safety of LGBT people doesn’t just take care of itself, people in power have to set an example.
Scottish voters hearing Anas Sarwar proclaimed as their saviour: him?
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Scottish voters hearing Anas Sarwar proclaimed as their saviour: him?
It’s clear in the original article that he’s talking about it having a literal physical effect.
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It’s clear in the original article that he’s talking about it having a literal physical effect.
Rachel Reeves has a strange understanding of smorgasbords
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Rachel Reeves has a strange understanding of smorgasbords
Rachel Reeves has a strange understanding of smorgasbords
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Rachel Reeves has a strange understanding of smorgasbords
This article is such drivel. In one paragraph here we have the up is down assertion that cutting immigration would help “Reeves’s numbers add up”, and the suggestion that we need to choose migrants rather than them choosing us (are we going to lift them off the street in their home countries?)
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This article is such drivel. In one paragraph here we have the up is down assertion that cutting immigration would help “Reeves’s numbers add up”, and the suggestion that we need to choose migrants rather than them choosing us (are we going to lift them off the street in their home countries?)
and now for the unsung prose stylings of Chris Mason
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
and now for the unsung prose stylings of Chris Mason
“visits his constituency” - I mean, he doesn’t have to go very far out of his way does he
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“visits his constituency” - I mean, he doesn’t have to go very far out of his way does he
the great evil is defeated
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
the great evil is defeated
She’s made a few comments like this in the run-up to the Budget, and I don’t know, I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect to be Chancellor and not hear lots of people telling you what you should do.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
She’s made a few comments like this in the run-up to the Budget, and I don’t know, I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect to be Chancellor and not hear lots of people telling you what you should do.
“nothing progressive” klaxon 🚨 @stephenkb.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“nothing progressive” klaxon 🚨 @stephenkb.bsky.social
HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP US FACING ANY COMPETITION:
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP US FACING ANY COMPETITION:
I love independent bookshops but I’m not sure sounding as whiny as possible is a long term strategy to build support.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I love independent bookshops but I’m not sure sounding as whiny as possible is a long term strategy to build support.
about to ruin someone’s life for no reason like
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
about to ruin someone’s life for no reason like
If he had used a different term, this would still be an MP saying they don’t want too many non-white people in their area.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If he had used a different term, this would still be an MP saying they don’t want too many non-white people in their area.
Some people don’t think at all about incentives in the rush for the quick dunk. If we want this policy not to happen then that means as many Labour MPs as possible criticising it in public. Why would shouting at the ones who do so be helpful?
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some people don’t think at all about incentives in the rush for the quick dunk. If we want this policy not to happen then that means as many Labour MPs as possible criticising it in public. Why would shouting at the ones who do so be helpful?
Labour pledged specifically not to raise national insurance. They have raised it.
They pledged vaguely not to raise taxes on working people. They have done so and will keep doing so.
They answered questions during the campaign by saying their manifesto tax rises would be enough. They weren’t.
They pledged vaguely not to raise taxes on working people. They have done so and will keep doing so.
They answered questions during the campaign by saying their manifesto tax rises would be enough. They weren’t.
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Labour pledged specifically not to raise national insurance. They have raised it.
They pledged vaguely not to raise taxes on working people. They have done so and will keep doing so.
They answered questions during the campaign by saying their manifesto tax rises would be enough. They weren’t.
They pledged vaguely not to raise taxes on working people. They have done so and will keep doing so.
They answered questions during the campaign by saying their manifesto tax rises would be enough. They weren’t.
“Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart”
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart”
It is true that commentators would not engage in the polite pretence that raising income tax doesn’t break the pledge in the way that many of them did last year for employer NI.
But it’s fundamentally absurd to have this feverish debate over a pledge that’s already been broken once.
But it’s fundamentally absurd to have this feverish debate over a pledge that’s already been broken once.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It is true that commentators would not engage in the polite pretence that raising income tax doesn’t break the pledge in the way that many of them did last year for employer NI.
But it’s fundamentally absurd to have this feverish debate over a pledge that’s already been broken once.
But it’s fundamentally absurd to have this feverish debate over a pledge that’s already been broken once.
I’m a bit unconvinced by this as a useful split of the Labour factions. I wish there was more good writing about the thinking within the “soft left” group of MPs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m a bit unconvinced by this as a useful split of the Labour factions. I wish there was more good writing about the thinking within the “soft left” group of MPs.
Kinda seems like he ruled it out in the tweet above.
(If *I* were looking to add a snarky comment, I’d say that it’s easy for Wes to say he won’t stand against Starmer, because everyone assumes Starmer would resign rather than fight a challenge.)
(If *I* were looking to add a snarky comment, I’d say that it’s easy for Wes to say he won’t stand against Starmer, because everyone assumes Starmer would resign rather than fight a challenge.)
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Kinda seems like he ruled it out in the tweet above.
(If *I* were looking to add a snarky comment, I’d say that it’s easy for Wes to say he won’t stand against Starmer, because everyone assumes Starmer would resign rather than fight a challenge.)
(If *I* were looking to add a snarky comment, I’d say that it’s easy for Wes to say he won’t stand against Starmer, because everyone assumes Starmer would resign rather than fight a challenge.)
This is pretty punchy.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is pretty punchy.