Doug
@redandriveting.bsky.social
Labour's new social conservatism isn't because of a rejection of Blairism though, it's the result of a rightward shift among centrist elites against the perceived excesses of the activist left and increased nativist sentiment. Blair himself is an aggressive opponent of trans rights
Blair: social liberal, mixed market economics, liberalised immigration (and comfortable with mass immigration)
Mahmood: social conservative, statist economics, anti-immigration
Mahmood: social conservative, statist economics, anti-immigration
December 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Labour's new social conservatism isn't because of a rejection of Blairism though, it's the result of a rightward shift among centrist elites against the perceived excesses of the activist left and increased nativist sentiment. Blair himself is an aggressive opponent of trans rights
I think having a leader who can talk like a human being, knows how to do the basics of Parliamentary management, isn't associated with Reeves' various toxic decisions and doesn't deliberately aggravate liberal & left voters would do a quite a bit better than Starmer
If you're unhappy with Keir Starmer and you think the answer is Andy Burnham and a wealth tax you're not serious about the state of the country/party and the actual *hard, unpopular decisions* that need to be made to put things right.
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I think having a leader who can talk like a human being, knows how to do the basics of Parliamentary management, isn't associated with Reeves' various toxic decisions and doesn't deliberately aggravate liberal & left voters would do a quite a bit better than Starmer
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Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks
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Happy birthday to Tom Cruise — king of the movies and a good man who has never done anything wrong in his life
July 3, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Happy birthday to Tom Cruise — king of the movies and a good man who has never done anything wrong in his life
I bitterly regret that it has come to this, but this is my first Skeet
July 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM
I bitterly regret that it has come to this, but this is my first Skeet