SpinningHugo
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Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
Nuremberg (2025), much like the actual trial, is saved by the Englishman.
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Nuremberg (2025), much like the actual trial, is saved by the Englishman.
Saw The Sugarcubes in one of the bars at Manchester University in 1987.
When we got the last train home, there was Bjork, pushing a pram, getting into the first class compartment.
(Einar seemed an arse).
When we got the last train home, there was Bjork, pushing a pram, getting into the first class compartment.
(Einar seemed an arse).
Happy 60th birthday to Björk.
You may now roll for psychic damage.
You may now roll for psychic damage.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Saw The Sugarcubes in one of the bars at Manchester University in 1987.
When we got the last train home, there was Bjork, pushing a pram, getting into the first class compartment.
(Einar seemed an arse).
When we got the last train home, there was Bjork, pushing a pram, getting into the first class compartment.
(Einar seemed an arse).
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England has 25.8 million homes and 4,632 were demolished in the last year, at which rate the average existing home will need to last for around five and a half thousand years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
England has 25.8 million homes and 4,632 were demolished in the last year, at which rate the average existing home will need to last for around five and a half thousand years.
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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This is one of my favourite bits on here: the Uk actually taxes its top decile a lot and under taxes the middle, giving us Europes most progressive taxation system. European taxes for the top decile and then they get frozen out of the benefits system because the middle do not pay their share.
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is one of my favourite bits on here: the Uk actually taxes its top decile a lot and under taxes the middle, giving us Europes most progressive taxation system. European taxes for the top decile and then they get frozen out of the benefits system because the middle do not pay their share.
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14 wickets in 50 overs.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
14 wickets in 50 overs.
I don't really understand cricket.
We played fotball as children, and that is the only game I can play with any proficiency. I can't physically do leg spin (or understand how it is done).
But.
I love Australia and Australians passionately.
And so, I am very keen we destroy them in the test.
We played fotball as children, and that is the only game I can play with any proficiency. I can't physically do leg spin (or understand how it is done).
But.
I love Australia and Australians passionately.
And so, I am very keen we destroy them in the test.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I don't really understand cricket.
We played fotball as children, and that is the only game I can play with any proficiency. I can't physically do leg spin (or understand how it is done).
But.
I love Australia and Australians passionately.
And so, I am very keen we destroy them in the test.
We played fotball as children, and that is the only game I can play with any proficiency. I can't physically do leg spin (or understand how it is done).
But.
I love Australia and Australians passionately.
And so, I am very keen we destroy them in the test.
"Don't Be Evil"
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Don't Be Evil"
Spot the things where there is an underlying *right* to something of use to human beings, and the "tokens" that reflect nothing more than the hope that there'll be an even bigger idiot along in a bit to buy it from you.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Spot the things where there is an underlying *right* to something of use to human beings, and the "tokens" that reflect nothing more than the hope that there'll be an even bigger idiot along in a bit to buy it from you.
Trump really is amazing. Finding new and imaginative ways to be even worse than seems possible. A kind of genius.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump really is amazing. Finding new and imaginative ways to be even worse than seems possible. A kind of genius.
Distressing for the victims, depressing for everyone.
What did the Professor of *moral philosophy* not understand?
archive.is/2025.11.19-1...
What did the Professor of *moral philosophy* not understand?
archive.is/2025.11.19-1...
archive.is
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Distressing for the victims, depressing for everyone.
What did the Professor of *moral philosophy* not understand?
archive.is/2025.11.19-1...
What did the Professor of *moral philosophy* not understand?
archive.is/2025.11.19-1...
The blame for this lies partly with the think tanks themselves. The work was just never done. It was obvious at the time.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The blame for this lies partly with the think tanks themselves. The work was just never done. It was obvious at the time.
It is maddening that I have good ideas about the project I am writing almost every day at the moment of waking.
Message to brain: work like that all the time, not when you;'re at your most refreshed and youthful.
Lazy bloody thing.
Message to brain: work like that all the time, not when you;'re at your most refreshed and youthful.
Lazy bloody thing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It is maddening that I have good ideas about the project I am writing almost every day at the moment of waking.
Message to brain: work like that all the time, not when you;'re at your most refreshed and youthful.
Lazy bloody thing.
Message to brain: work like that all the time, not when you;'re at your most refreshed and youthful.
Lazy bloody thing.
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Is it milk?
A handy guide to measuring like a Brit.
A handy guide to measuring like a Brit.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Is it milk?
A handy guide to measuring like a Brit.
A handy guide to measuring like a Brit.
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On the one hand, the UK is seeking single market participation in a few areas. On the other, the mooted sums are silly and won't happen.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
‘Politically realistic’ for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On the one hand, the UK is seeking single market participation in a few areas. On the other, the mooted sums are silly and won't happen.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I had hoped for a Labour government whose sole purpose was not to be in office.
I am quite far to the right of the Bluesky consensus, but am very disappointed.
I appreciate the problems are intractable. But they governing.
I am quite far to the right of the Bluesky consensus, but am very disappointed.
I appreciate the problems are intractable. But they governing.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I had hoped for a Labour government whose sole purpose was not to be in office.
I am quite far to the right of the Bluesky consensus, but am very disappointed.
I appreciate the problems are intractable. But they governing.
I am quite far to the right of the Bluesky consensus, but am very disappointed.
I appreciate the problems are intractable. But they governing.
Checking the all time international goals scored table, I noticed Haaland is tied with Rooney on 67. Rooney is the next Englishman after Kane
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Checking the all time international goals scored table, I noticed Haaland is tied with Rooney on 67. Rooney is the next Englishman after Kane
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Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
The diagnosis is, as one would expect, spot on, but I don't know what is to be done about it
Starmer should in principle go, but the selectorate is the same group that gave us Jeremy Corbyn.
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Starmer should in principle go, but the selectorate is the same group that gave us Jeremy Corbyn.
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New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The diagnosis is, as one would expect, spot on, but I don't know what is to be done about it
Starmer should in principle go, but the selectorate is the same group that gave us Jeremy Corbyn.
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Starmer should in principle go, but the selectorate is the same group that gave us Jeremy Corbyn.
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New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
Say he actually did this, and won, what would the result be?
Such a court judgment wouldn't be enforceable outside the US (it would be for punitive damages).
But it would be enforceable in the US, essentially ending the BBCs ability to operate there.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such a court judgment wouldn't be enforceable outside the US (it would be for punitive damages).
But it would be enforceable in the US, essentially ending the BBCs ability to operate there.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Say he actually did this, and won, what would the result be?
Such a court judgment wouldn't be enforceable outside the US (it would be for punitive damages).
But it would be enforceable in the US, essentially ending the BBCs ability to operate there.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such a court judgment wouldn't be enforceable outside the US (it would be for punitive damages).
But it would be enforceable in the US, essentially ending the BBCs ability to operate there.
/1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Want some good news about the UK economy for once...levels of GDP (and forecasts) keep getting revised up...
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Want some good news about the UK economy for once...levels of GDP (and forecasts) keep getting revised up...
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With all the serious problems in UK politics, a bit of light relief is provided by the utterly irrelevant shambles that is Your Party.
Blimey. Major new split in Your Party. Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain -who is secretary of the Your Party company - says he's quitting due to "persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good."
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
With all the serious problems in UK politics, a bit of light relief is provided by the utterly irrelevant shambles that is Your Party.
Elliott is far too kind to Briggs.
Briggs' view misunderstands what the ECHR is about.
The ECHR concerns duties on signatory states to secure various goods for citizens.
It does *not* concern the rights all of us have against each other.
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Briggs' view misunderstands what the ECHR is about.
The ECHR concerns duties on signatory states to secure various goods for citizens.
It does *not* concern the rights all of us have against each other.
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As ever, an interesting valuable & articulation contribution to the "What will UK Public Law look like if we leave the ECHR/repeal the HRA?" by @profmarkelliott.bsky.social
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/14/m...
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/14/m...
Misplaced optimism? Lord Briggs on the common law’s capacity to protect human rights in the event of ECHR withdrawal
In a recent lecture, Supreme Court Justice Lord Briggs places renewed emphasis on the common law’s ability to protect human rights, and argues that we should not doubt its capaity to step in if the…
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Elliott is far too kind to Briggs.
Briggs' view misunderstands what the ECHR is about.
The ECHR concerns duties on signatory states to secure various goods for citizens.
It does *not* concern the rights all of us have against each other.
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Briggs' view misunderstands what the ECHR is about.
The ECHR concerns duties on signatory states to secure various goods for citizens.
It does *not* concern the rights all of us have against each other.
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