Tom Harris
@tomnjharris.bsky.social
Cornishman in London. Trying to find glimmers of hope amidst the gloom.
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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Matthew Goodwin hopes to make the transition from being a former academic to elected politics by standing for Reform in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
It sounds like he will be making his "Trump is right" case about civilisational erasure to the Greater Manchester constituency's voters
It sounds like he will be making his "Trump is right" case about civilisational erasure to the Greater Manchester constituency's voters
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Matthew Goodwin hopes to make the transition from being a former academic to elected politics by standing for Reform in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
It sounds like he will be making his "Trump is right" case about civilisational erasure to the Greater Manchester constituency's voters
It sounds like he will be making his "Trump is right" case about civilisational erasure to the Greater Manchester constituency's voters
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Yes. I think replies like this show the effectiveness of Blair and Corbyn both in defining “Old Labour” as something it wasn’t. But the actual reality and failure mode of “the governments run by the Labour right before 1994” were, well, like what we have now.
Starmer is running on Old Labour government apparently?
The pro-Starmer people on here are just visibly working backwards from their own self-perception and self-regard. I Am Sensible, all my critics are not. No, you are just defending a dysfunctional Old Labour government, sorry.
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yes. I think replies like this show the effectiveness of Blair and Corbyn both in defining “Old Labour” as something it wasn’t. But the actual reality and failure mode of “the governments run by the Labour right before 1994” were, well, like what we have now.
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Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
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🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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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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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Even in Labour vs Reform contests, where the nature of swing means Labour to Reform defections count double, the electoral strength/cost of losses to LDs and Grns is now ~66% higher than that of losses to Reform.
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Even in Labour vs Reform contests, where the nature of swing means Labour to Reform defections count double, the electoral strength/cost of losses to LDs and Grns is now ~66% higher than that of losses to Reform.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
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oh weird i'm just drawing a venn diagram of people who think we need men patrolling the streets to keep women safe and men who think metoo went too far and you'll never guess how it's turned out
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
oh weird i'm just drawing a venn diagram of people who think we need men patrolling the streets to keep women safe and men who think metoo went too far and you'll never guess how it's turned out
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Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises
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The year is 2038. Texas has just completed its third nuclear strike against Oklahoma. In Washington, Elon Musk's Legion Of Children is engaged in a last stand in the DOGE basement.
In London, the Conservatives warn that an agreement to sell cheese to France is putting at risk a US trade deal.
In London, the Conservatives warn that an agreement to sell cheese to France is putting at risk a US trade deal.
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The year is 2038. Texas has just completed its third nuclear strike against Oklahoma. In Washington, Elon Musk's Legion Of Children is engaged in a last stand in the DOGE basement.
In London, the Conservatives warn that an agreement to sell cheese to France is putting at risk a US trade deal.
In London, the Conservatives warn that an agreement to sell cheese to France is putting at risk a US trade deal.
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This idea that the Nazis moved Jews from places where they were protected by the law to places where they could be persecuted/murdered is mostly false.
The first 1.2 million victims were killed in the "Holocaust by Bullets": shot in or very near to where they lived in e Europe. No trains or camps.
The first 1.2 million victims were killed in the "Holocaust by Bullets": shot in or very near to where they lived in e Europe. No trains or camps.
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This idea that the Nazis moved Jews from places where they were protected by the law to places where they could be persecuted/murdered is mostly false.
The first 1.2 million victims were killed in the "Holocaust by Bullets": shot in or very near to where they lived in e Europe. No trains or camps.
The first 1.2 million victims were killed in the "Holocaust by Bullets": shot in or very near to where they lived in e Europe. No trains or camps.
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New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead
To understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man
www.economist.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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I keep thinking about my driver and interpreter when I observed the 2012 Ukrainian election, and all the wonderful polling staff I met. These are real people with hopes and dreams and lives of their own and the world's most powerful man would rather sell US citizenship to oligarchs than help.
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I keep thinking about my driver and interpreter when I observed the 2012 Ukrainian election, and all the wonderful polling staff I met. These are real people with hopes and dreams and lives of their own and the world's most powerful man would rather sell US citizenship to oligarchs than help.
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And once again, a pollster has leader ratings that give Ed Davey the best score... and the text of the social media message doesn't mention it.
For the first time, Nigel Farage is ahead of Keir Starmer by more than the margin of error in our favourability polling
Nigel Farage
Favourable: 30% (+1 from 16-17 Jan)
Unfavourable: 60% (=)
Keir Starmer
Favourable: 26% (-2)
Unfavourable: 66% (+3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Nigel Farage
Favourable: 30% (+1 from 16-17 Jan)
Unfavourable: 60% (=)
Keir Starmer
Favourable: 26% (-2)
Unfavourable: 66% (+3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
February 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And once again, a pollster has leader ratings that give Ed Davey the best score... and the text of the social media message doesn't mention it.
the most wonderful time of the year 😄
It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM
the most wonderful time of the year 😄
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The Pinterest Board calling for Starmer to resign has been bookmarked no fewer than 147 times, and two separate creators have used it as a template to crochet a throw pillow.
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
November 27, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The Pinterest Board calling for Starmer to resign has been bookmarked no fewer than 147 times, and two separate creators have used it as a template to crochet a throw pillow.
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
Under these circumstances, how long can the Prime Minister possibly cling to a position so obviously untenable?
Is Boris ok?!
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Is Boris ok?!