I could not agree more with the conclusion to this excellent piece from a serving Labour MP who actually understands public opinion. The party has got stuck veering back (and now perhaps forth) on the social dimension but that is not what will win back voters. They need to focus on economy full stop
Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?
The war on Iran is causing gas and oil price explosions.
Our research shows: Fossil fuel prices are the most important prices for inflation and inequality. Energy price shocks are redistribution shocks. The poorer you are, the larger the share of income you spend on essentials.
Europeans live longer than Americans, despite spending less on healthcare.
A sickening society is clear in these statistics
So why is it not in the news?
Powerful wake-up call from @chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Somehow this is already being shrugged off while the BBC has a nice little feature about Trump meeting Inter Miami’s players
I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of “should our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but “to what extent?”
www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...
From Aditya Chakrabortty: “A child born this morning in Britain can expect to be in good health only until they are 61. The last 20 years of their life will be blighted by illness... healthy life expectancy is now the lowest since 2011, when records began.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Worth reading by @chriscurtis94.bsky.social. Abundantly clear to anyone that spends a cursory amount of time on public opinion that economic insecurity, exacerbated 10x by cost of living crisis is driving political force of our time, fuelling Labour’s woes chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...
Trump quite clearly views the military, as Kurt Vonnegut once said, “like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.” And it turns out that sending carriers to turn donuts in the Persian Gulf while destabilizing another Middle Eastern nation for no reason is not cheap.
As you fill up with gas that's now up 20c/litre in a week, remember who profits. Cdn oil companies made $150b after-tax profit after the last oil spike (2022). An excess profit tax redistributed to consumers would ease the pain. My take in @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/opi...
“These are class issues but they are no longer expressed through class politics… So, common concerns become articulated through different identities - and often different parties.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
NEW: After Gorton & Denton, how should we understand the threat to Labour's left?
Big new @persuasionuk.bsky.social report out with @38degrees.bsky.social on 'progressive defectors' - Lab 2024 switchers to Greens, Plaid, SNP, Lib Dems.
Who are they, who are they not & what's moving them? 🧵
Polling from More in Common shows that Greens and Reform win a higher share of voters who struggle to make ends meet, while Labour and the Conservatives win those who are most financially comfortable
Reform UK and the Greens are hoovering up financially insecure voters. My piece this week looks at the return of Britain's class politics (with a twist) www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Fossil fuel stocks are exploding in response to the war on Iran.
Who stands to benefit? The richest of the rich.
Who stands to lose? All of us who have to pay higher prices for energy and a new round of sellers' inflation.
Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan
The issue of wealth inequality is one of the most pressing social and economic problems of our time. States must take action to rein in the power of billionaires—and one key tool for doing so would be a wealth tax. By @lindamcquaig.bsky.social + Neil Brooks.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid.
Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion.
Priorities.
NEW POLL on Dem. structural reforms: U.S. adults support 18-yr term limits for Supreme Court justices by a 50-point margin (GOP is +34 in favor), favor statehood for Puerto Rico and limits on pardons by POTUS, and are split on DC statehood, packing the Court:
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/two-thirds...
Trump starting a war against Iran is perhaps the most unpopular major use of military force in recent memory, as measured by polls taken just after each attack. Eg, support *among Republicans* is lower than overall approval was for invading Iraq
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-trum...
Assal Rad @AssalRad post on Twitter 2 March 2026 She writes, The difference is by design. Images of 2 headings in The New York Times 1. Iran Says Dozens are Killed in Strike on School Circles in red 'Iran Says' and comments 'casts doubt' Underlines 'Strike' and comments 'No Responsibility/ 2. 9 Killed in Israeli City Near Jerusalem After Iranian Airstrike Underlines in red '9 Killed' and comments 'Stated as fact' Underlines 'Iranian' and comments 'Actor Named'
Posted elsewhere by Dr Assal Rad elsewhere🎯
#MediaBias
This cartoon was drawn in 2017.
9 years later, it’s still accurate.
There is a patronising and incorrect presumption that the only way to appeal to working class communities is through racism and xenophobia as opposed to, y’know, offering popular policies that dramatically and materially improve peoples lives
A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...
⚠️ New WP ⚠️ with @ftorche.bsky.social: Can childhood exposure to local wealth inequality help explain growing class gaps in income mobility? Short answer: Yes! Read the full answer here: doi.org/10.31235/osf... #Demography #Sociology #EconSky
Quick reactions after learning that no, nobody could stop him. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/trump-m... 1/
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
Once again, in actual democracies, people do not need to engage in permanent litigation & political mobilization to retain the basic right to vote, because none of the major political parties make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform. We also don't have to live like this.
