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Excellent piece
Everyone thinks the rich should pay more tax but always define the rich as those earning more than themselves
I've written something on Lisa Nandy's rhetoric of popular empowerment and her record in office. It speaks to a broader problem on the contemporary centre left: politicians seem to think they can say whatever they like, and act completely differently.
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I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
Congratulations, António José Seguro, on your election as President of Portugal.
The Portuguese citizens have spoken and, in the face of devastation caused by the storms, demonstrated remarkable democratic resilience.
Portugal’s voice for our shared European values remains strong.
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Woodrow Wyatt the voice of reason!
And of course pensioners pay no NICs
Noam Chomsky’s reputation will never recover from the Epstein files. If you ever saw Chomsky as a moral paragon, you weren't paying attention.
🖊️ Ralph Leonard
Whilst many of us are sick of the rain, spare a thought for those in Spain and Portugal. #StormLeonardo is set to bring disruptive weather in the days ahead🌧️
Following #StormKristin last week, further flooding and landslides are expected with severe disruption possible ⚠️
Lib Dem MP taking Labour to task on their stance on asylum seekers.
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#LibDems🔶
#AsylumSeekersv
Please repost if you want the full restoration of our EU Freedom of Movement.
Yesterday evening, Peter Mandelson told me "I've never owned property in Brazil and never will".
Then we discovered the Brazilian company he incorporated, "for the purpose of purchasing and selling real estate".
Thread:
State of calamity in place until 8th! It's Grim!
É importante divulgar esta informação. Ainda há muitas pessoas q desconhecem q podem tomar banho, carregar telemóveis e fazer refeições em determinados locais:
This is excellent by @robfordmancs.bsky.social - read this before you look at any polling or briefings re this by-election!
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So if there is a constituency poll showing Labour in third or fourth place (as I suspect there may well be before the end of the campaign) will you change your position and support a tactical vote for another party to defeat Reform?
Important summary list from the article.....
Desperately hoping to get a Portuguese one before I have to renew the British one in 2028
Yes but possibly only because I live in Portugal and he's Portuguese
Há muito que sabemos que Cotrim e a IL estão mais perto do ECR que do Alde.
Um verdadeiro liberal está sempre do lado da democracia. Os nossos suspiram com autoritários desde que isso lhes dê rédea livre para despedir e privatizar o que ainda resta
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
A result which both illustrates the magnitude of the Reform threat and the problems with Labour’s “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” response. 37 point Lab to Reform swing. Labour go from first to 4th as anti-Reform vote splits 3 ways. Combined Lab/LD/Grn vote larger than Reform vote.
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Though there is of course the old story of someone meeting and failing to recognise the Queen Mother and on asking what her husband was up to being faced with the response: 'Oh he's still King'
Certainly. By Terry Hayes. And the very definition of pacy
But it's Kate Mosse, not Kate Moss
Last week the Express ran with the following front page.
So obviously I had to take a look!
Is it true?
How does it compare to other professions?
Because anyone familiar with British RW media discourse knows they reserve a special venom for civil servants…🤷🏼♀️
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Oh yes!
