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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Biden pulled the plug on Afghanistan but he was only executing Trump's plan, cynically negotiated with the Taliban, with no concerns about the consequences @therestpolitics.bsky.social Donald Trump’s administration negotiated and signed the U.S.–Taliban withdrawal agreement in February 2020

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Trump is the disease of a failing neo-liberal model and a stagnating democratic system confounded by plutocracy #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

in the future everyone will be prime minister for 15 minutes Andy Warhol #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Iran likes nothing more to sticking a series of photos of teenage "martyrs" on every available roadside lamp post - Trump is a real opportunity for the deaths of innocents for political advantage - bring it on they are saying, Mr Trump #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

rug states: Iran, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Axminster #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

perhaps he mean Iran is a "rug state" due to its export of numerous carpets? #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Trump should employ Obama as special envoy to solve the Iran crisis - he did so before so why not again #newsnight

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

something reminds me of David Kelly in 2003 who also took his life in face of media frenzy and being thrust into the public limelight involuntarily #c4news

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@nytimes.com Stop referring to the UK as Britain - it holds no meaning - You may feel its a corrective for anachronistic hubris but Britain does not exist. You have Great Britain - as opposed to little Britain (Brittany) or the British Isles (inc. Ireland) but the correct word is probably the UK

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Frankopan presents very right wing arguments when potential income reduction in Europe suggest scope for more welfare and redistribution of wealth, not less, as a way to softening the social impact and consequent unrest #c4news

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

one thing will resolve the PM merry-go-round and its EU #bre-entry #bbclaurak without a referendum

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Piers spouting right wing platitudes based on little evidence #bbclaurak the North Sea has largely been exhausted of fossil fuels - Green energy is the growth sector of the future that will provide both value for money and jobs - Miliband is right - Piers is just sucking up to Trump

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

people spouting lies on debt burden with no challenge #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

unless Burnham clearly advocated #bre-entry without some ridiculous referendum #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Burnham going to the polls would be electoral suicide for Labour #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Kier was n't that bad - he was getting on with the job, making small changes, improving people's lives, he would have been popular by the next election #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Bring Back Keir Starmer - Rejoin the Ostrich #c4news

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

the bin and fox was clearly a sly allusion to Isaiah Berlin's seminal essay the Hedgehog and the Fox #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

hopefully Burnham will announce a referendum on becoming a republic #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

John Major did n't give in in similar circumstances #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

you get the impression he disagrees with his resignation and thinks its not in the interests of the country - if that is his view he should be resisting his resignation vehemently #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

he should stop and say FFS stop that music before I carry on - just demonstrating a lack of ability to command the situation #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

he should have said all that before repeatedly #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

lets just await lamentations a year on and how we should have stuck with Starmer and that he was a great leader, commanded the world stage, stayed out of Iran war, greatest growth in G7 etc etc #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

PM's have to take the rough with the smoothe - Starmer should stick it to them and carry on - hopefully he will come out displaying the V sign like Churchill but the other way round #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Keir Starmer was the greatest PM we never had #gmb

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

helping hedgehogs whilst trouncing Starmer #politicslondon Labour should have a five point plan for hedgehogs 1. no slug pellets 2. no milk 3. no to strimmers 4. yes to holes in the wall 5 free veterinary care for animals with spikes .

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

is the hedgehog a meditation on the Hedgehog and the Fox, Starmer and Burnham, and therefore on contemporary UK politics ? #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#brexit migration was much more controlled than it is now as it was for specific job related periods and people were free to come and go, motivated to leave when they needed, and not feeling trapped with the choice of staying or not being able to return to the UK #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

this Reform woman should do a stand up comedy routine "stop talking about the politics of blame", complaining about depressing wages (when that is exactly what she wants for poor people) - the lack of self-awareness is gargantuan #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

rejoin the EU - its a no brainer - only Sadiq Khan has courage to say it #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

without immigration the health and care sectors would collapse overnight - instead of aping Reform Starmer should have launched a positive campaign on the benefits of migration aimed at Reform voters - eg Who is going to look after my nan if we don't have immigration? #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

great point by Barry Gardiner - if the pie is not diminishing but growing as the Reform woman says, why be against immigrants on the basis there is not enough pie to go round? shrinking pie based politics for the poor and growing pie politics for the rich? #politicslondon

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

great point by Barry Gardiner - if the pie is not diminishing but growing why be against immigrants on the basis there is not enough pie to go round? those who contribute to the pie #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I wonder if most #Reform voters know they are electing Ayn Rand #politicslondon hardly someone who gels with their communitarian values

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Sadeeq Khan should be new Labour leader - he has the ideas and the guts both Starmer and flip flop Burnham lack #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

2. Burnham backed out of making a hard decision on the Manchester version of ULEZ - sacrificing the future health of the area's children for political expedience, even when hugely secure in his post. Contrast this with the political courage of Sadiq Khan #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Overall - Starmer is probably more competent than Burnham - Consider 1. Burnham has done little in Manchester but ride on the coat tails of Manchester Council former leaders Chief Executive Howard Bernstein and leader Richard Leese. He copied London's transport plan. #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

they think its all over at The Observer, it is now #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

why welfare and not tax on unearned income? Welfare is essential but many on unearned income are just funding a lavish lifestyle #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

why get Richard Madeley to comment on politics when you can listen to your Hoover for a better depth and quality of analysis? #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

the police were deceived as to the nature of the crime and might have behaved similarly if they thought they were attending another alleged crime - eg shoplifting. They would not attend expecting to arrest the caller and would presume the accused is at fault. This is irrespective of race #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Philosophy needs to be taught in school from age 11 to explicitly discuss these issues around how to treat people equally and what it demands of our public services #bbclaurak

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alectorious.bsky.social @alectorious.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

how many white people commit horrific crimes and the white community get blamed and everyone starts blaming the Anglo-Saxon invasion? #bbclaurak

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