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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15h

NEW The FAFO of Harold Godwinson: how the Bayeux Tapestry tells a moral tale and a constitutional story Looking at a great work of medieval sequential art By me at the Empty City emptycity.substack.com/p/the-fafo-o...

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The FAFO of Harold Godwinson: how the Bayeux Tapestry tells a moral tale and a constitutional story

Looking at a great work of medieval sequential art

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Chris Jones @chrisjones1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Christ alive, that US deficit

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Also obvious and often forgotten: underlying maths here changed. A lot of people still analyse politics of Brexit as if the split in the public is still 52/48, with leave both an overall majority and more efficiently spread, with most seats majority Leave. None of that true now

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This finding underlines why we should not take precise MRP numbers v seriously at this stage - huge numbers of seats are projected to be v close - a small shift in national sentiment or a modest and plausible level of tactical switching could dramatically change seat numbers

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Our new tactical voting study finds an increase in pro-Labour tactical voting across the board since Feb, while Reform fall behind in key contests Lab v Ref Lab: 41% (+6 from Feb) Ref: 26% (-5) Con v Ref Con: 35% (+4) Ref: 20% (-4) Lab v Con Lab: 34% (+5) Con: 27% (-1) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It continually blows my mind the sheer number of obviously crackers ideas and excuse-making for failure from the last government that Labour have gone “seems legit!”…while at the same time Labour refuses to acknowledge the real, measurable success in education.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.

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Left Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Going to Argentina is great. Imagine going to a friend's house and they have pictures all over of your wheelbarrow and they speak about how "la carretilla" is crucial to their identity and fashion and their relatives died trying to sneak into your garden to take it, but you forgot you had one.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some touching solidarity here from the French, brings a tear to your eye.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

47 - Right 46 - Left (though include SNP/PC you're up to 47/48. Remarkable how close the two blocks continually are.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

C’mon, gents, what’s stopping you dress like this? 😉 Scroll down to learn more 👇

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The logic of this is that over on X people debate and duke things out and their views change, at least occasionally, in the direction of the people they are debating with. Which, as we all know, is absolute horseshit. Instead they tend to get more entrenched and more extreme, left or right.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yes this wouldn’t have happened with the British public voting for Brexit etc etc but the Swedes are behaving appallingly in a number of cases and deserve to be called out. New case is deporting a 74 year old with dementia in a care home. They should be embarrassed.

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Post-Brexit rights for British citizens are being undermined in Sweden

Apparent high level of removal orders suggests Sweden is rejecting ‘reasonable grounds’ for failing to apply to stay

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Jules @jules111985.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wow this is a bad result for Farage. In the most Reform friendly seat in the country should get more than this - and Binface’s result shows once again that the centre and left will vote for literally anyone to try and stop him.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 30/07/2026

Never count this city out. London’s been ranked #1 once again - this time as the most intelligent city in the world.

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These are the world’s most intelligent cities in 2026, according to a new Index

How did your city fare?

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

PERSON OF THE DAY. 30 July 1958. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. She was 1st woman to have a self-composed UK No 1 hit with Wuthering Heights. Bush was born on the 140th anniversary of the birth of the author who inspired her song, Emily Brontë.

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Gianni Infantino has declared Avignon under Footballing Interdict, and requested JD Vance lead a “Soccer Crusade” to root out the heresy that has taken hold of the region

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is positive.... However it really is scary that the Democrats have to pick exceptional candidates to run against weak Republicans, **just to hold the line** Imagine if the GOP picked strong candidate, and/or the Dems picked (and got stuck with) more Platners.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Not said enough in recent weeks that Bridget Phillipson was the cabinet minister who did the most to secure the abolition of the two-child benefit cap (cited by Starmer as his proudest moment).

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The more and more I think about it, am I convinced that Ed Milliband was destined for the Treasury. But Burnham backed off because of the backlash. I am convinced that he then fully intended to appoint Mahmood. But backed off because of the backlash.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I went to bed last night baffled by that reshuffle. This morning, I feel convinced that was not a good reshuffle. How do you sack a dozen cabinet ministers, and end up filling all but two of them with Starmer or Blair/Brown era politicians.

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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Lovely tribute to the Blairs

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Incredibly underwhelmed and unimpressed by Burnham's cabinet. The boys club in basically all the big jobs. The lack of almost any new faces. Keeping Lisa Nandy at Culture. Mahmood at the Home Office. And Bridget Philipson... either sack her, or give her a department

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Male Prime Minister, male Chancellor, male Foreign Secretary. Are we back in the 2000s... which is appropriate since they're all 2000 era ministers 😮‍💨

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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood head into No10 together, with the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer being decided by a fight to the death for the first time

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Andy Burnham joins Robert Peel, Gordon Brown and Liz Truss on a list of prime ministers whose surnames are also culinary imperatives

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The virtuousnrss of it aside, anyone who's walked through King's Cross / St Pancras late evening could support ending rough sleeping. It's really really grim.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Mahmood being under qualified to be Chancellor is such an absurd talkpoint. She wouldn't have been my first choice, but she's held a Great Office of State. Nobody made this argument when Jeremy Hunt had to rescue Liz Truss. What finance job had he held prior to holding the office?

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David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What an incredible huddle that is

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Whatever Reform and Restore what to turn us into. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 This is #England.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I'm no football expert, but England ought to have tried some of this goal scoring against Argentina, rather than trying to protect a 1 - 0 lead for 40 minuets.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A Harry Hill, Cheryl Cole "Whenever your ready... I'm ready..." gag that has lived rent free in my head for like 15 years has been shared by Labour on Tik Tok. A young millennial or old zoomer must be doing Andy's socials. 😅

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 17/07/2026

I’m so happy for them

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

He’s not just a good footballer 💗💗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I was wondering what honours ex-PM Keir Starmer might want, since he was already a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath,

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Lmao. Reform aren't even in second place.

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Bastiaan @bastiaande.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

To paraphrase Churchill. America had the choice between defeat and dishonour. They chose dishonour, they have defeat.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026

Americans are now so used to their president cheating and breaking rules that many of them seem genuinely not to understand why the world was rooting for Belgium.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

*taps sign* The government running party primary elections instead of letting parties pick their own nominees in the manner of their choosing is a weird American thing that eviscerates the fundamental purpose of political parties and it's bad, actually.

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Dan @golazodan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Jordan Henderson didn’t play and has somehow been yellow carded and stretchered off.

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