Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Suspect this one will age like Surströmming, wrapped in a loaded nappy in a compost portaloo on the third day at a festival. In a gastroenteritis outbreak. In a heatwave. 96811134
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham really is going all in on social care here. Powerful uncompromising rhetoric and, it seems, radical reforms. An area where the status quo is terrible yet efforts to change it have fallen apart before. 3599
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've been to a lot of party conferences. Burnham's speech was the best I've heard in a long time. It was emotive but with major policy announcements and a clear diagnosis of how he thinks the country has taken the wrong path. "Public control" is how he thinks it can be put right. 1122124
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Important development in clearly stating Brexit was harmful & reset isn't a solution. But (unlike ER commission) no obvious process for how "we can find consensus". And on what? The options (again)? Or which to pursue? Still, definitely pitchrolling for something beyond 'make Brexit work'. 811436
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham under pressure to reverse speech style from the British lectern-making industry 1143
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/09/2026"By embracing electoral reform, tackling the triple lock, and reopening the question of Brexit, Andy Burnham has embraced Labour’s new core vote – younger, economically insecure, liberal Brits, instead of holding on to an imagined voter of a bygone era."thenewworld.co.ukVigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to comeOn social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues 717538
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My fourth consecutive bedtime reading a book called Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and I think I'm just about ready to come out against child literacy. I'm going to become the reverse Dolly Parton and devote my fortune to taking books away from children. 201137
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 53884243
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 29/09/2026Damn, if only there were some sort of well-known historical comparison to make for this. 1424560
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialGeorge Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thoughts on the structure and purpose of the National Commission on Electoral Reform here. georgeperetzkc.substack.com/p/towards-el...georgeperetzkc.substack.comTowards Electoral ReformElectoral reform now has the Prime Minister on its side: but how is it to be delivered? 081
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy Burnham: "We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market. I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good." 1012330
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Anyone who has waded through the social care system for themselves or a loved one will know how meaningful this speech is. It will be a huge challenge - and undoubtedly not be perfect - but the pay-off could be genuinely lifechanging for so many. 710121
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did. 4168859
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The thing most people don't realise is that this is actually for everyone elses benefit. Because Yorkshire is the best place on earth and we just want to share that with you. We're generous like that. 14422
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron. 103562200
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I will go out on a legal limb here, but I suspect the three vans were not “packed with explosives” as some have suggested. No doubt we will find out more soon. 14616
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 253922726
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471167345
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"If your "patriotism" relies on foreign dictators using deepfakes to influence British voters, you aren't a patriot, you're an asset." via Stop Brexit & Restore Hope 16464198
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026Releasing the five people arrested by the airbase on bail after 24 hours is so weird, would be fantastic if it turns out they were just up to no good on an unrelated minor jape and accidentally created an international security story. 8966274
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration. 14433152
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm increasingly disillusioned with the (policy) ideas ecosystem in the UK - it seems like underlying (social) scientific research is less and less influential and there's increasing dominance of PR and pseudo-research. 2422834
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In case you missed it 👇 14215
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi... 7211104
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors. The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.uk 51330202
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026£72 million from 2 individuals - both of whom have faced questions about money laundering, both of whom live/d overseas to avoid tax - is not compatible with democracy. I don't care if it's Reform, Labour or whoever. We can't function like this. Not for long. So how do we fix it? My plan: 551290421
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.adambienkov.co.ukReform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto IndustryAs criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders 861368637
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy. 601452378
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So Refuk have now had 2 donations of £36m All because they want crypto deregulation / low taxes and are happy to see us all stripped of our rights, foreigners to be targeted for deportation, disabled people to be financially penalised and for the nation to be divided, as long as they end up richer. 36433196
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Britain in 2026theguardian.comProtesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekersA group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou... 231
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/09/2026When will a senior Labour figure announce that the thugs who dress up in black with the sole intention of intimidating dark skinned people that their concerns aren't remotely legitimate? 1116731
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At this early stage in the investigation, there is no suggestion of any right-doing... 44011
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialOli @oliaworth96.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Nigel Farage’s Argos basket right now… 0182
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115653178
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Kensington and Chelsea about to experience a severe supply shortage of San Pellegrino. 1935196
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal 12935314
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This BBC article (published this am but updated this pm) is *still* recycling Reform misinformation. This is *not* what would happen. At all. It would be much worse (1/3) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 22512240
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Good thread. I'd also add that throughout all this (and still continuing) there have been smaller but still intense media and social media pile ons against those involved in hiring Arday at CU or even working in the same Faculty but ottherwise unconnected. 1/2 211529
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763172017
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/20269/ Anecdotes on both sides, but I also have data! The classic study showing that identical CVs with "ethnic" names get fewer callbacks than "white British" names www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/what...compas.ox.ac.ukWhat’s in a Name? Wage Inequalities Based on the Ethnic Minority Name of a Job Applicant | COMPAS 134633
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/ 19709253
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The Jason Arday case is like a flash of lightening that reveals, for a moment, the cruelty of many in power and influence in the country. The press will wring their hands, make a few sympathetic noises and then move on to target others. #RIP and condolences to Jason's family and friends. 512019
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🎯 165132223185
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The guy on the – ahem – far right.... 20442147
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Stunned by this @siennarodgers.bsky.social scoop:politicshome.comLord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To HimExclusive: Labour peer Maurice Glasman wrote and recorded a song dedicated to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, in support of his exi... 237814
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialRebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We've crunched the numbers on Burnham's new government to bring you up to speed with the new faces around the cabinet table, and what Burnham's choices tell us about how he wants to run his government. New from @meganbryer.bsky.social, @philipnye.bsky.social and I 👇👇instituteforgovernment.org.ukSix things we learned from Andy Burnham’s government formation | Institute for GovernmentWhat do Andy Burnham’s cabinet choices reveal about the priorities and direction of his new government? 0118
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 29/07/2026everyone remarking how mean that review of the film was; it could be so so much worse. Sometimes it's just a murder using your own tools. Feast your eyes on the greatest literary hatchet job of all time. onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/d...onehundredpages.wordpress.comDon’t make fun of renowned Dan BrownRenowned author Dan Brown woke up in his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house – and immediately he felt angry. Most people would have thought that the 48-year-old man had no… 4232885
Reposted by @brian-tutt.bsky.socialFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It’s worth pausing on the scale of Burnham’s social care pitch. This could be the biggest reform to health in England in a generation. A universal care system - effectively a second NHS - would be revolutionary. Just free personal care would be lifechanging for older and disabled people. 1917138