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DuncanMSussexPol

@DuncanMSussexPol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy

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Former biochemist but escaped from the lab! Now an interdisciplinary social scientist. Political account - on Birdsite this overtook things somewhat […] [bridged from toot.community/@DuncanMSussexPol on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Alright everyone, migration time. See you on the other side (mas.to).

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Starmer stepping down as an MP, very rapidly after his defeat it must be said. My partner noted when he stepped down as PM that he didn't mention his constituents, perhaps revealing in hindsight. #UKPolitics #UKPol #Starmer #KeirStarmer

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Okay, apparently toot.community is shutting down. A real shame but I understand jorjin's reasons. My main account is at @DuncanMSussex if you want to hear (mostly) non-political stuff from me. I don't know if it's possible to merge accounts by migration and I don't know if I'll have time to […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Only 63% of the vote when your main opposition is a bin. Fucking lol. Game on for whoever the opposition coalesces around (probably the Tory, sadly) next time. #Clacton #ClactonOnSea #ClactonByElection

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Pleasantly surprised with at least one aspect of Burnham (surprising given his cabinet picks). Devolution. Okay, it's really just bog standard local government but we haven't had that in the UK for decades. Even if metro mayors are a terrible system and the new local councils are a mess the […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

New (East) Sussex local government boundaries dropped. Kinda botched. Brighton still has some but not all of Falmer, somehow eats Peacehaven but doesn't expand west (the obvious direction but never consulted on). www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98v5pn… #Sussex #EastSussex #WestSussex […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

ngl, Burnham looking like a pretty miserable PM if the noise about his early priorities is accurate. Let's hope it's not.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Andy Burnham wins Makerfield 50%+ in the end, not even close! LD and Green tactical votes not needed. I'm sceptical he'll be a good PM but quite how bad Keir has been recently means a small improvement seems likely. #Makerfield #MakerfieldByelection

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Duncan @duncanmsussex.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

At the Carnival Against Fascism in Brighton. Counter-protestors vastly outnumbering the fash, new concentrations of counterprotest blocking off every potential route for their silly march. Felt bad for the bloke who got trapped in a pub with the racists, tried to get […] [Original post on mas.to]

The pub some fash ducked into, and are now trapped in.

The rest of the fash (barely visible).

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

I'm loathe to say positive things about BBC News these days (obviously it's still better than most media but much diminished under Mason) but, honestly, fair play to their legal team here: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/acti… Trump sues the […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/202… Quelle surprise. #UKPolitics #UKPol

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UkeleleEric @ukeleleeric.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

@DuncanMSussexPol Bloody hell. This needs to be spread far and wide. Anyone can temporarily or permanently find themselves in a situation where they need independent help like this. I wonder if it is lobbying by care home companies or just some person trying to 'save money' by continuing […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

Jesus Christ - what the hell is going on with the Supreme Court in my country? First trans rights, now disability rights trashed. In some ways I'm even more concerned about this than the trans rights - as I'm pretty sure dodgy EHRC guidance won't survive a trip to Strasbourg (and the worry is […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

While on the topic of the local government reorganisation I saw a good article: www.centreforcities.org/blog/three-… I'm in two minds about most of this, truth be told, though I do think this local authority led […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Local government reorganisation still ongoing in a few places . For anyone based in Sussex who cares what your new council will be - have your say in the consultations. I'd say especially if you're in West Sussex or in/near to Brighton & Hove, as the proposals here aren't amazing […]

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

My advice to everyone operating services is to just ignore the EHRC’s long, messy, unworkable suicide note. They threaten that failure to comply with their convoluted guidance may lead to legal challenge (by well funded ideologues championing people seeking a moment’s fame) but following the […]

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

In years to come scholars, searching for a single thing to characterise the era will quite possibly settle on the inconsistent unworkable mess relating to toilets as emblematic of Britain in headless crisis. And all because people who should have known better […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

A screenshot of a thread on Bluesky. There is too much text to reproduce but follow the link to the source and your screen reader should be able to process the text there.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

More seriously, a deeply funny thing about this poll is that people who live in cities give one of the correct answers (“Manchester”, “Edinburgh” or “Glasgow”). People outside them give their nearest city.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

ffs Hopefully this will all fall apart on legal challenge but Labour actively supporting transphobia remains just grim. At least we're a proper multi-party system now, even if our voting system hasn't caught up to that fact. Yellow and Green are both fine from this POV. #UKPolitics #EHRC

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

Interesting quiz doing the rounds in the other place. Based off an earlier one that was way too US-centric. 🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Progressive Liberal Economic: collectivist Social: strongly progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: leaning […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

Man, UK politics is wild right now. Starmer's clearly on his way out but the most likely successor has changed twice since yesterday lunchtime. First Ed Miliband (as he said he'd stand against Streeting), then Angela Rayner (as she's been cleared of wrongdoing with her tax issue) and now Andy […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

For some positive news Sundar Katwala (sadly not on Fedi, or Bridgy) has been appointed as a commissioner to the EHRC. He's a pretty class act, and from what I can tell the other 5 appointments are also solid. He's more race relations than trans rights, and I'd have loved to see a specialist in […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

In light of: www.ft.com/content/8ce1b9be-1d51-46… digital.nhs.uk/services/national-da… It's sad that it's come to this, I'm a great believer that anonymised data should be used for these purposes. But Palantir is a national security […]

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

If Labour MPs were tasked with assassinating Julius Caesar they would have missed the Ides of March because the dagger selection committee wasn't quorate

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A bit baffled at the claims that Wes Streeting brings anything that can get Labour out of its current predicament

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Calling Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman back in is another datapoint indicating that Team Starmer is devoid of any political or policy creativity

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Final 2026 local and devolved elections thread. 1) struck by the unreality of the right wing after the locals. There are Reform cllrs who seem to (genuinely) think all the money's spent on EDI etc. Financial reality will hit them hard. Meanwhile the Tories are doing a victory lap while losing […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Local and devolved elections today in the UK. If you have any today, go and vote - though doubt anyone here needs to hear that. And if you want to watch the elections as they come in … why would you do that to yourself? I think Reform have peaked but they're clearly still going to do very well […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/706… Sense prevails, the University of Sussex wins its case against the Office for Students (an attempt to enforce "free speech" on universities). 👍 The judge found the process was biased and the outcome predetermined before the investigation.

University of Sussex wins Judicial Review against Office for Students

Today, the University of Sussex won a resounding victory against the Office for Students in the High Court, successfully overturning a £585,000 fine.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

So I saw on the other place* that the UK fash on the other other place** are starting to get a bit Francophilic, especially re: defence. Better that the European far right (obviously including the UK) be more Meloni than Salvini, I guess, but still unnerving to see that stopped clock moment […]

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 12/04/2026

The autocratic right’s biggest plays are delivering perverse results: Brexit makes the case for the EU; Russia’s invasion is strengthening Ukraine & Europe; Trump’s aggression has accelerated decarbonisation and European autonomy; Trump’s interference has weakened nationalist movements in Europe.

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 12/04/2026

I’m so out of practice with receiving unalloyed good news that I don’t know how to react. But this is indisputably good news for Europe and the world. 🇪🇺🇭🇺

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Orban has conceded. Majority too big for him to try any nonsense. Tisza is going to have plenty of challenges in sorting out Orban's mess but this is a good day.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 12/04/2026

Is this what good news feels like?

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Orban conceded, opposition supermajority looking pretty likely. End of an era, and the most entrenched far right in Europe defeated. Had I not overspent this month it'd have been champagne or a Sussex sparkling! #Hungary #Orban #Magyar

Cava!

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2026

Find it a bit depressing that what's going on in Lebanon is barely registering. Or, as something more positive that's barely registering, that Ukraine is doing pretty well in the war right now. I mean, I get that the Iran situation is fucked, but the inability of the media to focus on more than […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

As someone who doesn't like Kneecap, good. It's an embarrassment that the government even went down this road. www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yjdpy7v…

Kneecap: Government loses appeal over terror charge

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, had been accused of showing support for proscribed organisation Hezbollah following a gig in London in 2024.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

Some pretty decent news. The most bonkers technically-not-a-tabloid in the UK is getting bought out by a German group, rather than The Mail. Don't get too excited, Axel Springer also owns Bild so it's not like they don't also produce right wing crap - but this'll hopefully lead to, at least, a […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

66% of the voters rejected the right-wing fuckwits in Reform. Watch how the mainstream news coverage focuses on Zlabour coming third, rather than the rejection of Reform. #UKPolitics

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Second best realistic result imo from Gorton and Denton. Labour holding on slightly better so Reform was third would've been nice. Reform actively doing badly given their awful candidate would be even better but not likely given it's a by-election and the […] [Original post on toot.community]

Gorton and Denton by-election result:

GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I think the key to understanding why parts of the British right have ended up where they are is they self-identify as being more successful than they are.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

RE: toot.community/@DuncanMSussexPol/11… Whether your kind leftie heart or your cold capitalist heart leads you to good sense - any UK-based tooters wanting to criticise the government's (quite frankly mad) immigration changes have one more day to do so. A couple of […]

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DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

The UK government is intending to introduce some absolutely awful changes to how settled status works. Object here: www.gov.uk/government/consultations… #UKPolitics #UKPol

Earned settlement

The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

This account has atrophied a bit but ... well, I couldn't not celebrate McSweeney has fucked off day! 🎉 I'm not so naive to attribute Starmer's failings solely to his evil councillor but this is still good news in itself. Let's just hope Rayner's cleared by HMRC in time for whenever Starmer […]

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This goes a long way to confirming the hypothesis that Trump's cognitive collapse is such that paths taken come down to who was the last person to speak with him at any one time. First Rutte, now Walz

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

The EU and UK responses to Venezuela are in lockstep. That's good. The actual responses are fucking awful though.

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Trump needs to take a nice holiday to The Hague for the rest of his life. Maduro, to be clear, is not a good person and is also an irredentist authoritarian (but with a left-wing fig leaf this time) - just ask Guyana. But extrajudicial kidnappings are an atrocity, internationally moreso and of […]

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

V good thread. IMV what’s double damning about the Ovenden piece is that you could write a thousand pieces about how Whitehall could run better, but absolutely none of them would run through “why should the diplomatic service care about a British citizen in an authoritarian jail?”

DuncanMSussexPol @duncanmsussexpol.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

I've no connection to South Cambridgeshire, outside of travel to other places I've only spent a few hours there in my entire life. But the moaning about its council adopting a four day week is just absurd, and it's disappointing to see this continue under Labour. Frankly there's no […]

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