Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Listening to the Schnittke viola concerto at Usher hall last friday was truly an amazing experience. I can't stop thinking about that piece of music even now. 000
Reposted by DomSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success. 451038253
Reposted by DomIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"if there was a cure to cancer they wouldnt sell it to you, to sell you chemo instead" (actual market): holy fuck these guys mightve cured melanoma BUY BUY BUY 241827361
Reposted by DomRafferty @rafferty-bs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The British planning culture creates horrors you couldn't imagine 1329281
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Anyone who still thinks that AI is just autocomplete needs to have a look at what is happening in pure maths right now. 000
Reposted by DomChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If this had been policy in the 70s (as it partly was), towns would have produced lots of mining engineers & metallurgists just before pits & steelworks closed. As the yanks say, you should skate to where the puck's going, not to where it is. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needsPM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market 1023783
Reposted by DomDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I know it goes against the new emphasis on “devolution = good”, but I’m quite uncomfortable with the some aspects of the mooted education reforms. New technical education routes for 14+ are a good thing. But I worry that devolving design will disadvantage kids in areas with weaker economies. 111069
Reposted by DomEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026It is an excellent illustration of how factionalism is chiefly beneficial to the most mediocre members of a given faction. 1291
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026As far as I can tell @neweconomics.bsky.social wants the BOE to create money and lend it to banks at near 0%. As this new money will end up as reserves at BOE costing the BOE 3.75% a year, and as the HMT indemnifies any BOE losses surely the cost to HMT is 3.75% a yr and not £0 as the report claims. 000
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 30/06/2026People will respond to reports saying that disposable incomes are falling due to tax rises, by asking "are we surprised the government is unpopular" and then 5 mins later look at a story about the govt cutting road projects to fund it's DIP by saying "why doesn't the govt raise taxes instead". 100
Reposted by DomTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My against the grain of Bluesky opinion is that we should be campaigning for the - say - Belfast knife attack to have the same amount of coverage as the Edinburgh knife attacks, and not vice versa. 1854471
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 17/06/2026People are constantly inventing new levels of wanting to be mad at everything 000
Reposted by DomWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Well, this from the BBC story seems very poor from the police (@hopenothate.org.uk are truly exceptional). There is far too much complacency around about online disinformation and threats from malevolent global actors. 819377
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 13/06/2026What is the GLP trying to achieve here? You can't sure the ICO into awarding itself a larger budget (and more capacity). 000
Reposted by DomDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The hospitality industry wants their VAT cut to 10%. It will cost £12bn Who benefits? ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Nope. 45% get nothing. ❌ Consumers? Nope - prices won't fall. ✅ Nearly half the cash goes straight to large chains. McDonald's gets £400m. 🧵: 31514287
Reposted by DomDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I think fundamentally it is silly to pretend that we have a real plan to generate a reserve corps for NATO. We don’t. And if that is recognised, then an actual focus on the RN, RAF and the High North represents an achievable UK contribution to European Security. 610611
Reposted by DomJay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026easy for me to do this bit about wes streeting who i dislike btw but why isnt ed miliband saying something? why isnt angela rayner saying something? why should i believe any of these cunts have any understanding of the issue. thanks! 17716
Reposted by DomMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/06/2026The Soho Society's decision to oppose all new and extended license applications is the wrong one - it's bad for London. 818027
Reposted by DomAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It would be moral cowardice to throw a minority under the bus just because it’s currently unpopular to defend them, of course, but that’s not even what happened! The legal status quo shifted and Labour just… folded 1020117
Reposted by DomAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Labour seems to have internalised the Supreme Court judgment as though it was a damning referendum loss that saw the public reject its position, rather than a plainly incorrect reading of a single point of law 24688176
Reposted by DomElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Meet the new toilet monitor, same as the old toilet monitor 107850207
Reposted by DomJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/05/2026This is an absolutely unworkable mess. It's going to end up having to be withdrawn, *probably* over cis people being 'wrongly' challenged over facilities. Given how easy it is to see that shitstorm coming…how's it been issued in this form? 2930373
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026What are we doing here people. Like what is the point of this entire exercise if we won't even dump the stupidest, most boneheaded policies coming out of No10. 000
Reposted by DomGlobe Emoji Žižek Capital @cesigno.bsky.social · 19/05/2026the 'a wizard did it' theory of transphobia. courts are subordinate to the government. the supreme court massively changed interpretation of the law which has materially made trans people's lives in the UK much worse. the government have allowed this to happen, but pretend it isn't their fault. 48017
Reposted by DomDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Worth noting that Labour's ongoing rescue of the UK steel sector is delivering precisely zero electoral benefit even though it is what everyone claims is popular... hence I suspect a demand for nostalgia which can never be met and forms a political vicious circle. 22210
Reposted by DomGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Madam I guarantee you will be within 20ft of a nonce throughout the entire march 531812362
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Morgan Mcsweeny masterclass in beating the far-right. 000
Reposted by DomIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Just embarrassing to see the Lib Dems limit themselves to demanding a customs union. Would take years to negotiate and achieve very little. Party policy currently serving to restrain European demands rather than encourage them. 51541101
Reposted by DomBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun. 48567862647
Reposted by DomAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Not sure he can survive this scandal 5154856
Reposted by DomJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Low-income households will get [free] plug-in solar panels to cut their energy bills, the Government has announced." This is how you do a just transition. inews.co.uk/news/politic...inews.co.ukFree plug-in solar panels to be rolled out to some householdsThe technology is designed to be a simpler and more affordable way of benefiting from renewable energy 203198886
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I guess at least the polls aren't heading (and that's a v good thing) but I'd be pretty nervous if I was MiC given how out of line this is with Yougov etc. 010
Reposted by DomAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026“those who can get some renewable energy from our sunshine” OUR SUNSHINE. BRITISH SUNSHINE. SOLAR RADIATION WE’VE GROWN OURSELVES. 13975
Reposted by DomSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/04/2026A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol 281103404
Reposted by DomDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Green Party council candidate in Lambeth. In a normal world, it would not be sustainable for a Party which claims to be "anti-racist" to ignore this, or to try and punt it away by telling everyone that everything is ok because Zack Polanski is Jewish 13313114
Reposted by DomScuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 16/04/2026“Keir’s not driving the train. He thinks he’s driving the train, but we’ve sat him at the front of the DLR.“ 1514
Reposted by DomSimon Jeffrey @simonjeffrey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Until we figure out how France and Italy spend their smaller budgets so much more effectively than us, posturing around spending ‘2/3/5% of GDP’ is very annoying. Treasury bad but MoD also seem spectacularly shit. French military today on 2.1% of GDP is the one we want from 3% in 2035 FFS. 55413
Reposted by DomDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026There are still many in Europe who mourn the loss of the indigenous solar panel industry and would have preferred protections against China that would have stopped plus-in solar from happening. 34615
Reposted by DomNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The good news is that we have finally found a British anti-Semite who Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t get along with 1589
Reposted by DomChris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Why do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...chriscurtismk.substack.comTo grow the economy we need more trams, and fewer kebabsBritain’s second-tier cities are being held back by a simple problem, too many people still cannot get across them quickly enough to reach the jobs, customers and opportunities that drive growth. 31326102
Dom @fundamentalgroup.bsky.social · 28/03/20263.1k up votes. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this is the reaction. www.reddit.com/r/GreatBriti... 100
Reposted by DomTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I do think "Did Morgan McSweeney arranged for his phone to be stolen in October 2025 to avoid a request from March 2026 to hand over his messages that were primarily released in February 2026?" does have an obvious answer, but that's why I'm not Leader of the Opposition. 618937
Reposted by DomAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Alternate take: Ruthless solicitor took advantage of the dip in prices, caused by council restricting second homes, bought one, then sued the council to overturn the restriction, in order to get quite a bit wealthier. Just saying, this *may* not be the touching underdog story that it is framed as. 1623349
