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for some reason I just recalled this spectacularly inept piece of work

Based on these results, it's easy to make the case there's no longer a viable electoral reason for the Labour Party to exist. The Greens are easily winning over metropolitan left wingers (Hampstead bloc), while Reform are sweeping up their working class heartlands (Humberside).

Based on these results, it's easy to make the case there's no longer a viable electoral reason for the Labour Party to exist. The Greens are easily winning over metropolitan left wingers (Hampstead bloc), while Reform are sweeping up their working class heartlands (Humberside).

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Yeah we know your scandalous views on Shakespeare

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Skyla, easily overwhelmed by literature

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

inconvenient for one side's midterms get-out-the-vote operation

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Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.

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It's pretty well written but the guy isn't exactly loveable IMHO

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Page 437. He's finally a Congressman

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This is beyond what I thought possible. If a Democrat attack ad has set out this scenario, we would have scoffed at it

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Russia's ally Iran has so thoroughly achieved what it set out to do against the USA that it has forced the USA to make a massive concession to Russia in its fight against Ukraine. I'm struggling to process how embarrassing this is. It's almost incomprehensible. Imagine if Biden, etc etc etc...

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please stop asking prime ministers for their theory of growth

Gonna use this to re-up my piece gileswilkes.substack.com/p/please-sto... And I'm not adding "shamelessly" because I obviously don't have shame

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look, I said please

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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think I’d find this stuff more believable if anyone ever promoted stuff as good for growth that they didn’t want to do anyway.

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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Derision is impartial. There's nothing subjective about seeing a man being a ludicrous hypocrite

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This is excellent on how AI is changing think tank research.

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nick Robinson can barely disguise his derision for the pro Trump economist who's volunteered to defend this ridiculous concession to Putin on diesel

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Ukraine responds to Trump’s deal with Putin by striking russian fuel export terminal in Rostov.

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“The thing that I’m most curious about is: where is the diesel going to come from?” asked Michelle Brouhard, head of policy and geopolitical risk at Kpler. “Russia doesn’t have an export problem. It’s got a refinery problem.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel on to global market

"A senior Ukrainian official said Kyiv would continue its long-range drone strikes on Russia’s energy facilities. “We will burn [Russian] refineries,” the official said" www.ft.com/content/84ca...

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Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical US midterm elections

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British Asian Doctor @britishasian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I want to see Matt Goodwin try to deport a bumblebee

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Look, it's all very well laughing at this guy

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How high does this thing go?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Britain's ultra-Far Left have always been, and will always be, only that which they are:

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I cannot praise this podcast enough. It's educational, clear and in-depth in a way few participants in the debate can achieve

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Blue Helmets on the streets of Paris

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Just saw someone say that if Starmer was still PM, Labour would have lost this by-election and while I don’t doubt the analysis of his personal popularity, I do feel like they’ve misunderstood the conditions necessary for a by-election to be held in his former seat.

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AJ Thomas @zzypt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Take joy where you find it.

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Gonna build the depth part next and learn that there's little to short

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I need to upgrade my thing to see market depth, because I bet there's not much

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Yeah, I'm tempted to speculate against that

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Built myself a thing that checks on prediction markets. Here are some for Polanski

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It means we missed Celebrity Traitors, which is similarly about tight-knit communities that turn on one another and mindlessly obey the rulings of malign authorities.

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Watched the preview of Martin Guerre. It's fun if you like cautionary tales about the sheer horror of living in a village.

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and the point is even more stark when you think of what very different materials the designers would have had to work with, from paper to rudimentary computers to goodness knows what ... I am sure that changing preferences and higher standards play SOME role but they can't be all of it

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one of my very brightest friends, someone brought on to consult on big projects, likes to remind me of the different timescales that were needed to develop the Spitfire, the Lightning, the Tornado and now the next gen fighter. Sometimes the complexity is inherent is my conclusion...

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think there's no call to apologise

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I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And it's not helped by people pretending we can return to 1950s levels of speed simply if something something bat tunnels fish discos newts something

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I've been hearing about small modular nuclear reactors since the 1990s. The UK is planning the first operational one in Europe...in the late 2030s. 40 years! The world's first commercial reactor, the UK's Calder Hall, opened in 1956. In 1916 Einstein had just solved general relativity.

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UK signs Rolls-Royce SMR design deal

: Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s

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Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds

www.theguardian.com/society/2026... "After Liz Truss’s mini-budget in September 2022, which proved disastrous for the UK economy, about 23,000 more people a month visited their family doctor’s surgery because they were depressed"

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Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UK

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 08/10/2026

📺 Watch as our chief economist Thomas Pope tells us why the chancellor needs to be bold if he wants to avoid the mistakes of his predecessor. Follow @tompope.bsky.social @danhaile.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social for more.

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