John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 7h'Uncle Joe' was the 'friend' of the western Allies until the middle of 1945, after which he was very much not. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 8hThe enemy of my enemy is very often my enemy too, but maybe just not at this precise moment. Wars produce uneasy alliances. 120
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 12hSo where does a coat of arms come into this? I'm getting confused. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Guy writes well. Should think of having a go at a book. 1310
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There's long been a naive assumption that Trump must surely go along with the near universal disapproval of a large country launching an unprovoked attack on, and attempting to subjugate, a smaller neighbour. But Trump would see absolutely nothing wrong with this. Why wouldn't you do this? 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This has been the case for some time, though, which makes Starmer's (or McSweeney's?) red lines all the more baffling. They can switch to a more popular policy while being able to blame the entire current shit show on the Tories. Politically that's surely a no-brainer? 0140
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I clearly remember Corbyn's stunning election victory of 2017, where he lost to an unpopular, stumbling incumbent by much less than expected. Labour's finest hour. 140
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Isn't this just a set of books the people sharing the meme haven't read? 000
Reposted by John MooreLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 08/10/2026I actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be. Piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...goodallandgoodluck.substack.comThe Strange Myth of Kemi BadenochWhy does she have the best press in politics? 9322533
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cutting tiresome regulations should do the job. I understand there is a near-infinite amount of money to be saved there. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Seems a strange time to be moving away from PR as their polling is getting worse. If tactical voting comes into play, as seems likely, with FPTP they could end up with at the most a few dozen seats from the figures they're currently polling. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Big savings on the police and courts if generally rolled out as an idea, though. 050
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Have you seen some kind of "director's cut" of the films, not for general release, where this is evident? 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The US Right foster the myth that London is some kind of dangerous crime hell-hole, which they can sustain because their audience by and large doesn't go there. And the Right in this country get their ideas from the US. Kind of doesn't work so well when the audience is actual Londoners, though. 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Also see Hitler vs Stalin. Yes, it's possible they're both bad guys. 8200
Reposted by John MooreAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That substantial portions of the European and US Left struggle with the idea that it is possible to condemn criminal actions by the Israeli government while also condemning the vicious brutality of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continues to baffle me. 96584118
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Not sure about point 2: "Move towards the party that defeated you". The reason why voters picked Labour in 2024 was overwhelmingly because they had grown heartily sick of the Tories, rather than out of any especial appeal Labour had which they could emulate. 100
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Of course, this may be simply because I was young then and now I'm old. But I do think things like climate change look like insurmountable challenges - there's no 'if we can just get by this'. 2/2 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I remember all too clearly the palpable, and well-founded, fear of nuclear conflagration in the early 1980s. But it was something specific, a single thing we had to get past, against a still general sense of a world moving forward. I think a lot of that sense of progress, optimism, has now gone. 1/2 100
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, it could be that his confidence is based on this, yes. But isn't it just as likely that it's based on a complete disconnect from reality? He is a fantasist and inveterate liar, and a while back, perhaps because of cognitive decline, he started believing his own lies. 020
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Quote is actually from Bertrand Russell from 1933: "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." Point still stands, though. 2204
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It gives us hope if he's this delusional. If he genuinely believes they're going to do well, he may not get round to trying to rig it as much as he otherwise would. 130
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One wonders if St Peter at the Pearly Gates keeps a tally of numbers, 52% staying up, 48% going down. (Or is it vice versa?) 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Or is it just positioning for an electoral niche distinct from Reform? 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So Shipman didn't follow the protocol to the letter in some of his treatments. 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If he thinks the military - whose top brass Hegseth has been purging of anyone who might not be loyal to him - will back him, he'll be prepared to try anything. Legality is of no concern to him. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And fuck *off* even further for talking about Christmas when it's just the beginning of October. 171
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Along these same lines, I don't reckon you can beat this: "What's brown and sticky?" "A stick". 020
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To be fair, if I was in a place like that I'd want limbs as well. Swimming isn't going to cut it. 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It is Britain's great loss that Healey never became Prime Minister. The decades since would have been very different had he won the leadership contest. 041
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If she could reduce her price by £30.01 or so, I'd consider it. 000
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The line that it was all the Tories' fault and that Labour tried to make it work in an attempt to honour the democratic result of the referendum but it was not possible is one they will be keen to be able to use (at last). 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I also think Labour will soon really relish the new direction, because they can lay the blame for the disaster of Brexit squarely at the feet of the Tories rather than continue to get tarnished by it themselves. It'll be a great weight off their shoulders. 110
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of the reasons there has been the level of continued support for Brexit there has despite its obvious disastrous nature is because we've had a succession of governments suggesting it could be made to work. As soon as the government gives up on suggesting that is possible, things change quickly. 110
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are in danger of being subjected to Bridicule. 010
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Are we at risk of losing the £1.43 per annum these deals bring in? 050
John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026But what if - and hear me out here - Labour managed to get back 100% of the vote? What then? 150
