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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m so sorry to hear this, you were a breath of fresh air for all of us who wanted sane left, socially liberal politics. Take care of yourself and ignore the detractors on here and elsewhere

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A mixture of X slowly acclimatising them to not see how bad things are through being surrounded in a pool of it, and British exceptionalism of believing it’ll never happen to us

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you think the Equalities Act was meant to tell employers to tell people not to use the toilet at work as a suitable response, then your mind is made up and no amount of bargaining, pleading, or negotiating will change that

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026

The Labour Party did this. That's why trans people are pushing back on Dems capitulating on trans issues. We have seen what happens when the liberal party abandons trans people after saying you must vote for them or it without be worse under a conservative government.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Even before all that, if you’re seriously considering asking someone to not use the toilets at work, just ask yourself “am I the bad guy here?”

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Almost like Parliament should take the lead and legislate what it meant, but that would require our government to have a spine

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Wonder if the real impetus for changing the law is going to come from companies like this/their insurers when they start getting hit with the subsequent claims for discrimination.

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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yeah, whatever needs to be done needs to be done to ensure this money doesn't get to Reform

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The moment he kept Phillipson in place at Equalities was when I realised he messed up & won’t be able to get enough of his left flank back. Keeping Nandy in place (the political equivalent of John Cena - you can’t see him) in place was the icing on the cake

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today Councillor Bushra Bi left the Labour Party and joined Birmingham Green Party. Cllr Bushra Bi said:” The Labour Party has lost its way and the residents of our great city of Birmingham have lost confidence in the Labour Party. birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/2026/09/11/l...

Councillor Bushra Bi who today joined the Green Party after leaving Labour

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

More importantly still, part of what makes TV a distinctive art form, and not just a longer running form of cinema or a more portable version of theatre, are the expediencies that come from having to get it out in time.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As a STEM graduate myself, I disagree. The Arts & Humanity are vital for asking why, not just how.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

it would shock the average person how many anti-trans activists had a partner or child who came out as trans and, rather than being supportive, they obsessively worked to "purge" transness from their lives (as well as society)...

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

if he isn‘t banished on the first night, it should be a dead giveaway to the faithful that he’s one of the traitors

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is white nationalism, media outlets need to start treating him as one

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026

I think one thing you really notice in right leaning Westminster circles is how off their perception of what the median person thinks about Gaza/Israel is.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reform mired in scandal. A Labour government that literally cannot do the most basic bits of “are you a state?” i.e. arrest people who blockade infrastructure and intimidate the free press. Literally everyone in politics is optimising towards a Conservative victory other than Kemi Badenoch.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 07/09/2026

I wrote for @theipaper.com about the Reform crowd's violence, the obvious rejection of norms, and how it may dent the normalisation of the party inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

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The image that will haunt Farage

Reform UK conference attendees attacking protesters could be a defining moment for the party

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why do we have an Online Safety Act that curtails many freedoms online if it’s not going to be used here where people are radicalising themselves via Facebook Groups and other chatrooms? It makes all the stuff they said about “protect the children” come across as disingenuous

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Simon - married w/ kids to a wife who’s apathetic to him Will - stuck in middle-management, chronic Bluesky poster Jay - lost a lot money in crypto rug-pulls but posts his rentals on IG Neil - the happiest of the bunch, but went down a bad algorithm so occasionally spurts out conspiracy theories

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Definitely, they can’t be triumphant like they were at the end of the last two. At best, it can be bittersweet and nostalgia for the past, but realistic it needs to be tragic to be funny

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think you could replay the hits, but the humour being how dumb it is that a bunch of men in their mid forties are attempting things they did in their teenage years, instead of it being merely cringe

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a similar thing on the non-observant bit as a mostly non-observant Hindu who attended a lot of ceremonies growing up, realising that the “you have a responsibility to those less privileged than yourself” belief comes from Dharma which I likely heard a Brahmin talk about a ceremony sometime

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m over halfway though Adults S2, and I still cannot stand Samir as a character The actor portrays him really well, but the helplessness is truly grating. Even Rachel in Friends, Lily in HIMYM, or Nick in New Girl weren’t this insufferably helpless (or at least wanted to be better)

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Those Conservative & Reform numbers are terrifying

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

By tomorrow morning, who knows, they may have even progressed to commenting on what happens when the 'line into disorder' has actually been crossed.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

picking a side in a face off between street fash and the RNLI is not fucking Sophie's Choice, it's strawberry ice cream or a bucket of shit. and the Home Office go for the bucket every time.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You just know they‘re all going to pull the Susan Collins “I’m very concerned” line

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If a on maneuvers Home Secretary wanted to prove they were tough, this would be an opportune moment, but alas, to them, it only counts if it’s punching down or leftwards

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Shabana Mahmood, if you want to prove that you’re tough, this would be a great opportunity to do so without punching down or punching left…

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Even the most liberal, metropolitan USA liberal on this site cannot entertain a frame where the USA isn‘t at the centre of attention It’s a stunning sight to behold

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, it moves the Overton Window massively rightwards which means we’re all cooked

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The progression of certain thinkers from denying the validity of trans people to denying the validity of disabilities is a nice illustration of the way in which transphobic habits of mind can quickly evolve into a kind of acquired sociopathy.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

At the individual level yes, you could probably bring your relative or friend with strange beliefs back with enough work/time/luck, but you can’t scale that out to a campaign.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On the plus side, Julia Fox’s cameo is delightful. Glad to see her in more stuff. Last thing I saw her in was Uncut Gems

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Samir in Adults is super annoying. I’m sure he’s relatable and there’s a charm, but I cannot stand the weaponised incompetence trope.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I hate to even quote the guy, but Bannon’s whole “politics is culture, and culture is politics” is unfortunately true Us on the left have to be better at integrating with culture like the right do. I know I’m not the messenger (nerdy, out of shape, Asian guy who works in tech) but some of us are.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sadly even if they did win, I bet you the thoughts in No. 10 will be “well, it’s only London, there’s a whole rest of the country” and disregard the result as those pesky metropolitan city dwellers instead of taking their social liberal left flank seriously

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood should both be out of a job this evening. They won’t be, but they should be

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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I really hope the Greens win Holborn and St Pancras

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We’re all (unwitting) participants in the “Shabana Mahmood loses her seat in 2029 to a left-wing opponent” challenge

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’ve never seen audience members appear to attack protesters at a conference, genuinely vile stuff I really hope the women are okay, it’s clear ‘protect women and girls’ only goes so far for some people Heckling politicians is part of modern Britain, pulling protestors hair and beating them is not

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/09/2026

It's craven, it's politically stupid, and it's morally wrong. Number 10 does not struggle to get Andy Burnham in front of a camera when it wants him to be there. Every minute he's not on show over this is the result of a deliberate decision.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/09/2026

A large group of co-ordinated, masked men blockading a piece of significant infrastructure is a security threat and should be dealt with as one. There should also be serious questions about why police/intelligence services didn't pick up on it in advance.

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Sailesh @saileshpatel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yes, and that was bad, your point being?

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The fact that the police haven’t immediately and forcefully arrested all of these guys tells you everything about whose interests they serve and what politics they protect. This is the real two tier policing.

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