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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Spoiler alert: DEI isn't 'marxist.'

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

DARKNESS VISIBLE open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Where is the UK economy now? youtu.be/Y3hPMyU1o4k?... The UK economy need not be stuck in a rut. It’s Rachel Reeves’ choice that it is. If only she demanded lower interest rates from the Bank of England and let the government spend to transform public services, we could be in a great place.

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Where is the UK economy now?

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'd agree that social attitudes have become more liberal. But politically, since Thatcher/Reagan, political discourse has moved decisively to the right. That refers, I'd say, to political/media elites. Arguing for eg even mild left social democratic policies is seen as 'communism'.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The fact that in a number of cases this has happened (and, in fact, has been the case in the past), doesn't equate to a shift of the Overton window leftwards. It's gone rightwards since at least 1985.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

He's right. It's grounded in Hegel.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

It's moved rightwards - not really 'either edge'.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I'm planning on 2 big read/rereads: Dante's Divine Comedy and Proust's In Search of Lost Time. The Proust is the reread - I think it is the greatest novel(s) of them all. The Dante: I've only penetrated the Inferno in little raids. Which translation of the whole thing do people recommend?

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ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA @bowsnonk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

this mfer was already 2D, what’s his problem

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I'll check it out -I don't know it. I tend to be open minded, I hope, and ready to listen and reconsider. It's happened before!

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Poulenc's orchestral music - fine in small doses. The relentless perkiness gets a bit wearing after a while. #ClassicalMusic

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Never forget how the Daily Fail have spent years fueling the far-right. This has never been about news. It's about spreading race hate and inciting violence.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Didn't work in 1812-5, won't fly this time either.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It's always been a favourite of mine since I first discovered it.

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Dr Chris Horner @spitfirepilot1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The far right may well come to power in every European and N American country over the next 5-6 years. What a thought. Not 'conservative ' - far right.

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