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Terrie McCann

@terrie.bsky.social
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Political type, dipping my toe into the exciting/terrifying freelance world, while trying to cram as much art and culture into my life as possible. Long-form thoughts on Substack (substack.com/@terriemcc), sometimes on Threads (@terrie.mccann)

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 9h
Amateur hour: even if you hate the proposal, you surely join the commission, play spoiler, and engineer a reason to walk out that makes the government bad or factional (insist on including party finance reforms Labour would hate, etc) Just saying "no" outright is surely what Burnham *wanted*.
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 12h
such a good eg of why political argument matters - polling previously showed over 60% support for keeping triple lock. Argue to unlock it *for something people also want* & numbers can change. (Obv can change back again if someone makes a good argument against, but either way, politics=argument)
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10/10. No notes.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Labour Party is having a moment My analysis of the speech, the most radical from a prime minister in more than a decade www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well that appears to have been the best received political speech in (sort of) living memory.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t like “we will hope again” but that was a corker of speech. That last bit was key. Some people might not like his ideas but at least he has some
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most striking of all is that this is explicitly a very *pro-politics* speech, a direct rebuttal to the anti-politics that is so widespread. And rightly so: politics can change things, it is an admirable thing to choose to engage in and a duty for us all to step forward and pursue.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good shout out to RNLI from Healey in his speech to HUGE applause
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Terrie McCann @terrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Endless screaming gif
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Agree with this. The equally annoying counterpart are the people in Eddie’s replies going “I’m proud not to have heard of it!” You shouldn’t be proud not to know something! You should just go “it’s a big world”.
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Next time someone tells you off for going to BlueSky and says you should have stayed and fought show them this.
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Terrie McCann @terrie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can he pass this on to the Home Secretary please?
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 26/09/2026
To be serious, think the December election talk was, like a lot of other Westminster pathologies, a result of politics that purely looks at Comms and nothing that is actually happening in the world.
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 26/09/2026
I disagree with much of this by @modernlockey.bsky.social, but I think the points he makes tell us something interesting about the shortcomings of the Starmer project and the problems that Labour faces today.
futureoftheleft.substack.com
What is politics for?
Do we still live in a material world?
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can anyone explain to me why this article doesn't mention anywhere that small boat crossings are down 42% from last year? That doesn't mean it's not an issue 781 people arrived in one day. But it seems like the sort of context a reputable news source might mention www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
No 'switch' to stop small boats, Lucy Powell tells BBC
Labour's deputy leader was speaking to BBC local radio ahead of the party's annual conference
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Terrie McCann @terrie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026
I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks.
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Evan Maple VO @evanmaplevo.com · 22/09/2026
it’s been said a ton already but I really do appreciate mamdani so throughly dismantling the core democrat ideology of “we actually can’t ever do anything helpful or good because of. circumstances”
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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Again, stop conceding the talking points of the right. The description 'unvetted' comes up in right wing Facebook posts constantly. This really isn't about security checks. Have we 'vetted' masked men intimidating RNLI volunteers?
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Although the cost of housing in London is insane and makes life difficult for anyone under 50, youngsters are mostly unaware much of the city used to look like this
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Looking forward to our event on Sunday at Lib Dem conference. Details below - hope to see you there! We'll be marking the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, and exploring how well our international refugee protection system is upholding up in today's connected, unstable world 👇
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026
It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are thugs being thugs, not legitimate protests
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The original reporting of what happened in Portsmouth was a joke. This is just a hate mob that has been whipped up who are now targeting the RNLI. Throw the book at them.
independent.co.uk
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our @thinklabour.bsky.social report on the Greens challenge to Labour is in the Guardian today. Our diagnosis of why Labour's vote fell in cities is high housing costs for young people, plus progressives worried that Labour doesn't reflects their values. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals
Exclusive: UK’s Green parties could take 40 seats if result replicated at next election, according to Labour-linked thinktank
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bravery.
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Terrie McCann @terrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wait, Widow's Bay Katie Dippold is the Babadook tweet lady? This is incredible.
A tweet from Katie Dippold, creator of Widow's Bay in which she says "TBT to Halloween when I dressed as the Babadook but my friend's house had more of a grown up drinking wine vibe". It's accompanied by a picture showing this scenario.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026
As I wrote yesterday, the press have hugely downplayed the seriousness of this, and it is partly driven by the government doing the same. bsky.app/profile/joxl...
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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fundamentally, this just cannot be allowed to continue.
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 09/09/2026
the government really should think about having a minister to oversee this sort of thing, a kind of culture secretary if you will
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The worst part came before that when he described Ed Miliband as "of Jewish heritage". The word he was looking for is: Jewish. Disgusting. Many (most) journalists would be sacked for this and rightly so. I hope Miliband makes a formal complaint.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyone would think the British government is acting alone in its condemnation and sanctions against Israel? No, they are joined by France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Spain Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Poland, and Sweden.
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The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you only read one thing today, make it this Times article by @philtinline.bsky.social on why ministers have to take risks to really get things done Phil’s ‘Power Failure’ FGF report argued for too long politicians have been squeamish about power in the UK state www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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To really get things done, ministers have to take risks
Caution is itself dangerous, and we need our politicians to show the same boldness as Attlee and Thatcher
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Excellent thread - liberal democracy needs unabashed defenders right now, and we are basically letting it die through social embarrassment.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This list is absolutely sending me, it's like the list that the absolutely dimmest person in public affairs might write up if asked to list the names of 'leftwing heavyweights' in a briefing.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Times. Explicitly and deliberately, as a matter of editorial policy, promoting violent racist thugs.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In memorializing Gloria Steinem and the feminism of her prime, I had to shout out no-fault divorce and how it reduced women's deaths by suicide and homicide.
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Terrie McCann @terrie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Somewhat reassuring reporting from the ground here and in the quoted post - but a robust government response would certainly help to reinforce this decline.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org
rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
feels like there’s a risk that if Labour keep having such a limp response to stuff like this, they lose support more permanently from their liberal core voters.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The government just do not get it.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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