Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 10/12/2024Soon after Labour came to power, they ran with the excuse "The Tories left a worse deficit than they were letting on". Why can't they deploy exactly the same tactic with Brexit? ("We thought we could make it work, but now that we finally have access to more accurate information, it's impossible.") 1526779
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialGarry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Biden should have stepped down and let Harris pardon Hunter. This would also 1) deliver the first black woman president and 2) ruin all of Trump's made-in-China "45th-47th President" merchandise! 31810114
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/12/2024Governments urgently need to learn how to speak human. This stuff is killing them. No-one speaks like this, no-one should write like this. It’s barely even possible to read it out loud. 2712736
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Suspect Keir Starmer's decision not to prioritise reforms to political donations, either in his first King's Speech, or even now following the threat of Elon Musk bankrolling Farage, will be remembered as one of his worst 75982247
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialThe New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 02/12/2024It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash?theneweuropean.co.ukCan the European car industry survive?It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash? 1203
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/11/2024JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY “We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited” www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...nbcnews.comJournalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter. 311159642632
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 30/11/2024Says a lot that about 90% of the traffic I’m seeing on X right now is absolutely convinced the British govt is about to embark on a mass programme of state murder of the elderly and vulnerable. What was until recently the town square of politics has become the preserve of the bad, mad and deranged. 2794969746
Reposted by @tomcox1.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Wrote this about a deeply dangerous shift by Keir Starmer this week towards embracing the anti-migrant rhetoric of Nigel Farage, and what he should be doing instead www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/opening-th...adambienkov.co.ukOpening the Borders to Nigel FarageKeir Starmer's attempts to mimic the rhetoric of the Reform leader will end as badly for him as it did for his Conservative predecessors 37547174