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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dug up a very strange (pyrite?) nodule in the garden

My fingers holding a strange metallic object I dug up in my garden

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Good to see Burnham taking a markedly different stance to Starmer on this issue /s

Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump 'if right for Britain'

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

No idea who Giles Whittell is but bless him for still clinging to the belief that, despite all evidence to the contrary, Starmer is a "transparently well-intentioned man"

Giles Whittell Sunday 21 June
Daily Sensemaker

Hello,

When the herd moves, it moves. And it turns out that what was true for Boris Johnson is true for Keir Starmer, too. The Labour herd is moving against him decisively now. As Rachel Sylvester reports, we may hear as soon as tomorrow that the prime minister has, in the Westminster-technocrat hybrid vernacular, set out a timetable for his departure. Are we meant to accept all this as part of the blood sport of politics? Or can we admit there’s something poignant about a man so transparently well-intentioned being found so transparently unsuited to wielding real power?

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Being bothered by this noisy fella

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My brain thinks the word 'us' in capitals means America

A photo of a child at Andy Burnham's campaign launch holding a placard saying "VOTE ANDY FOR US" in capital letters

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Interesting words from a guy who's spent the last few days saying he won't, in fact, change anything

Burnham said the Makerfield byelection is a “clarion call for change”.

A lot of change, according to the Greater Manchester mayor.

Change to the economy, change to education, change to housing, change to transport, change to care, and yes, to make it all possible. Change to politics.

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hold up, didn't the current guy change Labour already

Screenshot from Guardian website:

"Burnham: 'A vote for me is a vote to change Labour'
Continuing on the theme of change, Burnham said a vote for him in the Makerfield byelection is “a vote to change Labour”.

I know my own party needs to change. We need to be better than we’ve been. We’ve not been good enough. And I want to leave people in no doubt today, a vote for me in this byelection campaign is a vote to change Labour."

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"In all likelihood, Andy Burnham, if he succeeds Starmer, will maintain and slightly intensify the leftward course of this government" I know Ganesh is basically a troll, but still

Excerpt from Janan Ganesh in FT http://archive.today/w5oH9 :

Prepare to live through this again. In all likelihood, Andy Burnham, if he succeeds Starmer, will maintain and slightly intensify the leftward course of this government. Even if gilt investors prevent him spending much more, he can gum up British life with rent controls and other regulations. He will even say that he is governing from the left. Like Reeves, with her barbs at profiteers, he will name the government’s class enemies in so many words. Despite this candour, we will pretend there is a profound mystery about the “meaning” of Burnham, like Shakespeare scholars trying to divine the motives of Iago. Expect the following headlines:

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

At least all the flag-shagging has paid off... oh

Reeves visited a petrol station in Leeds to publicise the policy – but it did not go well.

As she tried to speak to the media, a workman shouted: “Get Keir Starmer fucking out. Get Labour out. Get Keir Starmer out. Nigel Farage. Come on Nigel.”

The man, who was flying England flags from his van, continued his tirade as he drove off the forecourt.

He said: “Am I gonna get arrested? We’ve got English flags on here, Rachel, are we gonna get arrested?”

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The coveted Russincheshire endorsement has backfired

‪Russ Jones‬
‪@russincheshire.bsky.social‬
· 6d
My pitch for Al Carns

Who?

1. He's unknown. Should be a negative. It isn't. His backstory is astonishing. Council house kid from the NE, ended up a full colonel in the special forces, broke a record for claiming Everest, speaks fluent "normal," blunt, practical, earnest. And clean.

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Tom Baldwin doing his best to defend Starmer and sets a couple of impressively low bars for Prime Ministerial success, the second of which Starmer has arguably not cleared anyway

Excerpt from Tom Baldwin in the Observer http://archive.today/jefdQ

"Such time might yet allow some perspective to develop about Starmer too. He is only the fourth Labour leader to win a majority in a general election, has made mistakes – like all prime ministers do – but not crashed the economy nor taken Britain into an illegal war. He may not have all the qualities – such as making emotional connections and telling stories – deemed necessary for political success but he has extraordinary resilience and carries the weight of these times better than those that do."

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Me emerging from my Thames bathing spot:

Sen pulls the bicycle from the Stink Spirit in Spirited Away

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Chief snake unimpressed with all this slithering

Luke Akehurst
@lukeakehurst
Nothing that has happened today is remotely proportionate or reasonable behaviour this far out from a General Election scheduled for 2029. This level of internal game playing risks driving us into a General Election within months, as well as causing months of deep political instability that have real world consequences for the economy and national security. I am, to put it mildly, unimpressed.

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Circus analogies no longer sufficient for this shitshow. This is next level

It's all starting to look a bit messy
published at 12:15
12:15

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent at Downing Street

It’s just gone midday.

Wes Streeting’s allies believed he would have launched his leadership challenge by now.

Wes Streeting’s foes believed he would have launched his leadership challenge by now.

He has not.

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

True policy-rich centrism that does things differently just hasn't been tried yet. Why has no-one thought of it

Stephen Bush

‪@stephenkb.bsky.social‬

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There's simply no excuse for how vapid this piece is. Starmer is so weak internally at the moment that absolutely nothing is stopping a leadership contender writing a deep, policy-rich piece about what they'd do differently - the only constraint is their own ability to do so.

‪Duncan Weldon‬
‪@duncanweldon.bsky.social‬
· 11h
Read the Al Carns piece.
This just isn’t a serious conclusion.

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The FT data guy was sneering at people's concerns about Palantir's involvement in the NHS a few years back. Yeah I kept the receipt

John Burn-Murdoch tweet dated Nov 23, 2023

The British left: the NHS is under immense pressure please someone help

The NHS: okay we’re adopting new technology that doctors have been calling for for years which will make their jobs easier and improve patient outcomes

The British left: no not like that

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Laurel & Hardy would also be a good bit

Keir Starmer latest: Wes Streeting to hold talks with prime minister
live
The health secretary will ask the PM tomorrow how he plans to ‘get us out of this mess’

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Credit where it's due, this is a very funny photo

Starmer hangs on, for now
published at 17:29
17:29

Chris Mason
Political editor

PM stands next to door with sign reading: "Remember to clock-in and clock-out!"
Image source,PA Wire

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A cabinet auto-shuffle. This is good stuff. Exploding jalopy and calliope music

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet ministers
published at 16:54
16:54
Breaking
Becky Morton
Political reporter

Labour MP Catherine West says if a cabinet minister does not put themselves forward to challenge Keir Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest herself.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet tells Radio 4’s PM programme her preferred option would be for the cabinet to “reorganise themselves” and put forward their “best communicator” to replace the PM, avoiding a leadership election.

However, West says she was putting the cabinet “on notice” and if she does not hear from a leadership hopeful by Monday she would ask Labour MPs to back her to trigger a contest.

For a leadership election to be set in motion, 20% of Labour MPs - 81 people - would have to back a single challenger.

West, a former junior Foreign Office minister, says she currently has 10 people prepared to back her in a leadership bid but she is “confident” enough people would come forward to trigger a contest.

“My preferred option is for the cabinet to do a reshuffle within itself, where there's plenty of talent, and for Keir to be given a different role, which he might enjoy, perhaps an international role,” she says.

“Then for others to come to the fore who can communicate the message, who are very able, so we can have minimum fuss.”

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"I'm so looking forward to the deeply reported books..." "No not that deep"

‪Dorian Lynskey‬
‪@dorianlynskey.bsky.social‬
· 50m
I'm so looking forward to the deeply reported books that explain exactly how Labour locked itself into one of the worst political strategies if all time. Who was all in? Who raised doubts? Did they ever look at the evidence or read their critics? (please do not try to answer this question in a post)

Neil
‪@tremendaoneil.bsky.social‬

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Front cover of The Fraud by Paul Holden. Subtitle: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the crisis of British democracy
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1:34 PM · May 9, 2026
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‪Dorian Lynskey‬
‪@dorianlynskey.bsky.social‬
· 40m
Hoping for something less partisan

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Whereas moving to the right has delivered this incredible result

Luke Akehurst
@lukeakehurst
For the avoidance of doubt, I am completely opposed to Labour having a leadership challenge and will support Keir Starmer if there was such an election. I don't think there will be one in any case.
We do need to listen to voters on speeding up delivering change, especially on the cost of living.
Following the Tories down the path of constant coups against PMs would make the country politically and economically weaker and less stable at a time of intense strategic danger.
Labour moving to the left would have exactly the same disastrous results as every other time we tried it.
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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It yearns to be free and assume its rightful form

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Couldn't find a good quality version so I made one

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Not An Anagram @vertigoem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

He can build a pyramid of bin fires. He can top them with a huge column of burning excrement. Those skills look simple, but they’re not, and they’re vital.

‪Glen O'Hara‬
‪@gsoh31.bsky.social‬
· 39m
It's just a pyramid of bin fires in our universities at the moment. Topped with a huge column of burning excrement. And yet the whole panoply of nonsense just sails on, meeting after meeting about stuff that doesn't and will never matter and you're like 'can I raise, er, reality?' It's horrible.

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