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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: What happened in Holborn? Some constituency polling to help us understand a bit more. TLDR: loyalty to Burnham + a local candidate won the day; no real sign of tactical voting; Greens never convinced ppl they could win but Polanski not toxic necessarily. @persuasionuk.bsky.social

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 8h

He went through a phase, okay?

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s obsession with demonizing the Somali community is dangerous and reprehensible. Hate to break it to him: Somali Minnesotans are resilient. We will not let Trump intimidate us. Our neighbors have our back.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 11h

This is obviously horrific reasoning start to finish. Also, “we r a completely different country from 50yrs ago” is a standard and healthy thing. Something would have to have gone seriously wrong if it was not the case.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 11h

Does owning tweed coats makes one mid-30s coded, asking… ummm, for a friend?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Think a part of me will always be angry at what they tried to do in Minneapolis. Unforgivable things done to a beautiful city.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I mean, this does go quite high and is quite serious in that the new bank note is a tool against counterfeiting. Which he could find out by going to the FAQ section of the BoE website. Had he done that, he could also have voted for historical figures to be on the bank notes again.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So is the logic here that the greens r the natural party for that part of London? And Labour can only retain it by becoming the greens? Even though the greens have never had an MP there????

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“This may seem trivial. But it’s really not.” I mean, yes. The BoE is doing this for a very consequential reason: to reduce counterfeiting. Or does he just like forgery?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah yes, because PRC is famous for its steadfast support for trans teens. (This is a joke just to be clear. Unfortunately, I have met people who unironically believe this.)

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This was before he became PM.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A similar moment for me: a person I work with at a charity shop, progressive but not at all political, told someone they were warm and personable, “like that Andy Burnham guy.”

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Maurice Lange @mauricelange.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A super important topic, I don't think gets enough attention: Are we spending public money on social and affordable housing where it is needed most. Answer - no. But we have in the past, and can do so again. 🧵

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On the one hand, this would backfire for him in the midterms. On the other hand, it would reduce the well being of, like, everyone on this planet.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The NSF is in almost every book about science/innovation as a positive case study. Decent chance it will be in books to come as a case study of tragedy.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know nobody would want to read this. But one of those days I really want to start a thread on all the Freida McFadden books I read. She writes like 4 a yr, and they r so mental in a unique way that I actually think AI cannot produce.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Richard Osman confirming the existence of Freida McFadeen in his in-book universe feels wrong. Like I get they r both crime authors and should definitely have at least heard of each other. But they r so different that they just do not mix in my head.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Like some of the current U.S. comments about foreign countries feel very “Lu Shaye with American characteristics.”

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also why do diplomats in Trump 2 try similar antics after it went comically badly for China?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Think a key dynamic of these mayoral election is that the candidates r meant to have a bit of their own brand/policies on top of the party. I mean, just look at the current PM. If she cannot let Cleverly do his own thing, then this could be a longer-term issue with other mayoral candidates too.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I feel like demonising a community and the hardship they may face as a “no-go zone” is also not good for “integration.” Like, a country cannot punish and stereotype its way into stronger community cohesion.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every time I picture that voter, I think of someone who graduated from their uni, having had a good time, and who now works in a service-based tradeable industry. And somehow there is a red line from the Tory party against every one of those words.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Many successful people on this country work at a desk job, often wear lanyards and may be ethnic minorities, all things I am sure they r not gonna be odd about.

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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will confess I do rather enjoy explaining obscure Labour Party rules to people

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When I found out about this, I googled how the show ended. I think she got disqualified for volatile bahaviour and then brought back for the finale as a special guest (because of course)?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is also just a complete misunderstanding of dynamism as an indicator. The policy question is to understand how to create more and better jobs to enable mobility and dynamism. It is not to pump up dynamism on its own. He is getting the cause and effect wrong!

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is also, the idea is that these people find better and more suitable jobs in a mobile labour market. In our current labour market, I am not entirely sure more unemployment means stronger job mobility, and remind me what Syed thinks about social safety net again?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also dynamism should be a means to an end. When dynamism is low, it raises policy questions of what can encourage more and better jobs and businesses. U should not just chase dynamism as a KPI, and definitely not through more bankruptcy and unemployment.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So I think what he is alluding to is our business dynamism, which is lower than it used to be But the idea of dynamism is that people find more suitable jobs, and stronger businesses replace weaker ones. If u skip the “creative” part of creative destruction, the results r, well, destructive.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think someone read creative destruction but skipped the chapter on the “creative” part.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think what is odd is that many of the criticisms r not “he picked the wrong side on an issue” but “why did he pick a side.” It’s literally the job of a PM! And the grumbling about the end of Labour is a bit “do u remember the polling a few months ago?”

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The right spent close to a decade accusing left/liberal people of ruining fun with DEI and PC, and now they want people to work through one drop rule math in ur head while watching sports.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having said that, it’s more common in the UK partially because the primary system gives the GOP base the chance to reject minority candidates out of racism, which they often do.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In some ways, a testament to integration is that people of immigrant descent reflect the same ideological diversity as the general public. Unfortunately, that includes some questionable ideologies.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally recovered from conference, so I want to share some exciting news! I am very honoured to have become a new board trustee on @techforgoodcast.bsky.social! CAST is doing some existing and necessary work to help the third sector adapt to AI and digitalisation.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not just a losing argument, but a debate that makes one look weird just by opening it.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All the spending questions (more or less on X) really just depend on the country the person is in.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not entirely sure how my closest matches are NY and the Governor of CA. That just feels wrong.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Think I am what you would call a coastal elite in America.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Decided to take a one day break from politics after conference. Tried to make a pajama top. Turns out I am really bad at sewing the collar hem.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The most WOW! (centre) party name to ever exist.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have genuinely not thought about how odd this term must be for people outside of America until now. Now I’m thinking about all the time I have said “my uni in America banned Greek life,” and how problematic that sounds out of context.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tbf, the 2009 Manchester Independent Economic Review was papers and essays, and their vibes were great!

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And people do have ideological journeys, especially when we r talking about a time horizon of 20yrs.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What is even the point of this? Completely unclear that the Tories would even benefit from FPTP atm.

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is a knowledge blind spot for me. What r the causes/who r the Labour base here?

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stepped out of conference for an online meeting for two hrs, and apparently missed several good events, a free lunch and the end of both the triple lock and FPTP.

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Labour for Trans Rights @labour4transrights.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fantastic to see so many people in attendance at our annual rally, packing out one of the largest rooms in the whole Labour Conference fringe!

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Yunze Wang @yz18.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By official data, several major cities have had workforce decline since COVID, by as much as 10%! Not saying it was never possible. But surely something to have double checked on before publishing it.

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