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CynInBelgië | she/her
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Anthony Zacharzewski@anthonyzach.be |
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Trying to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding.
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CynInBelgië | she/her
@cynderness.bsky.social
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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Low-information analysts.
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Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
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Unfortunately FPTP is like The One Ring of UK politics: whoever wins does a Boromir/Isildur and thinks "Maybe we shouldn't destroy it, maybe we should use its terrible power for good?"
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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Is it the same Timpson? John (his dad) was pro-leave but I don’t know about James.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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I try to focus on how a few people with a lot of hatred and fear in them drown out just the good-natured majority on here (let alone the vast numbers who aren’t even on here)
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John Bull
@garius.bsky.social
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- Labour's vote spread was way more efficient than under Corbyn. Brilliant groundgame - Tory vote was cannibilized by Reform - soft tories stayed at home, unlike with Corbyn - Labour will need to win back the votes lost due to terrible trans and gaza policies ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE
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Andrew
@openpolicy.bsky.social
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That scale of losses, in perspective:
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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I think popular vote for Labour will be up weakly if at all given lower turnout and splits in constituencies. Could be much more volatile next time.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Deep cut
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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BBC says Steve Baker, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt and Rees Mogg have less than 50% chance of winning.
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John Self
@john-self.bsky.social
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Exit poll suggesting Labour doing worse (410) and Conservatives doing better (131) than any of the final MRP polls predicted.
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Ed Morrish
@edmorrish.bsky.social
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“the 20s are going to be so roaring” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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Literally every one
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Tom Ashby
@tomaashby.bsky.social
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One pleasure of returning to England this summer: voting in person to consign the Tories to oblivion - "for governments are not instituted... for the pleasure of a man [or corrupt elite], but for the good of nations; and their weal, not their woe" (Sidney, Discourses, 1698, II.7)
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Don Moynihan
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After January 6, I said something to the effect that universities should not welcome on campus those who had sought to overturn an election. Its not an especially slippery slope to decide not to platform people opposed to democracy.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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*Kämpfers
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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One point two five million euros?!
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Jane Zacharzewski
@dzyrl.bsky.social
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Getting into the election spirit today by volunteering with Restless Brussels to help international residents in Brussels register to vote in this year’s municipal elections. If you see us round the European Quarter come say hello! And don’t forget to register!
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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A particularly absent dog this morning.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Come on, the UK, you can do it!
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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I don’t think the cat works at all to be honest, don’t believe his lies.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Blair is the triumph of Thatcherism, Farage edition.
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Chris Hanretty
@chanret.bsky.social
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I wrote a blog post about why I felt confident saying that Labour will win more seats than they did in 1997 www.chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/why_wa...
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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“Some winged horsemen are on the pitch! They think it’s all over!”
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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BBC programme soundtracking the French Riviera with « Ça plane pour moi » … smh in Belgian.
open.spotify.com/track/4sf4Lq...
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Popehat
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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1
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Gautam Bhatia
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Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88:
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
One of my favourite writers of all time. If you haven't read his work so far, no better time than now to start. A brief thread:
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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social
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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Fair point. There’s always someone worse off than yourself.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Well what a miserable Euros that was for Belgium.
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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉
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Brilliant. (Le Pen wants to ban bi-nationals from holding publicly funded posts).
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Lions are hard
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Judah Grunstein
@judah-grunstein.bsky.social
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The two alarming aspects of yesterday's vote for me: 1. The RN's 2nd-round ceiling has become a 1st-round floor. 2. The French right considers the far left more of a danger than the far right. There are various historical parallels here, though the two extremes represent different threats today.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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That this is true is shown by the fact that the far right in power let loads of immigrants in, while shouting about other immigrants. They aren’t stupid.
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Seán Hanley
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Andrej Babiš’s signing up to new national-populist Central Europe EP faction is calculated opportunism but a choice it might be hard to go back on.
Its “Patriotic Manifesto” spins some interesting ideological claims - pitched to draw in elements of the illiberal left?
www.ots.at/presseaussen...
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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And indeed that the real story of the next two days is désistements not votes.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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To be fair half the European press don’t seem to either.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Bit early to say that, no?
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Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
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Whipping up excitement, if you will.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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You’ve just missed the build up. The real one is next week.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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I think everyone is opining way too soon about the French elections. The game Macron was playing was to show that a majority will stand against the RN. We won’t know that till next week.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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It’s absolutely a thing. About a third of voters in western democracies have authoritarian preferences www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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I worry about how many triangulaires there are going to be.
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Pascal Jacquemain
@jacquep.bsky.social
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Yes, it's bad, very bad, but it could have been worse. Le RN et ses alliés (34 %) devancent la coalition de gauche du NFP (28,1 %) et le camp présidentiel (20,3 %) au premier tour des législatives
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Not included I guess.
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Justin Hendrix
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Oversight Board spawns dispute resolution business under the DSA... hmmm.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Turnout at 17h twenty points up on last time in France!
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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He’s called Nigel Farage.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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Putin’s cronies who hate gay people and the rule of law forming a patriotic group of values, is it? www.rtbf.be/article/le-p...
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