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Steve Darrell@stevejdrl.bsky.social |
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Vegan, Welsh, I read, play wargames and watch rugby.
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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The odd things we seem to have to worry about now. As David Allen Green has previously pointed out, constitutional law should not be exciting, or even interesting.
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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Yes, nobody is all that convinced by capitalism - at least according to this poll.
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dag
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
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The task before James Timpson
The significance of this welcome appointment - and two of the immense obstacles that he needs to overcome
New, by me
At Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-task-b...
Non-Substack:
davidallengreen.com/2024/07/the-...
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Jonathan Hibberd
@jonnyhibberd.bsky.social
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The thing no one's talking about this morning is, whether they're aware of it or not, this has happened whilst the first effects of hard Brexit on our cost of living are being felt. If Labour insist on taking up this baton in full they're going to feel the effects of it next time
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Paul(We've Met Before)
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Just remember as you go to vote tomorrow that Johnson partied while people died alone, bunged £40B+ of our money to their pals, made lying the new norm. Truss lost £50B by nearly crashed the economy. Sunak promised much but delivered more pain with record high taxes. VOTE THEM OUT.
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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I hate it when quiz shows on TV have a "history question" about something I remember being on the news.
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Randall Munroe
@xkcd.com
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Alien Theories xkcd.com/2953
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
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This is illuminating on the mindset of the Tories, from Sunday Times’ Tim Shipman’s account of Theresa May’s Brexit troubles. The Cabinet decided the party was more important than the country.
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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I kind of like the idea of him staying as an MP - sitting there in the House of Commons with a few dozen other Tory MPs, all of whom are seething with hatred for him.
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Steve Darrell
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I'm looking forward to reading Empireworld - certainly Empireland was nuanced, and an excellent read
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Sathnam Sanghera
@sathnam.bsky.social
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Grateful to Gideon Rachman for these words about #Empireworld in the FT's guide to summer reading, over the weekend. I'll be speaking about it at the @southbankcentre on Sunday July 14th, as part of its You Belong Here festival. Tickets available. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/lit...
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Steve Darrell
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Well worth a look, as is the linked page.
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dag
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
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The public service of an "Enemy of the People"
New, by me
At Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-public...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/06/the-...
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Steve Darrell
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It's amazing how fast they move from "government should be as small as possible and have as little to do with everyone's lives as possible" to "we love autocratic totalitarian dictators".
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
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Not that it’s ever likely to trouble anyone, but Reform’s tax and spend plans would crash the pound and send mortgage costs soaring, according to a former Bank of England policy maker who predicted the disastrous fallout from Liz Truss’ mini-budget, Bloomberg reports.
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James Cooray Smith
@cooraysmith.bsky.social
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Telegraph excited by Starmer implying Corbyn would have made a better PM than Johnson. ALMOST ANYONE would have made a better PM than Johnson. Which admittedly makes it quite remarkable that neither of his successors has really been so, but that's far more the Telegraph's fault than ours, isn't it?
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Life Is Amazing publisher
@lifeisamazing.bsky.social
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I was thinking how it must be bewildering for Orcs, caught up in marches to war for specious reasons, involved in pointless battles that have nothing really to do with them, but a mad tyrant's desire for power, and I got this Tolkien-inspired parody. @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
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Sarah Murphy
@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
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Good letters in the Times warning of the dangers of populists who promise simple solutions to the terminally gullible, but deliver jack shit, then blame everyone else. And that’s not just Farage. That’s the Tory party since 2016. Let’s get rid. Time for change… and competence.
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Bylines Network
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
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From the latest Private Eye
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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You could see this as a message about leaving important political work to private companies ?
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Randall Munroe
@xkcd.com
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Pascal’s Wager Triangle xkcd.com/2947
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Dan Neidle
@danneidle.bsky.social
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Reform UK has published its manifesto. They plan tax cuts which they say will cost £70bn; however our analysis shows that they've miscalculated, and the actual cost will be at least £93bn. taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/17/r...
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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com
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God damn it this is not wrong
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dag
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
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The strange omission in the Conservative manifesto
Why is there no commitment to repeal the Human Rights Act?
New, by me
At Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-strang...
At personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/06/the-...
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Rosie Walters
@sirenoftitan.bsky.social
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"From time to time the party now known as the Conservative and Unionist party has done badly – very badly."
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Travellin’John
@travellinjohn.bsky.social
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekX
X (so glad I no longer belong)
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Michael Bazaco
@mcbazacophd.bsky.social
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(clears throat)
Let me be very clear and direct here:
FUCK every single ghoul who has spread #vaccine misinformation over the past few years. Watch a child suffering from pertussis just once and it will change you.
This is fucking preventable and these babies have no choice. They rely on us.
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
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This piece from Robert Shrimsley in the FT really nails how the Conservatives have killed themselves.
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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Steve Peers
@stevepeers.bsky.social
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*blows dust off*
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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My wife thought Farage was going to announce that Trump had adopted him. Perhaps that's old news.
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Rosie Walters
@sirenoftitan.bsky.social
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Mike Galsworthy
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
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🔥 65% of 25-34 year olds want to hear about Europe in the election campaign.
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Mike Galsworthy
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🔥 58% of Brits (and 65% of 25-34 year olds) think that our relationship with Europe is an important topic for this #GeneralElection
See article here —> northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Helen Kennedy
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
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I would never, never be able to find this much grace in myself.
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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I tend to default to "cock up" rather than "conspiracy" as an explanation, and I see nothing in the current Tory leadership that makes me doubt my default setting.
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Steve Darrell
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"That may not sound so alarming" ... actually it does. It really, really does.
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Steve Darrell
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Yes, it's another "policy idea" intended to create a few headlines and then sink without trace.
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Dr Dean Burnett
@garwboy.bsky.social
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Horrible when those in charge make decisions that make your life much harder for purely selfish reasons without giving a crap about your situation, isn't it. Just awful.
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Cold War Steve
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Steve Darrell
@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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Terrifying.
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Cold War Steve
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Mikko Tuomi
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The impact of warming the ocean could lead to new classes of heatwaves we've never seen before. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Lev Parikian
@levparikian.bsky.social
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Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough. Legend, hero, worst Wordle player in the world.
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Sarah May
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
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If you're in the UK today Vote! Even if, like me, you only have a police commissioner to vote for, Vote! It's imperfect, especially fptp, especially rule by Murdoch, especially now, but Vote! Tories brought in *photo* *ID* to suppress the vote, especially amongst those they've hurt most. Vote
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Tony H
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Helen Czerski
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14 years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the massive oil spill that followed, and the seabed there shows little sign of recovery.
We have to stop thinking that nature is just going to clean up our messes, not just the acute, but also the slow steady ones.
hakaimagazine.com/news/the-dee...
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Stephanie Merritt
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It's almost as if the need to make an uncritical embrace of Brexit the only criterion for selecting Tory MPs has resulted in an unstoppable tide of absolute bellends 🤷🏻♀️
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Ed Wilson
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Medicine shortages - why?
Like everybody else: global manufacturing problems due to Covid, inflation, Ukraine, global instability
Unlike anybody else: Brexit customs checks, suppliers avoiding extra costs of trade, new UK drug approval system
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
#r4today
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George Peretz KC
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Also interesting on Australia’s much-trumpeted “success” in dealing with its “small-boat problem”; it relied on agreements with Indonesia. We are all doomed to work with our neighbours, and “strategies” that ignore that are delusional, or cynical, fantasies.
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