New electoral system where if a party is voted out of power they miss a go on the next round.

Someone who has clearly never read "Blue Octavo"

A tool that helps thousands of communities decide when to evacuate residents during hurricanes will expire tomorrow. Why? Because of Kristi Noem’s DHS policy to personally approve expenses over $100K, which is still in place. But she had time to spend $220 million on ads. Priorities.

It's commonplace on the right to confuse EAL with not being able to speak English. I never know if it's because they don't know or they don't want facts to get in the way of outrage generation.

Nonsense, whilst renewables are intermittent (because they are not paired with electricity storage) gas will still be setting the wholesale electricity price even if renewables supply 99% of demand. That's the way the market works. explanation here:- dalevince.com/knowledge/br...

Yes. Yes to all of it. My rule of 'if you use the phrase "break the link" you must clearly state what system replaces it' laid out here. But also follows another good rule of thumb: start by describing why it exists in the first place. All in all, essential reading for the upcoming culture war.

The War Of Jenkins Ear can't hear this

#OTD in 1943, Gafsa, Tunisia. British 1 and 8 Army link up. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1945. The last German V2 rocket falls on London. #WW2 #HISTORY

To American readers of UK posts who are confused by some of the references - Matt Goodwin is the British J.D.Vance.

Ban political donations from anyone who hasn't read the Palliser novels.

21 years since "Rose". If you'd asked me on the night what I thought I'd have snuffled something through the tears about having just watched the greatest episode of Doctor Who ever. Some nights it still is. It just gets it *right* on every level. Suddenly your best mate's back, and he's *brilliant*.

Any episode of Starmer where the writers remember Lisa Nandy.

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David’s one of the greats.

The best way to fight back in the culture war is to read www.discontinuednotes.com That's what Bari Weiss and those other people don't want you to do, as proven by the fact they never mention it

I'll caveat this: the kind of 'I had a gay friend in college but woke has gone too far' audience of guys in their 50s and 60s that Weiss cultivated at the Free Press is *extremely* fertile ground, which is why they succeeded - and they also control a lot of media.

As a failing business, Reform should be purchased by private equity in order to sack the management and then let it go bust in 5 years time.

I wonder at which point it'll sink in for Reform UK that the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill, and the recommendations of the Rycroft review, actually surpass the importance of their donations from Christopher Harbonne. x.com/i/status/203...

I'm glad I wasn't a viewer in Scotland.

Is anyone going to tell the broadcast and print media? They'll probably drone on and on about 'the Reform tide' for years yet, even though it's demonstrably on the way out.

As has been intimated by others, the phrase 'you couldn't make it now' isn't necessarily a culture war cri de coeur. The world is different now to 1973. And television doesn't have three sitcoms on every night anymore.

Thread. Important work from Marc here as always.

Watching old Robin Chapman serials makes me nostalgic for the days when fictional British gangland bosses were smart, literate, well-spoken, and prone to quasi-Shakespearean monologues when they sensed they were a King in danger.

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Reform UK has lost a lot of momentum of late - which is exactly what happens when you’re chronically incapable of actually running a council and keep hiring the people you’re supposed to be replacing. Almost as though there isn’t very much of a plan, right?

Obviously I have to interpolate a few bits that aren't on record. This is the essence of dramatic art. TIM: You're shit. MATT: No, *you're* shit. TIM: Came first. MATT: YOUR MUM. I'm trying to capture the tense poetry of conflicted spiritual matrices in these 2 great minds.

I've already started writing the West End smash hit "Goodwin Vs. Montgomerie". It's mine, piss off and find your own controversy to dramatise.

What an incredible time to be alive, when intellectual heavyweights like Matt Goodwin and Tim Montgomerie are fighting for the soul of the modern West. This is what it must have been when the world thrilled to hear William Buckley call Norman Mailer "a fat twat".

I have a question from a former student doing archival research in the UK on present-day liability for colonial harm. They want to access Colonial Office records on mining administration in Enugu, Nigeria under British administration. Any advice on where they can start would be very welcome.

Can we also introduce Twitter rationing

Slovenia becomes first EU state to start rationing petrol: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77m4zx6zvmo

If you feel the need to add qualifiers and caveats to your condemnation of antisemitic violence, you’re advertising that there are times where you’d be okay with someone shooting up a Jewish preschool, or ramming a synagogue with a car, or firebombing a Jewish ambulance.

On this day in 1980, whilst celebrating Mass in the small hospital chapel where Archbishop Romero lived, a lone marksman shot & killed him. Let us keep alive Romero’s memory, inspired by him & his deep love for Christ & the people he walked alongside #StOscarRomero pray for us

Rafts and Buffaloes. (#OTD in 1945. Operation Plunder. #WW2 #HISTORY)

Around this day in 1943, Mareth Line, Tunisia. "Fritz and Tommy". #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944. "The Big Escape". 76 POWs managed to exit Tunnel Harry (just a little short, alas) in Stalag Luft III. Three managed to make a "home run" and 50 were executed by the Gestapo. #WW2 #HISTORY

If you really want AI-generated books then don't bother with dilettantes like Matt. The true master is Yahia Belkherouf discontinuednotes.com/2024/04/17/v...

If you zoom in on the passengers, you can see several becoming radicalized in real time.

The chatbot that worked with Matt Goodwin on his latest book has now realised he's just deadweight and has signed a deal with Penguin for its debut novel, about the struggle of being a working class language model in a middle class industry. Already hailed as "the AI Sons And Lovers", by itself.

It’s terrible. He’s falling so low he’ll end up leading the party.

I heard that the new Matt Goodwin book contained hallucinations so I thought I'd try it. After half an hour I wasn't seeing anything, but I felt paranoid and hid in a cupboard anyway.

Hi all, I’ve set up a fundraiser for #Hatzola #GoldersGreen Please share this widely so that hate never wins and the community can hopefully get their four ambulances back. I’m going to be donating myself. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/golders-gr...

In April, please remember to get your FACTS ready. 1. "Easter" was the pagan festival of chocolate eggs. 2. St. George wasn't English at all. He was the dragon, but they swapped it for the film. 3. "Alien" is an Easter film because there's a big egg.

To speculate the details about a negotiated agreement between the US and Iran before we even know whether it is anything other than a figment of Trump's fevered imagination is journalistic malpractice

Anders is a massively weird racist. A Rupert Lowe fan who worries about the maniacally weird online shitposters and arseclowns who damage Restore's reputation. But endlessly posts racist abuse at me!

Worrying signs that Lidl is getting more middle class: someone berating the security guard about the fact that they didn't vote for Brexit or Boris.

I think Nigel is actively trying to avoid getting more than 25% of voters. He doesn't want to be PM. That would be an actual job. The game is to plod away at this gig for a few more years to top up his pension, then retire to somewhere sunny.

Aesop: I TOLD YOU