This is one of the most brilliant (and beautifully written) analyses of the dissolution and future of the UK's party system you will ever read. @prospectmagazine.co.uk is free to read at the moment, so I'd urge any of you with an interest in British politics to get hold of it as soon as you can.

🐦 Did you take part in the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch? Andy Wilson did at Whalley Range CC, winner of The Cricketer's Greenest Cricket Ground competition in 2021. He spotted 16 species, including 15 goldfinches! 🏏 What birds have you spotted at your local club?

It's not even the Tory-lite Party any more, is it? It's just The Tories - with special guest star, Nigel Farage.

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

In addition to the post, to accompany the new Blog title there is a new, separate Blog Page setting out in detail what ‘Brexitism’ means. Defining Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/p/defining-b... 2/2

From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/from... 1/2

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

Outstanding.

Having had a first pass at the Industrial Strategy, my thought is that I am not sure how a strategy that is entirely reliant on a sustained large supply of graduates is wholly compatible with a relaxed attitude towards the financial distress of the institutions charged with producing that workforce.

Have a smile at this Jonathan bsky.app/profile/junk...

Facing Trump’s lunacy the UK now has some idea how Brexit felt to the EU. An idea that never made sense, promoted by scoundrels, voted for by the lied to, which led to fracturing trade with long-term allies, making both sides worse off, and all for nothing.

How Trump has reset the Brexit reset. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The moral collapse of the US & the US's declaration of economic war both change the meaning of the Brexit reset, but they don't necessarily change it in the same way: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...

The people have lost faith in politics. Politicians seem above the law. They are corrupt. They use public money for their own benefit. They lie to the public about who funds them. That is why we must allow the convicted criminal who embezzled from the public purse to run. - Me, for the Spectator.

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Genuinely serious, realistic appraisal of our current predicament from @anthonypainter.bsky.social. Highly recommended. anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...

A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester #TeslaTakedown By Dominic Jackson northwestbylines.co.uk/region/great...

The new global divide makes Brexit an anomaly. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog on the choices facing the UK, what they show about the realities of sovereignty, how they're already changing domestic politics, and what they mean for Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

Trump’s new world chaos offers possibilities for post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The UK's choice isn’t just between US & EU, it's about the new global divide, and it could finally change the stale politics of Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/trum...

And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America

The UK is under attack

clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3m...

And the only "solution" ever offered? Some variation of "STOP NOW AND TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO WHEN I HAD HAIR AND DIDN'T NEED VIAGRA." People make an actual living churning out this derivative nonsense.

Proposed changes to inheritance tax for farmers have stirred up strong feelings. An author with a family background in farming looks at both sides of the issue | Richard Styles

Here it is. Thank you all - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...

Six of the Best: simple things to make your club more nature friendly 🏏🐝🌼🌳🦋🐞☘ Mark Cocker author and naturalist (Guardian's Country Diary) offers some top tips to make your cricket club that little bit greener💚 New blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZgUJaU #Cricket #Biodiversity

Just remembering this great post by @briancalbrecht.bsky.social, whose newsletter is fantastic.

"a strategy of starvation was always going to be indefensible" is somewhere of an understatement. #Genocide

A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah state, says Guardian columnist Jona…

Look at the farmers’ protest, and then ask yourself: how will we ever make tax fairer amid such grumbling? | Polly Toynbee

Disappointing from LDs on farms. I get that they see opportunity in rural seats, but to say NO landowners, of any size, should pay inheritance tax, attack gov’t for NICs, and not even mention Brexit, duff deals, etc. is pretty poor. We need more heft on the left & they’re going Cleggy again. #BBCQT

Aha! I've always felt sorry for competent center-right economists, of whom there are many, because the GOP only listens to the likes of Larry Kudlow and Stephen Moore. I had a vaguely formulated theory along these lines, but this nails it

Love to the family. First on here for me ☺

Labour wants tax rises to fall on the ‘broadest shoulders’. The farmers furore shows why that’s so hard to achieve | Rafael Behr

Sixteen-year-old Sachin Tendulkar takes to the field in his first Test v Pakistan on 15th November 1989. He scored 15 in his only innings and was bowled by another making his Test debut, 17-year-old Waqar Younis

Cartoon of the era: 2016-20??

That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement

In the early 1900s, Ivy League administrators helped change admissions criteria to value intelligence, rather than status, in an effort to create a more democratically selected ruling class. Their idea backfired, David Brooks argues: theatln.tc/1ch9XfSk

Amid so much that is being written about Trump etc, this from @mattcarr55.bsky.social is worth your time