We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.

Really enjoyed this reflective piece on the Steven Bartlett self-optimisation debate from @chinemcdonald.bsky.social @theosthinktank.bsky.social: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2026... #DiaryofaCEO #StevenBartlett

good thread on where the centre right has gone - would also add that the '10-'24 centre-right people have mostly left politics now, as many were always going to do as politics is quite generational, but there just isn't a new generation of post-Cameroons willing to pick up those fights

Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.

oh great yeah, we did need another one of those

And as a side note, it is a really good thing this is happening - the best thing to come out of Blair’s intervention would be a proper debate on substance in the party.

If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue....

Most of us are used to listening to our conscience. But what is it and where does it come from? Come and join my short course at City Lit (@citylit.bsky.social) on Sat 6 June to explore insights on #conscience from #philosophy to #psychology to #neuroscience. 💡 www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/hist...

BBC bigging up Reform UK and saying congrats to them and stuff! With not even a third of the councils in and a lot of debate still on where we're to land! Quality of coverage very poor and runs on rails: 'Reform triumph' was decided on weeks ago. Pitiful.

from Fraser Nelson:

extremely good, this one

I’m not a #BBC conspiracy theorist and I usually defend them, but I find it very odd that we’ve not seen a word from them reporting this, or Farage’s Cameos yesterday, or Tice’s alleged tax avoidance on Monday. If it had been three Labour frontbenchers…

Important data about Gorton & Denton from @bwalker.uk. 1. Only around 5% of Lab 2024 voters switched to Reform vs 36% to Greens. 2. No evidence of support for Reform among under 35s (sub 10%) - it's all over 55s 3. Progressives were undecided til last minute www.newstatesman.com/politics/pol...

“the changes would ensure additional or replacement keys were only issued with permission from the person staying in the room” I can’t get my head round this not being the case already! Until now an abuser would’ve been able to get access to a DV victim’s room?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's almost like being fabulously rich doesn't make you happy or well adjusted. It's almost like it makes you sad and lonely. And leaves you forever casting about for scapegoats to offset your deep self-loathing. Thank you Jim Ratcliffe and Elon Musk for these important life lessons.

Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we will remember the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.

NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

Headline to make your skin boil. metro.co.uk/2026/01/12/t...

At @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Wes Streeting says: "One of the great challenges...is how to reform the state and public services so they deliver for people" "Failure in this area has led to disaffection, cynicism, and ultimately, the rise of populists."

What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!

The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point. If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways: labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...

The mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ debate misses the point. If the issue is managing the stresses and emotions of everyday life, Wes Streeting’s review gives the govt the opportunity to empower people to manage their mental health without clinical pathways: labourlist.org/2025/12/ment...

Critics will say that Labour’s trying to out-Reform Reform, but this kind of international collaboration feels a world apart from the obnoxious, Trumpian bullying and grandstanding we’d get from Farage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ECHR #Labour #Reform

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Normally a defender of the BBC and especially BBC News, but this comma splice is unacceptable.

“The tyrannical soul is never satisfied.” — Plato, Republic

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I’ll be reflecting on the need for our deputy leader to articulate a coherent Labour philosophy and vision as I cast my vote this week. #Labour #DeputyLeader #Election

“Yet this is the problem. Debate and intellectual discourse no longer define this Labour Party.” Bingo - this is why @hannahmerich.bsky.social and I argue that our next deputy leader needs to change that in @labourlist.bsky.social: labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...

Plato said it best: “Either philosophers must become rulers, or the people who are now rulers become real, true philosophers” The Labour Party needs a deputy leader who will articulate a Labour philosophy and vision, to give this government a compelling narrative and vision for Britain:

I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates! @hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:

There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates! @hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:

Really enjoyed this evening’s @renewaljournal.bsky.social lecture from Anneliese Dodds. She’s right that delivery in government is necessary but not sufficient. Labour must protect democracy and be a voice for humans in the age of AI. #Labour #AI #democracy

“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; ...and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.” — Thomas Paine

It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it? Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up

If MPs aren't 100% convinced that safeguards for vulnerable people are watertight, their obligation is to vote against the #TerminallyIllAdults Bill today. #AssistedDying

just saw a headline about "Britain's most woke roundabout" and I think I'm done

Please can we go back to those days?

Farage has made at least nine trips abroad, including eight to the US, since last year’s general election, with many of them either funded by donors or undertaken for paid employment such as speeches.

Just realised the 2015 UK general election was *10* years ago this week. Wild that we dodged the bullet of chaos with @edmilibandmp.bsky.social and enjoyed a decade of uninterrupted stability and growth.

If you’re curious about why this is, I wrote about it for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social: progressive.org/latest/insid...

Not sure it’s the time to start impersonating someone, but I guess if it’s going well…

Exercise can counter side-effects of cancer treatment, biggest review of its kind shows

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today. This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.

Another annual myth, just like the ‘Winterval’ one that’s been circulating since I was a kid

💯 this!!!

Not just for this administration, but for the next. If you're a Trump supporter or Republican, do you really want the next Democratic administration to defy court orders whenever they feel like it?