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Entirely predictably, the costs of blanket social media bans for under-16s are borne by disabled and neurodivergent children.

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The latest in 'we're now in a era of bloc politics' Will be more going on under the hood - but you can almost see straight intra-bloc transfers here (which was evident on the door)

This is very good. Clear, succinct, anchored in scholarship and crystal-clear in its recommendations.

Is this from Leviticus or Deuteronomy? I can never remember.

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Two points. 1. There was Epstein merch? 2. This seems to have been taken in 2009. Epstein was first convicted in 2008, meaning that Mandelson is sporting convicted paedophile merch.

@peterjukes.bsky.social has been joining the dots in light of the latest Epstein releases. It's an extraordinary story about moves to deregulate crypto, centring a new financial order on Russia and - to deliver on those aims - the strategic de-stablisation of liberal democracies (incl. Brexit).

Reform pivoting to plunging children back into poverty for the sake of a slightly cheaper pint.

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A great piece by @iandunt.bsky.social that provides not only a delicious skewering of Matt Goodwin, but also (and perhaps more importantly) offers a striking thesis on how Goodwin's brand of politics has been able to flourish.

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As a former resident of (the then not at all hipster) Levenshulme, I read this with great interest. It’s a brilliantly detailed and subtle analysis of the forthcoming by-election - especially good on the complexities of the left ‘bloc’ and the perils (for Reform) of Goodwin’s candidacy.

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Hell yes. The lingering suspicion must be that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he thinks it's absolutely huge (it's big, but not Mercator big).

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Between 1972 and 1985, my team - for most of that period in the top flight of English football - featured in live televised matches on five occasions. And that was a lot by the standards of the time.

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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Imagine the scenario where a bunch of ideological zealots under a capricious leader gain control of a nuclear power.

Everywhere you look, it’s Christmas on steroids - & has been for at least a month. Yet that doesn’t stop the right-wing press from its seasonal mouth-foaming rage at the idea that Christmas is being cancelled by the woke something or other. Allow the brilliant @monkemma.bsky.social to be your guide.

It's also a basic error made in the media - especially the broadcast media - where the prevailing (and utterly complacent) assumption is that reporting simply reflects the balance of public sentiment rather than actively shaping it.

Serious man-in-park-yells-at-clouds vibes about this.

Wait until he hears about Wales.

Kemi Badenoch - historian and theologian.

Congratulations @galonsosimon.bsky.social! It's a superb piece of work. Guillermo's thesis 'The Limits of Fiscal Convergence: A Practice-Based Account of the Fiscal Politics of Eurozone Design, Accession and Crisis in Italy and Spain' offers a major contribution to the literature on monetary union.

Let's see how 'great replacement' types try to spin this to their advantage. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that there has been a steep decline in net migration to the UK. Looking forward to the extensive coverage in the media. See www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.

Every Labour MP, SPAD and apparatchik should read this, then read it again. @casmudde.bsky.social with a perfect distillation of why the feted 'Danish model' doesn't work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!' On second thoughts ...

Perhaps the Home Secretary needs to learn about the difference between correlation and causation.

We are being governed by people who discount robust measures of public sentiment in favour of their ‘For you’ feeds on X.

Massive political science reply-all-gate in progress.

Not sure that this is quite what Popper had in mind. Refutation through shooting the shit doesn’t really cut it.

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Why the humanities *really* matter: a case study. Excellent thread.

Like inviting King Herod on to talk about developments in paediatric care.

Emma Monk is very good at this. Another magnificent demolition job on malevolent non-story designed to whip up Islamophobia.

Plus (a) the political context is completely different (PR and the soc dems govern in coalition with the centre-right) & (b) the 'success' of the soc dems has seen a progressive erosion of their voter base (not just in terms of who the residual voters are, but also in terms of how many there are).

Looking forward to hearing Matt Goodwin's reaction to this.

Of course, it makes most sense to talk about bloc politics within proportional systems where governing coalitions are an inevitability. Equally, to identify potential governing blocs based upon clear polling trends is indicative of the urgent need for the UK to reform its electoral system.