It Is Too Hot Tonight

okay hi Americans I don’t know who else needs to hear this but ‘nonce’ is not a catch all insult for someone you dislike. it does not mean dumbass. it does not mean asshole. it means paedophile. that’s why we call him Prince Nonce. thanks for coming to my ted talk

Non-white Brits aren’t real Brits: A recurring Bluesky plotline

As for every tournament, I’m just going to put it up because it bears repeating: “Three Lions” is not a song expressing a sense of entitlement about “football coming home”, but a song expressing a sense of hope persisting against bitter experience.

quick primer for our friends across the pond

Have had a lot of time for Maguire over the years, he was always overhated, but this is a bit pathetic

See, the thing is that whether USAID was a cynical op to expand imperial influence or a sincere act of goodwill from the United States, all those Africans are still dead.

Stop the count!!!

Wrote a letter to my MP, it’s probably not the most coherent thing in the world but I couldn’t not say anything.

this Labour Government has largely presided over the sharpest uptick in racial, religious, and LGBT+ violence in my lifetime and it's hard to really stress just how much Labour actively chose this

For me it’s as simple as Sunak fired Braverman. He expelled Lee Anderson. Both these came at considerable cost to himself, whereas Starmer has actively taken political damage *not* to stand up for liberal principles.

Man this is the guy Labour MPs have put governance of the country on hold for. What a joke

Interesting regions used for Scotland here

On a scale of 1 to Rochdale how much of a shitshow have these been

I am very concerned that not only does this guidance not appear to do this, but that it actively creates a situation where anyone could be challenged about accessing facilities based simply on how well someone else believes they visually conform to gender stereotypes.

It’s a long road ahead

I am a liberal and am against this sort of thing

I am again thinking of the Labour/LD Scottish Government of 2000, the vicious public attacks on Wendy Alexander and Sam Galbraith as they led the effort to repeal Section 28, the overwhelming public opposition to repeal, and the fact that they did it anyway because it was the right thing to do.

I am a liberal and I am against this sort of thing

If you think someone is trans, you can ask, however be sure to ask in a say that wouldn't put them at a disadvantage or seem hostile or that is harassment. If they deny it, you can ask them to prove it, however there aren't any documents that would work to prove it. Hope this clarifies things.

This is a licence for lawful bullying. Not just of trans people, but anyone that does not present gender in a conventional way. Utterly abhorrent for a supposedly free society.

this is supposed to be practical guidance for businesses to follow and instead it’s hedged to the point of incoherence because the politics behind it (~trans people aren’t real) is not compatible with the legal underpinning for it

Europe could Europeanise NATO’s structures; it could form a new alliance; or it could build on embryonic ones. Each would be risky—but less risky than doing nothing

Maybe I just hate fun but couldn't £300m be better spent on literally anything that would actually help with the energy supply problem at the heart of the Cost of Living Crisis? We could have another solar farm but the government is juicing demand for tickets to the Mandalorian and Grogu instead.

Checking for a nation: what was/is more stable: the Coalition with a majority of 77 between 2010 and 2015 or the single party government with a majority of 170 we have now.

I think part of the story of British politics over the past decade is the death of both Old Labours of right and left (ongoing still for the former)

Unnerving to me that literal MPs do not see why “security vetting gets a veto on whether elected MPs should take their seats” is not a good idea.

This headline is fuel for the right-wing anti-migrant reaction machine, but the article reveals the employer knowingly brought her to the UK under a visitor visa to employ her, then denied her a work permit—and most importantly!—refused to pay her any wages. This looks approximate to modern slavery

With Labour in the state it's in right now a Lib-Lab deal will be doomed from the start

The Labour party in the UK are doing the kind of toilet police nonsense that was a stable of the Republican Party in the USA 8 years ago. Culturally poisonous reactionaries.

The Labour Party is a moral disgrace and so is Bridget Phillipson, and any MP that doesn’t speak out loudly and oppose this is complicit.

It doesn't! More to the point, why does the Transport Secretary think she is qualified to diagnose what is or is not a disability? Labour once again aping Reform's talking points, only this time to discrimination against, and diminish the experiences of, neurodivergent individuals.

"A bankrupt institution lurching from crisis to crisis as it prolongs the inevitable whilst it undermines its stated purpose, the Prime Minister has been in office for less than 2 years."

It's funny that there's a certain FT columnist who I could pick their headlines out of a lineup every single time

Look at what you’ve done Starmer you shithead. The Russians are being smug. Fuck off

- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.

Principles only count if you do them when there is a real cost. Otherwise, they are just opinions.

The era of supply shocks cries out for a politician willing to be straight with people: these shocks make us poorer, we have to divide out the pain while sticking up our values. None of these measures pass that test

Stick a fork in this government and this Parliament. We're in such a dark place to get through any crisis current or in the near-future.

Sorry but this Russian oil decision needs to be Starmer’s Chris Pincher moment. Unless he fires (like, right now) whichever minister signed off on it, this has to be what ends him and should be hung around his neck for as long as he’s in public life

Absolutely fuming about this. Which core value of this country will Starmer not betray?

“Voluntary” price caps in a ruthlessly competitive and low margin sector, while loosening sanctions on a murderous regime. Good day for the grown ups are back in political charge, sensible and calm economics, etc

Seriously, Starmer should go today. This is disgusting.

Is it morally defensible? No. But is it a coherent response to a difficult situation? No. Ah, but is it effective in bringing down fuel prices? Ha, you're not going to believe this...

“Why do people dislike Keir Starmer?” Well, maybe because he’s one for constantly taking the easiest, least confrontational road even when it means crossing moral lines.

Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy

I guess Spurs are just that bad. Will be a lot of fun on Sunday

Truly isn’t the City team of old. Time comes for us all. Go well, Pep

West Ham probably deserve to go down but I feel sorry for them that they have to watch the world’s most clocked-out team try to beat Tottenham

Oh that was such a fantastic goal