Bizarre explanation from GMP.

"the median voter will feel attacked"... ok but that's just One Guy?

Strong moment as Keir Starmer calls out the racism we’ve seen in recent weeks and months: "Labour is proud of Britain's flags but if they are painted alongside graffiti telling a Chinese takeaway owner to 'go home', that's not pride - it's racism."

In order to get settled status, you must: ✅ hold 1 fundraiser bake sale (homemade Victoria Sponge only) ✅ be a Parkrun steward on 3 consecutive rainy Saturdays ✅ iron 200 Primark tops at local charity shop and attach price tags (£5) ✅ do 30 hours of admin work onboarding other migrant volunteers

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

all i want is for chelsea to drop points just ONCE and of course west ham are dropping the most diabolical defending disasterclass OAT #WHUCHE #BarclaysWSL

NEW! In Liverpool for Labour Conference... Starmer is concentrating on Reform but Labour shouldn't mistake their threat on the right, even in Leave voting heartlands. Our new analysis w/ @martamiori.bsky.social explains: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

True patriots hate this government and the donkey-sanctuary-money-laundering-complex independently 🫡 (They raised £53 MILLION in 2023 and went OVER BUDGET. Spent £24 MILLION on staff, donkey feed, and maintenance in a single year?? Nah. Not buying it.)

my cat just pummeled the feather toy with a perfect right hook and then x-rayed my soul with her eyes ⚫️⚫️

An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond. Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.

Arsenal come away with 1 point, which is what they deserve. Once again Russo works so hard but receives no service. 4 elite wingers (Mead, Smith, Kelly, Foord) managed just 2 accurate crosses in 90mins... 😳 #ARSAVL #BarclaysWSL

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

EXCLUSIVE: Starmer Comms Offensive Leaked 🚨 1. "Labour Got it Wrong On Migration", op-ed in The Telegraph 2. "Restoring Trust with Digital ID Cards", #sponcon on Guido Fawkes 3. "I'd Never Have Supported Digital ID Cards If I Knew They Were Peter Mandelson's Idea", interview on GB News

"the belief that uncontrolled legal migration was nothing but good news for an economy should never have been accepted on the Left"

"I accept that there is an almost non-existent chance of repetition of this behaviour" is an insane thing for a judge to say about a guy who attacked someone with a knife in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses! www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Starmer needs to sign a trade deal with Nigeria STAT. We must create the UK Strategic Burna Boy Reserve (SBBR) to provide stability in these uncertain times.

When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:

all I'm saying is that there's a trade-off between legibility and whimsy and we got it wrong here

Richard Dearlove was ranting on GB News about the UK govt decision to recognize Palestine. Strangely he didn't disclose the fact that he retains close ties to Israeli intelligence. Leaked emails show Dearlove contacted former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy in 2020... www.gbnews.com/news/world/k...

But don't panic though. I've only found 2 papers with glaring errors... I just need to go through the rest of the papers published by these authors... I'm sure it's a totally reasonable amount!

On the off chance anyone else thinks of a 2003 register question our 2000 onwards spreadsheet is here pages.mysociety.org/parl_registe...

Here's a summary of all the errors/inconsistencies identified in this thread. 18 p-values inconsistent with CI 4 sign errors 2 typos 1 estimate outside CI ... and a partridge in a pear treeeeee! 🎄

🚨 estimate outside its confidence interval, i repeat, estimate outside its confidence interval 🚨 please go to your nearest underground bunker and only emerge when the rules of arithmetic have been restored

Did you find the BIG number? 0.778 is a clear typo. It should be 0.078, which would make the CI symmetric. And two sign errors: −0.009 (−0.087; 0.107) CI "leans" positive, estimate should be >0 0.035 (−0.130; 0.063) CI "leans" negative, estimate should be <0

But we shall persevere! Can you spot any errors here? There are three *obvious* ones... 👀 [Hint: find the biggest number in the table]

Plymouth Brethren charity Rapid Relief Team was handing out free coffees at an event with South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard last week. First time I've seen PB or its affiliates supporting an event for a Labour politician?

I regret to inform you I found *another* paper by (some of) these authors with similar errors... 🧵

Groundbreaking! @gidmk.bsky.social and @slate.com prove that you can cover an academic study by actually *reading* it, not just regurgitating every breathless bullet point from the press release... This is what science journalism should look like 👇 slate.com/technology/2...

Your Party unauthorized mockumentary when? It's what The People want.

If I had a nickel for every time the hosts of mega-hit podcast "The Rest Is History" said rape allegations weren't credible because everyone else said he was such a nice guy, then I'd have almost as many nickels as the hosts of mega-hit podcast "The Rest Is History"

God grant me the confidence of PSG Féminines putting in a last-minute offer for *Alexia Putellas*

I've been wrangling some data on UK All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) recently, and I feel compelled to share my highly scientific ranking of APPG Vibes... 🧵

I genuinely can't believe that people are still publishing papers presenting an "effect size" of 0.004 std devs (!) as meaningful... What are we doing here?? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I don't love the term "economic anxiety" but why do so many people think it means "economic deprivation"? Anxiety is in your head, not your pocket! Is this anxiety rational, i.e. is it based on objective risks to employment, housing, income?... That's the interesting question.

Reminder that Danny Kruger & his creepy APPG ("Faith and Society") got the government to give out £1.3 million via a lockdown community support fund where *only faith groups could apply*. Breathtakingly discriminatory. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Imagine what the police unions would be saying if calls for federal intervention were coming from the left... Instead: *tumbleweed* (or open support!)

I mean it's just a very silly reference. An electrician living in a liberal welfare state in 2025 has not experienced massive social dislocation. The march wasn't even calling for social protection! More useful references, imo: -Putnam, Bowling Alone -Kitschelt, The Radical Right in Western Europe

"my mate marched because he wants to feel pride in his country and a sense of community" is like saying "my mate marched because he wants a long walk"... Mission accomplished bro! That is not actually a demand on government! He has already found the solution to his problem!

Arsenal bluesky: #solutions

To this day, this was one of the most interesting and crazy investigations I've been part of, which contributed to Sophie's incredible 'My Little Crony' resource map of Plymouth Brethren links:

Australian ex-Minister for Health joined Plymouth Brethren-linked company whose owners won $135 million in gov contracts during Covid. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

awfc are averaging 1 rocket per match, long may it continue

The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: A free online book by @nrennie.bsky.social that guides us through the entire process of creating plots, including why certain decisions were made, using real datasets that have been part of #TidyTuesday. Very excited to get stuck into this one. #rstats

ok but what if you just listened to cleo purr groggily instead?

Really interesting paper. One issue that complicates interpretation is that they their treatment is exposure to a human-centric AI assistant (ChatGPT) not an autonomous AI agent. Creates a false sense of security rather than a more accurate subjective risk perception? @mhaslberger.bsky.social ‬