Nostr notes by Ian Dunt

Now here he is, breaking the consensus. And look: the sky has not ...

2026-10-25T14:02:48Z

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Now here he is, breaking the consensus. And look: the sky has not fallen, the ground has not caved in.

Watching him carefully but deliberately wade into this issue is ...

2026-10-25T14:02:03Z

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Watching him carefully but deliberately wade into this issue is very encouraging. For over a decade, political leaders have not dared to break the consensus on free movement and without that there can be no meaningful improvement in European relations.

Again, worth analysing Burnham as if he is really good at ...

2026-10-25T13:59:25Z

Again, worth analysing Burnham as if he is really good at politics: moving red lines from things EU can't accept (free movement) to things it might (euro). Changing terms of debate on an issue from negative (uncontrolled immigration) to positive (Brits can go abroad for work).

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If I was a conservative, I'd be less concerned about liberal ...

2026-10-13T11:48:44Z

If I was a conservative, I'd be less concerned about liberal thought-control in universities and more concerned that educated people seem to have completely rejected my philosophy.

America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a ...

2026-10-08T08:14:57Z

America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' ...

2026-09-29T08:53:49Z

These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.

This week on Origin Story: The life & ideas of John Rawls, ...

2026-09-23T10:41:57Z

This week on Origin Story: The life & ideas of John Rawls, the most celebrated liberal philosopher of the post-war period. These are some of the most beautiful arguments in progressive thought. We do it as a one hour crash course. Everything you need to know. [podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/john-rawls-philosopher-king-of-the-20th-century/id1624704966?i=1000791109876 )
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British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the ...

2026-09-18T11:46:26Z

British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal [iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/british-journalism-and-polling-are-7d1 )
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We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it ...

2026-09-16T16:05:11Z

We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it and civilise its inhabitants until they achieve the kind of maturity required to govern themselves [inews.co.uk/opinion/pidd...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/piddington-youre-welcome-to-leave-the-uk-4767550?ito=link_share_article-top )

[Piddington, you're welcome to ...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/piddington-youre-welcome-to-leave-the-uk-4767550?ito=link_share_article-top )

Vaping could save millions of lives. The reason people hate it is ...

2026-08-28T09:30:45Z

Vaping could save millions of lives. The reason people hate it is because it is pleasurable, and some innate puritan part of their brain insists that quitting smoking should involve suffering
[iandunt.substack.com/p/lost-in-th...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/lost-in-the-cloud-how-vaping-was )

[Lost in the cloud: How vaping ...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/lost-in-the-cloud-how-vaping-was )

If you worry alot about AI, China's Robot Olympics is here to ...

2026-08-26T16:06:57Z

If you worry alot about AI, China's Robot Olympics is here to reassure you that things are going to be OK.
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Israel's E1 settlement project is the behaviour of a rogue ...

2026-08-26T15:00:06Z

Israel's E1 settlement project is the behaviour of a rogue state. It requires a very firm response.

[inews.co.uk/opinion/were...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/were-find-out-andy-burnham-really-is-4727593 )

[We're about to find out who An...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/were-find-out-andy-burnham-really-is-4727593 )

"Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Code of ...

2026-08-11T08:02:08Z

"Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Code of Practice"

A reminder that these things are not really that complicated. We are not the serfs of tech billionaires. We can regulate to get the world we want to live in. And it is easier to regulate if you operate at scale, as the EU does.

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This is interesting: Claude is going to add 'watermarks' to its output. [support.claude.com/en/articles/...](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16266773-how-claude-marks-ai-generated-content )

[How Claude marks AI-generated ...](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16266773-how-claude-marks-ai-generated-content )

This would be a very good move. I'm a recent convert to ...

2026-07-27T14:30:25Z

This would be a very good move. I'm a recent convert to mandatory voting and increasingly messianic about it [open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/killing-populism-what-australia-has-b87?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )

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Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous ...

2026-07-27T07:03:12Z

Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous figure in British politics. She's not as extreme as Farage or Lowe, but her impact is more pernicious. She actively prevents the British centre-right from adopting moderate positions, and thereby facilitates the radicalisation process.

I don't accept the stupider point at all but I think the ...

2026-07-25T10:55:01Z

I don't accept the stupider point at all but I think the lonelier argument in this piece is much more profound. I wish development pointed away from the anthropomising element of LLMs and had them answering in much colder manner, to emphasise that it's a machine.

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Excellent cut-&-keep guide by @npub1y0y…9flk on how to ...

2026-07-23T08:56:22Z

Excellent cut-&-keep guide by UCL Constitution Unit (npub1y0y…9flk) on how to repair Britain's constitutional system: Restricting patronage over the Lords, citizenship education for primary schools, giving Commons control of its timetable, fixing the tyranny of statutory instruments [www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/news/2026/jul/new-constitution-unit-report-makes-recommendations-safeguard-uk-democracy )

[New Constitution Unit report m...](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/news/2026/jul/new-constitution-unit-report-makes-recommendations-safeguard-uk-democracy )

Incredible scenes as Badenoch rules herself out as a candidate ...

2026-07-10T06:36:38Z

Incredible scenes as Badenoch rules herself out as a candidate

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Farage just called a referendum on the concept of objective ...

2026-07-07T15:03:41Z

Farage just called a referendum on the concept of objective reality [iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-jus...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-just-called-a-referendum-on )
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An absolute banger of an exclusive from the Sunday Times. ...

2026-07-05T08:43:40Z

An absolute banger of an exclusive from the Sunday Times. It's devastating. For the first time, I'm uncertain if Farage can actually survive this

[www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/revealed-nigel-farage-secretly-funded-by-convicted-criminal-j0brtrlnk )

[Revealed: Nigel Farage secretl...](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/revealed-nigel-farage-secretly-funded-by-convicted-criminal-j0brtrlnk )

Corrupt, embarrassing, an utter failure: Trump's catastrophic ...

2026-07-03T11:15:15Z

Corrupt, embarrassing, an utter failure: Trump's catastrophic handling of America's 250th anniversary [iandunt.substack.com/p/ice-ice-ba...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/ice-ice-baby-americas-national-decline-cb8 )

[Ice, Ice Baby: America's natio...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/ice-ice-baby-americas-national-decline-cb8 )

A travesty. What in God's name is the matter with her. ...

2026-06-30T07:06:26Z

A travesty. What in God's name is the matter with her.

[www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddlgqlm7q2o )

[Refugees will be told to repay...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddlgqlm7q2o )

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and ...

2026-06-23T17:44:05Z

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it

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Starmer resigns, has already spoken to the king. Will ask NEC to ...

2026-06-22T08:36:43Z

Starmer resigns, has already spoken to the king. Will ask NEC to set out timetable with nominations opening July 9. He'll remain as PM until contest complete. Promises orderly handover of power, which suggests he will stay until September even if there isn't a contest.

This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a ...

2026-06-10T14:46:12Z

This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House [inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/farage-lowe-musk-snarling-trio-destroy-britain-4465693 )
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I know this is hopelessly naive but I genuinely never thought so ...

2026-06-10T10:20:36Z

I know this is hopelessly naive but I genuinely never thought so many people would be comfortable using a website designed to help coordinate fascist activity.

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, ...

2026-06-10T09:14:37Z

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

This is very good on the logical preposterousness of the trans ...

2026-05-30T09:26:25Z

This is very good on the logical preposterousness of the trans bathroom ban. It simply cannot have been the intention of the Equality Act or the governments which administered it.

[www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ )
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Forcing Farage to talk about the Brexit disaster is key to ...

2026-05-18T12:55:43Z

Forcing Farage to talk about the Brexit disaster is key to defeating him [inews.co.uk/opinion/forc...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/forcing-farage-talk-brexit-disaster-key-defeating-him-4423624 )

[Forcing Farage to talk about t...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/forcing-farage-talk-brexit-disaster-key-defeating-him-4423624 )

This is a very sensible plan for funding London's bridges. ...

2026-05-18T09:49:35Z

This is a very sensible plan for funding London's bridges. More importantly it is a very beautiful plan, or could be.

[www.greaterlondon.co/p/how-to-bui...](https://www.greaterlondon.co/p/how-to-build-a-street-bridge?open=false )

[How to build a street bridge](https://www.greaterlondon.co/p/how-to-build-a-street-bridge?open=false )

Lots of talk of Streeting and Burnham being at war over Europe ...

2026-05-18T06:29:52Z

Lots of talk of Streeting and Burnham being at war over Europe but their statements were actually very similar. Streeting: "one day back in the European Union. Burham: "In the long term there is a case for [rejoining]". The emphasis is different but the basic position is the same.

Probably the best debate I've heard about AI. Refreshingly ...

2026-05-05T13:53:21Z

Probably the best debate I've heard about AI. Refreshingly clear and reasonable [pca.st/episode/9ff8...](https://pca.st/episode/9ff8f93e-3245-4d60-9e29-93fb0f21528b )

[James and Martin have a big fi...](https://pca.st/episode/9ff8f93e-3245-4d60-9e29-93fb0f21528b )

Proper meat-and-potatoes old school scandal. ...

2026-04-30T21:03:38Z

Proper meat-and-potatoes old school scandal.

[www.theguardian.com/politics/202...](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024 )

[Exclusive: Nigel Farage was gi...](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024 )

There's a lot that's wonderful in this piece but this was ...

2026-04-26T07:53:36Z

There's a lot that's wonderful in this piece but this was my favourite part

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Orban is not conceding because he's honourable. He's ...

2026-04-12T19:39:07Z

Orban is not conceding because he's honourable. He's conceding because his defeat is so comprehensive even he can't pretend he won.

Your regular reminder that the US had a pain-stakingly negotiated ...

2026-04-12T07:42:06Z

Your regular reminder that the US had a pain-stakingly negotiated and workable deal with Iran when Trump came to power, but he tore it up. He's now desperately trying to secure a deal much worse than the one he set aside.

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The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide ...

2026-04-10T11:16:43Z

The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide [iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle-against-trump-is-a-battle-f75 )
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That Trump post is a clear expression of genocidal intent. Clear ...

2026-04-07T12:18:36Z

That Trump post is a clear expression of genocidal intent. Clear cut case with zero caveats.

A mind-breaking muddle of news this morning: Humans going further ...

2026-04-07T07:33:58Z

A mind-breaking muddle of news this morning: Humans going further than ever before in space and a lunatic president openly threatening war crimes at home. The sublime and the degenerate. Hard to keep it all in your head at once.

Please read this, understand what the govt is doing & take ...

2026-03-31T09:59:18Z

Please read this, understand what the govt is doing & take action. Labour's immigration proposals swap integration for segregation, introduce a Dubai-style Kafala system of coercive employer control & drive low-income families into poverty. They're an abomination.

[open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...](https://open.substack.com/pub/wewantedworkers/p/earned-settlement-retrospective-change?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )
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Hard to be optimistic about anything at the moment, but there is ...

2026-03-21T14:35:40Z

Hard to be optimistic about anything at the moment, but there is one positive development I suppose. Donald Trump has made the strongest possible case for why countries must turn their back on fossil fuel. And they seem to be listening.

This is outstanding by ...

2026-03-20T08:18:01Z

This is outstanding by [@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:uyqz2nkbli6otogvabjw46rn ) on the weaponisation of irony and the need for radical sincerity

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How Paris beat the car ...

2026-03-12T23:10:05Z

How Paris beat the car [www.ft.com/content/882e...](https://www.ft.com/content/882ebf59-d14a-4d4c-beb7-af72df31a4f3 )
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So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to ...

2026-03-12T00:47:41Z

So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to destroy nuclear material. You failed to eradicate Iran's retaliatory capacity. You brought chaos to the Middle East. You killed god knows how many people. You destabilised your own economy. All for nothing, but the ego of madman.

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I understand the pressures on Rutte but he really has turned into ...

2026-03-04T23:02:52Z

I understand the pressures on Rutte but he really has turned into a hapless buffoon. Helping to eradicate the rules based order he believes he's upholding.

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It's a thoughtless, mean-spirited and counter-productive ...

2026-02-17T19:19:18Z

It's a thoughtless, mean-spirited and counter-productive idea. They shouldn't have proposed it in the first place. But now they have, they should think again.

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Outstanding. A triumph for liberty and against unrestrained state ...

2026-02-13T10:24:28Z

Outstanding. A triumph for liberty and against unrestrained state power. The government should be ashamed of having to be forced into this position.

[www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule )

[UK ban on Palestine Action unl...](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule )

Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next ...

2026-01-27T10:54:23Z

Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.

[inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rejoining-eu-only-way-trump-4170994 )

[Rejoining the EU is the only w...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rejoining-eu-only-way-trump-4170994 )

Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of ...

2026-01-26T13:04:53Z

Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.

Dear Christ RE: ...

2026-01-23T13:43:24Z

Dear Christ

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Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the ...

2026-01-23T12:42:39Z

Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered [iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-d9f )
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Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs ...

2026-01-21T14:32:22Z

Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US

Nostr event nevent1qqszmfprg6d5ynuj7z9ht6cmn32qsjwhsqmkjfnlsapymd8etkw9hnczyp6pgy9x9y2dkk0dcwfg7m47jzxxd696zswrtjyxtgjh64k8qdlxjr2hu24

2026-01-15T16:40:09Z

What the fuck is going on

The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show ...

2026-01-14T18:43:32Z

The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone [inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-government-staying-on-x-is-pathetic-4169855 )
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Remember when we used to have those chats about what would tempt ...

2026-01-09T14:21:51Z

Remember when we used to have those chats about what would tempt us into becoming paying subscribers on old Twitter. Who could have guessed that the company's eventual proposal would be paedo-porn-on-demand.

The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office ...

2025-12-10T18:07:51Z

The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office [inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-asylum-scandal-politicians-4098393 )
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Very good series of proposals from the UK Trade and Business ...

2025-12-10T13:42:26Z

Very good series of proposals from the UK Trade and Business Commission on a UK-EU youth mobility scheme: Set it initially at 44,000, keep fees at a nominal level, have it last for two years with an optional year add-on at the end [www.bestforbritain.org/launch_yes_w...](https://www.bestforbritain.org/launch_yes_with_44_000_cap )

[Launch UK-EU youth experience ...](https://www.bestforbritain.org/launch_yes_with_44_000_cap )

Life with a dog is good. Until you're hungover and it's ...

2025-12-04T13:01:34Z

Life with a dog is good. Until you're hungover and it's raining and you're walking around with a bag of wet shit wondering what the fuck you did with your life.

I will never understand why James Cameron decided the waste the ...

2025-12-02T19:24:39Z

I will never understand why James Cameron decided the waste the second half of his career making films about these godforesaken jungle smurfs.

They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to ...

2025-11-12T15:12:44Z

They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to create an artificial general intelligence, despite having no idea what that is, no proof they can build it & no hope of doing so. Cunts just read too many sci-fi books.

Brilliant article, which demonstrates the mad outcomes of ...

2025-11-08T09:11:52Z

Brilliant article, which demonstrates the mad outcomes of changing council tax without revaluation. The tax system is already arbitrary, irrational and unfair. That must change, or the same old problems will persevere.

[www.politicshome.com/news/article...](https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/analysis-shows-why-council-tax-reform-could-be-incredibly-difficult )

[Why Council Tax Reform Is Frau...](https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/analysis-shows-why-council-tax-reform-could-be-incredibly-difficult )

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've ...

2025-11-06T07:22:46Z

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

[news.sky.com/story/the-x-...](https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487# )

[Elon Musk is boosting the Brit...](https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487# )

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than ...

2025-10-15T13:35:08Z

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality [inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/labour-admits-brexit-terrible-now-time-act-3980338 )
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most ...

2025-10-08T08:28:34Z

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out ...

2025-10-03T11:04:21Z

The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is [open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/whats-the-shit-you-wont-put-up-with?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )

[The politics of drawing a mora...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/whats-the-shit-you-wont-put-up-with?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? ...

2025-10-01T17:00:57Z

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster [inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/brexit-disaster-now-starmer-dares-admit-it-3950827 )
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Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With ...

2025-09-28T22:05:39Z

Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc [open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...](https://open.substack.com/pub/arthursnell/p/has-russia-lost-moldova?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )

[Has Russia lost Moldova?](https://open.substack.com/pub/arthursnell/p/has-russia-lost-moldova?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )

Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer ...

2025-09-26T06:03:20Z

Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards [www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/25/the-left-ignored-immigration-fears-for-too-long/ )

[Access Restricted](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/25/the-left-ignored-immigration-fears-for-too-long/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email )

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration ...

2025-09-12T06:54:41Z

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. [www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup )

[Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 year...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup )

This is CNN, a channel I really enjoy when I'm in the US. I ...

2025-08-19T07:36:46Z

This is CNN, a channel I really enjoy when I'm in the US. I wonder if American journalists are aware of how completely insane they look to the rest of the world. How utterly detached their narrative is from everyone else's. [edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/trump-zelensky-meeting-oval-office-putin-war-analysis )
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An abomination. An affront to free speech and an acute threat to ...

2025-08-10T10:01:05Z

An abomination. An affront to free speech and an acute threat to the consensus on terrorism
[www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/palestine-action-arrests-london-largest-protest-ban )

[Police arrest 474 people at pr...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/palestine-action-arrests-london-largest-protest-ban )

There's a ridiculous disconnect between the promises of AI ...

2025-07-27T13:05:47Z

There's a ridiculous disconnect between the promises of AI and the reality. My Google Home works right half the time I ask it to call my phone. The notion that it's on the verge of being able to sort restaurant reservations and organise my calendar seems fanciful.

The rest of the comments are an open expression of ethnic ...

2025-07-25T09:02:58Z

The rest of the comments are an open expression of ethnic cleansing. They are confirmation of a war crime.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p5yoii26kayabauhkym3vtms/post/3luqaw3sfhy22

quoting
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pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
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Our conversation over the last couple of days suggests a complete ...

2025-07-23T20:39:45Z

Our conversation over the last couple of days suggests a complete moral breakdown, at a national scale. Instead of sympathising with far-right protests, politicians should be fucking challenging them.

[inews.co.uk/opinion/star...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/starmers-response-to-far-right-protests-exposes-britains-moral-decline-3821000 )
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'Prior to the home sec's decision to proscribe Palestine ...

2025-07-22T11:28:48Z

'Prior to the home sec's decision to proscribe Palestine Action, no organisation... has ever been proscribed solely on the basis that they carry out actions which cause serious damage to property'

Good piece on legal Qs surrounding Palestine Action [ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...](https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/nour-haidar-home-secretary-vs-palestine-action-the-constitutional-implications-of-widening-the-legal-understanding-of-terrorism/ )

[Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs...](https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/nour-haidar-home-secretary-vs-palestine-action-the-constitutional-implications-of-widening-the-legal-understanding-of-terrorism/ )

Holy shit the government's Restoring Trust in Democracy ...

2025-07-17T10:01:19Z

Holy shit the government's Restoring Trust in Democracy policy paper is good.

Reactionaries hate universities because they create open-minded ...

2025-05-30T14:48:55Z

Reactionaries hate universities because they create open-minded liberated people [open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/trump-vs-harvard-why-they-hate-universities?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )
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Trump vs Harvard: It's the fascism, stupid ...

2025-05-30T11:12:09Z

Trump vs Harvard: It's the fascism, stupid [iandunt.substack.com/p/trump-vs-h...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/trump-vs-harvard-why-they-hate-universities )
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UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say ...

2025-05-27T04:53:05Z

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers [www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/uk-must-impose-sanctions-on-israel-to-meet-legal-obligations-say-more-than-800-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_url )

[UK must impose sanctions on Is...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/uk-must-impose-sanctions-on-israel-to-meet-legal-obligations-say-more-than-800-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_url )

This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force ...

2025-05-23T06:40:43Z

This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined [www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/trump-harvard-international-students?CMP=share_btn_url )

[Trump administration halts Har...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/trump-harvard-international-students?CMP=share_btn_url )

Outstanding from Lammy. Impossible to tolerate the moral oblivion ...

2025-05-20T13:56:35Z

Outstanding from Lammy. Impossible to tolerate the moral oblivion into which Netanyahu has dragged Israel.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:26tsf647wqnoo7umh4ywwz7a/post/3lpm7xroawk23
nostr:note1gay8s585remg2dpdr8yq9r7hqksln85e8yrnx0xcppdcqncv589qrlf7mp

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the ...

2025-05-13T09:39:05Z

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.

Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being ...

2025-05-12T08:11:49Z

Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.

This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams ...

2025-05-11T05:29:33Z

This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams of the tech overlord class

[arstechnica.com/culture/2025...](https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/ )

[Silicon Valley billionaires li...](https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/ )

Trump's descent into fascism is worse than we could have ...

2025-04-28T11:52:29Z

Trump's descent into fascism is worse than we could have predicted [inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trumps-descent-fascism-worse-than-predicted-3663386 )

[Trump's descent into fascism i...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trumps-descent-fascism-worse-than-predicted-3663386 )

BlueSky, please can you remind me of some of the most ...

2025-04-16T09:54:19Z

BlueSky, please can you remind me of some of the most embarrassing pro-Trump apologia from people who should've known better at the start of the year? There's been so much I think I've forgotten most of them.

"Given that the US economy is entirely dependent on Chinese ...

2025-04-10T15:08:42Z

"Given that the US economy is entirely dependent on Chinese sources for vital goods (pharmaceutical stocks, cheap electronic chips, critical minerals) it's wildly reckless not to ensure alternate suppliers/adequate domestic production before cutting off trade" [www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trade-wars-are-easy-lose )

[Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trade-wars-are-easy-lose )

So, in summary: Trump panicked and then capitulated. However: he ...

2025-04-09T17:59:02Z

So, in summary: Trump panicked and then capitulated. However: he has left an eye watering traffic with China, a still-painful traffic with everyone else, and a sense of permanent instability.

Oh look. So despite all the hand-wringing about Le Penn's ...

2025-04-07T05:27:54Z

Oh look. So despite all the hand-wringing about Le Penn's sentence and the insistence that it would trigger great surges of public sympathy, hardly anyone came to her sadsack protest [www.politico.eu/article/mari...](https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-political-future-france-democracy-europe-verdict-embezzling-funds/ )

[Le Pen’s ‘Save Democracy’ rall...](https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-political-future-france-democracy-europe-verdict-embezzling-funds/ )

Trump is learning what Truss learned before him: that the market ...

2025-04-04T13:51:53Z

Trump is learning what Truss learned before him: that the market is the last bastion of commonly-accepted truth, which all sides accept as empirically real [open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/some-disparate-thoughts-on-the-second?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )
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The suffering that will be unleashed on Vietnam, Cambodia and ...

2025-04-03T11:27:27Z

The suffering that will be unleashed on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos is horrific. And that's not because they have "raped" America. It's because they're poor, they can't afford many US goods but they can become wealthier by exporting to rich countries.

This is what empires look like when they fall ...

2025-04-03T08:33:18Z

This is what empires look like when they fall [inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trumps-downfall-begins-now-paranoia-baseless-rage-3621228 )

[Trump’s downfall begins now – ...](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trumps-downfall-begins-now-paranoia-baseless-rage-3621228 )

Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French ...

2025-04-01T15:15:17Z

Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.

[open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...](https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/want-to-know-how-trump-gets-in-just?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7aibo )
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Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any ...

2025-03-31T10:33:44Z

Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.

UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit ...

2025-03-14T08:24:46Z

UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit [www.theguardian.com/business/202...](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/13/uk-food-and-drink-exports-to-the-eu-down-34-since-brexit?CMP=share_btn_url )

[UK food and drink exports to t...](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/13/uk-food-and-drink-exports-to-the-eu-down-34-since-brexit?CMP=share_btn_url )

I just find this terribly strange and foolish. Stay on X, sure. ...

2025-03-11T16:16:04Z

I just find this terribly strange and foolish. Stay on X, sure. Governments want all the communication outlets they can get. But by the same measure, why would you not be here.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4cho76ismuzgz4acdwlz7vf/post/3lk4gxxovxs23

Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No ...

2025-02-28T21:08:27Z

Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No excuses. No equivocation.

Trump cannot be given a state visit to the UK. It should never ...

2025-02-28T20:39:25Z

Trump cannot be given a state visit to the UK. It should never have been offered. The invitation must now be withdrawn. You might as well hand it to Putin.

America will have to live with the shame of what's happening ...

2025-02-22T17:47:17Z

America will have to live with the shame of what's happening here for years.

[www.wsj.com/world/europe...](https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-pushes-kyiv-to-kill-its-u-n-resolution-marking-wars-anniversary-ed6db571 )

[U.S. Pushes Kyiv to Kill Its U...](https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-pushes-kyiv-to-kill-its-u-n-resolution-marking-wars-anniversary-ed6db571 )

One week in the life of Kemi Badenoch. She may well be the most ...

2025-01-17T12:17:41Z

One week in the life of Kemi Badenoch. She may well be the most hapless opposition leader we've seen in our lifetime. She makes Michael Foot look like Barack Obama. [iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-i...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-in-the-life-of-kemi-badenoch )

[One week in the life of Kemi B...](https://iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-in-the-life-of-kemi-badenoch )