cathmiles.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

It would be the most British Politics thing ever if the rise of populism falters because of house prices and Upper Working/Lower Middle class snobbery.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

One of those stats that always gets me when I see it... Norway's soverign wealth fund owns 1.5% of all listed shares.

submitted 12 hours ago • 22 comments

Starmer: "If you're a Tory voter who doesn't want a pro-Russia foreign policy, how does a merger with Reform work for you? If you're a Reform voter who thinks the Tories failed for 14 years, how does it work for you? Both sets of voters are being conned. It would be a disaster for the country." ~AA

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

The Economist's model says that Mark Carney is likely to win the Canadian election, wiping out a 24-percentage-point gap. Master diplomat Donald Trump has inadvertently swung an election. www.economist.com/interactive/...

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

You have to wonder what Mark Carney's other two wishes were after rubbing that bottle

submitted 1 day ago • 179 comments

The main story of the local elections is this 👇🏻 - the continuing collapse of the Tory vote. The BBC/print media are likely to frame the results as Labour losing support and Reform surging to power without analysing how the Tories are losing votes to both Reform and the Lib Dems in their heartlands.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The polling backdrop of the local elections - i.e., how they've shifted since these seats were last fought. As in the GE last year, the Tories' collapse is more proportional than uniform - they've lost more where they were stronger - meaning their losses will be more severe.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

To separate out the post-GE changes, here's the below chart rebased to our post-election figures (though, remember, it is the 2021 comparison that matters more on Thursday) Labour losing most strongly among 25-49s, in Scotland and Wales, as well as more among women and C2DEs.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Surprisingly poor performance by B*stars here. You would’ve thought fans of Sean Bean alone would get it above 1%.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Why are we not doing this? Never seen a more "no brainer" policy. Even people who are the most strongly opposed to immigration tend not to object to top scientists coming here.

submitted 5 days ago • 105 comments

Fun and important chart of how various party's voters felt about the other options in July 2024. IMO this is one of the most important things to keep an eye on this parliament.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

On the left - feeble, wishy-washy Labour comms On the right - terrifying, hard-hitting General Boles photoshop

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

The government borrowed £151 billion last financial year. Which was £14.6 billion more than the OBR estimate last month. And yet their forecasts for five years time are being used as the entire basis for public policy decision making.

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

submitted 6 days ago • 73 comments

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

submitted 7 days ago • 134 comments

If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.

submitted 8 days ago • 67 comments

UK political prognostications, 2019-2029: 2019: Tories to rule forever 2020: Tories to rule forever 2021: Tories to rule forever 2022: Oops 2023: Hmm 2024: Ah 2025: Farage to rule forever 2026: Farage to rule forever (Repeat until at least 2029)

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Not knocking Luke & MoreInCommon work here, but I am going to be a broken record on all MRPs from here to 2028: They are IMHO pretty useless as guide to potential results because how voters behave will depend hugely on which parties are competitive in their area & what they think of those parties

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

Should anyone out there still take an unhealthy interest in the Tories (I suppose I should add, for those who prefer novelty to tradition, that UKIP/Brexit Party/ReformUK is still very much part of their story too!), the updated paperback is out at the end of this week.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I’d buy it.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

This reads like a fire signal to alert the more oblivious members of the Supreme Court that we are on the precipice of everything falling apart.

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

This is why being nostalgic and anti-vaccine is dangerous Rows of mass graves, young graves and needless traumatic child deaths

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Behold the spectre, yet again, of the possibility of a “US-UK trade deal”. If something is agreed between the two countries over the next couple of months, it will be razor-thin. It will not be anywhere close to as beneficial as being in the European single market.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

The descent into fascism is always marked by the normalisation of crimes by the state. Trump’s shakedown of law firms has been pure extortion. A blatant crime. That mainstream media won’t say that should be a flashing warning sign.

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

💥 Whopper scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China. www.ft.com/content/20d0...

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

Genuinely amazing that Trump has devised a tariff regime that exempts phones manufactured in China but hammers anyone assembling electronics in the USA using parts made in China. Cannot wait to see how his boosters explain that decision as genius.

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

Some designs stand the test of time! 🩴 Ancient Egyptian flip-flop-style fibre sandals, still looking remarkably wearable, and as good as the day they were made some 3,400 years ago! From the Tomb of Yuya and Tjuya. Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

submitted 17 days ago • 8 comments

Best decision Sunak has ever made. Arise Sir Jimmy.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is finding out the US really isn’t as economically strong as he thinks it is.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Why did Trump pause the Tariffs?

submitted 18 days ago • 19 comments

The Good Friday Agreement was signed 27 years ago today. It was an act of delicate diplomacy, which delivered peace and security to a part of our country where those qualities had long been absent. Those achievements should never be taken for granted.

submitted 19 days ago • 46 comments

BBC 10 o'clock news (transcript) This gets the headline news wrong over Trump's tariff pause.

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

Big week for fans of the political Reverse Ferret.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Trump caved.

submitted 20 days ago • 87 comments

The US is utter chaos. Complete and utter chaos, for at least another four years and probably long into the future. Any British government working in the national interest will be investigating how to quickly reduce our exposure to it.

submitted 20 days ago • 77 comments

"We always thought a Liz Truss moment would never happen in a country like the US." If it does, it will be a thousand times worse than what we saw in the UK, says @lewisgoodall.com articles.globalplayer.com/2GXqAKfFLnkU...

submitted 20 days ago • 14 comments

It's at times like this that we're forced to acknowledge that the @BBC is no longer a source of serious, considered and informed commentary..The closing down of Newsnight & the trivialisation of Question Time profoundly wrong.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

European companies are looking at how to de-Americanify - column by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/eabd...

submitted 20 days ago • 15 comments

Today is the Anniversary of the Battle of Arras in 1917 which included the Canadian Corps assault on Vimy Ridge. The Vimy Memorial is one of the most impressive on the Western Front and I never tire in trying to capture its beauty and sadness.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments