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Gaullism is the new Atlanticism - the sooner the remaining Atlanticists realise this, the better

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Of course - of course - Labour has the back of the Grangemouth workers, members of my union Unite. Industrial change is coming: this government will not abandon working people as the jobs we need them to do change www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Communism was a failed modernisation strategy, whose efforts to rush things with authoritarian rule proved entirely counterproductive. Instead of the bourgeois & socialist revolutions being carried out simultaneously, both were bungled, leaving behind illiberal societies ripe only for reaction.

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This is really interesting

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I think possibly the most useful way to understand it would be that the vocally, stridently anti-fascist left did well

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Very interesting to look at the age distribution in the exit poll. The SPD which already did very poorly with young voters last time continues to loose further there - a party of pensioners. Interestingly, also huge losses for the Greens among young voters and massive gains for the Linke.

submitted 5 hours ago • 9 comments

Linke’s success on the back of Reichinnek’s barnstorming anti-fascist speech in the Bundestag is a useful illustration of @lioneltrolling.bsky.social’s point that politics is ultimately about speaking in public, and so just having someone who can express themselves well can often take you a long way

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I remain torn on whether or not I would want BSW to get through: on the one hand I loathe Wagenknecht’s geopolitical positions, on the other hand I suspect BSW may play a useful role as a non-fascist receptacle for anti-system & East German protest votes

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Everything hinges on whether FDP & BSW stay under 5%. If so, GroKo is in play without also needing Greens, which you have to think is least worst scenario at this point

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

Obviously not ideal, but if the exits are correct then things could easily have been a lot worse. We shall see.

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Wow! DIe Linke does much better than expected, while both CDU and AfD fall below symbolically important 30% and 20%, respectively. FDP might still make it, BSW less likely. Grand Coalition is possible but narrow margins... #BTW25 #GermanElection

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The Fort Knox gold? I'm hearing that Gordon Brown sold it.

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twitter ended up being very corrosive for expertise….not by empowering know-nothings, but rather by making specialized people self-destruct

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“The Internationalist Left will not abandon Ukraine”

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“The basic question is: which side are you on? Putin, Musk, Trump and the sieg-heiling Bannon? Or European democracy.” Exactly right from @paulmason.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/w...

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Simple question for Nigel Farage: "Would you support retaliation against the Trump administration if its policies endangered the jobs and security of UK citizens?"

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As the Cold War bit, Orwell wrote that the left had to choose between backing and opposing Stalinism. Just as, in 1940, the right had to choose over Nazism. Now the right is having to choose between backing and opposing Trumpism. And once again, the choices made now will have consequences.

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Is there any evidence for this assertion? I would think that - particularly now - change and disruption are frightening to most people; that people want systems they rely on to work, and for a stable foundation from which one can aspire and build.

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think what grates most about Fraser Nelson's "a dramatic shift? of MY Overton window?" shtick is that those of us who kept talking about the Spectator's dangerous slide to the right were treated as hysterical, not able to see the humour in shock jocks, etc etc, when we were just clearly right!

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FDR is the lodestar. Work out whose hatred you welcome.

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It’s not just authoritarianism - it’s oligarchy, driven by a corrupt and extractive gangster capitalism harnessing grassroots ethnonationalist populism to promote authoritarianism at home and imperialism abroad.

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All I keep thinking and hoping in the midst of extraordinary noise, is that Starmer, Macron, von der Leyen, Merz et al are all seeing the world as is and adjusting to that strategic reality. We are moving to a post-post-WWII world where liberal democracies must hold ground outside of Atlanticism.

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People’s budget baby!

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Most Western governments and politicians right now have no idea what they are up against. Our infrastructure and our alliances are completely outdated.

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@tomscotson.bsky.social's intra-Labour latest: The party's seaside MPs are getting more organised The Coastal PLP, chaired by East Thanet MP Polly Billington, will push for local investment when it meets Darren Jones next month These MPs fear their areas are particularly vulnerable to Reform

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I wrote this about the foolish naivety of conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and political zealots who hate precisely the tolerant, rational society that protects them www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Michael Young coined the phrase "meritocracy" as satire, and then he fathered Toby Young in case people didn't get the joke.

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I’m charmed! I’m so charmed! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

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I will be going to this on Saturday.

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everyone briefly acknowledged this is early 2022 before deciding that sincere admiration for a political leader was possibly problematic and maybe also cringe?

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