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malch.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics at the University of Aberdeen.
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The end of US moral leadership.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I make a point of never disagreeing with @alexmassie.bsky.social when he's right. Right down to sticking one on Vance (which would have been entirely justified). open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Goodwin is a disgusting apologist for tyrants.

submitted 3 days ago • 78 comments

This was the plan all along. Get Zelensky to DC. Publicly humiliate him. Then blame him for the impasse and cut all funding. Puppetmaster Putin will be delighted with his stooges.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Why are you so obsessed with what people wear? Obama's tan suit. Zelensky's gear. The hell does it matter?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I admit that 2 hours ago, I'd thought Starmer had pulled off a diplomatic coup yesterday and the state visit was a really smart move. Now, he looks like he's appeasing fascist bullies, kissing Trump's ring for scraps from the table. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

JD Vance is such a sycophantic asshole.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Gregor Townsend says: "With that amount of possession we're normally good at converting into points." Erm... no, we're really not. We score off first or second phase ball, moments of brilliance. We're really bad at building phases and turning pressure into points. This is not a new problem.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hey look guys! We're back to Scotland finding new and even more excruciating ways of losing matches they shouldn't lose!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Classic Scotland. Dominate possession and territory. Do a couple of spectacular things. Only hold a 3 point lead at half time.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

The teams emerge at Allianz Twickenham to Coolio's 'Gangsta's Paradise'. As is tradition, of course, in this historic fixture.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

20 minute red card is such a stupid idea. A red card is a red card. And if its for foul play, you should be punished accordingly. Not a fan.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Wales waking up is good for the championship, keeps the excitement level up, and the title up for grabs. Bad for Scotland though - of course they're going to find form again just before they play us...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Watching Wales v Ireland and observing Christophe Ridley's biceps are bigger than my thighs. Not super surprising to see this in international rugby. Except for the fact that Ridley isn't playing... he's the ref.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Is Fraser Nelson for real? He gave over the Spectator to racist cranks, conspiracy theories and right wing loons that peddled exactly this. Now he's playing dumb as to 'how did we get here?' The gaslighting here is incredible.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Something about when women stand up to him that makes him mad. Almost like he doesn't like it when women refuse his advances...?

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

But but but.. Elon Musk is just an advisor, not a public official, right? That's the official line, this somewhat suggests otherwise...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

They might end up getting thumped, but 30 mins into a Champions League knock out game away from home and Celtic look as comfortable as they ever have at this level. Definitely look like they've learned some lessons in European football this season.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Always liked Brian Molko.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

The US Vice Presidency can be a stepping stone to the big chair, or it can be an irrelevance filled by a nobody. John Nance Garner described the office as not even being worth a bucket of warm piss. I reckon the bucket would still have more worth than JD Vance.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Frankly, this is an unfair comparison. Neville Chamberlain has at least twice the backbone of populism apologists.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Bye bye QAaron. Don't let the door hit your conspiratorial ass on the way out.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

When you were absent the day they taught constitutional law at law school... Middle school kids understand the separation of powers better than this.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Good news on both Finn and Darcy. Also huge credit to the SRU medics for erring on the side of caution and keeping Finn off even though he passed the HIA. More of this please: long term wellbeing comes first.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments