mattroser.bsky.social
Cognitive neuropsychologist at the University of Plymouth and the Brain Research and Imaging Centre @bricplymouth.bsky.social https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/brain-research-and-imaging-centre
Also @MattNeuropsych at that other site.
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Lovely
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Zelensky is due to share his views on today’s Oval Office bust-up with Bret Baier of Fox News in a pre-recorded interview that is due to air at 6pm (11pm UK time)
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The more symbolic victories he can be given the better. The man is a tv personality (and monster). The performance is all.
Activate King Charles, Balmoral, Wills and Kate, Buck Palace and the Coldstream Guards.
If that means no tariff war, great.
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Yes.
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Finally a lesson for Labour: recognise that cosplaying AfD didn’t help the CDU. Merz set out to halve AfD support. Instead, he helped further normalise AfD and they landed on over 20% … gaining nearly 1 million votes *from* CDU.
Voters pick the original, not the copycat.
Don’t cosplay Reform!
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Yes, I think that is right in general and in this case in particular.
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I had a drink with my Reform voting neighbour recently. He complained that politicians just talk and what we need is a disrupter, like Trump, who he admires. I pointed out that part of Starmer’s appeal was relief from years of disruption. I think disruption means different things to different people
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No, it achieves great soft power bang for the buck and is even more important following the slashing of USAID. It’s dwarfed by pension liabilities. Reform the triple lock instead.
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Farage is increasingly required to recalibrate how weirdo-adjacent (to Musk, Trump, Peterson et al.) he wants to be as they self radicalise.
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Brits are so used to hating PMs dragging us into American wars, not sure we've grasped how much we might also hate American retreat, & not just in Ukraine. Think about eg the chaotic 2021 retreat from Kabul (when we had to leave because US did) for a rough idea of what this new world might look like