Matthew Bailey
Political bits and bobs, often to no meaningful end. Formerly the likes of thatchersrise etc over on the 'other' place.
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyLet's say a new leader became PM on 1st April. They could be Prime Minister until the 16th August 2029. That would make them the Prime Minister with the median time in office - 29 would have served more, 29 would have served less. Three Years & a few months is actually a really long time in politics
- Reposted by Matthew Baileythis is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyYet this is a government with three years left to run and an enormous Commons majority. For all the problems, there is an enormous opportunity there for someone with the political nous to take it and use it.
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyWe gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyEvery Lego catalogue, in full, from 1966-2015. At the link brickset.com/library/cata...
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyOperation Save Dull Dog.
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyFeb 1970: Silver Plated 'AFTER EIGHT' Mint Holder ad from HENNINGHAM & HOLLIS (+After Eight Mints) «Silver Plated 'AFTER EIGHT' Mint Holder»
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyThoughts in the FT on why I don't like the idea of an automatic by election if an MP changes party - but understand why some people do, along with a possible compromise... How to deal with defecting MPs - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyThe government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by Matthew BaileyOne thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyIn case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed. As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyRead this thread for the lived experience of what it's like in almost all UK universities now - just an internal implosion. Organisationally, morally, in terms of capacity and morale.
- Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyI've had enough.
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyPick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyIt is even worse than it looks
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyWhen Nottingham's overseas campuses are cited as evidence without any reference to Nottingham's UK campus woes, you know you have a half-baked, politically convenient policy in the oven. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyI think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
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- Reposted by Matthew Bailey"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyIt might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyStarmer's prob is that this sounds like a holding speech in the midst of a huge realignment (or, more accurately,a nutter President causing chaos). Fair dos. But ppl will also hear very Starmer-esque denial of the need for agility & imagination. The moment demands v. rare skills (that he hasn't got)
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyI still can’t quite believe that this reported Trump-Norway letter is real.
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyMe, an idiot: I'm worried about these parties that seem really hostile to darker-skinned people. James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
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- Reposted by Matthew BaileyLike a spy drop, my brilliant editor Rebecca Bardem at Bloomsbury has specially come to hand over the very first preview copy of my BFI Classics book. Where else but at the BFI? 🎥 (Out April 2nd)
- Reposted by Matthew BaileyYou will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
