Ruairi Dunne
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- Truly, the FBPE-Starmtrooper is the final boss of centrism.
- They’ve caused more damage to the British establishment than the American one. Feels like a proper systemic meltdown over here, at the very least the beginning of the end of this government.
- "Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative. "What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today." New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
- Surely if "Pincher-by-name, pincher-by-nature" was the last straw for Boris Johnson... this whole thing is of an order of magnitude considerably worse for Starmer, just doesn't seem tenable at all. May limp miserably until May.
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- "Former" one step above "disgraced" in this Guardian style guide formulation.
- Since pubs are in the news and the timeline today, all time top tier pearl clutching here from a government MP - but also shows the outsize weight pubs have on politics in general.
- It's the Adam Curtis timeline, we're all just living in it.
- New Atheism finally defeats Al Qaeda. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- It’s interesting to think this will be going on as millions of football fans fly in and around America this summer.
- A minor electrical issue in the brain stem?
- Very late capitalism global supply chain to note Denmark supplies most of America’s insulin and weight loss drugs.
- @islingtongreens.bsky.social hi, is there information online about who is running for Islington council for the Green Party? Ideally at ward level if possible.
- Has anyone seen the weather ?
- Always the cowboy, never the cow.
- The staff in Greggs are wearing body cams.
- It all reminds me of the Johnson/Cummings relationship and administration except bolder and perhaps even dumber.
- I bet all these Musk/DOGE lieutenant goons have a substack.
- World Cup 2026 is going to be interesting.
- Hearing reports of a run on avocados in Brooklyn, not even joking.
- Reminds me of Boris Johnson claiming he was in 'King Kong mode.'
- Comparison is the thief of joy.
