sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This kind of thing is fuel for his supporters. In there twisted mind this only proves him/them right. It’s an odd kind of one that can so flagrantly disregard such clear facts, but they do it every day.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Nuclear launch is, frankly, far more likely to occur from misunderstandings/miscommunications than from Vlad (or anyone) deciding to show how hard he is. For a while it seemed less implausible that it might happen. As I say, the memory is powerful for some of us. Very glad to be overreacting.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I totally get your point, and I’m not answering for cowardly politicians. All I’m saying is that for some of us there was a period of time recently where it seemed the clocks had been turned back and we remembered how it felt to be genuinely scared. We thought that time had passed.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s numerous examples of system errors, human errors and general unpredictable weirdness that led down a bad path. A former USAF guy once told me of an incident in the 70’s involving sunspots which led SAC to put the bombers on the runways, and nearly launched. That kind of thing…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I get what you’re saying and I’m very glad if that’s the case, but I’m one of those who grew up very much under the threat of total armageddon and it wasn’t too hard a couple of years ago to imagine that we were one miscommunication away from one misinterpretation that led to something awful.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I would think it good to ask “where is the centre in 2025?”
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Riiiiiiiight…. No evidence at all that the people you took money from are harmful to democracy. Because what would that say about you?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m really glad you represented Guehi. Let’s hope you get him an equally good deal in January.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
TBF I think Cynthia at Rambutan is the only one who cares.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Pretty sure ‘kari’ is Sri Lankan - don’t know if it’s Tamil/Singalese/both but I work with a bunch of Tamil so could ask them. No idea tbh if they developed independently but I do know the Tamil diaspora over here claims the word originally. Absolutely no clue if that’s accurate.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s because you’ve all drunk the kool-aid on this subject.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Given that I live in one of the most multicultural parts of London I really don’t think I am. You might be, though, if you got your head out of your arse long enough to actually look around.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Do we have to do the whole ‘curry’/‘kari’ thing?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, no. You’re still wrong. You’re telling actual, literal British Indians that you understand their heritage and ethnicity better than they do. I mean, unsurprising from a white American with a crayon-level comprehension of racial identity, but hey, you do you.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
“Pate sable…” No one likes a show off. Reminds me of the time I went for a trial with Peter Gordon and the pastry chef had a spare moment so was “just knocking up fresh puff pastry” entirely by hand. Wasn’t on the menu, he was just reminding everyone that he could.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Now where have we seen that before with regards to Northern Ireland?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, you did steal massive amounts of Mexican territory…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
What this does is demonstrate that you really don’t know what you’re talking about where our food, and our food history, is concerned. I’m not even slightly surprised that an American is this arrogant. And no, you’re not worth explaining it to. Maybe apologise to Stephen Bush first.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I know we shouldn’t take your trolling bait but… You’ve completely missed the point about what makes food here amazing. Completely. You think you know us, but then you’re American, that’s what you guys do. Whatever dude, peace.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
“The momentum is with us” Hahaaa! Pretty funny. (It’s really not)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
- Be honest about the decline on opportunities for WWC over the last forty years, and why that’s happened. - At the same time stop pandering to the idea that they’re at an inherent disadvantage. They’re not. They’re white British, whole chunks of prejudice will never apply to them.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
So what do we mean by explicitly? I would interpret explicit as needing to: - Address the inherent class prejudice that still exists (eg. Telegraph only cares about the issue when it suits them) - Confront elements of WWC that believe they shouldn’t have to work hard academically (cont…)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not. They’ve been fucked over primarily by successive British govts all of hues. But I object to this assertion that it’s the fault of progressives for not recognising the problem. We do recognise it, and when we ask govt to do something we get told no. And suddenly immigrants are to blame?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
WWC communities have been ignored, taken for granted for decades. Thatcher ripped their heart out and no one ever helped subsequently. They’re angry, I get it. But - speaking as a WWC - they’re also some whining bitches. They buy into the populist trope that it’s all someone else’s fault.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
No, hang on, sorry, but it seems like you’re saying only progressives are responsible for solving this issue. Tories have ignored and then weaponised WWC for decades now, and while I agree Lab\LD can get involved, I don’t see how blaming progressives entirely is correct.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine needing to do that because successive govt took away funding for youth centres and playgrounds, depriving working class children of healthy constructive local facilities that gave them hope and belle of in themselves.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
2016 As editor of The Sun Tony Gallagher continues its tradition of lying and generally being a stain on society. 2025 As editor of The Times Tony Gallagher drags what was the last reasonable broadsheet down the same drain as The Telegraph.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
As always, David Allen Green explains it far more eloquently than me. We lost in the past because we thought, naively, that facts might be enough. They matter, of course, but so does the story we tell. The same electoral dynamics that handed Labour a majority can make Reform official opposition.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
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sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
We lost the Ref because we relied too heavily on a dry recitation of facts, believing that was enough. It wasn’t. Leave had emotion, passion, and a narrative that people bought into, regardless of its intellectual dishonesty. We can quote % all we want, but *they* are winning the narrative battle.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Another example of the rule that all U2 songs are much better done by literally anyone else. (and who calls themselves ‘The Edge’ anyway? Does his mum say “would you like one sugar or two The Edge?” Ridiculous person.)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I worry that Reform will do exactly what they say they will if they win (I’m not convinced they’ll win in 29, but they may well be official opposition). @davidallengreen.bsky.social is very good on the issue of how they will not be contained, should they possess the will to simply forge ahead.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
FWIW it’s worth I completely agree with your assessment of Farage - he’ll grift to whatever constituency he thinks will get him power. If he thought socialism was the way he’d be running either Corbyn. And yes, that makes him very dangerous.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
(cont) Yes, but then he often is so I see it as baked in to his pieces. But is he wrong about looming danger? So that’s my question. Does his over wrought language change the possibility that we need - given what’s happened in America - to maybe be alert to a potential constitutional crisis?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Respectfully, that doesn’t answer my question. At what point do we start to wonder if what we’re hearing from (in this case) Reform should genuinely concern us? Of course Farage isn’t an actual nazi, but if it goes bad it’s not going to look the same as the thirties. Is Dunt hyperbolic? (1/2)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Genuine question - at what point do we start to think “that’s a bit off” of a prospective and increasingly popular political parties manifesto? There is literally nothing in our political system that prevents a government with a majority doing whatever it wants if it so chooses.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I genuinely can’t work out if he’s taking the piss there.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, fair point.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a source of bafflement to, well, everyone, that he can do foreign policy so much better than domestic stuff. Well, great, you can be the next David Miliband when Farage moves his stuff into your old house…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
When someone I haven’t encountered before posts something as stupid as this I always check their feed, because often we have more in common than not and a single point of disagreement is (usually) not a reason to be an ass to someone. But this is still some Ruzzian-loving garbage…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not trying to be antagonistic but that’s literally not what I said. My view is that LD will take seats off Tories, and Lab will lose seats to Reform (if it stays its current trajectory). Reform will of course rinse what remains of the Tories. Labour-LD pact, Reform official opposition.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, let’s hope you’re right and I’m wrong then, eh? Voting has changed. MP’s are getting elected on much lower % of the vote than previously. The same dynamics that got us a Labour majority can also work in Reforms favour. I’ve also been around a while, and I’m frankly not so confident as you.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
The LD are basically what stands between Farage and Downing St. Tories are in (seemingly irreversible) decline, and Labour aren’t about to win another majority. Best hope right now is a Labour-LD coalition govt that holds Reform at bay. But until they squash Reform they’ll always be a danger.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Farage can be prevented from becoming PM if Labour is willing to take the fight to him and hawk how he would actually be a disaster for the country. He’s there for the taking, but then there’s you exclaiming that only on this issue does Farage rise or fall?! Talk about irresponsible media…!
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how it happens. Little by little we normalise that which previously would’ve been unthinkable, as Farage succeeds in moving the acceptable window of debate. I’m genuinely scared for the future of this country. We need to remember that Farage absolutely does not speak for the majority.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair he goes into more detail in further replies on that thread and while I think he’s wrong he at least backs it up further. But he’s still wrong.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Completely agree. But part of the reason Remain lost was because Leave was willing to tell stories (lies) that told people what they wanted to hear, and so they didn’t care about objective facts. The same will happen here if people blindly assume simply fact of the GFA is enough to stop Farage.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
But all that’s a story we can tell. That’s what we need to be pushing, as a narrative. My point is that the GFA *alone* will not save us, and anyone who puts their faith in just the GFA standing in Farage’s way is in for a colossal shock.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a good reminder that the GFA alone will not keep us in the ECHR. Farage, as @davidallengreen.bsky.social has eloquently pointed out, knows how tell a story. The dry facts of the GFA will not survive that story. Farage is there for the taking, if we can only tell a better, happier story.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t bother. Just do not bother. I generally like Nolan’s stuff, but this was some self-indulgent waffle.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Dan Wootton interviewing Lucy Connolly…FFS… And they have the balls to accuse others of living in a bubble? Let’s see her do some more challenging media work, see how she holds up there.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh God I really hope they don’t ruin it, please don’t destroy literally my favourite movie ever in the world ever. Everything to do with Bladerunner so far has been amazing (yes even the late 90’S PC game and even Jared Leto). Don’twreckitdon’twreckitdon’twreckit! (Inclusion of Yeoh gives hope)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean this is clearly utter garbage (Vietnam? Korea? Can’t say Afghanistan was really a negotiation frankly?), but maybe he means WW2 was the last one that wasn’t negotiated? It’s kind of hope he does, because otherwise he’s worse than I thought.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Does he want to talk about Vietnam? Also technically the Korean war isn’t over, it’s only kept on ice by the *massive presence of US forces deployed overseas* (something him and his ilk profess to have a problem with). And it’s not like that’s exhaustive…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not sure that Pavlos dude actually understands anything that he’s said. In his mind it means something because it fits his narrative, but nothing about those words adds up in the cold light of day. It’s just bro-speak for “the world should be better for me and my kind”.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the worst impacts of Jordan Peterson is that these guys think using a lot of big words/phrases means people will assume they’re very intelligent and must be obeyed. This regurgitation of concepts they claim to (but don’t) understand is central to their personality and makes them dangerous.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
They say “led the campaign for her release” like Pearson actually has any effect on the release date. Which she didn’t. Connolly is a racist and a liar. Jailing her was unnecessary but it happened because of her own actions. She’s lying about it. Pearson is just the worst type of scum.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
In the 1930’s very similar opinions to yours and Farage’s held forth stridently in opposition to Jewish refugees. I doubt you realise just how close we are to such callous indifference. Farage is a grifter playing to whatever cross-section of voters will deliver him power. What, I wonder, are you?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
You are now ideologically adjacent to Nigel Farage, and you should think about that. You seem comfortable with the idea that our physical location should render us immune from the responsibility to shelter anyone who *can’t get on a plane*. Your intellectual snobbery blinds you to empathy.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I will also bet money that the person who wrote that question was sitting next to Robinson at the time.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m constantly (and depressingly) amazed by the ability of some men (I’m sure they’re men) to always find a way to make it about their personal prejudices. They just can’t stop themselves.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
The chicken/egg part of this is that it’s fascinating (in a horrifying way) to speculate as to how far gone he already was when he moved there. To move to one of the historically most racist places in America seems like a choice. Maybe he was always just hiding it until then.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Carswell is possibly the best example of someone gradually boiling their own frog in a pot of racism. He’s gone from being a right-wing but very effective local MP to this completely radicalised immigrant to the USA who is unable to relate to reality.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
You’re not taking the fight to Reform. You’re standing on their lawn agreeing with them. I’m a lifelong Labour voter and if you were my MP I would not vote for you again. Shameful.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I understand you feel deeply about this, but you and your friends are very, very wrong. That’s some of the worst logic I’ve seen since leaving twitter. Asserting prejudice to anti ai art is just not going to help your cause. Hopefully one day you’ll work out why that is.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I really want Ramani’s article to start “…but it almost certainly won’t” Although I know that’s deeply, deeply unlikely.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Those eyes say “appeaser and collaborator”. He’s the kind of person who would’ve said that Hitler wasn’t a threat to us, and then welcomed them with open arms, grassing up his countrymen left, right, and centre. A nasty little piece of immature and dangerous work.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s just so, so, tiring, these kind of ridiculous statements from people like Glasman. Clearly formed to appeal to the base, they serve no purpose other than to rile up supporters and anger opponents. Theres literally nothing constructive here, and Glasman can’t see what a fool he is.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not even his bulk, he’s just a force of fucking nature. Good bloke though.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Corrigan’s the CB you need. If you’ve ever tried to squeeze past him on the line you know what I mean…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I kind of like Oliver, though seeing him put on the same level as Keller, Alice Waters and freaking Jose Andres was surreal, like when your mum tells you to include your cousin in your night out. Dicampo would be a poundshop Ronaldo, though with more grace.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely loving that Oliver is in and Ramsay isn’t…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you mean to be so fucking rude, or was it just a by-product of your arrogant assumption that you’re smarter than everyone else? Either way, fuck off, you presumptuous little shit.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I can only imagine the sheer glee with which potential investors greet this prospect…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah bro, because that’s really what I meant by that… Though, having had a look at your feed I can see why you felt the need to leap to the wrong conclusion. Feel free to yell at me, I’ll let you get it out of your system and then block you. (Unless you can work out where you’ve gone wrong?)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like she’s playing ‘populist bingo’. How many cliches can she squeeze into the smallest amount of words…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s annoying that since a lot of folk left twitter, the wankers have gone to other platforms in search of their cheap dopamine hit of getting into an argument with people smarter than them.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
David Bowie was (of course) right, but I think not even he saw just how much would change.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This! Exactly this! Every time Yaxley runs his mouth about this I think of the Huguenots. He really thinks his prejudice and hatred is something new, that somehow these immigrants are difference from *all the earlier ones*, that this time it’s different. Except it’s not. It’s still just racism.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I genuinely don’t understand how people like Yaxley-Lennon don’t see that they’re simply the latest in a centuries old tradition of not liking those funny foreigners and blaming them for everything. (of course I know why he doesn’t realise it, but it’s still astonishing to witness.)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d call her a cunt, but then you’re a better and more eloquent person than me.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if she means that, or if she’s just worked out that Farage is literally the only thing keeping her political career (such as it is) alive?
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve been there. It’s…weird.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I like this people showing themselves. Reminds me that Bluesky actually has a functioning block mechanism.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Part of me really wants to meet someone like that, so I can point out that they’re not in Kansas anymore, and we’ll say whatever we want about their President, and if they don’t like it they can leave. Or see what happens if they instant on defending him…
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
But if they aren’t, then what is ‘Calgie’ for? What purpose does his work serve? Why is he employed? His entire personality is summed up in that tweet. He *needs* it to be true, because otherwise his whole narrative falls apart. I’d love to see the ‘discussion’ between him and Hodges about this!
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This is an excellent point.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s not going to, doesn’t want to, it entirely suits his agenda of destabilising British political discourse. The problem for him is it’s unlikely to work. The problem for us is he’s not going to stop. The fact that the racist minority are a small minority doesn’t stop them being a problem.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I find it hilarious these people believe it will have “massive public support”. Try it and they’ll find out real fast just how little they actually have.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem they have is that there’s a fairly fixed % of out-and-out nationalists (racists) in the population, consistently @ 15% these days. They believe they’re part of a ‘silent majority’ but they really aren’t. Thus they’re prone to splinter factions, just like the far-left. Which is nice.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I genuinely don’t know what to make of this. How on earth do these people have the influence that they have acquired? Utterly bizarre and frankly very dangerous.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
This is it. They know Reform is coming for them at the next GE, and the right is divided between the Badenoch/Jenrick vibe which is trying to out-Reform Reform itself (stupid:impossible) and the Nelson’s who think they can defeat them intellectually. Both approaches are too little too late.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Literally a list of people I would never take advice from. Especially Giles Coren.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
No jury in the land will convict you. Moreover, you will be feted in the streets of London as a hero, no doubt awarded the keys to Walthamstow (an honour criminally denied you thus far).
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
It can be answered. Reform is Farage, without question. Not only does he literally own it, but he’s the person they’re voting for. No one cares about Tice or Anderson or whoever else they’ve found that week. Nigel is the reason they have a chance, without him it sinks like a stone.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I would prefer that someone make more coherent arguments than Peter Thiel. Thiel is making complete word salad here. This is the problem with the uber-wealthy deciding they’re the custodians of humanities future - they aren’t necessarily smart people, and no one elected them.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
(2/2) a separate debate/screaming argument, but regardless it’s not healthy to have it so freely accessible as it was; that’s sends a message that we’re basically ok with anyone looking at it at any age. And some (not all) of the stuff that’s out there shouldn’t be looked at by anyone of any age.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, but getting porn has always been pretty easy. Back in the day it was physical media of various types, but let’s none of us pretend we couldn’t get it. The problem with lack of any verification whatsoever is that it sends the message that it’s basically fine. Now, the morality of porn is (1/2)
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
I realise Lowe thinks that British people will somehow magically fill the vacancies left by this policy - but it’s an utterly pie-in-the-sky policy. I honestly don’t even know where to begin in debunking this garbage, and I think that’s because Lowe lives in a fantasy world that refutes reality.
sherbety.bsky.social (@sherbety.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you explain how that would’ve stopped Putin’s desire to rebuild the USSR? This is a serious question, because I can’t see how it would have.