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@NewStatesman @yanisvaroufakis Varoufakis' negotiation with troika (European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the 2015 was a (neo)liberal brave negotiaton‼️ Now Varoufakis is just a dishonest pseudo-left politician and a Putin's puppet‼️ 👇... See more

Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party (BSW) is the first major Western party to fill a potentially very large left-conservative political space that has been left vacant for too long in Western politics. No wonder the German establishment is freaking out. (The Workers Party of Britain is doing a similar operation in the UK, of... See more

A word of nuance. This isn't a Labour landslide. It isn't even close to Corbyn's 2017 score. It's just that the conservatives have collapsed and Labour's spread of the vote is a lot more efficient. This is bad but in no way terminal for the conservatives.... See more

🧵Blairite immigration policy is why you can't buy a house; the shortfall in UK housing is exactly equal to the current immigrant population. Or "why neoliberal progressive policies have made your life worse". A thread about a very revealing stat that nobody is discussing. https://t.co/XQlyT2qdvn

There it is. Construction down 0.5% (i.e. a lot). The UK is falling into recession. This was predictable and has massive political ramifications. As I argue in the @unherd article linked in the comments below, this could destroy the @Conservatives forever. 🇬🇧 https://t.co/h0zLqHWJQX

Buyers remorse is hitting hard and deep on the British left. Massive opportunity to start a new party. Labour won’t survive this government. Not in its present form, anyway. 🇬🇧 https://t.co/zyndbOlyOs

Introduction to the Ministerial Code Breaches (SDR Context) 1/25 The Labour government, led by Keir Starmer since July 2024, faces allegations of breaching the Ministerial Code, notably with the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and budget announcements. I’ll try and explain these breaches by office, their democratic... See more