Also I still get EHRC and ECHR mixed up every single time. The best case for trans rights might be Kemi gets into power and accidentally bans the EHRC by mistake
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Mostly just boring Doctor Who and political takes. He/him
Maddening to see people spin the EHRC guidance as the inevitable result of too much progress on trans rights, instead of being obviously manufactured by an elite which is very happily GC (Well, "maddening" not quite the right word, because so much of it is clearly in bad faith)
"Cheap" Doctor Who is either 90% of all the worst stories in the show's history, or very, VERY happy accidents like The Rescue, The Sontaran Experiment or Turn Left. But they are the extreme exception. Most of the time episodes are not "cheap", just well put together in terms of of resources.
I feel like it’s an overlooked aspect of Hartnell’s departure that he was being paid a very large salary
archivetvmusings@archivetvmusings.bsky.social · last wk.'Just the job for Mr H'. (Daily Mirror, 28th July 1965)
Also I believe Andy Burnham is, so far, the first Labour PM ever not to have had a member of the Benn family in his cabinet?
This is IMO a big trap Labour are falling into, reminiscent of the "nasty party" problem the Tories had where individual policies, ones that were unlikely to put off many voters by themselves, combined to make the party just generally off-putting
Julianna 💎@batariangal.eurosky.social · 2w agoThat's probably word salad, but the party does not project good vibes to younger low-info voters in the way it did five years ago
The three fucking things Labour needs to win me back are movement on immigration and racism, movement on trans rights, and getting Nandy out of culture
Burnham, contemplating: you know, what *has* the BBC ever done for me?
So the only people who have stayed in the same cabinet roles so far are Mahmood, McFadden, Nandy, Phillipson (Equalities) Glad to see all these people rewarded for their great work 🤡🤡🤡
I might be just blinded to it, but I legitimately cannot see any good reason to keep Shabana Mahmood in the Home Office?
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. My public finances are dying
Michael@michaeljsc.bsky.social · 2w ago“And there’s an intriguing hint in an interview Burnham has given to the Times today that he wants to look at increasing the rate of the personal allowance ... I understand Unite, the trade union, has pushed for this in talks with the incoming PM.”
Scrap the Romesh thing just clip Wayne Rooney saying he thought the half time show was crap and the licence fee QR code
What is this halftime show? Why is it even here? Americans can never complain about Eurovision ever again
Aww this match was a lot more fun when France just weren’t really bothered
Have to say, I was more optimistic during Starmer’s first days, in large part because I wasn’t constantly going ”But Keir Starmer already definitively proved this approach won’t work?”
Seeing that Keir Starmer is clinging on as PM to go to the World Cup final and he really, really wants to bow out using the “have you noticed how we only win the World Cup under a Labour government?” line, doesn't he?
Imagine repeating the same joke again and again even though it wasn't that funny the first time
Tom Irwin@tomirwin.bsky.social · 4w agoThe official arbiters of comedy have spoken
It’s great that Sky are finally supporting a British competitor to the streamers *sobs in Project Kangaroo*
waltydunlop@waltydunlop.bsky.social · last mo.Exciting news inside, chums! All your favourites in ONE GREAT PAPER
Thank God that Italy, China and India didn't qualify
Fourfoot@fourfoot.bsky.social · last mo.England is insane.
To chip into cities discourse: I visited Manchester for work today and wow it absolutely mogs Birmingham for second city, even as a proud Midlander
I’ve typically been lukewarm to the idea of digital IDs, but I think I’m against them as I’m convinced they’d just be used for transphobic bullshit
Probably need to read more classic books given my thoughts on the Guardian’s Top 100 are largely “should have had Day of the Triffids on there”
People in government will really be like “you believe in appealing to progressive voters? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, winning over older, socially conservative voters” and then not win over older, socially conservative voters
Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 3mo agoGenuinely the most bonkers interview I think I've ever read was the one with McSweeney post election victory where, having failed to build the voter base he wanted, he loudly announced the party would build an entirely new coalition to win the next one.