Physicist and writer Dr Francis Sedgemore. Visit my website, subscribe to my Substack, and connect with me on LinkedIn.
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Last Notes npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen That it's possible to write an obituary of the next Labour government, and do so convincingly, is a damning indictment of the state of English politics. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Given that my Mastodon server mstdn.media is shutting down on 3 December, I've created a new account - @npub1vnf…radw - and will shortly move my followers and following lists over to the new server. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to copy the content from this instance, only archive it. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "London Gaza rally: Braverman accuses Met of bias over Gaza marches" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Sunak accused of ‘silly posturing’ by ex-Tory minister over pro-Palestine rally" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Wanted: driver for 800mph car" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Nazis guarding London's Cenotaph war memorial is beyond irony. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Met chief Mark Rowley has been summoned to Number 10. It looks like they are leaning on him to ban the Armistice Day march. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub16ml…wyvu npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "An Insane Number of Gen Zers Support Hamas's Slaughter of Innocent Israelis" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Today is Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day, for those who celebrate*. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "UK may demand tech world tell it about upcoming security features" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza | Simon Jenkins" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Oh do shut up, Brian! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1aqx…4004 A wee devil, maybe. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1g0t…tvm4 On behalf of witches everywhere, I do protest! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen It appears that the hate monger sometimes known as JK Rowling has gone full Glinner. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen When asked by Emily Maitlis what is a "hate march", England's most senior police officer, Mark Rowley, said,... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Rishi Sunak's vain project to have England lead the world on AI has been torpedoed by an imbecilic techbro talking bollocks. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Storm Ciarán - Ffarwelio ag Aberystwyth heno? npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Death cult obsessed with death shock!! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Normal service shall (hopefully) resume" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn For some, nothing would be sufficient. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen UN chief Guterres will likely be damned by Israel for his latest statement, excerpted here. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "We will not rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen A reminder that South Cambridgeshire - my neck of the woods - has long been a centre of witchery. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Rishi Sunak to ‘double down’ on anti-green policies in king’s speech" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Maybe police are working on a theory that an unspecified number of men are allegedly committing sexual offences as part of an elaborate plot to erode Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary majority." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub180p…z4e6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "AI pioneer Daphne Koller sees generative AI leading to cancer breakthroughs" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen For Intersex Awareness Day 2023... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Parliament adds nuclear to EU’s net-zero industry shortlist" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Yuval Noah Harari backs critique of leftist ‘indifference’ to Hamas atrocities" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1pu6…u9fd @npub14n9…9ykn @npub1z7t…7qn6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1pu6…u9fd @npub14n9…9ykn @npub1z7t…7qn6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1pu6…u9fd @npub14n9…9ykn @npub1z7t…7qn6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen From my union, the NUJ... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "SNP release statement after MP Lisa Cameron defects to Tories" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn The vote belongs to the people, the vast majority of whom are not members of any party, or have a party loyalty. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn In that case I'll happily have Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay as job-share prime minister of Englandandwales. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn One day it's activists who lose elections, the next it's an insane leader. Maybe in the forthcoming election it'll be a leader who fails to inspire the electorate. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Labour conference votes to nationalise energy" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Kicking woke ideology out of science" - a new Tory dogwhistle. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1kr8…znpx The way in which the party initially handled the incident might dissuade folk from voting for the party. At least this time. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Almost entirely absent from the coverage today of the Rutherglen by-election is the cause of said election, and reason for much constituency dissatisfaction with the SNP: the public disgrace of former MP Margaret Ferrier. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1t3d…qnlg npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1pvc…klsu Look after yourself, Heather. I could endure no more than 10 seconds. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen I see that Akshata Murty is the warm-up act for him indoors at the Tory turd-polishing fest in Manchester. Nauseating stuff, it is. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago | Greenhouse gas emissions" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Nigel Farage rules out rejoining Tory party after Rishi Sunak suggests he might be allowed in" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Barging past Nigel Farage – the Tories will let in anyone these days – a fan asked Liz to sign a copy of the mini-budget. That was the moment the conference jumped the shark." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen General Mark Milley... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1hpc…hjn3 Even though they bashed the bishops while saying that women are [insert misogynistic epithet here]? npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1hpc…hjn3 Wanked each other off live on air. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen GBeebies has an "editorial charter". Oh yes. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1nu9…l6r5 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Breaking: Rishi Sunak to scrap north of England shock! Conservative Party to follow. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Happy autumn equinox, peeps! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Voters aren’t talking about Brexit, says Lib Dem leader" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "We can’t alter Brexit deal to appease car industry, says European commissioner" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Liz Truss blames The Blob, and insists she was right to adopt slash and burn economics. She's not very bright, is Liz. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen 'Russell Brand - top bloke,' says Vladimir Putin. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Braverman to have Home Office diversity training vetted after ‘woke’ claims" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1hpc…hjn3 @npub1ex3…c58j npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1ex3…c58j @npub1hpc…hjn3 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "The UK is expected to re-join the EU's flagship research scheme, Horizon... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Gillian Keegan apologises for swearing over school concrete crisis" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Evidence Undermines 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Claims... Fears of “social contagion,” used to support anti-transgender legislation, are not supported by science" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Last rites for UK's ridiculous Online Safety Bill" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen VanMoof, the Tesla of e-bikes, goes bust. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Andrew Tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of trial" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen RIP Mark Rees (1942-2023), man of Kent. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Tractor-driving anti-Ulez protesters bring traffic to a standstill around London 10 days before hated £12.50-a-day charge is due to cover entire city" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen This, by @npub1xg3…nyjk, confirms my view that right-wing populism is, in large part, the result of the left abandoning class struggle. I am fully aware that class is uncool in contemporary political discourse, but it remains very, very real. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen As character deconstructions go, this, by Nesrine Malik, is a masterpiece. Not least the description of Rishi Sunak as a man caught between two different forms of cowardice. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Russia's moon mission falters after problem entering pre-landing orbit" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Covid booster jabs to be approved for sale to UK public" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Well that's me fucked. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "German coalition infighting delays energy efficiency tax breaks for companies" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Nato official suggests Ukraine could give up land in exchange for membership" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub16mj…alcf npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "The Fourth Indictment, and Trump's willful refusal to stop intimidating witnesses" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen The charges against Trump now include racketeering, yet the psychosis-inducing reality distortion field surrounding the disgraced ex-president increases in strength. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Bibby Stockholm evacuation shows 'startling incompetence'" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Quoting Hannah Arendt, Robert Reich explains why Donald Trump is a textbook fascist. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Should world leaders start talking to the Taliban?", asks Lise Doucet. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Argentine far-right outsider Javier Milei posts shock win in primary election" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub10kc…qjyy @npub13e8…xffp npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub13e8…xffp Flailing being the operative word. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen What bothers me particularly about this deleted tweet by former but still sitting Labour MP Dianne Abbott is that opinion appears to be equally divided on its appropriateness. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Don McLean's pillow talk... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Blow to UK salmon industry as trial post-Brexit export scheme halted" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1r0n…ya6n 30p Lee was made Tory vice-chair as a direct appeal to the knuckle-dragger constituency. It's all part of the party's scorched-earth strategy for the next general election. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Tory party deputy chair 30p Lee Anderson can fuck off back to the slime from which he emerged. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Mass squits - triathletes run for the khazi after swimming in shit.
