robinpotter.bsky.social
Academy Associate, UK in the World Programme @chathamhouse.org. Former Labour staffer and civil servant. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/robinjpotter
👤 Joined on 30 December 2023
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@robinpotter.bsky.socialThe trade unions resisting a political donations cap in the UK are ragged-trousered philanthropists. Thanks to their delusion that a system allowing limitless donations enhances their power, they're in danger of handing the country to the far-right parties that billionaires support. Burnham must act
Show PostLazy and dangerous framing by YLE here. As the article itself mentions further down, "the raw figures do not account for all the benefits of EU membership, including the open market [...]" So let's be clear: Without EU membership & the single market, 🇫🇮 residents would be poorer than they are now.
Show Post£200 fine for anybody writing "The" HMS
Show PostI liked Eric Idle on Cleese “Age is a difficult thing... you either become old and better, or old and bitter … A young man parroting an old man being grumpy is funny,” Idle says. “But just turning into a grumpy old man, that’s less funny, isn’t it?”" lnkd.in/etbhr_eN
Show PostThis right here is the power of Elon Musk to completely warp politics without *giving a penny* as a political donation Without X, Lowe would be a no hoper independent MP Instead he’s spreading ethnic cleansing chat to normies. Wild
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