Adam Norris

[Adam Norris @cassgena]

@samuel_leeds @DanNeidle Neither of these guys seem desperately convincing in this clip...the discussion would need to go much deeper before anyone reasonable would reach a conclusion

[Adam Norris @cassgena]

@DanNeidle One question that I don't believe he asked you - do you see any dangers in the growth in numbers of individuals with extreme wealth? Is it just paranoia that billionaires will have an undemocratic/uncontrolled ability to influence policy?

[Pelagius 🦁 @pelagiusreborn]

Two very ancient phenotypes will be at play this Saturday

[My Beautiful Smile 🏆 🧡😃💙😃 🏆 @WetOilyButt]

how it feels to go to someone’s house for the first time

[POPCORN PASTIME 🍿 @4evagem45]

Greatest British gangster film of all time. Period. End of story.

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

Seeing some of the embarrassingly hateful reactions to Starmer's resignation today, I thought it was worth resharing this.

The level of personal hostility directed at Keir Starmer deserves scrutiny in its own right. Not because he should be immune from criticism, but because the tone and intensity of the attacks tell us something unhealthy about the state of democratic politics.

Starmer is a conventional political figure. Cautious, legalistic, incremental. He frustrates people precisely because he is managerial rather than messianic. Yet the reaction to him often goes far beyond disagreement, tipping into visceral hatred more commonly reserved for authoritarians or demagogues.

Much of this hostility is disconnected from concrete policy. It is not about specific votes, proposals or outcomes, but about projection. A belief that Starmer embodies betrayal, bad faith or hidden malice. That kind of politics runs on suspicion rather than evidence.

This matters because democracy depends on the assumption of good faith among opponents. You can think a leader is wrong, timid, or misguided without believing they are fundamentally illegitimate. Once politics becomes moralised to the point of demonisation, compromise is reframed as treachery and pluralism as weakness.

The pattern is familiar. In fragmented, polarised systems, anger concentrates not on extremists, whose intentions are clear, but on moderates, who disappoint maximalists on all sides. The centre becomes the lightning rod precisely because it resists totalising narratives.

There is also a media and online dynamic at work. Incentives reward outrage, not proportionality. Algorithms favour contempt over analysis. Over time, this creates a political culture in which relentless personal attack feels normal, even virtuous, rather than disgusting.

None of this is a defence of Starmer’s decisions, instincts or record. Those should be argued over robustly as you do in a democracy. The problem is the substitution of critique with hostility and the quiet erosion of democratic norms that follows when political opponents are treated as enemies rather than rivals.

A democracy cannot function if every election is framed as an existential struggle against internal evil. At some point, the target may change, but the damage to trust, restraint and culture remains.

[Adam Norris @cassgena]

@Keir_Starmer sad to see you leave

[Sam @SamCKx]

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.

On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.

After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.

We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

[Andy Fitchet @AndyFitchet]

So let me get this straight:

- Inflation lower than predicted
- unemployment falling
- small boat crossings falling
- NHS Waiting lists falling
- Interest rates stable
- Asylum hotel use falling
- net migration down 82%
- school attendance up

And Keir’s doing a really bad job?

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

I seriously would give up the entire Fast and the Furious franchise for a sequel to this.

[Adam Norris @cassgena]

@brofromanother A peerless movie I think

[Gracie @graciem120001]

Sean Fennessey Apex Mountain

[Sophie Wilkinson @sophwilkinson]

Once again something that’ll do absolutely fuck all to help Palestinians

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

💯

[Adam Norris @cassgena]

@Variety Oh FFS

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

A list of animals Israel has been accused of "weaponizing" against Palestinians over the years

Thread 🧵🧵

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

I’m saying this the Times suspended the standards it applies to stories it doesn’t want to be true because they wanted this to be true. It’s conformation bias and anti-Israel bias and bureaucratic bias with a helping of actual bullshit activism on some people’s part. And they should all be ashamed.

[LBC @LBC]

‘You have done a better job than any cabinet minister of telling us the story of Keir Starmer’s successes.’

As Wes Streeting resigns, Caller Martin reminds @TomSwarbrick1 of what the PM has delivered.

[Florian Hustede @FHustede]

Können wir bitte mal kurz festhalten was für eine absolute Heldentat es für eine links-grüne Jugendorganisation ist, sich in der aktuellen Stimmung in der linken Szene so klar gegen Antisemitismus zu positionieren... Nichts als Respekt dafür. Unironisch.

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

You will miss Keir Starmer when he’s gone.
Piece from me on how he was the perfect scapegoat for a dishonest nation
https://t.co/CL016g5VKC