james🌹☕️

cappuccino bore | he/him

[Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner]

I know just how hard it is to both hold and leave office, not just on those who held it but all those close to them too, as Keir rightly acknowledged today. He spoke with dignity and duty, and my thoughts are with him and his family.

I was proud to serve as Deputy as he led our party into government. History will remember not just the challenges he faced but the achievements he oversaw. I pay tribute to his record of dedicated public service.

His premiership saw us legislate new rights for working people, renters and leaseholders, invest in a generational boost to social housing, devolve powers to communities, the creation of Great British Energy and Great British Railways, action to tackle child poverty and so much more. This is a record of which any Labour government could be proud.

Labour was elected to change Britain, and as a new chapter begins, we must now redouble our efforts to deliver for working people.

[Michael Shanks MP @mgshanks]

Where’s Bagehot when you need him.

We elect a Parliament and whoever commands a majority within that Parliament is Prime Minister.

Let’s use Parliamentary time to improve the country.

[Martin McCluskey MP @martinmccluskey]

A little over a year and a half ago, people in my area and across the country voted for change. Making that happen is hard work that takes time - it doesn’t come easily. Keir Starmer is completely focussed on changing our country for the better and that’s why he has my support.

[Emma Russell @e_mmarussell]

To the canvasser from SNP students (who shall not be named) who shouted at me across the street in Hamilton yesterday “enjoy getting fucked tonight” on polling day … I hope you’re having a wonderful morning 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[james🌹☕️ @jamesmgf]

it's impossible for these people to reasonably explain the existence of those radically unlike themselves, but they never doubt their thesis, so they just say 'Gah! An inexplicable aberration!' and go on thinking that they were one of the lucky ones who got access to the Truth

[james🌹☕️ @jamesmgf]

Interesting that some people think about those with different identities to their own and just go 'what I feel is self-evidently correct, so your existence is incomprehensible' before they ever consider that the human experience might involve a multiplicity of valid perspectives

[james🌹☕️ @jamesmgf]

Food for thought on housing and planning. Gift link so a limited number can read for free!

Britain’s government may be about to waste its best chance of success 
https://t.co/UlG44syYRS

[Neil @irl_neil]

In Australia they had brotherly love - they had 30 years of uninterrupted growth, and what did that produce? The flat white.

[James @jhallwood]

“Have you said thank you once?”

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My support for Ukraine is unwavering.

The UK stands with you, @ZelenskyyUa.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Il y a un agresseur : la Russie.

Il y a un peuple agressé : l'Ukraine.

Nous avons tous eu raison d'aider l'Ukraine et de sanctionner la Russie il y a trois ans et de continuer à le faire.

Nous, c’est les Américains, les Européens, Canadiens, Japonais et plusieurs autres.

Merci à tous ceux qui ont aidé et continuent. Et respect à ceux qui, depuis le début, se battent. Parce qu'ils se battent pour leur dignité, leur indépendance, pour leurs enfants et pour la sécurité de l'Europe.

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040

⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key

THREAD + charts

https://t.co/X8BO0Ylnxe

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[james🌹☕️ @jamesmgf]

Why do Americans have this insatiable need to have their acronyms spell out words or other things? So often it makes the full name sound clunky and overwritten. 'Federal Agency for Financial Oversight'? Are you kidding?

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Elon Musk proposes "FAFO" as the enforcement arm of DOGE.

[William O’Brien @No5mallf3at]

It’s called epistemology. Pay attention chuds

[Josh Watson @JoshuaLWatson]

If you’re a Jesus mythicist, you’re already into believing weird shit that the evidence doesn’t support, so consider this: there was never a Jesus, only particles-arranged-Jesus-wise. That view can probably explain more than yours can and still gives you your desired conclusion.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

(Answering my phone in a public lecture) hi mum. Substance dualism. Yeah two kinds of stuff that's right. No I don't know how they interact. He hasn't said yet. I will. I'll ask him about panpsychism. I know. Monism is more elegant. I know that mum. I know qualia are real

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I spoke with UK Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer. The United Kingdom’s role in fortifying Europe’s defense and security is important for us.

We discussed upcoming plans and opportunities. UK’s support matters indeed, and we will never forget the respect the British people have shown for Ukraine and our citizens.

Thank you for your support.

[on t'other place: amiekirby.bsky.social @_amiekirby]

museums should be for whatever the public wants to use them for. including wandering aimlessly! I worked at a gallery a couple of years ago, council run, and we opened as a warm hub during rising energy prices. people need free to access civic spaces