Simon Maughan

Challenging popular theories in culture and politics.

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Arthur Fery is moved to Centre Court because the Queen wants to watch him. Many in the crowd want to as well.
Yet imagine the outcry if Trump came to town and an American bumped the number 2 seeded German off central billing.
When does deference become sycophancy.

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@alexmassie @FraserNelson Now the people will decide, although reelection will not stop the investigation. Or maybe some want the authorities to decide, which will require more than just joining up dots.

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"Farage accepted a £5 million personal gift from a crypto billionaire, but stressed it was for private security. He then invested in Kwasi Kwarteng’s crypto venture and his partner, a former waitress, bought a house for cash. Nelson claims that Reform is a company rather than a political party. Farage replies that “It’s my money, I’ll spend it how I want.” In other words, nothing to see here, folks."

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Farage will run again for election in his constituency of Clacton. This will not stop the state investigating him if he is re-elected. But it will reinforce the idea that he is of the people and the state is of themselves. Fascinating times.

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@mattwridley Great read, but did they get you right about Elon?

It goes against the whole argument to say there is one man responsible for our return to the physical.

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@edfenergy has 10% of the UK electricity market - where's our air con? What about @OctopusEnergy with 25%?
And where's @AndyBurnhamGM who wants to nationalise these companies?

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@FraserNelson It's no surprise that a popular political party is a coalition of interests. They all are.

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If AI is the future, why does everyone compare OpenAI and Anthropic to companies in the past?

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@DavidDeutschOxf It's a classic case of mistaking those who follow politics closely for the electorate.

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I've signed the Free Speech Union's petition against the Government's conversion therapy ban. Add your name: https://t.co/AnNQAmlrex

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@HedgeDirty And 10 of the 18 post-war prime ministers, only five of whom went on to win an election.

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@wesstreeting "And brave Sir Robin boldly ran away, away"

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@karlmehta This is a rebuttal to those who believe that silicon consciousness just happens the way it did for carbon.

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@lfg_uk 10 of the 18 post-war Prime Ministers rose to power before winning a general election. Only five went on to win one.

Are we a democracy?

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@nmrqip When you travel, you judge the success of a country by how easy it is to get around.
How confident are you of being able to get from A to B in Britain in a predictable time?

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@lfg_uk The fastest period of growth this year will likely be the few weeks where we don't have a government to speak of.