Irim Sarwar
@irimtated.bsky.social
Pragmatic idealist, mystic, former churchwarden, at sea. Hybrid vigour in all things, not least faith. She/her
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Excellent post. One aspect of the "democratic purism" discussed is that it's based on the dangerous misunderstanding that democracy is *entirely* defined by voting and neither requires nor is compatible with any other institutions.
New Substack post: 'The Will Of The People'
Populism can be seen, among other things, as a purity project.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/the-will-o...
Populism can be seen, among other things, as a purity project.
rolandmcs.substack.com/p/the-will-o...
October 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Excellent post. One aspect of the "democratic purism" discussed is that it's based on the dangerous misunderstanding that democracy is *entirely* defined by voting and neither requires nor is compatible with any other institutions.
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Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.
October 7, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.
That he loves immigrants.
Kemi Badenoch labels Andy Burnham a 'Paddington Bear Prime Minister'. What is that even supposed to mean?
October 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
That he loves immigrants.
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“One paradox of our time is that whilst the educational attainment of the population has increased, there has been a decline in public intellectual standards”
New substack: why there's no place for good ideas in politics: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/who-needs-...
Who needs thought?
Capitalist politics now militates against good ideas in politics
chrisdillow.substack.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
“One paradox of our time is that whilst the educational attainment of the population has increased, there has been a decline in public intellectual standards”
I love a proper, honest obituary. Thank you, Mic.
NEW | A corrective to the obituaries…
HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
October 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I love a proper, honest obituary. Thank you, Mic.
I despised all of them.
Wrong answers only. My bet:
thanks for all the fish.
thanks for all the fish.
October 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I despised all of them.
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"Tell Truss it was me."
Wrong answers only. My bet:
thanks for all the fish.
thanks for all the fish.
October 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
"Tell Truss it was me."
I just read the first line of this and had that electric tingle in my body that said *truth*.
YES.
YES.
The reason young people vibe with liminal horror is that the wealthy have spent the last half century destroying all anthropological spaces they can exist in, leaving *only* non-places
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place
October 7, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I just read the first line of this and had that electric tingle in my body that said *truth*.
YES.
YES.
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I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today.
Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious.
Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious.
Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
October 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today.
Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious.
Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious.
Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
Loving #GBBO with Nigella, and this week with families joining the bakers.
Come for the cheesecake, stay for the family drama. Bring it.
Come for the cheesecake, stay for the family drama. Bring it.
Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing
ALT: Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing
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October 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Loving #GBBO with Nigella, and this week with families joining the bakers.
Come for the cheesecake, stay for the family drama. Bring it.
Come for the cheesecake, stay for the family drama. Bring it.
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Archer is most famous here for suing for defamation over an article about him paying for sex and then later going to jail for perjuring himself during the trial. Here's a statement from the London Collective of Prostitutes.
October 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Archer is most famous here for suing for defamation over an article about him paying for sex and then later going to jail for perjuring himself during the trial. Here's a statement from the London Collective of Prostitutes.
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dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
October 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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Pay teachers a fair wage.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
October 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Pay teachers a fair wage.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
Ok, I needed Aria in red for this, not a desi version of a white wedding dress. #TheSplitUp
October 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Ok, I needed Aria in red for this, not a desi version of a white wedding dress. #TheSplitUp
Desperately need a Season 2 of #TheSplitUp.
October 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Desperately need a Season 2 of #TheSplitUp.
Basically what every kid needs. Now, salient points:
1. This is a right. No one should have to protest for this.
2. IF someone does, it should be the parents at least alongside their children if not instead of.
1. This is a right. No one should have to protest for this.
2. IF someone does, it should be the parents at least alongside their children if not instead of.
French school protests to continue on Monday with 500 schools shut. One thing I think it's important to note; these kids are not trying to overthrow they state - they are calling for more teachers, better exam support and more resources for schools
Explained: What are French students protesting about?
Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas.
www.thelocal.fr
October 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Basically what every kid needs. Now, salient points:
1. This is a right. No one should have to protest for this.
2. IF someone does, it should be the parents at least alongside their children if not instead of.
1. This is a right. No one should have to protest for this.
2. IF someone does, it should be the parents at least alongside their children if not instead of.
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You can think Netanyahu is one of the most evil people on the planet (and I do) and still think the Zionism=Racism motion is a terrible mistake (and I do).
Sigh...
Sigh...
October 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
You can think Netanyahu is one of the most evil people on the planet (and I do) and still think the Zionism=Racism motion is a terrible mistake (and I do).
Sigh...
Sigh...
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I think Americans and Europeans should be legally banned from making snide comments on this until they look up the extent of US election interference in Brazil over the past few months
Brazil looks over and like Bolsonaro's definitely winning the runoff. Some crazy flips too.
October 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I think Americans and Europeans should be legally banned from making snide comments on this until they look up the extent of US election interference in Brazil over the past few months
Sam Alito, I really hope your daughter Laura has disowned you and is now a flaming liberal.
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Sam Alito, I really hope your daughter Laura has disowned you and is now a flaming liberal.
Absolutely. You can 100% be against the Netanyahu government and the genocide happening in Gaza and the gratuitous violence in the West Bank without denying Israel's right to exist.
This motion should never ever even have made it to written form, let alone been on a ballot.
This motion should never ever even have made it to written form, let alone been on a ballot.
What does it mean to be a member-led party when the Greens have 230,000 members but only 1835 voted on the Zionism Is Racism motion? Doesn't seem like you can claim the result as the iron-clad democratic will of the membership while dismissing the concerns of actual democratically elected MPs
October 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Absolutely. You can 100% be against the Netanyahu government and the genocide happening in Gaza and the gratuitous violence in the West Bank without denying Israel's right to exist.
This motion should never ever even have made it to written form, let alone been on a ballot.
This motion should never ever even have made it to written form, let alone been on a ballot.
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From a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right.
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
August 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
From a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right.
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Theology aside, it's always very telling that there is a cadre of people who want to give Britain credit for abolishing slavery, while simultaneously railing against anything that illustrates doing so was worthwhile.
From a historical perspective it's a genuinely strange state of affairs that the Church of England turns out to be too woke for much of the modern right. But really it just feels like: having a consistent moral code that demands taking Lessers and Outgroup seriously is impossible for populist right.
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
October 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Theology aside, it's always very telling that there is a cadre of people who want to give Britain credit for abolishing slavery, while simultaneously railing against anything that illustrates doing so was worthwhile.