John Moore
@johnofnorwich.bsky.social
Nothing useful to contribute, mainly just snarky comments from the sidelines.
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I actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be.
Piece from me.
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Piece from me.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
Why does she have the best press in politics?
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
October 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be.
Piece from me.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
Piece from me.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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That substantial portions of the European and US Left struggle with the idea that it is possible to condemn criminal actions by the Israeli government while also condemning the vicious brutality of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continues to baffle me.
October 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
That substantial portions of the European and US Left struggle with the idea that it is possible to condemn criminal actions by the Israeli government while also condemning the vicious brutality of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continues to baffle me.
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It seems like the police are assuming the far-right losers are 'looking for an excuse' to do more damage and so must be given maximum space.
In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences.
In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences.
No, arresting ‘Danny Tommo’ won’t make him a martyr. *Not* arresting him will fuel his agenda.
September 23, 2026 at 10:43 AM
It seems like the police are assuming the far-right losers are 'looking for an excuse' to do more damage and so must be given maximum space.
In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences.
In fact, they are turning a big dial that says 'thuggery' on it and constantly looking over at the state for the slightest sign of consequences.
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I think the problem is that hard right Tories who have moved to Reform think they are in an actual political party that should propose policies, rather than an authoritarian populist movement. Needed better onboarding.
September 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I think the problem is that hard right Tories who have moved to Reform think they are in an actual political party that should propose policies, rather than an authoritarian populist movement. Needed better onboarding.
I can't believe Baby Oil is still a thing in 2026, when there are so many plant-based alternatives available.
September 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I can't believe Baby Oil is still a thing in 2026, when there are so many plant-based alternatives available.
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Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
September 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
www.bbc.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:37 AM
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A reminder of the enormous good one person can do
Sir Nicholas Winton was a British humanist who organised the rescue of more than 650 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia, on the Kindertransport. In 1988, Winton featured on the BBC's 'That's Life!' programme, hosted by Esther Rantzen, unknowingly surrounded by the people he saved. 🧵
September 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
A reminder of the enormous good one person can do
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I never thought leopards would deny due process before eating MY face, says man who posted "leopards should deny due process before eating faces"
September 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I never thought leopards would deny due process before eating MY face, says man who posted "leopards should deny due process before eating faces"
This is the thing you see, in the background but visible, apparently inconsequential, at the start of a dystopian movie about the end of the human race.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This is the thing you see, in the background but visible, apparently inconsequential, at the start of a dystopian movie about the end of the human race.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The fact that even 40% of Reform UK voters see Farage as sleazy is extraordinary.
YouGov: 77% of the public feel British governments are generally sleazy 73% of Britons describe Nigel Farage as sleazy, including 56% who think he is *very* sleazy.
40% of Reform UK voters see Farage as sleazy Belief Reform UK as a party is sleazy has increased by 18 points over the last two years.
40% of Reform UK voters see Farage as sleazy Belief Reform UK as a party is sleazy has increased by 18 points over the last two years.
July 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The fact that even 40% of Reform UK voters see Farage as sleazy is extraordinary.
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"They've only got 8 MPs, but they get a lot of headlines..."
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER WHO DID THIS
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER WHO DID THIS
July 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"They've only got 8 MPs, but they get a lot of headlines..."
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER WHO DID THIS
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER WHO DID THIS
First rate thread from an extremely astute German observer of Britain, who has a deep and thorough knowledge of this country but can also apply an outsider's perspective. We should take note of what she says, before it is too late.
There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events:
1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists.
2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies.
3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets.
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1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists.
2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies.
3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets.
🧵
June 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
First rate thread from an extremely astute German observer of Britain, who has a deep and thorough knowledge of this country but can also apply an outsider's perspective. We should take note of what she says, before it is too late.
This is, I think, a very good point. The effect is cumulative. That is why it was such a grotesque mistake for Labour to follow a policy of not rocking the boat after the disastrous Tory years. The boat very much needed to be rocked, and steered on to a clearly different course.
On 1 because he’s carrying the can for almost 20 years of even underperformance, unfair though that is. Hence each new PM plumbs new levels of unpopularity.
My top two mysteries of the moment in British Politics are:
1) Why does a PM as ineffectual & beige as Keir Starmer inspire quite so much genuine hatred?
2) Why are Tory MPs and members so happy with Kemi Badenoch when she hasn't even managed to pull the Party up to the depths it plumbed in 2024?
1) Why does a PM as ineffectual & beige as Keir Starmer inspire quite so much genuine hatred?
2) Why are Tory MPs and members so happy with Kemi Badenoch when she hasn't even managed to pull the Party up to the depths it plumbed in 2024?
June 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This is, I think, a very good point. The effect is cumulative. That is why it was such a grotesque mistake for Labour to follow a policy of not rocking the boat after the disastrous Tory years. The boat very much needed to be rocked, and steered on to a clearly different course.
This comes as no surprise. The level of vitriol directed against Starmer is out of all proportion to anything he has or has not done. It's vibes politics, which Labour have been very poor at grasping.
- On the doors I went to, there was no one with a good word to say about Keir Starmer (though many found it hard to articulate exactly why) - but also a hesitation from a lot of voters about Farage. Often it felt like Lowe had stolen the anti establishment credentials of Farage.
June 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
This comes as no surprise. The level of vitriol directed against Starmer is out of all proportion to anything he has or has not done. It's vibes politics, which Labour have been very poor at grasping.
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Privatised water is such an obvious scam that it's achieved the impossible: getting 82% of Brits to agree on something.
The only issue to score higher was the public’s desire for Tony Blair to stick to retirement.
The only issue to score higher was the public’s desire for Tony Blair to stick to retirement.
May 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Privatised water is such an obvious scam that it's achieved the impossible: getting 82% of Brits to agree on something.
The only issue to score higher was the public’s desire for Tony Blair to stick to retirement.
The only issue to score higher was the public’s desire for Tony Blair to stick to retirement.
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I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics.
This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions
This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions
May 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics.
This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions
This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions
Could Big Sam take us through to 2029?
May 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Could Big Sam take us through to 2029?
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Please repost if you agree that the BBC has been undermining democracy and enabling foreign interference in our politics by promoting and protecting Farage.
April 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Please repost if you agree that the BBC has been undermining democracy and enabling foreign interference in our politics by promoting and protecting Farage.
First-rate analysis here.
My substack news letter on the MAGA fantasy of American greatness... and that fantasy is coming apart. mattcarr.substack.com/p/moby-trump
Are You Not Entertained?
MAGA’s Theatre of Cruelty
mattcarr.substack.com
March 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
First-rate analysis here.
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'inside the red-faced hawk is a dove, with an almost physical horror of violence'
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
'inside the red-faced hawk is a dove, with an almost physical horror of violence'
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'
Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025
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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
March 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
I would argue that the primary reason for the attack on Iran was that Trump got such a buzz out of the Venezuela affair that he has been itching for more of the same. As insane and appalling as it is, this is a more plausible explanation than anything which assumes rational consideration.
This was clear from the jump, but the Venezuela invasion going as smoothly as it did, from a pure operational perspective, is going to prove catastrophic in the long run.
March 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I would argue that the primary reason for the attack on Iran was that Trump got such a buzz out of the Venezuela affair that he has been itching for more of the same. As insane and appalling as it is, this is a more plausible explanation than anything which assumes rational consideration.