Friday 19th June 2026. (What are the Fafocene Diaries? See here). Woke up this morning to the news that 42% of the people who turned out to vote (59% turn out) in the Makerfield by-election voted for a faaar-right candidate (35% Reform, 7% Restore). Fortunately tactical voting by Lib Dems and Greens helped The King... Continue Reading →
How will “the Establishment” respond to the Greens? What other challenges do the Greens face? (InstaPunditry)
In the end, it was not even close. The victory of the Green Party in the Gorton and Denton bye-election is, I think that much abused word “historic.” But history has different meanings. In five years we might look back on this as the "moment that Labour changed"; unlikely when I narrated the vomit draft... Continue Reading →
Doubling down or climbing down? What next for Starmer/Cooper vs public opinion on the proscription of Palestine Action
On July 3 the legislation to proscribe the direct action group Palestine Action passed the Lords. An article was published that had the following warning in its last paragraph. "The police could face ridicule if they enforce the law, and the charge of selectiveness if they don’t. “Are we saying they should arrest thousands of... Continue Reading →
Everybody knows (or chooses not to). On climate denial, Trump’s tariffs and what links them…
Another slapdash post (fixing a transcript of a great interview, but there's only so much you can do before you get, er, slapdash). As per that song by Leonard Cohen "everybody knows" - that we're heading for 3 or 4 degrees. That's been clear to numerate people with even a cursory understanding of how the... Continue Reading →
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” – Starmer’s gang and their limited cognitive toolkit. Also Trump.
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
HMG sends message to JSO (and others) by… keeping a 78 yr old in jail. #2cotAED
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
Reeves and Trump – same energy on climate. We’re so so fubarred. #2cotAED
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
Letter to the Guardian abt CCS and George Monbiot (unpublished)
Last week George Monbiot had an article in the Guardian on Carbon Capture and Storage, which he isn't a fan of (for entirely justifiable and well-backed up reasons). The same day I sent in this letter below. It seems not to have made the cut. The Guardian did however publish three letters here that largely... Continue Reading →
Meetings, Gatherings or… “Fodderings”?
In this repetitive and defeated rant I look in despair at the “meetings” and "argue" that we need another word to distinguish incidences of people gathering/being gathered in one place from actual meetings where people meet. Being in the same room is not “meeting.” It’s a gathering in of people. It’s the creation of the... Continue Reading →
Election maunderings and “what it means?” brain vomit (why are you READING this, there’s so few tolerable years left!)
The plan was to go to bed as soon as the Exit Poll (all hail the Mighty Exit Poll!) came through. But an hour after the 410 vs 120 figure came out, I was still up, pottering around on various academic article databases for Another Project. Ho-hum. Set the alarm for 3am, by which time... Continue Reading →
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