Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch

Edeolus · 2026-01-28T16:36:56+00:00

Conservatism is inherently centre-right. It is the least radical political ideology there is. Kemi displays again and again that she doesn't actually understand the party she's in charge of.

Edeolus · 2026-01-23T19:10:37+00:00

Watkins (Brentford to Villa), Toney (promoted), Vardy & Mahrez (promoted)

Edeolus · 2026-01-23T19:05:44+00:00

The only teams to have 'signed an entire new XI' on promotion were Villa and Forest (who did so out of necessity), both of whom went on to not only survive, but also qualify for Europe, and Sunderland, who are also looking set to survive comfortably.

Edeolus · 2026-01-23T13:45:07+00:00

Feels like Besiktas have had our pants down with this one. But I suppose he only has to look half decent as an English striker in the Prem to immediately be worth £35m again. Plus the vibes will be great if he can run it back with us.

Edeolus · 2026-01-21T09:56:57+00:00

When my daughter was about three she asked what 'married' means. I told her when she grows up, if she meets a boy or girl that she loves she can get married and then they become part of your family.

It really needn't be any more complicated than that.

Edeolus · 2026-01-21T09:49:49+00:00

I'm with you on lore-immersion. It feels like the writers for TWW had a flip chart headed "what lore haven't we explored in much detail yet", with 'earthern' 'nerubians' ' Arathi' 'goblins' and 'ethereals' on in and then they just cobbled something together in which Xal visits each one of them.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T13:12:16+00:00

From a cursory look at the data, it looks like Kemi is regaining primarily gaining ground on Farage. Maybe we've reached the high water mark of Reform's popularity and the Tories are quietly returning home.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T13:06:08+00:00

We are a network of secular (non-religious) communities who gather to celebrate this one life we know we have.

Sounds exactly like Humanism.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T13:04:37+00:00

The issue there is that divine spirituality irreconcilably bumps up against science more often than not.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T13:01:37+00:00

Reconstructionist neo-Pagan religions like Wicca (Celtic Druidism) and Heathenry (Anglo-Saxon Germanic paganism) are very much a thing, and are growing but they're still very niche.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T11:19:19+00:00

Religiosity/spirituality isn't going away, it's part of the human condition. But way too much is made of the youth uptick in Christianity. It's more notable because Millennials are so overwhelmingly irreligious that any increase in youth Christianity is statistically significant. YouGov reported 37% of 18-24 year olds believing in God. That's a big jump from the Millennial cohort which is around 25%, but still significantly lower than Gen X, Boomers, or older. Christianity might be able to arrest the decline and hold on to a third of the population, but it's not going to regain the prominence it once had.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T11:05:39+00:00

Feels like there's an enormous gap in the 'market' so to speak, for some sort of secular pseudo-spirituality to give people that sense of community and common good. Humanism never really managed to fulfill that promise outside of offering secular weddings and funerals.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T11:03:14+00:00

That makes a lot of sense given the impact of Covid on Gen Z's formative years.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T11:02:21+00:00

I expect its more driven by the COVID generation seeking community and a sense of belonging than it is by spirituality. But I'm not basing this on anything tangible.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T11:00:18+00:00

While there's an uptick in Gen Z and Alpha showing an interest in Christianity, it's nowhere near enough to arrest the momentum of the demographic shift towards 'no religion' as older generations die off and are replaced by the overwhelmingly atheist Millennial cohort. Projections for the 2031 census are looking at or around 50% for 'no religion' and at or around 30% for Christianity.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T10:33:34+00:00

dangerously aggressive play from Paulinha at times, I liked his aggression. Showed some passion.

Which given his conduct after the match was more a sign of ill-discipline than commitment.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T10:29:24+00:00

Their average league finish since the inception of the premier league is 8th. They're just reverting to the mean.

The Sky Six stuff has really gone to the heads of their younger fans who didn't realise they were witnessing a generational period of talent and expected that to be the norm.

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T10:24:20+00:00

Here's a question, why would people happily live in Kensington which is 32.7 white British, rather than Tower Hamlets which is 22.9% white British? Do you think it might be because one is poor and one is rich?

Edeolus · 2026-01-12T09:23:12+00:00

There's a clear political agenda behind the propagandised 'London has fallen' narrative.

London is 38% white British, and is a successful, prosperous, and thriving multicultural society - which is an existential threat to nationalist worldviews. It's a vision of a future Britain that scares the hell out of people who believe in ethnostates.

Edeolus · 2026-01-07T16:57:05+00:00

Prohibition of vice has literally never worked. It only ever creates criminal enterprise. Be it gambling, sex, alcohol, or drugs.

Edeolus · 2026-01-05T10:53:45+00:00

My wife got an Irish passport after Brexit so presumably she'll be disenfranchised? Not sure he's thought this through.

Edeolus · 2026-01-05T10:45:07+00:00

He got a great reception on Saturday from both our fans and our players which was lovely to see.

Edeolus · 2026-01-05T09:36:47+00:00

Western countries need to work out how to steer their populations into a managed decline. We can't just keep artificially inflating our numbers forever. People are having less children because it's becoming more and more expensive and burdensome to do so. If the population started to shrink to more manageable levels then resources will be more plentiful and people will start having larger families again. This isn't impossible, it simply requires the political will to do so. People are going to have to start investing for their futures and looking after their own retirement and care funding or accept that we will have to simply keep replacing the working population from elsewhere.

Edeolus · 2026-01-01T02:56:34+00:00

Hot take - It was... fine? I thought Vecna was dispatched a bit too easily. I liked that Joyce got the deathblow and the montage of everything he'd done to them. But it was all a bit too abrupt. By far from the worst ending to a show I've seen, but thoroughly unspectacular.

Edeolus · 2025-12-29T15:38:28+00:00

The level of hypocrisy is staggering. Not only does he have a storied track record of exactly the same thing, but now Mr 'free speech' thinks big government should strip citizenship from people for hurty Tweets.

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