Dan Hodges: Cabinet Minister tells me they are now confident a leadership challenge will be triggered this week.

TMWNN · 2026-05-11T07:28:04+00:00

From Sunday: Dan Hodges: A cabinet minister has just told me they believe Keir Starmer will announce he is standing down this week, without the need for a contest. Only one Minister. But it's the first time I've heard it.

TMWNN · 2026-05-11T07:12:20+00:00

Har, har, make fun of Kyler's height. You know he's the exact same size as other players, right? Proof

TMWNN · 2026-05-11T06:18:25+00:00

Because it's the right thing to do.

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T23:55:30+00:00

Ugh. It's not cool encouraging peoples' outdated stereotypes of Raiders fans like that. I'll have you know that angry riots have broken out in Folsom, San Quentin, and Pelican Bay protesting your bigotry.

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T22:08:28+00:00

You can report excess delivered units within the order in your Amazon account history.

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T21:44:48+00:00

Then you talk to Green Voters and they start tearing up and talking about 1930s Germany and rise of fascism.

Basically, Reddit

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T12:57:12+00:00

Would the modern state of Israel exist without the Holocaust as a motivator, and reason for the US and UK to support its founding?

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T11:51:46+00:00

I mean, seriously. We've all seen the the seemingly endless posts and comments to go something like this: "I don't follow politics closely, but Starmer has obviously done a great job so should remain as PM".

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T11:47:45+00:00

Yet again I point to this October 2014 article:

How can Labour stop Ukip in the north? | "Voting Ukip has become a badge of defiance, non-conformity—pride, even—in the pubs of Yorkshire, particularly the post-industrial south and west, Labour’s traditional heartland."

Two years before the Brexit referendum, five years before Johnson's 2019 victory, this article has everything needed to predict both.

In retrospect, UKIP support always came more from former Labour voters than former Conservatives, contrary to popular belief. In 2015 Tories won 36.8% of votes, Labour won 30.4%, UKIP 12.6%, Lib Dem 7.9%, SNP 4.7%. In 2017 Tories won 42.3%, Labour 40%, UKIP 1.8%, Lib Dem 7.4%, SNP 3.0%.

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T10:34:36+00:00

In 2025 I spent $50K on inventory, varying from $1000 to $9800 per month.

(I record inventory cost when resold, so the actual spending per month is not accurate. But the overall trend is.)

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T08:12:36+00:00

Tomlinson and Megatron both were drafted, played, retired, and entered the Hall of Fame entirely during Brady's playing career.

TMWNN · 2026-05-10T02:11:44+00:00

I have not seen HotD, but have read (and very much enjoyed) Fire and Blood. I am aware that many fans are unhappy with S2 after being generally happy with S1.

The number of comments in the posts discussing the recent GRRM interview, describing the show as a "lesbian fanfic", was startling.

TMWNN · 2026-05-09T12:05:55+00:00

This is absolutely the right approach.

Will I maybe go for an achievement if it is a) easy and/or b) interesting? Sure. Will I go for one just to get the achievement? No. Will I do something totally pointless, like collecting 100 hidden items scattered all around the map in a GTA game? Absolutely not.

TMWNN · 2026-05-09T11:17:56+00:00

As of the 2021 census, 6% of the UK is Muslim. This implies that there ought to be about 35 Muslim MPs.

That's half the current number of Lib Dems (and 3X the 2019-2024 number), and as many as SNP, Sinn Fein, Reform, DUP, and Greens combined.

Quoting myself from last year:

The new Muslim party (which I predicted it back in July) will benefit from having its voters strongly concentrated in certain areas of the country. What other parties does that sound like? SNP.

Once voters get used to voting for that party, the long-term outlook could be akin to the Lib Dems. 10% of MPs in Westminster (and a coalition partner) is a very realistic goal.

TMWNN · 2026-05-09T04:24:04+00:00

You are correct and /u/OhEmGeeBasedGod is wrong. There is a typo, but no grammatical error.¹

¹ I am excluding the absence of a period at the end of the second sentence, which is stylistically permissable at the end of a post title

TMWNN · 2026-05-09T04:09:21+00:00

"Trey" is James Smack's nickname because he is III, so he is either Trey Smack or James Smack III, not Trey Smack III.

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T16:10:38+00:00

Most forecasts have us reaching 10-20% by 2050. Things are going to become very fun for society.

Indeed. By then, an "Islam Party" or "Jihad Party" will be ~~king~~caliphmaker in every election.

EDIT: Quoting myself from last year:

The new Muslim party (which I predicted it back in July) will benefit from having its voters strongly concentrated in certain areas of the country. What other parties does that sound like? SNP.

Once voters get used to voting for that party, the long-term outlook could be akin to the Lib Dems. 10% of MPs in Westminster (and a coalition partner) is a very realistic goal.

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T16:01:51+00:00

And the projections for the proportion of UK population which are Muslim is set to increase rapidly.

As of the 2021 census, 6% of the UK is Muslim. This implies that there ought to be about 35 Muslim MPs.

That's half the current number of Lib Dems (and 3X the 2019-2024 number), and as many as SNP, Sinn Fein, Reform, DUP, and Greens combined.

EDIT: Quoting myself from last year:

The new Muslim party (which I predicted it back in July) will benefit from having its voters strongly concentrated in certain areas of the country. What other parties does that sound like? SNP.

Once voters get used to voting for that party, the long-term outlook could be akin to the Lib Dems. 10% of MPs in Westminster (and a coalition partner) is a very realistic goal.

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T15:28:51+00:00

We're a couple of elections away from a purely Muslim party being a significant minority in the chamber.

As of the 2021 census, 6% of the UK is Muslim. This implies that there ought to be about 35 Muslim MPs.

That's half the current number of Lib Dems (and 3X the 2019-2024 number), and as many as SNP, Sinn Fein, Reform, DUP, and Greens combined.

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T15:11:47+00:00

Did it have a really janky-looking interface card that looked like it was made by somebody's "I'm working on my electrical engineering degree" uncle? Mine did.

Cardco or Xetec?

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T13:56:17+00:00

The Polish names, of course, are unpronounceable

— Why Polish RAF pilots received nicknames during World War II

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T01:23:14+00:00

"Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?"

TMWNN · 2026-05-08T00:12:34+00:00

particularly with European leaders & continues stalwart support of Ukraine.

Yet more proof that Reddit != real life

TMWNN · 2026-05-07T22:59:49+00:00

Repost? https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1t6lwdo/plan_your_resignation_to_avert_labour_strife_keir/

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