Dan Evans
@dai_alectic
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Sociologist & class reductionist. Marxist-Deanoist. Book on the petty bourgeoisie here: https://t.co/resv8Z5F4p All views my own etc
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If you want to finally understand the mythical class of ‘normal people’ (cf. Essex man, Mondeo man, motorway man, swing voters, middle England, Barratt Britain, Deano) that is the social base of modern conservatism &, paradoxically, also the base of the modern left, buy my book
🔑A NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS🔑 The new book from Dan Evans is out next week, January 10th. A title which explores the unstoppable rise of the petite-bourgeoisie, one of the most powerful, but under-explored, classes in modern society You can pre-order through the link in our bio✨
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Enjoyed that Compact piece. I’d frame it differently-in terms of overproduction & downward mobility as the middle class collapses-but on a personal level can relate to the professional frustrations & how despair can harden into resentments. Would like to respond fully somewhere
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Has Nvidia, along with the rest of the “Magnificent 7,” the Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500, already peaked for the current business cycle? It’s a bold proposition, but certainly possible in my view. October 29 of this year may well mark that turning point. Nvidia’s cash flow
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Always wanted to build a skyscraper in the back garden- great policy which won’t cause any issues
2. Permission for additional buildings on existing plots, so long as they take no more than twice the footprint of the original house. This will allow densification with mid-rise blocks of flats in back gardens. Here’s an example before and after from the Croydon design guide:
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Ridiculous shutting penarth road again after the game instead of keeping them in. Tell us when you’re going to do it so we can plan rather than have to walk a 2 mile detour?
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Osbornomics = turning the UK into the ONLY advanced nation that experienced post-GFC GDP growth AND a contraction in real wages. The largest & lengthiest contraction in British living standards since the Napoleonic Wars. That’s because Gideon was happy to watch the BoE pump
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This isn't a trained trick, this is a wild transaction. Sea Otters carry "favorite rocks" in their armpits to crack open clams. This otter realized that humans value "things," so he offered his prized possession, a perfect white stone, in exchange for a high-value item, a fish.
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The most important conversation the left can be having right now. @dai_alectic a great place to start. https://t.co/qajxuQb7qO
“He was grotesque. He was vulgar. But why shouldn't Loadsamoney, why shouldn't Harry Enfield's plasterer, have been a natural Labour voter?” Once a joke on Thatcherism, is this now sort of person being “screwed” by the economy under Labour? @lewis_goodall | @patrickkmaguire
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Harmless fun, no need to strike him off
Teaching assistant told pupils he had killed 250 people as a sniper
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Just catching up on this while laid up in bed with flu/cold. Really great. Someone who definitely gets *it*
New Substack on the budget, some good books about Huey Long, and how they might help us reflect on our own populist moment. https://t.co/bXKyJBYsNR
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The biggest constituency party is unsurprisingly Islington North, with 405 members; in second place, with 380, is Brighton Pavilion. So much for reaching the popular masses in places the Greens can't
#YourDataLeak: #YourParty’s Membership Numbers Belongs to Members A potential glitch on Your Party's website made 651 constituency member counts available to YP logged-in members for six hours in November. I am here releasing the dataset in full. https://t.co/q4tjvMUeej
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‘special forces colonel takes over third world country’
A former marine has emerged as a surprise name in the conversation about who could succeed Keir Starmer Despite being an MP for just a year and a half, armed forces minister Al Carns throwing his hat in the ring is a growing talking point among Labour MPs One supporter said
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The culture war-one fraction of the ruling class (the older establishment) clashing with a new fraction-the liberal class which dominates much of the superstructure & which will stop at nothing to enforce its ‘progressive’ diktats. Imo the old order is preferable to these zealots
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Liberal Pmc authoritarianism encapsulated in one tweet. These are extremely dangerous people
Spot the difference: Court Reform Gov benches: Women fighting for swifter justice for victims let down by those opposite Opposition: Men in suits clinging on to a Magna Carta myth… Glad to be on side of @sarahsackman & gov, fighting for victims already failed for too long
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Should say also: This is particularly noticeable in criminal justice reform where lobbying by victims rights NGOs have been central to the gradual erosion & removal of basic freedoms & principles- exemplified by recent proposals to remove trial by jury.
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Interesting to see it laid out like this. More generally I think this is one of the main uses that NGOs have- stuffed full of labour loyalists who can be called in to provide expert advice on legislation & are treated as sacrosanct or objective despite being anything but
This is maybe the biggest smoking gun in the leak (to mix metaphors). It’s a plan for how to “control” legislation, partly through “advocacy groups”, without the difficulties of consulting the electorate and the Labour party.
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This is very good albeit very depressing
Your Party’s founding conference should have drawn a line under months of infighting. Instead, it revealed a left trapped in its own anxieties and unable to imagine a route to power. https://t.co/OmIRMHoqlJ
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>be me >be labour leader >Announce ridiculous, deeply unpopular policy that everyone hates >Roll out deeply stupid man to try and sell it to people >Get taken apart repeatedly on national media by experts in the field >Cause backbench rebellion >why am I so unpopular bros
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Lame Lammy forgot something important this morning. The presumption of innocence. And the importance to most of us of not being convicted of a crime we did not commit. If I were falsely accused of stealing an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon, with my whole life and career
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Jury trials represent about 3% of the backlog. Lammy is, basically, lying about the justification for this.
Almost 80,000 court cases are held up in the Crown Court backlog and behind every delay is a victim whose life is on hold. We’re going to change that. Later today I’ll set out a plan to modernise the system and make justice swift and fair.
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