This doesn't even work on its own terms does it- we don't mandate people write to newspapers under their real legal names?
There's a centrist/liberal version too in which people try to ape the vibe of the 90s/00s as depicted in the West Wing. They act as if they think good governance comes from ridiculous hours, hyper-caffeinated meetings in hallways, and never under any circumstances persuading anyone of anything.
Also before that - have people been on Facebook, or LinkedIn, where people will post the maddest abuse you've ever seen *next to their CV*?
I've occasionally thought about this as cargo cult politics. Starting with half-remembered and wholly misunderstood appearances that correlated with past success. The same sentiment lies behind people thinking education would be better with rows of desks and blackboards. 1/
Personal experience of an adult zoomer using this is that they know it is antisemitic and are in fact fine with that because they have other antisemitic opinions that they're quite open about. They weren't any more furtive than someone would have been ten years ago telling me they voted Brexit.
Hm. Necrocracy is more accurate, but Thanatocracy is easier and more fun to say.
Still making my mind up on Burnham, and I seriously doubt he'd go for an early election - he's not going to be in the same position as Johnson was in 2019 with a minority government, but I do love it when the Telegraph threatens me with a good time. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...
Carns is both partly wrong, as knowledge and culture workers were key participants in the early labour movements in the UK, and misguided for the reasons Tarik touches on.
Who are "the workers" in a knowledge & services economy? An economy Labour played its role in building.
Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done