A.V. Deggar
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The Fourth Estate should not be the Fifth Column. Some analysis on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Because of Trump's obvious and deep involvement with this guy, rightists were always going to resort to saying, "Sure, Epstein was a paedophile, but he wasn't one of those *really bad* ones."
The next step will be, "Okay, Trump might well be a paedo, but he's *our* paedo."
The next step will be, "Okay, Trump might well be a paedo, but he's *our* paedo."
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Because of Trump's obvious and deep involvement with this guy, rightists were always going to resort to saying, "Sure, Epstein was a paedophile, but he wasn't one of those *really bad* ones."
The next step will be, "Okay, Trump might well be a paedo, but he's *our* paedo."
The next step will be, "Okay, Trump might well be a paedo, but he's *our* paedo."
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The Starmer line on this is so funny.
The very obvious thing about the UK's *last five prime ministers* is the more the public saw of them, the more they despised them.
Young Wes might be OK wisecracking his way through 5 mins on GMB, but once the public realise he's a smug, condescending narcissist that waxy sheen will come off quick
Young Wes might be OK wisecracking his way through 5 mins on GMB, but once the public realise he's a smug, condescending narcissist that waxy sheen will come off quick
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Starmer line on this is so funny.
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Farage and RefUK will be an existential danger to _all_ our rights & freedoms should they get into power.
I wish more people understood this, and the threat they pose to us and all of the nations in the UK.
I wish more people understood this, and the threat they pose to us and all of the nations in the UK.
Farage at his small business event says that he believes that the British public should be able to call referenda on subjects of national importance.
He means the death penalty.
He means the death penalty.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Farage and RefUK will be an existential danger to _all_ our rights & freedoms should they get into power.
I wish more people understood this, and the threat they pose to us and all of the nations in the UK.
I wish more people understood this, and the threat they pose to us and all of the nations in the UK.
Fucking hell, if someone had told me at any point in my life that "your unpopularity has no floor," I would have considered seppuku.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fucking hell, if someone had told me at any point in my life that "your unpopularity has no floor," I would have considered seppuku.
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As I have long since given up on good things happening, I will settle for very, very funny things.
Just imagine the Krakatoa of enraged, flailing bullshit we would get, if it looked like Ed was going to thrash Streeting in a leadership election.
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As I have long since given up on good things happening, I will settle for very, very funny things.
Nothing means anything anymore latest
Keir Starmer Believes No One In No.10 Briefed Against Wes Streeting – Despite Apologising For The Briefings Against Him
The row has taken another bizarre twist.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nothing means anything anymore latest
Anyone who's worked for a large company will recognise the description of Sir Keir in this—a supercilious blandroid CEO, cut off from the real world, isolated from decision making by delegation, but still demanding the final say & frequently going against advice
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Does Keir Starmer realise how much trouble he's in?
The Prime Minister is facing a crisis of contempt among his own MPs
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Anyone who's worked for a large company will recognise the description of Sir Keir in this—a supercilious blandroid CEO, cut off from the real world, isolated from decision making by delegation, but still demanding the final say & frequently going against advice
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The bar for British politicians is set so low now that hacks just presume "communication skills" & "humour" will be absent as standard.
Finding someone that can put a sentence together & crack a joke? They are messing themselves with excitement, like Ustinov has been reincarnated in London Essex.
Finding someone that can put a sentence together & crack a joke? They are messing themselves with excitement, like Ustinov has been reincarnated in London Essex.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The bar for British politicians is set so low now that hacks just presume "communication skills" & "humour" will be absent as standard.
Finding someone that can put a sentence together & crack a joke? They are messing themselves with excitement, like Ustinov has been reincarnated in London Essex.
Finding someone that can put a sentence together & crack a joke? They are messing themselves with excitement, like Ustinov has been reincarnated in London Essex.
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I stood by you through the genocide, the racism and the bashing of the disabled. But making my Sensible Politics look bad? I simply can't condone this.
Holy fucking dogshit. LMAO where's my inhaler? Bring the morphine—ALL OF IT.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I stood by you through the genocide, the racism and the bashing of the disabled. But making my Sensible Politics look bad? I simply can't condone this.
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Deep in the Number 10 bunker
"Sir, we've lost Dunt..."
"Sir, we've lost Dunt..."
Holy fucking dogshit. LMAO where's my inhaler? Bring the morphine—ALL OF IT.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Deep in the Number 10 bunker
"Sir, we've lost Dunt..."
"Sir, we've lost Dunt..."
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The final boss of banal centrism
Holy fucking dogshit. LMAO where's my inhaler? Bring the morphine—ALL OF IT.
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The final boss of banal centrism
Holy fucking dogshit. LMAO where's my inhaler? Bring the morphine—ALL OF IT.
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Holy fucking dogshit. LMAO where's my inhaler? Bring the morphine—ALL OF IT.
Right on cue, nativist crank Rupert Lowe stands up in the House of Commons and asks for a reintroduction of the death penalty by referendum.
This is 100% coming down the pike.
This is 100% coming down the pike.
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Right on cue, nativist crank Rupert Lowe stands up in the House of Commons and asks for a reintroduction of the death penalty by referendum.
This is 100% coming down the pike.
This is 100% coming down the pike.
Didn't see the Sentient Thumb doing the rounds this morning, but it seems that he's a straight-talking legend, & the Keir Unit + Ginger Eminence duo are bums.
So, I guess that's the green light to starting talking about life after Starmer as "moving on" & not a palace coup. Is that where we are?
So, I guess that's the green light to starting talking about life after Starmer as "moving on" & not a palace coup. Is that where we are?
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Didn't see the Sentient Thumb doing the rounds this morning, but it seems that he's a straight-talking legend, & the Keir Unit + Ginger Eminence duo are bums.
So, I guess that's the green light to starting talking about life after Starmer as "moving on" & not a palace coup. Is that where we are?
So, I guess that's the green light to starting talking about life after Starmer as "moving on" & not a palace coup. Is that where we are?
Yesterday vs. just now.
First time Sir Keir has been odds on to go in 2026.
Yours etc.
First time Sir Keir has been odds on to go in 2026.
Yours etc.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yesterday vs. just now.
First time Sir Keir has been odds on to go in 2026.
Yours etc.
First time Sir Keir has been odds on to go in 2026.
Yours etc.
Actually running ahead of schedule now.
Well done, everyone. Joke fucking country, honestly.
Well done, everyone. Joke fucking country, honestly.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Actually running ahead of schedule now.
Well done, everyone. Joke fucking country, honestly.
Well done, everyone. Joke fucking country, honestly.
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The chicken korma of battles
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The chicken korma of battles
We all know what happens to Old Yeller, just get to the post-rabies bit with the shotgun already.
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We all know what happens to Old Yeller, just get to the post-rabies bit with the shotgun already.
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
I wonder why that might be?
DICK.
DICK.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wonder why that might be?
DICK.
DICK.
One of the nastiest policies of recent times, over which Labour sacked a bunch of their own MPs, marginalised a massive chunk of their base, and contributed to their popularity nosediving into the abyss.
All for what?
Slapping the vulnerable with one hand and committing harakiri with the other.
All for what?
Slapping the vulnerable with one hand and committing harakiri with the other.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
One of the nastiest policies of recent times, over which Labour sacked a bunch of their own MPs, marginalised a massive chunk of their base, and contributed to their popularity nosediving into the abyss.
All for what?
Slapping the vulnerable with one hand and committing harakiri with the other.
All for what?
Slapping the vulnerable with one hand and committing harakiri with the other.
The News Legends are opining again.
What's to be understood here is that you should be courageous, forthright & loud about your beliefs *as long as I think they are sound*.
That Mamdani commie bollocks is fine *cos I don't live in NYC* but bring that kind of Bolshevism to these shores, & well...
What's to be understood here is that you should be courageous, forthright & loud about your beliefs *as long as I think they are sound*.
That Mamdani commie bollocks is fine *cos I don't live in NYC* but bring that kind of Bolshevism to these shores, & well...
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The News Legends are opining again.
What's to be understood here is that you should be courageous, forthright & loud about your beliefs *as long as I think they are sound*.
That Mamdani commie bollocks is fine *cos I don't live in NYC* but bring that kind of Bolshevism to these shores, & well...
What's to be understood here is that you should be courageous, forthright & loud about your beliefs *as long as I think they are sound*.
That Mamdani commie bollocks is fine *cos I don't live in NYC* but bring that kind of Bolshevism to these shores, & well...
Everyone on Earth knows this is an Augean stables-level of vexatious bullshit, and the fact nobody is saying so should tell you everything you need to know about the anglophonic press.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everyone on Earth knows this is an Augean stables-level of vexatious bullshit, and the fact nobody is saying so should tell you everything you need to know about the anglophonic press.
Reactionary Capture Exhibit B
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reactionary Capture Exhibit B
The wheel spins as it should.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The wheel spins as it should.