This is just fabulous. They were heroes
In 1886, a couple of East End activists launched Toby, a scrappy satirical paper that bit back at power with wit and outrage. Long before social media, it gave workers a voice – and paid the price for doing so. Graham Palmer has their story ⬇️
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Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is just fabulous. They were heroes
Now that Starmer can be blamed for digital id, expect him to be gone fairly quickly
September 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Now that Starmer can be blamed for digital id, expect him to be gone fairly quickly
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Tony finally did it - can he retire now?
Just know there will be a massive political fight over how these record "sex".
Just know there will be a massive political fight over how these record "sex".
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tony finally did it - can he retire now?
Just know there will be a massive political fight over how these record "sex".
Just know there will be a massive political fight over how these record "sex".
Basically : the police tried to protect a child and Reform are trying to stop them doing it
Despite a strongly worded correction being posted by the West Midlands police, Andrea Jenkyns' lie remains up on Facebook. She is a disgrace.
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
September 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Basically : the police tried to protect a child and Reform are trying to stop them doing it
This is absolutely amazing.
Science. This is why we do it. This is why Trump should be fought. This is why Farage should be fought.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is absolutely amazing.
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Newly-appointed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as the government seeks to harden its immigration policy
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
September 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Newly-appointed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as the government seeks to harden its immigration policy
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
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So many of these zombie ideas for ‘dealing’ with asylum seekers keep on coming back, but still the ones that would really work - safe routes, quick processing - are too dangerous to contemplate.
September 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So many of these zombie ideas for ‘dealing’ with asylum seekers keep on coming back, but still the ones that would really work - safe routes, quick processing - are too dangerous to contemplate.
Elon Musk teaching that whoever pays the piper thinks he calls the tune
July 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Elon Musk teaching that whoever pays the piper thinks he calls the tune
I don't feel one bit sorry for her. This is the ideological route that she has chosen.
My emotions and tears will be saved for the people who are on the receiving end of their lies/ manipulation/spin.
It's her fault. I have zero fks to give about how hard it is for her
My emotions and tears will be saved for the people who are on the receiving end of their lies/ manipulation/spin.
It's her fault. I have zero fks to give about how hard it is for her
Like it or not (I don't much) Chancellor/HMT are just doing their job/what their job has always been on the welfare budget.
It's Number 10's job to stop them doing that in a way which generates a massive political/economic clusterfuck.
It's Number 10's job to stop them doing that in a way which generates a massive political/economic clusterfuck.
I do feel for her. You don't have to agree with everything she's done to think she's in a horrible position that is mostly not of her own making.
July 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I don't feel one bit sorry for her. This is the ideological route that she has chosen.
My emotions and tears will be saved for the people who are on the receiving end of their lies/ manipulation/spin.
It's her fault. I have zero fks to give about how hard it is for her
My emotions and tears will be saved for the people who are on the receiving end of their lies/ manipulation/spin.
It's her fault. I have zero fks to give about how hard it is for her
Jesus wept!
This poor lad. Nothing available but the £950k flat. Maybe if he gave up avocado toast and Starbucks and had spaghetti hoops for breakfast, he could've afforded it without sponging off his da
This poor lad. Nothing available but the £950k flat. Maybe if he gave up avocado toast and Starbucks and had spaghetti hoops for breakfast, he could've afforded it without sponging off his da
Landlordism is the only reason a flat is nearly a million pounds.
April 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Jesus wept!
This poor lad. Nothing available but the £950k flat. Maybe if he gave up avocado toast and Starbucks and had spaghetti hoops for breakfast, he could've afforded it without sponging off his da
This poor lad. Nothing available but the £950k flat. Maybe if he gave up avocado toast and Starbucks and had spaghetti hoops for breakfast, he could've afforded it without sponging off his da
I'll never understand how people confuse how people talk with what they're actually saying.
And what's more fascinating is how many people will ignore what people do, because what they say sounds promising
And what's more fascinating is how many people will ignore what people do, because what they say sounds promising
We have a problem that so many people think that people (like Ben Shapiro and Brand) are smart because they talk fast and use big words. All this means is that they talk fast and use big words.
Breaking: Russell Brand has been charged with the following offences:
One count of rape
One count of indecent assault
One count of oral rape
Two counts of sexual assault
One count of rape
One count of indecent assault
One count of oral rape
Two counts of sexual assault
April 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'll never understand how people confuse how people talk with what they're actually saying.
And what's more fascinating is how many people will ignore what people do, because what they say sounds promising
And what's more fascinating is how many people will ignore what people do, because what they say sounds promising
The lessons of the holocaust should not involve universal human rights. Apparently
Yeah, we wouldn't want to "dilute the memory of the Holocaust with discourse on universal values," now would we?
April 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The lessons of the holocaust should not involve universal human rights. Apparently
😄
Mariah Carey popped into her 13-year-old son’s bedroom and ended up in his Twitch stream for a second.
He got embarrassed and asked her to leave his room.
Also, “Mrs. Carey.” 😂
He got embarrassed and asked her to leave his room.
Also, “Mrs. Carey.” 😂
April 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
😄
"...the reaction to a (relatively mild) piece on AI’s deleterious affects on social media last February which, five hours later, resulted in my X account being nuked by the world’s most famous free speech absolutist"
Having my book stolen by Meta to train their large language models doesn't feel great. But it does present me with another opportunity to declare how much, and how vehemently, I hate everything that Big AI's snake-oil peddling hypemen stand for.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I discovered my own memoir had been used to train Meta AI
I hate that writers and artists must suffer the indignity of being pickpocketed by the richest men who’ve ever lived.
www.irishexaminer.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"...the reaction to a (relatively mild) piece on AI’s deleterious affects on social media last February which, five hours later, resulted in my X account being nuked by the world’s most famous free speech absolutist"
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say "Hardworkingfamilies" in the mirror three times
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. Script as follows.
Scene is the PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE in No. 10, at night. KEIR STARMER is looking in a large mirror over the fireplace. We see him looking at his reflection, with the empty office visible behind him in the mirror.]
1
KEIR STARMER [chanting into the mirror]:
Hardworking families…
Hardworking families…
Hardworking…
2
KEIR STARMER:
…families.
[Behind him in the mirror the GHOST OF DAVID CAMERON has appeared].
3
THE GHOST OF DAVID CAMERON:
Well hello, Keir.
KEIR STARMER:
H-hello David…
4
DAVID CAMERON:
I take it you’ve summoned me… for help?
5
DAVID CAMERON:
You want a new word, don’t you Keir…
6
DAVID CAMERON:
A magic word that will make you rich with cuts beyond your wildest dreams…
7
DAVID CAMERON:
The word, Keir… is…
Workingpipple.
8
KEIR STARMER [confused]:
Working… people?
DAVID CAMERON:
No -
9
DAVID CAMERON:
No you’ve got to say it weird, like “Workingpipple”.
And you need to do the hand.
[He pinches his fingers aloft, like a politician does]
10
DAVID CAMERON:
It sounds a bit like “workers”, but not too…
KEIR STARMER:
Labourish
DAVID CAMERON:
You got it!
11
DAVID CAMERON:
Crucially it allows you to be nice to City ‘workers’…
*and* step on benefits claimants at the same time!
12
KEIR STARMER [practicing in the mirror]:
Workingpipple
DAVID CAMERON:
Don’t forget the hand
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March 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
say "Hardworkingfamilies" in the mirror three times
It's actually shocking how deluded people are about disability benefits. Shocking, but to some extent understandable. This bloke was a director of communications. He knows that the lies will spread before anyone has a chance to correct them. Phillips facilitates it.
Rather than saying that this is a lie, as he must well know, Trevor Phillips semi-endorses it. Pathetic.
Guto Harri, "The massive increase in largely a bunch of fairly young able-bodied people who have too much anxiety to go into work"
"Who in six minutes with a GP can be signed off and earn more than the average working class person has to work very hard in often stressful jobs"
"Who in six minutes with a GP can be signed off and earn more than the average working class person has to work very hard in often stressful jobs"
March 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's actually shocking how deluded people are about disability benefits. Shocking, but to some extent understandable. This bloke was a director of communications. He knows that the lies will spread before anyone has a chance to correct them. Phillips facilitates it.
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“We live in the sixth-richest country in the world where billionaires alone saw their wealth soar by £11bn last year. It is morally repugnant that children, disabled people and carers are the ones who are taking the hit.”
Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’
Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardest
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“We live in the sixth-richest country in the world where billionaires alone saw their wealth soar by £11bn last year. It is morally repugnant that children, disabled people and carers are the ones who are taking the hit.”
The practice of finding ways to avoid minutes and recordings of official business is a world wide phenomenon!
Noone is ever held to account so we can expect it to continue
Noone is ever held to account so we can expect it to continue
Good journalists wouldn't allow Waltz's "full responsibility" to distract us from the substance of the failure
Having a journalist in the chat was one fortuitous failure, but the fact of the discussion, the likelihood that it would never have been held on record... are more important.
#r4today
Having a journalist in the chat was one fortuitous failure, but the fact of the discussion, the likelihood that it would never have been held on record... are more important.
#r4today
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The practice of finding ways to avoid minutes and recordings of official business is a world wide phenomenon!
Noone is ever held to account so we can expect it to continue
Noone is ever held to account so we can expect it to continue
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CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
March 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
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Must read from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social:
"First, [the repressive techniques] are used against those who are seen as inferior; then, they are deployed even against those citizens with full rights and privileges if they dare to question authority."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"First, [the repressive techniques] are used against those who are seen as inferior; then, they are deployed even against those citizens with full rights and privileges if they dare to question authority."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe | Nesrine Malik
His targeting of foreigners with residencies or work visas was inevitable: to achieve his aims, more and more people must be disenfranchised, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Must read from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social:
"First, [the repressive techniques] are used against those who are seen as inferior; then, they are deployed even against those citizens with full rights and privileges if they dare to question authority."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"First, [the repressive techniques] are used against those who are seen as inferior; then, they are deployed even against those citizens with full rights and privileges if they dare to question authority."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“I can’t sleep, I’m so scared.”
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect
Three people tell how knock-on impact of losing Pip on carer’s allowance and other benefits will affect their families
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I can’t sleep, I’m so scared.”
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And then the white house confirmed that the story is correct! So that makes Mr Hegseth someone who is now deceitful and highly discredited
Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
March 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
And then the white house confirmed that the story is correct! So that makes Mr Hegseth someone who is now deceitful and highly discredited
I'm old enough to remember when JD was parading around Europe telling us all about infringements on freedom of speech in Europe. He's allegedly a free speech absolutist and yet here's people being detained under his watch for saying things the govt disagrees with
March 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm old enough to remember when JD was parading around Europe telling us all about infringements on freedom of speech in Europe. He's allegedly a free speech absolutist and yet here's people being detained under his watch for saying things the govt disagrees with