James Vaughan
@equusonthebuses.bsky.social
Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
Have either of the factions of the New Party blamed "international finance" yet? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Have either of the factions of the New Party blamed "international finance" yet? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the number of people who seem to think what the BBC did with the Trump edit was either totally ok, or just a silly mistake. If a historian got caught playing fast and loose with sources and evidence like that in such an obviously politicised way, they'd be toast.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the number of people who seem to think what the BBC did with the Trump edit was either totally ok, or just a silly mistake. If a historian got caught playing fast and loose with sources and evidence like that in such an obviously politicised way, they'd be toast.
BBC Breaking News...
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
BBC Breaking News...
If the Times were in the business of running stories to make you really hate middle class people (which I had hitherto thought was the Guardian’s job) they couldn’t have made up a better one.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the Times were in the business of running stories to make you really hate middle class people (which I had hitherto thought was the Guardian’s job) they couldn’t have made up a better one.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Pam Ayres once blocked me on the old Twitter for posting this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Pam Ayres once blocked me on the old Twitter for posting this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I appear to be simultaneously cross that the BBC is getting the kind of shafting that is never delivered to overtly right wing news and propaganda outlets while also holding the view that their editing of the Trump speech was a complete disgrace
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I appear to be simultaneously cross that the BBC is getting the kind of shafting that is never delivered to overtly right wing news and propaganda outlets while also holding the view that their editing of the Trump speech was a complete disgrace
#OnThisDay 1956: Victor Weisz on Soviet propaganda and the crushing of the Hungarian uprising
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OnThisDay 1956: Victor Weisz on Soviet propaganda and the crushing of the Hungarian uprising
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Also, this is a low turnout off-year election in a city where the population is overwhelming Democratic and from progressive demographics, and in a country with an unpopular right wing incumbent. I would be wary of generalising from this to contexts where some or all of these things aren't true.
Perhaps it worked for him (don't know enough about US politics to know) but it's an all too familiar hope on the part of the British left - one that, time and time again, is sadly dashed when the results are counted and the analysis is done.
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters | Ben Davis
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communities
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also, this is a low turnout off-year election in a city where the population is overwhelming Democratic and from progressive demographics, and in a country with an unpopular right wing incumbent. I would be wary of generalising from this to contexts where some or all of these things aren't true.
“Have you seen them? Do you know them? Don't have nightmares, do sleep well"
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have you seen them? Do you know them? Don't have nightmares, do sleep well"
BBC has even managed to bring an unfortunately ambiguous English-language headline into this affair. There was a moment where I was thinking young Ryan had wrong-numbered his local escort agency... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rugby hooker called prostitute in Virgin Media translation gaffe
Virgin Media apologises after using Welsh word for prostitute to describe Wales hooker Ryan Elias.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
BBC has even managed to bring an unfortunately ambiguous English-language headline into this affair. There was a moment where I was thinking young Ryan had wrong-numbered his local escort agency... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bastard son of Herr Flick and Simon Cowell
Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino leaning extra hard into the Nazi aesthetic.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The bastard son of Herr Flick and Simon Cowell
Paywall be damned on this occasion
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Paywall be damned on this occasion
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It must be so galling for people at CEU, who stood up to the despicable kleptocrat Trump is hosting today and who paid a personal and professional price for that, to see US universities capitulating so pathetically.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It must be so galling for people at CEU, who stood up to the despicable kleptocrat Trump is hosting today and who paid a personal and professional price for that, to see US universities capitulating so pathetically.
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It’s very simple. You can paint mass opposition as happening at the behest of a shadowy Jewish benefactor or you can fight antisemitism. You cannot do both.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s very simple. You can paint mass opposition as happening at the behest of a shadowy Jewish benefactor or you can fight antisemitism. You cannot do both.
If this turns out not to be true it could be a really clever way of recruiting Conservative voters
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.
cultmtl.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If this turns out not to be true it could be a really clever way of recruiting Conservative voters
I am out of touch enough with football to be slightly surprised to discover that this headline is about a game between Preston North End and Burnley
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am out of touch enough with football to be slightly surprised to discover that this headline is about a game between Preston North End and Burnley
Wythnos i heno! / A week tonight!
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wythnos i heno! / A week tonight!
Yes, it's true that veterans can say incredibly stupid things that you probably shouldn't bother reporting.
Veteran, 100, says winning World War II ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to state of Britain
Veteran, 100, says winning World War II ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to state of Britain
Veteran, 100, says winning World War II ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to state of Britain
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes, it's true that veterans can say incredibly stupid things that you probably shouldn't bother reporting.
Yeah, I can see that...
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Yeah, I can see that...
Wonder if the Big Issue is having buyer's regret over their old Middle East "expert"...
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wonder if the Big Issue is having buyer's regret over their old Middle East "expert"...
Another of Donald's not-so-nice mates
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another of Donald's not-so-nice mates