John Foot
@footymac.bsky.social
Historian specialised in contemporary Italy - has published books on Italian football, radical psychiatry (Franco Basaglia), Fascism. Book on the Red Brigades out in 2025. John-foot.com
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It's hard to pick the one maddest element of British politics, but the tradition of committee room table-banging noise assessment before a leader is destroyed surely has to be in the running.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's hard to pick the one maddest element of British politics, but the tradition of committee room table-banging noise assessment before a leader is destroyed surely has to be in the running.
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Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Paul Dacre says claims Mail broke law to target Doreen Lawrence ‘bitterly wounding’
Paul Dacre says claims Mail broke law to target Doreen Lawrence ‘bitterly wounding’
Ex-editor of Daily Mail tells high court he is appalled by allegations about its journalists by Stephen Lawrence’s mother and others
Paul Dacre, the long-time editor of the Daily Mail, has said it was “bitterly wounding” to face allegations that his journalists used criminal tactics to target the mother of a murdered teenager whose case he had championed.
Giving evidence in the high court, Dacre, who edited the paper from 1992 to 2018, said the “grave and sometimes preposterous” claims from Doreen Lawrence and six other claimants had “astonished, appalled and – in the small hours of the night – reduced me to rage”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Paul Dacre says claims Mail broke law to target Doreen Lawrence ‘bitterly wounding’
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Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
The Chinese will abolish ice hockey is the new batshit claim by the .... President of the USA.
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The Chinese will abolish ice hockey is the new batshit claim by the .... President of the USA.
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ONLY 364 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DALLAS COWBOYS AREN’T IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
ONLY 364 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DALLAS COWBOYS AREN’T IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN
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Genuinely want to know the last time this raggedy plastic bag watched a full football game, with or without “meatloaf and fried chicken.”
The NFL had Bad Bunny on because the NFL has good data on its actual fan base.
The NFL had Bad Bunny on because the NFL has good data on its actual fan base.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Genuinely want to know the last time this raggedy plastic bag watched a full football game, with or without “meatloaf and fried chicken.”
The NFL had Bad Bunny on because the NFL has good data on its actual fan base.
The NFL had Bad Bunny on because the NFL has good data on its actual fan base.
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Whoa! Longtime conservative columnist, professional Dem hater, and spittle-flecked Obama/Biden critic Andrew McCarthy has a new piece in National Review ... absolutely taking Trump to task for corruption. Openly acknowledging it's far worse than anything Biden was even accused of.
The Sordid Story of Trump, the Trump–Witkoff Family Business, and the UAE | National Review
Even if crypto makes your head hurt, you’re going to be hearing a lot about this in the months to come.
www.nationalreview.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Whoa! Longtime conservative columnist, professional Dem hater, and spittle-flecked Obama/Biden critic Andrew McCarthy has a new piece in National Review ... absolutely taking Trump to task for corruption. Openly acknowledging it's far worse than anything Biden was even accused of.
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Home Affairs questions today: the government believes that "the permanence of refugee status in this country is clearly a pull factor, and we are therefore making it temporary".
(The government's reform proposal is to eventually grant settlement after a long period of triennial reviews)
(The government's reform proposal is to eventually grant settlement after a long period of triennial reviews)
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Home Affairs questions today: the government believes that "the permanence of refugee status in this country is clearly a pull factor, and we are therefore making it temporary".
(The government's reform proposal is to eventually grant settlement after a long period of triennial reviews)
(The government's reform proposal is to eventually grant settlement after a long period of triennial reviews)
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They sang “American Idiot”
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
They sang “American Idiot”
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How extraordinarily fortunate for Wes Streeting that the only text messages he sent Peter Mandelson just happened to be exactly the sort of things other Labour MPs want to hear from a potential leadership candidate
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
How extraordinarily fortunate for Wes Streeting that the only text messages he sent Peter Mandelson just happened to be exactly the sort of things other Labour MPs want to hear from a potential leadership candidate
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Jeremy Kyle is "interviewing" Reform UK MPs at their Birmingham rally.
He's presenting his appearance as impartial journalism and claims that he's not "getting political" but he's there as Reform UK's event host, and it's Reform UK - not his employer, TalkTV - that's broadcasting the event.
He's presenting his appearance as impartial journalism and claims that he's not "getting political" but he's there as Reform UK's event host, and it's Reform UK - not his employer, TalkTV - that's broadcasting the event.
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Jeremy Kyle is "interviewing" Reform UK MPs at their Birmingham rally.
He's presenting his appearance as impartial journalism and claims that he's not "getting political" but he's there as Reform UK's event host, and it's Reform UK - not his employer, TalkTV - that's broadcasting the event.
He's presenting his appearance as impartial journalism and claims that he's not "getting political" but he's there as Reform UK's event host, and it's Reform UK - not his employer, TalkTV - that's broadcasting the event.
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Everything the administration says is a lie. Believe none of them.
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Everything the administration says is a lie. Believe none of them.
Sheer coincidence all those tweets at the same time.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Sheer coincidence all those tweets at the same time.
'He changed the Labour Party' - yes, making it much worse.
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
'He changed the Labour Party' - yes, making it much worse.
USA. 2026.
Baltimore Maryland:
ICE forces women detainees to wear diapers—compare them to "goats locked in a cage."
'I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine," said whistleblower.
Overcrowded on the floor like "pictures that I saw in school of how they brought slaves over from Africa."
ICE forces women detainees to wear diapers—compare them to "goats locked in a cage."
'I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine," said whistleblower.
Overcrowded on the floor like "pictures that I saw in school of how they brought slaves over from Africa."
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
USA. 2026.
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Via @threads
The conditions in these ICE detention facilities are actually worse than in CECOT El Salvador. It's hard to understand how this barbarism can be normalised and tolerated in what is supposed to be a law governed democracy.
The conditions in these ICE detention facilities are actually worse than in CECOT El Salvador. It's hard to understand how this barbarism can be normalised and tolerated in what is supposed to be a law governed democracy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Via @threads
The conditions in these ICE detention facilities are actually worse than in CECOT El Salvador. It's hard to understand how this barbarism can be normalised and tolerated in what is supposed to be a law governed democracy.
The conditions in these ICE detention facilities are actually worse than in CECOT El Salvador. It's hard to understand how this barbarism can be normalised and tolerated in what is supposed to be a law governed democracy.
Gary Neville desperate for City to win.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Gary Neville desperate for City to win.
The only thing that drove McSweeney was to defeat the Labour left, which he was very good at. Once in power, they had nothing to give but supposed 'competence' and 'honesty' - but that fell apart very quickly with the freebie row, and now has collapsed totally with Mandelson. Nowhere to go.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The only thing that drove McSweeney was to defeat the Labour left, which he was very good at. Once in power, they had nothing to give but supposed 'competence' and 'honesty' - but that fell apart very quickly with the freebie row, and now has collapsed totally with Mandelson. Nowhere to go.
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We didn't just tell you Starmer would implode in office.
We told you WHY it would implode in office.
Next time - listen to us! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
We told you WHY it would implode in office.
Next time - listen to us! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
I warned you Starmer would implode in office
I don't care if this sounds smug. I predicted what should have been obvious
www.owenjones.news
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
We didn't just tell you Starmer would implode in office.
We told you WHY it would implode in office.
Next time - listen to us! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
We told you WHY it would implode in office.
Next time - listen to us! 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
Badenoch thinks she is a world-beater but she is up against self-destructive clowns. Same illusion shared by Starmer etc when they had Johnson and Truss to deal with.
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Badenoch thinks she is a world-beater but she is up against self-destructive clowns. Same illusion shared by Starmer etc when they had Johnson and Truss to deal with.
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Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
'Nobody understands a word this guy is saying' (Trump) - 60 million people in the US speak Spanish. 600 million in the world.
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
'Nobody understands a word this guy is saying' (Trump) - 60 million people in the US speak Spanish. 600 million in the world.
Morgan McSweeney the electoral genius who took Labour to the heady heights of millions of votes fewer than in previous elections.
February 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Morgan McSweeney the electoral genius who took Labour to the heady heights of millions of votes fewer than in previous elections.