Robert Hunter
@hunterston.bsky.social
Made in Scotland. Retired film & TV props master, amateur musician, and old CPGB Marxist still getting off on art, music, politics, and utopian imagining.
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The UK state pension, worst in the world.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The UK state pension, worst in the world.
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The weaponisation of antiseptic by the political Right including mainstream Jews brings tears to my eyes (born 1946 to Holocaust survivor parents and refugee for years)
The weaponisation of antiseptic by the political Right including mainstream Jews brings tears to my eyes (born 1946 to Holocaust survivor parents and refugee for years)
The Beeb, Farage, Asylum and Us
On this Torat Albion blog, Joseph Finlay offers some astute insights into three current media obsessions and how Jewish communal…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The weaponisation of antiseptic by the political Right including mainstream Jews brings tears to my eyes (born 1946 to Holocaust survivor parents and refugee for years)
The weaponisation of antiseptic by the political Right including mainstream Jews brings tears to my eyes (born 1946 to Holocaust survivor parents and refugee for years)
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In full: Europe's 28-point counter proposal to US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine
In full: Europe's 28-point counter proposal to US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine
Europe has tabled a counter proposal to the US-Russia draft peace plan for Ukraine.
news.sky.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In full: Europe's 28-point counter proposal to US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine
Munich 2.0 The fascist twins can fro.
Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan in full - including land Kyiv must hand to Russia and when elections must be held
Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan in full - including land Kyiv must hand to Russia and when elections must be held
Donald Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv's military, a draft has revealed.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Munich 2.0 The fascist twins can fro.
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This ties into my recent grumble about the phrases “virtue signalling”, “pearl-clutching” and “purity tests”: the notion that all expressions of moral principle or disapproval are just a performance to impress others - that morality itself is phoney
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This ties into my recent grumble about the phrases “virtue signalling”, “pearl-clutching” and “purity tests”: the notion that all expressions of moral principle or disapproval are just a performance to impress others - that morality itself is phoney
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Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
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Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
Britain and Germany, 1953. The UK government plans to deport Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany back to the now safe havens of the FDR and the DDR. Having, of course, confiscated their jewellery to pay for their refuge.
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Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Britain and Germany, 1953. The UK government plans to deport Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany back to the now safe havens of the FDR and the DDR. Having, of course, confiscated their jewellery to pay for their refuge.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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Memorial to the Jewish volunteers of the International Brigades. It plays with Star of David and the 3-point of the IB. Around 20% (about 7,000) of Brigaders were Jewish. Fossar de la Pedrera, the mass grave of the victims of the Franco regime in Barcelona, Montjüic cemetery
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Memorial to the Jewish volunteers of the International Brigades. It plays with Star of David and the 3-point of the IB. Around 20% (about 7,000) of Brigaders were Jewish. Fossar de la Pedrera, the mass grave of the victims of the Franco regime in Barcelona, Montjüic cemetery
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In 1917 a foreign-born socialist ran for Mayor of New York City.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In 1917 a foreign-born socialist ran for Mayor of New York City.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
Morris Hillquit, born in Latvia, stood on a platform that included opposition to war, economic redistribution and support for a burning global issue: Irish freedom.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Sad to hear that Richard Gott - the journalist who identified Che Guevara’s body - has died. His historical work on Latin America remains hugely important. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Richard Gott, former Guardian journalist and historian, dies aged 87
Charismatic figure of the left is remembered as one of the most informed commentators on Latin American affairs
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November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sad to hear that Richard Gott - the journalist who identified Che Guevara’s body - has died. His historical work on Latin America remains hugely important. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?
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Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
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There is not a single political party or mass movement in Palestine that advocates for this idea. Or in Israel for that matter.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There is not a single political party or mass movement in Palestine that advocates for this idea. Or in Israel for that matter.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
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James Baldwin: "It is the innocence that constitutes the crime." By which I believe he meant willful/ convenient/ strategic ignorance.
Mr. Obama sir we tried to tell you that you were running with a bad crowd (billionaires), they’re bad news
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November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
James Baldwin: "It is the innocence that constitutes the crime." By which I believe he meant willful/ convenient/ strategic ignorance.
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From day one of the full scale invasion the IL has supported the right of the Ukrainian people to self determination, as we do for the Palestinian people.
On Tuesday 28 October, join us to protest against Reform UK, its links to and advocacy for Russia
From 5.30pm @ Reform UK HQ, Millbank Tower, London
From 5.30pm @ Reform UK HQ, Millbank Tower, London
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From day one of the full scale invasion the IL has supported the right of the Ukrainian people to self determination, as we do for the Palestinian people.
Excellent thread. Perhaps also @johnmcdonnellMP could weigh in and give a steer to those on the left still adrift on what's meant by solidarity.
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Excellent thread. Perhaps also @johnmcdonnellMP could weigh in and give a steer to those on the left still adrift on what's meant by solidarity.
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Cathedrals, cannons and Cromwell: lessons in power youtu.be/rdWn3XwFjyY?... Economics isn’t just about spreadsheets. It’s about people, power, and place.
In this video, filmed in Ely, where I live, I explore what my friend Danny Blanchflower calls 'the economics of walking about'.
In this video, filmed in Ely, where I live, I explore what my friend Danny Blanchflower calls 'the economics of walking about'.
Cathedrals, cannons and Cromwell: lessons in power
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October 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Cathedrals, cannons and Cromwell: lessons in power youtu.be/rdWn3XwFjyY?... Economics isn’t just about spreadsheets. It’s about people, power, and place.
In this video, filmed in Ely, where I live, I explore what my friend Danny Blanchflower calls 'the economics of walking about'.
In this video, filmed in Ely, where I live, I explore what my friend Danny Blanchflower calls 'the economics of walking about'.
Excellent thread. And Tim's remarks on populism could apply to 'nationalism' too.
To add to this: 'populist' is not a synonym for 'fascist' or 'far right'. Populism is notoriously difficult to define, but roughly speaking it is anti-elitist politics which can be right or left wing. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Do populists always crash the economy?
Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Excellent thread. And Tim's remarks on populism could apply to 'nationalism' too.
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“Such is the degradation of political and moral thinking wrought by the immigration debate that the brazen overturning of democratic norms is regarded as ‘sensible’ and critics dismissed as ‘hysterical’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi ...
Katie Lam’s plan for expulsions opens the door to curtailing the rights of us all
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
“Such is the degradation of political and moral thinking wrought by the immigration debate that the brazen overturning of democratic norms is regarded as ‘sensible’ and critics dismissed as ‘hysterical’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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“Legitimate concerns” update
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refusing to say that he thinks Reform MP Sarah Pochin saying she doesn't like seeing black people on TV was racist.
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
October 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“Legitimate concerns” update
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800 words please on why this proves the Labour and Conservative strategy to primarily target Reform voters is working perfectly.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
800 words please on why this proves the Labour and Conservative strategy to primarily target Reform voters is working perfectly.
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Unsurprisingly, people who actually have to deal with dead bodies in the water are more reluctant to embrace risky and dangerous methods than grandstanding politicians are.
French coastguards demand halt to ‘deadly plans’ to intercept small boats
Union says UK-French Channel deal is inhumane and contravenes international conventions
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Unsurprisingly, people who actually have to deal with dead bodies in the water are more reluctant to embrace risky and dangerous methods than grandstanding politicians are.