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I'm just glad that The Labour Party aren't alive to see this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm just glad that The Labour Party aren't alive to see this.
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It's a genius move because you get all the popularity that comes with announcing an income tax rise, all the credibility with the markets that comes with doing a screeching U-turn, and all the revenue that comes with tinkering with the cycle to work scheme instead.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It's a genius move because you get all the popularity that comes with announcing an income tax rise, all the credibility with the markets that comes with doing a screeching U-turn, and all the revenue that comes with tinkering with the cycle to work scheme instead.
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
Here in the UK, the right wing media are being perfectly reasoned and normal about events in New York...
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Here in the UK, the right wing media are being perfectly reasoned and normal about events in New York...
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
I've just started "This way up" the debut book from YouTube's Map Men. Hilarious and informative.
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've just started "This way up" the debut book from YouTube's Map Men. Hilarious and informative.
Not sure "ruinous for British politics" is going to land quite the way the Times expected...
Another day. Another clutching of pearls hit piece.
Today courtesy of the Times. I'm not sure if the Daily Mail or the Express are on the rota tomorrow?
You know what to do:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Today courtesy of the Times. I'm not sure if the Daily Mail or the Express are on the rota tomorrow?
You know what to do:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Not sure "ruinous for British politics" is going to land quite the way the Times expected...
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Peston cuts Zack Polanski off because Zack points out that yes Israel should be boycotted because they Torture Western citizens, including from the UK.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Peston cuts Zack Polanski off because Zack points out that yes Israel should be boycotted because they Torture Western citizens, including from the UK.
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
This is a perfect summary of the state of the UK government right now:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s come to this: Keir Starmer is now just the warm-up act for Nigel Farage | Aditya Chakrabortty
As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is a perfect summary of the state of the UK government right now:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
September 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
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Give him till Sunday.
September 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Give him till Sunday.
A doctor I trust more than RFK, Jr....
September 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A doctor I trust more than RFK, Jr....
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Israel have bombed another hospital. Waited for medics to arrive - and then bombed again.
Britain keeps selling arms to this genocidal regime.
Starmer & Lammy say they're "horrified". They condemn. But they do nothing.
All the war criminals must face justice.
Britain keeps selling arms to this genocidal regime.
Starmer & Lammy say they're "horrified". They condemn. But they do nothing.
All the war criminals must face justice.
August 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Israel have bombed another hospital. Waited for medics to arrive - and then bombed again.
Britain keeps selling arms to this genocidal regime.
Starmer & Lammy say they're "horrified". They condemn. But they do nothing.
All the war criminals must face justice.
Britain keeps selling arms to this genocidal regime.
Starmer & Lammy say they're "horrified". They condemn. But they do nothing.
All the war criminals must face justice.
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My earnest advice to Labour supporters concerned about the new left party is to accept that:
1. The Labour Party leader told those people to leave
2. Those people are now gone.
3. You will not scold them into returning.
4. You have 4 years to get your party to attract them back into the fold.
1. The Labour Party leader told those people to leave
2. Those people are now gone.
3. You will not scold them into returning.
4. You have 4 years to get your party to attract them back into the fold.
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My earnest advice to Labour supporters concerned about the new left party is to accept that:
1. The Labour Party leader told those people to leave
2. Those people are now gone.
3. You will not scold them into returning.
4. You have 4 years to get your party to attract them back into the fold.
1. The Labour Party leader told those people to leave
2. Those people are now gone.
3. You will not scold them into returning.
4. You have 4 years to get your party to attract them back into the fold.
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Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
The more I think about this the worse it gets. You now have to assume that the govt. has used this tactic repeatedly and that any minister would be legally compelled to lie if asked about it. Until super injunctions are banned, nothing the British govt. or media says about anything can be trusted.
For 2 years, 2 govts used a secret court to hide the truth: they put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. They used constitutionally unprecedented methods to prevent reporting.
My reflections on two years on this story and why it must ever happen again.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My reflections on two years on this story and why it must ever happen again.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal
The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The more I think about this the worse it gets. You now have to assume that the govt. has used this tactic repeatedly and that any minister would be legally compelled to lie if asked about it. Until super injunctions are banned, nothing the British govt. or media says about anything can be trusted.
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All of the institutions that were set up after World War II, to prevent tyrants from creating the conditions which could bring about another world war, have been broken by those, who set the institutions, so they themselves can bring about the conditions for another world war.
July 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
All of the institutions that were set up after World War II, to prevent tyrants from creating the conditions which could bring about another world war, have been broken by those, who set the institutions, so they themselves can bring about the conditions for another world war.
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*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
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If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
This NEW Law is TERRIFYING & Will SILENCE Us All
www.doubledown.news
June 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or. LOTR)
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or. LOTR)
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or. LOTR)
("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or. LOTR)
Also, the Post Office's dog ate the list of claimants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Government did not want to ‘harass’ Post Office victims by chasing up claims
At least £600,000 relating to Horizon IT scandal remains unclaimed, with officials reluctant to recontact victims
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Also, the Post Office's dog ate the list of claimants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The UN, international rules based order is pretty much done. And Australia’s govt said not a word of compliant.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
June 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The UN, international rules based order is pretty much done. And Australia’s govt said not a word of compliant.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.