Sika
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Politics. Gender. Race. | Feminist | Woke obsession with facts | Moral clarity over civility | #FreePalestine | #SerenaEveryday | Rafaholic | ❤️ Arsenal. No DMs
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Sika
@sikadm.bsky.social
· Nov 20
“Rape culture is a society that condones male aggression both emotionally and physically towards women. It’s a society that has made sexual remarks, sexual touching, to rape itself, a norm for all members of the community & inflicts fear into the hearts of all women everywhere they may go.” #r4today
Can’t give up your title? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor did—and his was far grander than Mandelson’s.
The fact that he can’t be removed from the House of Lords shows how our political system protects classed men from accountability.
Any ordinary person would have been fired immediately.
#r4today
The fact that he can’t be removed from the House of Lords shows how our political system protects classed men from accountability.
Any ordinary person would have been fired immediately.
#r4today
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Can’t give up your title? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor did—and his was far grander than Mandelson’s.
The fact that he can’t be removed from the House of Lords shows how our political system protects classed men from accountability.
Any ordinary person would have been fired immediately.
#r4today
The fact that he can’t be removed from the House of Lords shows how our political system protects classed men from accountability.
Any ordinary person would have been fired immediately.
#r4today
“A thing of its time”? Describing the systematic sexual abuse of children in those terms is profoundly disingenuous.
This is what happens when sexual abuse is treated as consumable content rather than a serious criminal offence: it desensitises people to horrific abuse.
#r4today
This is what happens when sexual abuse is treated as consumable content rather than a serious criminal offence: it desensitises people to horrific abuse.
#r4today
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
“A thing of its time”? Describing the systematic sexual abuse of children in those terms is profoundly disingenuous.
This is what happens when sexual abuse is treated as consumable content rather than a serious criminal offence: it desensitises people to horrific abuse.
#r4today
This is what happens when sexual abuse is treated as consumable content rather than a serious criminal offence: it desensitises people to horrific abuse.
#r4today
Why is the Iranian economy in such dire straits, Amol? Any assessment that brands it a “basket case” without mentioning decades of Western sanctions is intellectually dishonest.
But that’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from #r4today.
But that’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from #r4today.
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Why is the Iranian economy in such dire straits, Amol? Any assessment that brands it a “basket case” without mentioning decades of Western sanctions is intellectually dishonest.
But that’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from #r4today.
But that’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from #r4today.
#r4today discusses Sajid Javid’s new memoir, without examining his record as “the first Muslim Home Secretary”: revoking the citizenship of a trafficked brown girl to burnish his populist credentials, or his contempt for benefit claimants despite his own impoverished upbringing.
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 AM
#r4today discusses Sajid Javid’s new memoir, without examining his record as “the first Muslim Home Secretary”: revoking the citizenship of a trafficked brown girl to burnish his populist credentials, or his contempt for benefit claimants despite his own impoverished upbringing.
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🎶 People in the United States have been getting treated this way the whole time 🎶
It’s not a boomerang, it‘s an expansion
It’s not a boomerang, it‘s an expansion
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
🎶 People in the United States have been getting treated this way the whole time 🎶
It’s not a boomerang, it‘s an expansion
It’s not a boomerang, it‘s an expansion
The Prime Minister is, of course, a very busy man, which explains why he’s spent roughly one in every eight days abroad since taking office.
#r4today
#r4today
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 AM
The Prime Minister is, of course, a very busy man, which explains why he’s spent roughly one in every eight days abroad since taking office.
#r4today
#r4today
“Britain doesn’t have a talent problem, it has a system that chronically filters talent out.”
The evidence is everywhere. #r4today
The evidence is everywhere. #r4today
Oscar nominee and Sinners star Delroy Lindo on why the UK can 'absolutely' root for him - but he doesn't see himself as British
Oscar nominee and Sinners star Delroy Lindo on why the UK can 'absolutely' root for him - but he doesn't see himself as British
He is the Lewisham-born actor who, at the age of 73, finds himself in the running for an Oscar.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
“Britain doesn’t have a talent problem, it has a system that chronically filters talent out.”
The evidence is everywhere. #r4today
The evidence is everywhere. #r4today
Is Justin Webb effectively confirming that housing asylum seekers in camps is performative? If it costs no less than hotels, then the Home Secretary is admitting her party is essentially engaging in performative cruelty purely to appease anti-immigration sentiment.
#r4today
#r4today
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Is Justin Webb effectively confirming that housing asylum seekers in camps is performative? If it costs no less than hotels, then the Home Secretary is admitting her party is essentially engaging in performative cruelty purely to appease anti-immigration sentiment.
#r4today
#r4today
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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I was born and mostly raised in 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles and only ever experienced segregated schoolyards during my stints going to government primary school in London, where the white kids literally wouldn't speak to any of us Black and Brown kids
I lived in Europe for almost a decade. I promise you Black people don't count as USian UNTIL Europeans want a convenient vehicle for their racism.
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
Absolutely correct but they won't listen cause it's open season and they were anti-Black to begin with. This is like a free space on their racism BINGO card and I've seen people explicitly say they DGAF because they find the distinction meaningless. Which tracks.
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I was born and mostly raised in 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles and only ever experienced segregated schoolyards during my stints going to government primary school in London, where the white kids literally wouldn't speak to any of us Black and Brown kids
It’s laughable to hear a minister from Starmer’s government claim they’ve been “unwavering in their principles”. An odd description for a PM who’s been kowtowing to a fascist U.S. administration for over a year. Right now, Labour’s main principle seems to be appeasing white supremacists.
#r4today
#r4today
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
It’s laughable to hear a minister from Starmer’s government claim they’ve been “unwavering in their principles”. An odd description for a PM who’s been kowtowing to a fascist U.S. administration for over a year. Right now, Labour’s main principle seems to be appeasing white supremacists.
#r4today
#r4today
The United States has no genuine “peace plan” for Gaza. What it has is a strategy to ensure that Israel’s apartheid & annihilatory violence continues unabated.
The longstanding impunity Isreal enjoys will not be broken by the same Western governments that have allowed it to flourish.
#r4today
The longstanding impunity Isreal enjoys will not be broken by the same Western governments that have allowed it to flourish.
#r4today
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The United States has no genuine “peace plan” for Gaza. What it has is a strategy to ensure that Israel’s apartheid & annihilatory violence continues unabated.
The longstanding impunity Isreal enjoys will not be broken by the same Western governments that have allowed it to flourish.
#r4today
The longstanding impunity Isreal enjoys will not be broken by the same Western governments that have allowed it to flourish.
#r4today
“We have a deep and long friendship with the U.S.,” says Yvette Cooper.
What she doesn’t say is that whiteness has been the basis of the geopolitical solidarity in the West and Trump’s fascist admin has decided that Britain ( and the EU) is no longer white enough for it.
#r4today
What she doesn’t say is that whiteness has been the basis of the geopolitical solidarity in the West and Trump’s fascist admin has decided that Britain ( and the EU) is no longer white enough for it.
#r4today
January 22, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“We have a deep and long friendship with the U.S.,” says Yvette Cooper.
What she doesn’t say is that whiteness has been the basis of the geopolitical solidarity in the West and Trump’s fascist admin has decided that Britain ( and the EU) is no longer white enough for it.
#r4today
What she doesn’t say is that whiteness has been the basis of the geopolitical solidarity in the West and Trump’s fascist admin has decided that Britain ( and the EU) is no longer white enough for it.
#r4today
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I feel bad for all of us who have to be good at our jobs when the answer is to be sufficiently white, rich and powerful and then you can just drool on yourself and the press will be like “audiences intrigued by his unusual communication style”
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I feel bad for all of us who have to be good at our jobs when the answer is to be sufficiently white, rich and powerful and then you can just drool on yourself and the press will be like “audiences intrigued by his unusual communication style”
Donald Trump's Greenland fixation goes beyond security, it’s about seizing mineral wealth which he sees as essential to sustaining US industrial hegemony. Last year, he strongarmed Ukraine into signing a deal to share profits from the future sale of its mineral and energy reserves.
#r4today
#r4today
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Donald Trump's Greenland fixation goes beyond security, it’s about seizing mineral wealth which he sees as essential to sustaining US industrial hegemony. Last year, he strongarmed Ukraine into signing a deal to share profits from the future sale of its mineral and energy reserves.
#r4today
#r4today
“We are breeding the next generation of listeners.”
The listening figures suggest otherwise, Nick: the Today programme lost a tenth of its audience last year.
#r4today
The listening figures suggest otherwise, Nick: the Today programme lost a tenth of its audience last year.
#r4today
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 AM
“We are breeding the next generation of listeners.”
The listening figures suggest otherwise, Nick: the Today programme lost a tenth of its audience last year.
#r4today
The listening figures suggest otherwise, Nick: the Today programme lost a tenth of its audience last year.
#r4today
Should Justin Webb be covering a story about the Daily Mail, a newspaper he writes for, regularly quotes uncritically and is likely to join as a columnist after leaving #r4Today, like his friend John Humphrys?
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Should Justin Webb be covering a story about the Daily Mail, a newspaper he writes for, regularly quotes uncritically and is likely to join as a columnist after leaving #r4Today, like his friend John Humphrys?
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NEW | KEIR STARMER’S CHAMBERLAIN COSPLAY
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...
Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
NEW | KEIR STARMER’S CHAMBERLAIN COSPLAY
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...
Charles Moore: “American greatness is a combination of soft power and hard power.”
Justin Webb: “And we’ve just seen the hard power, haven’t we, in Venezuela, in extraordinary terms.”
Of course—it wouldn’t be #r4today if someone wasn’t applauding American imperialist violence.
Justin Webb: “And we’ve just seen the hard power, haven’t we, in Venezuela, in extraordinary terms.”
Of course—it wouldn’t be #r4today if someone wasn’t applauding American imperialist violence.
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Charles Moore: “American greatness is a combination of soft power and hard power.”
Justin Webb: “And we’ve just seen the hard power, haven’t we, in Venezuela, in extraordinary terms.”
Of course—it wouldn’t be #r4today if someone wasn’t applauding American imperialist violence.
Justin Webb: “And we’ve just seen the hard power, haven’t we, in Venezuela, in extraordinary terms.”
Of course—it wouldn’t be #r4today if someone wasn’t applauding American imperialist violence.
Donald Trump sympathises with Vladimir Putin mainly because of his business interests in Russia—not simply because he admires him or sees Russia as an “unwoke space”.
Stop gaslighting us, Justin. #r4today
Stop gaslighting us, Justin. #r4today
January 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Donald Trump sympathises with Vladimir Putin mainly because of his business interests in Russia—not simply because he admires him or sees Russia as an “unwoke space”.
Stop gaslighting us, Justin. #r4today
Stop gaslighting us, Justin. #r4today
How can Justin Webb applaud Donald Trump “tackling” undocumented migration in the U.S. when Trump’s own businesses have a documented history of relying on that labour. These people are bloody hypocrites—happy with an immigrant “invasion” when it benefits them financially.
#r4today
#r4today
January 20, 2026 at 8:42 AM
How can Justin Webb applaud Donald Trump “tackling” undocumented migration in the U.S. when Trump’s own businesses have a documented history of relying on that labour. These people are bloody hypocrites—happy with an immigrant “invasion” when it benefits them financially.
#r4today
#r4today