Some good news this morning. Wales does not need more Austerity delivered by a Thatcherite-loving, English nationalist bigot.
Labour also deservedly put on their arse. Big momentum now going forward into the Senedd elections for PC, let's make it happen. Dewch ymlaen, Cymru!
Labour also deservedly put on their arse. Big momentum now going forward into the Senedd elections for PC, let's make it happen. Dewch ymlaen, Cymru!
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Some good news this morning. Wales does not need more Austerity delivered by a Thatcherite-loving, English nationalist bigot.
Labour also deservedly put on their arse. Big momentum now going forward into the Senedd elections for PC, let's make it happen. Dewch ymlaen, Cymru!
Labour also deservedly put on their arse. Big momentum now going forward into the Senedd elections for PC, let's make it happen. Dewch ymlaen, Cymru!
Whilst @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is one of the better interviewers out there. I still find there's such a disparity with how mainstream presenters treat pro-green energy/net zero advocates & the anti net-zero/fossil fuelists. Ed M challenged on every claim, the Tory barely pulled up on any of hers.
October 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Whilst @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is one of the better interviewers out there. I still find there's such a disparity with how mainstream presenters treat pro-green energy/net zero advocates & the anti net-zero/fossil fuelists. Ed M challenged on every claim, the Tory barely pulled up on any of hers.
Invertebrate centrism in a nutshell. Spends half the article complaining about the Green leader not believing violent Israeli thugs chanting about rape & death to Arabs should be welcome, then lies about them having no form for hooliganism.
No one would have blinked if it was a non-Israeli club.
No one would have blinked if it was a non-Israeli club.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Invertebrate centrism in a nutshell. Spends half the article complaining about the Green leader not believing violent Israeli thugs chanting about rape & death to Arabs should be welcome, then lies about them having no form for hooliganism.
No one would have blinked if it was a non-Israeli club.
No one would have blinked if it was a non-Israeli club.
The populist Right (and Far Right) simply have absolutely nothing to offer but fear and endless culture wars to divide us. Their politics exist only to serve theor billionaire class masters and their ever expanding accumulation of our wealth and assets.
Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.
But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The populist Right (and Far Right) simply have absolutely nothing to offer but fear and endless culture wars to divide us. Their politics exist only to serve theor billionaire class masters and their ever expanding accumulation of our wealth and assets.
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
It's startling that Adil is the only British broadcaster/journalist willing to call out far right extremism and pose the questions the Govt & Media are far too spineless to ask. It's left to him to ask why this Govt refuses to condemn racist, fascist mobs or why they won't protect people from them.
A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?
The Reform UK conference gives a standing ovation to "special guest" Lucy Connolly, who pled guilty to stirring up racial hatred after she called for asylum hotels to be set on fire with people inside them.
September 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's startling that Adil is the only British broadcaster/journalist willing to call out far right extremism and pose the questions the Govt & Media are far too spineless to ask. It's left to him to ask why this Govt refuses to condemn racist, fascist mobs or why they won't protect people from them.
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Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
What I've been saying. You can't rely on US "security guarantees" expecting Trump to protect UKR, esp. when he was out there y'day blaming them for this war!
If Putin attacks & breaks his shitty deal, Trump sure as shit won't bring US military might down on RUS, he'll blame EUR/UKR before Putin.
If Putin attacks & breaks his shitty deal, Trump sure as shit won't bring US military might down on RUS, he'll blame EUR/UKR before Putin.
Any US security guarantees to Ukraine would not be credible if Trump is president, sorry.
Right idea in theory—Russia already broke multiple deals, already attacked aggressively twice, only US can really scare them—but even if Europe got US to agree, it won’t be credible, and therefore cannot work.
Right idea in theory—Russia already broke multiple deals, already attacked aggressively twice, only US can really scare them—but even if Europe got US to agree, it won’t be credible, and therefore cannot work.
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What I've been saying. You can't rely on US "security guarantees" expecting Trump to protect UKR, esp. when he was out there y'day blaming them for this war!
If Putin attacks & breaks his shitty deal, Trump sure as shit won't bring US military might down on RUS, he'll blame EUR/UKR before Putin.
If Putin attacks & breaks his shitty deal, Trump sure as shit won't bring US military might down on RUS, he'll blame EUR/UKR before Putin.
Amazing how in a week we've gone from "I'm gonna seriously punish Russia if they don't stop!" to "hey let's meet up Putin & attempt to divide up Ukraine again as a reward". Almost like this was the plan all along. Utterly idiotic & self-defeating from a geopolitics POV for the US.
For those who were hopeful that Trump “pivoted” on Ukraine, the meeting in Alaska will sell Ukraine down the river.
Trump is scared to death of Putin.
Taco
Trump is scared to death of Putin.
Taco
August 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Amazing how in a week we've gone from "I'm gonna seriously punish Russia if they don't stop!" to "hey let's meet up Putin & attempt to divide up Ukraine again as a reward". Almost like this was the plan all along. Utterly idiotic & self-defeating from a geopolitics POV for the US.
At this point of her self-humiliation she's probably a few months away from saying she doesn't identify as black anymore either. Might as well just come out & say "please vote for me white supremacists and racists who despise my ethnicity"
August 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At this point of her self-humiliation she's probably a few months away from saying she doesn't identify as black anymore either. Might as well just come out & say "please vote for me white supremacists and racists who despise my ethnicity"
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There is a growing violent movement which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but actively encouraging.
Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...
Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...
Illegitimate Concerns
There is a growing violent far-right movement in the UK which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but are actively encouraging
www.adambienkov.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
There is a growing violent movement which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but actively encouraging.
Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...
Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...
Famously working class white men on the Left like myself don't actually exist, everyone on the Left is actually posh & privileged living in the London bubble.
These tropes were lazy in 2016 when every RW outlet/pundit was punting it to exhaustion but sorry those latter points are pure bullshit.
These tropes were lazy in 2016 when every RW outlet/pundit was punting it to exhaustion but sorry those latter points are pure bullshit.
Not vibes, just the story of recent years, from dismissal of Brexit voters as “racist” to derision for “white van man”, from job ads for the “benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass” to portrayals of people on benefits as “lazy” and gaming the system.
July 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Famously working class white men on the Left like myself don't actually exist, everyone on the Left is actually posh & privileged living in the London bubble.
These tropes were lazy in 2016 when every RW outlet/pundit was punting it to exhaustion but sorry those latter points are pure bullshit.
These tropes were lazy in 2016 when every RW outlet/pundit was punting it to exhaustion but sorry those latter points are pure bullshit.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
We have so many talentless, pieces of shit in Govt right now, genocidal freaks that are clutching their pearls over the most inane bollocks going.
They should be going after BBC bosses but they're far too cowardly & afraid of upsetting the establishment by sacking these Tories in charge.
They should be going after BBC bosses but they're far too cowardly & afraid of upsetting the establishment by sacking these Tories in charge.
July 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We have so many talentless, pieces of shit in Govt right now, genocidal freaks that are clutching their pearls over the most inane bollocks going.
They should be going after BBC bosses but they're far too cowardly & afraid of upsetting the establishment by sacking these Tories in charge.
They should be going after BBC bosses but they're far too cowardly & afraid of upsetting the establishment by sacking these Tories in charge.
Ian Dunt pointing out here that no person could possibly have won an election w/ 34% vote share but McCummings. With his purging of all dissenting voices being good politics, as clearly all were nasty antisemites.
Nor apparently is there any middle ground between Stalinism & BlackRock Blue Labour.
Nor apparently is there any middle ground between Stalinism & BlackRock Blue Labour.
July 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ian Dunt pointing out here that no person could possibly have won an election w/ 34% vote share but McCummings. With his purging of all dissenting voices being good politics, as clearly all were nasty antisemites.
Nor apparently is there any middle ground between Stalinism & BlackRock Blue Labour.
Nor apparently is there any middle ground between Stalinism & BlackRock Blue Labour.
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Don’t give up.
That’s the trick.
Even when the news is all bad, even when it feels rigged and empty.
Hopelessness is a product too,don’t buy it.
Keep going.
That’s the rebellion.
That’s the trick.
Even when the news is all bad, even when it feels rigged and empty.
Hopelessness is a product too,don’t buy it.
Keep going.
That’s the rebellion.
June 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Don’t give up.
That’s the trick.
Even when the news is all bad, even when it feels rigged and empty.
Hopelessness is a product too,don’t buy it.
Keep going.
That’s the rebellion.
That’s the trick.
Even when the news is all bad, even when it feels rigged and empty.
Hopelessness is a product too,don’t buy it.
Keep going.
That’s the rebellion.
Blue Labour makes as much sense as Green Reform or Socialist Conservatives. A load of deluded weirdos who enjoy sniffing their own farts, that have little substance behind the rhetoric nor any serious answers to our many problems.
What’s wrong with the new Blue Labour?
How the delusions of Brexit and Maga have alienated the ideological movement from ordinary people
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Blue Labour makes as much sense as Green Reform or Socialist Conservatives. A load of deluded weirdos who enjoy sniffing their own farts, that have little substance behind the rhetoric nor any serious answers to our many problems.
Beginning to feel like every time they take the guardrails off and Musk decides to personally intervene and micro-manage how things run, his companies start going to shit.
One of the SpaceX fan cams caught a crane collapse at Starbase in Texas. This kind of thing only happens from a completely unacceptable safety culture failure and I'd be shocked if there wasn't a death here
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Beginning to feel like every time they take the guardrails off and Musk decides to personally intervene and micro-manage how things run, his companies start going to shit.
Farage trying to claim that workplace "DEI" training funding somehow costs double the entire London Met Police annual budget. Or the entire budgets of the Met, G. Manchester, W. Midland, W & S. Yorkshire & Merseyside police forces combined.
I'm sure the BBC & Sky will be rigorously call this out..
I'm sure the BBC & Sky will be rigorously call this out..
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage’s policies labelled ‘Trussonomics on steroids’ following major speech
After Farage made several multi-billion pound pledges, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk said the address was further evidence Reform is not a “serious opposition”
Full story 👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
After Farage made several multi-billion pound pledges, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk said the address was further evidence Reform is not a “serious opposition”
Full story 👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Nigel Farage’s policies labelled ‘Trussonomics on steroids’ after major speech - Politics.co.uk
Nigel Farage vowed to introduce tax breaks for married couples and abolish the two-child benefit cap in a major speech seeking to position Reform UK as the true opposition to Labour. Delivering a pro-...
www.politics.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Farage trying to claim that workplace "DEI" training funding somehow costs double the entire London Met Police annual budget. Or the entire budgets of the Met, G. Manchester, W. Midland, W & S. Yorkshire & Merseyside police forces combined.
I'm sure the BBC & Sky will be rigorously call this out..
I'm sure the BBC & Sky will be rigorously call this out..
"Shooting kids in the head, bombing refugee camps and starving babies is bad"
"You're Hamas"
"You're Hamas"
Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu accuses Starmer of siding with Hamas
The UK, France and Canada condemned the expanded Israeli military operation in Gaza this week.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Shooting kids in the head, bombing refugee camps and starving babies is bad"
"You're Hamas"
"You're Hamas"
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This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
“Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy,” write Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer. But as he winds down his service, “he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration”: https://theatln.tc/ckySMUOS
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
So the establishment hounded Lineker out for speaking out on the genocide.
Gotta have impartiality at the BBC you see, couldn't have say, the editor of the Spectator, who attends far right conferences w/ Orban & Douglas Murray ranting on Twitter about the EU hosting a BBC politics show now.
Gotta have impartiality at the BBC you see, couldn't have say, the editor of the Spectator, who attends far right conferences w/ Orban & Douglas Murray ranting on Twitter about the EU hosting a BBC politics show now.
May 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
So the establishment hounded Lineker out for speaking out on the genocide.
Gotta have impartiality at the BBC you see, couldn't have say, the editor of the Spectator, who attends far right conferences w/ Orban & Douglas Murray ranting on Twitter about the EU hosting a BBC politics show now.
Gotta have impartiality at the BBC you see, couldn't have say, the editor of the Spectator, who attends far right conferences w/ Orban & Douglas Murray ranting on Twitter about the EU hosting a BBC politics show now.
We've allowed the debate to forever be conducted on RW media/Farage's turf, where it's always a problem to crack down on, never an opportunity or necessity. A one-sided national conversation driven by fear, not facts.
Ageing pop, low birthrates, shrinking workforce, tax burden increase.. silence.
Ageing pop, low birthrates, shrinking workforce, tax burden increase.. silence.
The government’s abject surrender in the immigration conversation will not necessarily lose them votes. But it won’t win any either because a) for good
or for ill, the small boats are the really emotive issue & b) people who simply resent immigrants will always favour Farage. He’s one of their own.
or for ill, the small boats are the really emotive issue & b) people who simply resent immigrants will always favour Farage. He’s one of their own.
May 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We've allowed the debate to forever be conducted on RW media/Farage's turf, where it's always a problem to crack down on, never an opportunity or necessity. A one-sided national conversation driven by fear, not facts.
Ageing pop, low birthrates, shrinking workforce, tax burden increase.. silence.
Ageing pop, low birthrates, shrinking workforce, tax burden increase.. silence.
There seems to be a persistent belief in politics that despite the decline in trad. blue collar "working class", they're still treated as far more worthy than people of the middle & professional classes, with the latter treated w/ contempt. Despite them making up a massive part of the electorate.
Tl;dr - one lesson of blue wall 2024 results is that if you keep telling voters you dislike them and will ignore them, sooner or later they will believe you. Labour seem determined to ignore that lesson.
April 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There seems to be a persistent belief in politics that despite the decline in trad. blue collar "working class", they're still treated as far more worthy than people of the middle & professional classes, with the latter treated w/ contempt. Despite them making up a massive part of the electorate.
Very funny that Nvidia CEO bent the knee and then prostrated himself in front of Trump and still gets fucked over with a $5.5bn hit.
Nvidia expects to take $5.5bn hit as US tightens AI chip export rules to China
Shares plunge as firm says H20 chip, designed for Chinese market to comply with controls, will now need special licence
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Very funny that Nvidia CEO bent the knee and then prostrated himself in front of Trump and still gets fucked over with a $5.5bn hit.