Adam
@tricktrifle.bsky.social
We're back in this paradox where what doctors do is so important and specialised that they can't possibly be allowed to worry about being paid fairly. Streeting does not belong in any party of labour
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We're back in this paradox where what doctors do is so important and specialised that they can't possibly be allowed to worry about being paid fairly. Streeting does not belong in any party of labour
You actually don't have to give any ground to people who tell you you need to compromise on your principles in order to be "electable". Genuine progressives in the UK and elsewhere should take heed
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FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win
YouTube video by ABC News
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November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You actually don't have to give any ground to people who tell you you need to compromise on your principles in order to be "electable". Genuine progressives in the UK and elsewhere should take heed
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
Starmer says it's "wrong" that Israeli fans can't attend a game in the UK, while Spain's PM calls for Israeli teams to be banned from international competition. It isn't hard to take the only correct moral position on this issue, but yet again Starmer fails to do so
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Starmer says it's "wrong" that Israeli fans can't attend a game in the UK, while Spain's PM calls for Israeli teams to be banned from international competition. It isn't hard to take the only correct moral position on this issue, but yet again Starmer fails to do so
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As well as the disgusting conflation of protesting genocide with yesterday’s horrendous attack the use of “unBritish” when she knows who goes to those protests is very dog whistly isn’t it (despite the fact they hate her too)
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Shabana Mahmood calls for demonstrators to ‘take a step back’ and call off planned protests after Thursday’s deadly attack
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As well as the disgusting conflation of protesting genocide with yesterday’s horrendous attack the use of “unBritish” when she knows who goes to those protests is very dog whistly isn’t it (despite the fact they hate her too)
Really remarkable lack of humanity in the way this is written. "When I challenge Mohammed on why he is breaking the law"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Behind the doors of asylum hotels - what I found when I went inside
A BBC reporter goes into four hotels and speaks to asylum seekers and staff about what daily life is like.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Really remarkable lack of humanity in the way this is written. "When I challenge Mohammed on why he is breaking the law"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What we're living through is the result of 100 years of treating conservatism like it was anything better than fascism biding its time.
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What we're living through is the result of 100 years of treating conservatism like it was anything better than fascism biding its time.
The latter part includes making fun of dead fascists
September 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The latter part includes making fun of dead fascists
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I'm really tired of people not understanding that committing violence and even murder on a massive scale through policy designed for that purpose is not in fact less immoral than other types of murder. In many ways it's more cowardly
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I'm really tired of people not understanding that committing violence and even murder on a massive scale through policy designed for that purpose is not in fact less immoral than other types of murder. In many ways it's more cowardly
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
It understates just how dangerous this man is to focus on how deeply fucking pathetic and embarrassing he is but it's hard not to
NEW: Keir Starmer has said he hangs the English flag in his home and 'always sits front of a Union Jack'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
September 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It understates just how dangerous this man is to focus on how deeply fucking pathetic and embarrassing he is but it's hard not to
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The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions
August 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions
Weird how this is evidence of overwhelming public consensus which must be listened to by Government, but when well over a million marched on the same day multiple times in protests about the UK's stance on Gaza it was just evidence of fringe interests to be ignored
Times: "Asylum protests swell across the UK " headline, reporting an underwhelming wave.
Leeds "draws 70"
Cardiff "disorganised + small"
Altrincham "*swelled* to around 200"
Cheshunt about 250
Chichester: about 100
Portsmouth: about 70 v 70 on each side
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Leeds "draws 70"
Cardiff "disorganised + small"
Altrincham "*swelled* to around 200"
Cheshunt about 250
Chichester: about 100
Portsmouth: about 70 v 70 on each side
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
August 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Weird how this is evidence of overwhelming public consensus which must be listened to by Government, but when well over a million marched on the same day multiple times in protests about the UK's stance on Gaza it was just evidence of fringe interests to be ignored
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As incompetent and delusional as I think they are, I don't believe that they're stupid enough not to know that this hurts them in the next election. It can only be that the cruelty is the point. That turning the UK into a fascist hellhole is worth being a one-term government for
August 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As incompetent and delusional as I think they are, I don't believe that they're stupid enough not to know that this hurts them in the next election. It can only be that the cruelty is the point. That turning the UK into a fascist hellhole is worth being a one-term government for
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Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
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About half of all asylum cases are granted on first application and about half of those that are refused are later granted on appeal. So even the Home Office — the current UK HOME OFFICE — accepts that 75 per cent of asylum seekers have legitimate cases. But asylum cases frequently take years.
August 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
About half of all asylum cases are granted on first application and about half of those that are refused are later granted on appeal. So even the Home Office — the current UK HOME OFFICE — accepts that 75 per cent of asylum seekers have legitimate cases. But asylum cases frequently take years.
This bullshit is what we're destroying the planet for. We should go back to living in caves
August 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This bullshit is what we're destroying the planet for. We should go back to living in caves
Some people who are not asylum seekers were also charged with sexual assault today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Epping migrant hotel resident charged with sexual assault
Essex Police says it is not looking for any other suspects in relation to the alleged offences.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Some people who are not asylum seekers were also charged with sexual assault today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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candidate 1: i will kill you and your family
candidate 2: i will only kill half of your family, and maybe not you
candidate 3: I won't kill anybody, what the hell, that's so fucked up
Too many of you: Candidate 3 will just take votes from candidate 2, who we must elect to save democracy
candidate 2: i will only kill half of your family, and maybe not you
candidate 3: I won't kill anybody, what the hell, that's so fucked up
Too many of you: Candidate 3 will just take votes from candidate 2, who we must elect to save democracy
August 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
candidate 1: i will kill you and your family
candidate 2: i will only kill half of your family, and maybe not you
candidate 3: I won't kill anybody, what the hell, that's so fucked up
Too many of you: Candidate 3 will just take votes from candidate 2, who we must elect to save democracy
candidate 2: i will only kill half of your family, and maybe not you
candidate 3: I won't kill anybody, what the hell, that's so fucked up
Too many of you: Candidate 3 will just take votes from candidate 2, who we must elect to save democracy
We're being taught over and over that plastic bag charges in return for benefit cuts is the best we can hope for
The past decade of politics on both sides of the Atlantic is an object lesson in how the centrist strategy of selling out fundamental principles in exchange for comparatively minor concessions has been a catastrophe that has accelerated fascism’s ascent. We don’t have time for this shit anymore.
August 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
We're being taught over and over that plastic bag charges in return for benefit cuts is the best we can hope for
This is a disgusting article that amplifies far right talking points while glossing over the extreme violence of these "protests". BBC News is not fit for purpose
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'People are angry': Behind the wave of asylum hotel protests
The BBC visits sites of protests to hear the voices of those opposed to the hotels and others in support of asylum seekers.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This is a disgusting article that amplifies far right talking points while glossing over the extreme violence of these "protests". BBC News is not fit for purpose
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is obviously evidence of a complete lack of principles but you couldn't even call it electoral calculus because it's so clearly boosting Reform poll numbers rather than their own
In 2016, following the Leave vote, Angela Eagle resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet in tears, stating in her resignation letter that, "Too many of our supporters were taken in by right-wing arguments and I believe this happened, in part, because [of] your leadership"
Govt minister Angela Eagle is asked what her message is to people on the streets shouting "get this scum off our streets" & holding banners saying 'protecting women & children is not far right, its just right'
In her reply Eagle says "we hear your worries"
In her reply Eagle says "we hear your worries"
August 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is obviously evidence of a complete lack of principles but you couldn't even call it electoral calculus because it's so clearly boosting Reform poll numbers rather than their own
Israeli civilians are people with names, to be empathised with and mourned as individuals. Palestinian civilians are numbers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Videos of emaciated hostages condemned as Red Cross calls for access
Hamas said it would allow Red Cross access if humanitarian aid corridors were opened into Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Israeli civilians are people with names, to be empathised with and mourned as individuals. Palestinian civilians are numbers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In Ireland listening to detailed insight into the man-made famine in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank on regional radio. You would not find this in UK media. It's important to remember that the UK has almost always been on the wrong side of history, and our media was built to support that
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In Ireland listening to detailed insight into the man-made famine in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank on regional radio. You would not find this in UK media. It's important to remember that the UK has almost always been on the wrong side of history, and our media was built to support that