Will Vignoles
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I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
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Once again for those at the back - morally repugnant, politically catastrophic. It won't work, won't happen and will lose Labour even more support. Masterful.
Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Once again for those at the back - morally repugnant, politically catastrophic. It won't work, won't happen and will lose Labour even more support. Masterful.
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In 1622, when the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa I was supposed to be returned to power after years of imprisonment, he instead barricaded himself in his room and refused to come out, telling court officials "I do not want to be the Sultan".
Not sure what made me think of that.
Not sure what made me think of that.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In 1622, when the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa I was supposed to be returned to power after years of imprisonment, he instead barricaded himself in his room and refused to come out, telling court officials "I do not want to be the Sultan".
Not sure what made me think of that.
Not sure what made me think of that.
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Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
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British Governments do not understand "soft power". See also restricting BBC Sounds to the UK (and the BBC making the BBC world channel visibly the cheapest of all the international channels)
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
British Governments do not understand "soft power". See also restricting BBC Sounds to the UK (and the BBC making the BBC world channel visibly the cheapest of all the international channels)
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That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
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3. Asia Hogan-Rochester is set to become the first-ever openly genderfluid person to play in a RWC final. AHR has openly talked about their genderfluid identity. Whilst some may view genderfluidity as a part of the non-binary umbrella, they are not interchangeable terms.
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
3. Asia Hogan-Rochester is set to become the first-ever openly genderfluid person to play in a RWC final. AHR has openly talked about their genderfluid identity. Whilst some may view genderfluidity as a part of the non-binary umbrella, they are not interchangeable terms.
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Psychologically very fascinating the extent to which the two historically major parties just hate their actual electoral coalitions.
September 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Psychologically very fascinating the extent to which the two historically major parties just hate their actual electoral coalitions.
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the important thing is that they let this go on for a long time and humiliated their ministers for no reason in the mean time
Mandelson has been fired. Confirmed.
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
the important thing is that they let this go on for a long time and humiliated their ministers for no reason in the mean time
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It has long been known that Mandelson remained close to Epstein even after he was convicted of sex offences.
He shouldn't have been appointed in the first place, and it is very clear that the Prime Minister must sack him immediately.
We either stand with victims or we don’t.
He shouldn't have been appointed in the first place, and it is very clear that the Prime Minister must sack him immediately.
We either stand with victims or we don’t.
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It has long been known that Mandelson remained close to Epstein even after he was convicted of sex offences.
He shouldn't have been appointed in the first place, and it is very clear that the Prime Minister must sack him immediately.
We either stand with victims or we don’t.
He shouldn't have been appointed in the first place, and it is very clear that the Prime Minister must sack him immediately.
We either stand with victims or we don’t.
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if this is the position, keir starmer should resign
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
if this is the position, keir starmer should resign
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This fucking psychopath
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Raab, a former varsity basketball player from a Chicago suburb who became an Israeli sniper, concedes he knew that. He says he shot Salem simply because he tried to retrieve the body of his beloved older brother Mohammed.
"It's hard for me to understand why he [did that] and it also doesn't really interest me" Raab says in a video interview posted on X. "I mean, what was so important about that corpse?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:umokacyt44veykd6qw5zokyi/bafkreicrxsepqij7ei57kohlsyzggnls5qu7jcmyiuoqh6ebpysdgsxtae@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This fucking psychopath
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Your weekly reminder that voter "concern" with immigration doesn't correspond to actual immigration levels.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
It corresponds to the amount of coverage the media gives immigration.
This an entirely self-fulfilling mess, and it is entirely pointless.
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It's pretty obvious that incitement to violence (ostensibly a police matter) is OK with this government as long as the targets are trans. Unless the message is that you can say whatever you like online with no consequences
Police must focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
Police must focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
Health secretary subtly blamed Tory governments after Father Ted writer arrested over social media posts
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UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer wants the police to “focus on policing streets and not tweets”, Wes Streeting has said, after the writer of TV’s Father Ted was arrested at Heathrow over three social media posts on transgender issues.
Graham Linehan, who also created the IT Crowd, said he was intercepted by five armed officers after flying in from Arizona, and told he was under arrest over the posts. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It's pretty obvious that incitement to violence (ostensibly a police matter) is OK with this government as long as the targets are trans. Unless the message is that you can say whatever you like online with no consequences
What the fuck is this
September 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What the fuck is this
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Oh my god
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Oh my god
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It is astonishing how badly suited Keir Starmer is to the current moment. Just astonishing
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is astonishing how badly suited Keir Starmer is to the current moment. Just astonishing
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The strangest thing about the past year is that the government and PM behave as if they don't have a huge parliamentary majority and ability to make the political weather...
August 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The strangest thing about the past year is that the government and PM behave as if they don't have a huge parliamentary majority and ability to make the political weather...
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It depresses me that our political and media elite have seemingly decided to pre-emptively capitulate this, on the basis of a folk-myth of the British public as essentially Farageist at heart
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It depresses me that our political and media elite have seemingly decided to pre-emptively capitulate this, on the basis of a folk-myth of the British public as essentially Farageist at heart
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Actively resent the fact we’re expected to listen to a press conference on “mass deportations” as if this is a perfectly normal, mainstream thing and not the unhinged rantings of a racist who is somehow on my television.
August 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Actively resent the fact we’re expected to listen to a press conference on “mass deportations” as if this is a perfectly normal, mainstream thing and not the unhinged rantings of a racist who is somehow on my television.
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I get it. It's daunting to learn from scratch players, teams, tactics. But with the World Cup on the horizon, there has never been a better time to get your head around Canada being better than South Africa. We present, A Guide to Women's Rugby for fans of the Men's Game-
youtu.be/HkOECTLYqkA?...
youtu.be/HkOECTLYqkA?...
A Guide to Women's Rugby for fans of the Men's Game
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
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August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I get it. It's daunting to learn from scratch players, teams, tactics. But with the World Cup on the horizon, there has never been a better time to get your head around Canada being better than South Africa. We present, A Guide to Women's Rugby for fans of the Men's Game-
youtu.be/HkOECTLYqkA?...
youtu.be/HkOECTLYqkA?...
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Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
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Just gonna state for the record that this is appalling, and the tell it's rooted in bigotry rather than women's safety is that it risks preventing trans men - a group assigned female at birth - from accessing using toilets. It's an unworkable bloody mess, and those pushing it should be ashamed.
August 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just gonna state for the record that this is appalling, and the tell it's rooted in bigotry rather than women's safety is that it risks preventing trans men - a group assigned female at birth - from accessing using toilets. It's an unworkable bloody mess, and those pushing it should be ashamed.
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One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.