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I think I do understand it but none of it reflects well on them.
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I think I do understand it but none of it reflects well on them.
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
They are terrified. Terrified of the right wing media, terrified of Farage and most of all, terrified of Trump.
Everyone in this govt will look back in 20 years and regret their cowardice. But that's how cowardice works isn't it?
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OTD in 2022, 1000s of Russian speaking Ukrainians, who had been bombed for 10 years by Kiev, reacted with pure terror as Ukraine's "failed Kherson counter offensive" liberated the city.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
OTD in 2022, 1000s of Russian speaking Ukrainians, who had been bombed for 10 years by Kiev, reacted with pure terror as Ukraine's "failed Kherson counter offensive" liberated the city.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
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It’s honestly so embarrassing to be alive rn
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It’s honestly so embarrassing to be alive rn
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I have to admit I have been guilty of this too. I was so desperate for the Tories to lose in 2024 I spent no time at all thinking about what it would mean for Labour to win. I did think stuff could just be managed post-election. I now know how wrong I was.
IMO the worst thing about this government is its failure to see Trump, Farage, anti-immigration rhetoric, rising racism, and the 'gender critical' lobby as connected elements of a global war against liberalism and social democracy – and instead treating them as discrete issues to be 'managed'.
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I have to admit I have been guilty of this too. I was so desperate for the Tories to lose in 2024 I spent no time at all thinking about what it would mean for Labour to win. I did think stuff could just be managed post-election. I now know how wrong I was.
For people of a certain age, this comic and this particular story, was a high point in their childhoods.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For people of a certain age, this comic and this particular story, was a high point in their childhoods.
Much of the problem on both sides of the Atlantic, is that the nationalist Right barks loudly, and institutions, politicians and journos immediately roll over and show their bellies in response.
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Much of the problem on both sides of the Atlantic, is that the nationalist Right barks loudly, and institutions, politicians and journos immediately roll over and show their bellies in response.
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✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨
So SMOL.
Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!
#happy #kangaroo #australia #animal #smol #cute #joyousjoyness #repost
So SMOL.
Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!
#happy #kangaroo #australia #animal #smol #cute #joyousjoyness #repost
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨
So SMOL.
Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!
#happy #kangaroo #australia #animal #smol #cute #joyousjoyness #repost
So SMOL.
Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!
#happy #kangaroo #australia #animal #smol #cute #joyousjoyness #repost
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Jerry Goldsmith was a genius.
youtu.be/pSrKEv9s6pw?...
youtu.be/pSrKEv9s6pw?...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (OST) - V'Ger Flyover
YouTube video by Slick's Film Soundtracks
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November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Jerry Goldsmith was a genius.
youtu.be/pSrKEv9s6pw?...
youtu.be/pSrKEv9s6pw?...
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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Not unpersuasive, this theory.
The assumptions of the neolib, 'end of history' era fell apart in the global financial crisis. But rather than try and build something new, we forced austerity onto the people who had done the least to cause the GFC in order to restore the exact system that caused it.
The assumptions of the neolib, 'end of history' era fell apart in the global financial crisis. But rather than try and build something new, we forced austerity onto the people who had done the least to cause the GFC in order to restore the exact system that caused it.
What if... it wasn't the short-20th-century that ended in 1989, but the long-20th-century that ended in 2008.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Not unpersuasive, this theory.
The assumptions of the neolib, 'end of history' era fell apart in the global financial crisis. But rather than try and build something new, we forced austerity onto the people who had done the least to cause the GFC in order to restore the exact system that caused it.
The assumptions of the neolib, 'end of history' era fell apart in the global financial crisis. But rather than try and build something new, we forced austerity onto the people who had done the least to cause the GFC in order to restore the exact system that caused it.
Labour today: "We're going to bin the two child benefit cap"
Rightwing media: *erupts*
Labour tomorrow: "We misspoke yesterday. We're actually cancelling all child benefits, and deporting all children who have received any government benefits."
Rightwing media: *erupts*
Labour tomorrow: "We misspoke yesterday. We're actually cancelling all child benefits, and deporting all children who have received any government benefits."
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Labour today: "We're going to bin the two child benefit cap"
Rightwing media: *erupts*
Labour tomorrow: "We misspoke yesterday. We're actually cancelling all child benefits, and deporting all children who have received any government benefits."
Rightwing media: *erupts*
Labour tomorrow: "We misspoke yesterday. We're actually cancelling all child benefits, and deporting all children who have received any government benefits."
What we're seeing on both sides of the Atlantic, is the Right's dodgy will to power. It sounds cheesy, but that's exactly what it is. They fully believe that power is their natural due and they behave accordingly.
The Left doesn't believe this at all.
And it shows.
The Left doesn't believe this at all.
And it shows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What we're seeing on both sides of the Atlantic, is the Right's dodgy will to power. It sounds cheesy, but that's exactly what it is. They fully believe that power is their natural due and they behave accordingly.
The Left doesn't believe this at all.
And it shows.
The Left doesn't believe this at all.
And it shows.
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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We are now seeing here the kind of attacks on institutions that have become the norm in the United States.
They will not be satisfied until they have burned down civil society. Cowardice in the face of these attacks will abet them. Starmer and Labour need to shit or get off the pot.
They will not be satisfied until they have burned down civil society. Cowardice in the face of these attacks will abet them. Starmer and Labour need to shit or get off the pot.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are now seeing here the kind of attacks on institutions that have become the norm in the United States.
They will not be satisfied until they have burned down civil society. Cowardice in the face of these attacks will abet them. Starmer and Labour need to shit or get off the pot.
They will not be satisfied until they have burned down civil society. Cowardice in the face of these attacks will abet them. Starmer and Labour need to shit or get off the pot.
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A lot of the US law firms that did deals with Trump have big and very lucrative UK offices. Lean on them. Big time.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A lot of the US law firms that did deals with Trump have big and very lucrative UK offices. Lean on them. Big time.
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“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Hedy Lamarr was born on November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hedy Lamarr was born on November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria.
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
Never fails to boggle my mind that ostensibly normal people are like "why don't we give fascism a try" when regular politics is at a low ebb.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Never fails to boggle my mind that ostensibly normal people are like "why don't we give fascism a try" when regular politics is at a low ebb.
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Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big pivot - and in the right direction. ~AA
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The Heritage Foundation is a global terrorist organization. It’s NOT just an American past time.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Heritage Foundation is a global terrorist organization. It’s NOT just an American past time.
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Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.