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"Leader of the free world" currently orchestrating a system of mass arrests by masked militias...
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Leader of the free world" currently orchestrating a system of mass arrests by masked militias...
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All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
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I said yesterday a smart government would use this attempted bullying of the BBC by Trump to shore the BBC up and reclaim the mantle of patriotism from the right and expose them for the Britain-hating charlatans they are. We do not have a smart government.
If Labour had any sense they’d use this to talk about how Farage & the Tories hate this country - people used to remember that voters hate politicians who do that
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I said yesterday a smart government would use this attempted bullying of the BBC by Trump to shore the BBC up and reclaim the mantle of patriotism from the right and expose them for the Britain-hating charlatans they are. We do not have a smart government.
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If Labour had any sense they’d use this to talk about how Farage & the Tories hate this country - people used to remember that voters hate politicians who do that
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If Labour had any sense they’d use this to talk about how Farage & the Tories hate this country - people used to remember that voters hate politicians who do that
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When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
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I am extremely disappointed that Charlotte Nichols MP continues to promote this frivolous and pointless campaign, rather than addressing the transphobia that actually led to Brianna Ghey being murdered.
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am extremely disappointed that Charlotte Nichols MP continues to promote this frivolous and pointless campaign, rather than addressing the transphobia that actually led to Brianna Ghey being murdered.
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Would just like to point out that Anna Waehre, the researcher here mentioned as guilty of grievous research ethics violations targeting trans minors was a panelist in a SEGM conference last year with a large number of other abuse apologists.
Vi har avdekket at forskerne fikk avslag på fritak fra taushetsplikten og fra å innhente samtykke til forskning fra pasientene - tre ganger.
De gjennomførte forskningsprosjektet likevel.
De gjennomførte forskningsprosjektet likevel.
Forskere felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner
– nå er de klaget inn igjen
Forskerne som er felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner, har også tidligere villet forske på den samme gruppen.
www.forskning.no
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Would just like to point out that Anna Waehre, the researcher here mentioned as guilty of grievous research ethics violations targeting trans minors was a panelist in a SEGM conference last year with a large number of other abuse apologists.
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Kremlin propaganda: "Britain is our Anglo-Saxon arch enemy and they are controlling Ukraine and trying to steal our MiGs!"
The UK: *the British state paralysed over a six second edited clip on the BBC*
The UK: *the British state paralysed over a six second edited clip on the BBC*
Russia’s FSB claims it thwarted a Ukrainian intel op, allegedly backed by “British handlers”, to hijack a MiG-31 with a Kinzhal missile and provoke NATO by flying it toward Romania’s Constanța airbase. Supposedly, $3 million was offered via personal bank transfer.
Another cartoonish FSB story.
Another cartoonish FSB story.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Kremlin propaganda: "Britain is our Anglo-Saxon arch enemy and they are controlling Ukraine and trying to steal our MiGs!"
The UK: *the British state paralysed over a six second edited clip on the BBC*
The UK: *the British state paralysed over a six second edited clip on the BBC*
Not even the Mahabharata is spared from being turned into AI slop :(
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Not even the Mahabharata is spared from being turned into AI slop :(
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i don't think it's good that the UK media elite are currently getting into esoteric racism
The Yookay meme is something British Journalists keep using as if it doesn’t obviously mark them out as overly online freaks.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
i don't think it's good that the UK media elite are currently getting into esoteric racism
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YOU LET MATT GOODWIN RUN A YOUTH WING?!
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
YOU LET MATT GOODWIN RUN A YOUTH WING?!
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Resign
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Resign
Least weirdest far-right influencer
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Least weirdest far-right influencer
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It's trendier to study the 1990s. But one can trace so much about today's world back to the early-2010s.
- Dawn of multipolar age
- Xi and Modi rise to leadership
- Reordering of Middle East from within
- Russia annexes Crimea
- Euro-crisis roils Europe
- Smartphones & social media become dominant
- Dawn of multipolar age
- Xi and Modi rise to leadership
- Reordering of Middle East from within
- Russia annexes Crimea
- Euro-crisis roils Europe
- Smartphones & social media become dominant
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's trendier to study the 1990s. But one can trace so much about today's world back to the early-2010s.
- Dawn of multipolar age
- Xi and Modi rise to leadership
- Reordering of Middle East from within
- Russia annexes Crimea
- Euro-crisis roils Europe
- Smartphones & social media become dominant
- Dawn of multipolar age
- Xi and Modi rise to leadership
- Reordering of Middle East from within
- Russia annexes Crimea
- Euro-crisis roils Europe
- Smartphones & social media become dominant
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The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
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 5:28 PM
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
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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
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Ahead of Remembrance Day, we gathered at City Hall to pay tribute to all the brave men and women who have served to protect us.
Their courage secured our freedom, peace and democracy, and we honour their sacrifice by defending the values they fought for.
Their courage secured our freedom, peace and democracy, and we honour their sacrifice by defending the values they fought for.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ahead of Remembrance Day, we gathered at City Hall to pay tribute to all the brave men and women who have served to protect us.
Their courage secured our freedom, peace and democracy, and we honour their sacrifice by defending the values they fought for.
Their courage secured our freedom, peace and democracy, and we honour their sacrifice by defending the values they fought for.
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Probably the biggest falsehood thrown around is that "no one watches/listens to the BBC" and it's a politically universal one
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Probably the biggest falsehood thrown around is that "no one watches/listens to the BBC" and it's a politically universal one
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Excellent, excellent column this by Martin Wolf - capturing a neglected truth, which is this government is an 'Old Labour' one, not in the way it was useful for Blair and Corbyn to caricature, but in the 'how those governments actually governed (and mostly lost):
The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour
In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Excellent, excellent column this by Martin Wolf - capturing a neglected truth, which is this government is an 'Old Labour' one, not in the way it was useful for Blair and Corbyn to caricature, but in the 'how those governments actually governed (and mostly lost):
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The US political system is just baffling viewed from abroad. Utterly baffling.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The US political system is just baffling viewed from abroad. Utterly baffling.
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This isn't a revolutionary government. But as a Labour government, it does need to be the people's representative to the system. So far it's acted as the system's representative to the people - "no, you can't have that, tough choices". And time is running out to deliver outcomes by the election
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This isn't a revolutionary government. But as a Labour government, it does need to be the people's representative to the system. So far it's acted as the system's representative to the people - "no, you can't have that, tough choices". And time is running out to deliver outcomes by the election
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The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
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Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
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Pluralism was opening up from below and internationally, the SED was under pressure to liberalize from the Soviet Union, which was implementing its own economic and political reform programs under Mikhail Gorbachev. The SED responded by censoring Soviet publications.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Pluralism was opening up from below and internationally, the SED was under pressure to liberalize from the Soviet Union, which was implementing its own economic and political reform programs under Mikhail Gorbachev. The SED responded by censoring Soviet publications.
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The rapid collapse of East Germany at the end of 1989 came at the confluence of a number of longer-term trends: the first was the long-standing crisis of the GDR economy. Even with massive spiraling debts to the West, it could not keep up with needs of industrial investment nor consumer demand.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The rapid collapse of East Germany at the end of 1989 came at the confluence of a number of longer-term trends: the first was the long-standing crisis of the GDR economy. Even with massive spiraling debts to the West, it could not keep up with needs of industrial investment nor consumer demand.