Alison Connorton
@connortona.bsky.social
Refugee from X; anti-Brexit, anti-Tory, anti-Trump. Bit disappointed in Labour start but what is the alternative 🤷🏻♀️
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A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
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Coming on a dismal, dark wet day this is a really depressing read but, unfortunately, it's all true.
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Coming on a dismal, dark wet day this is a really depressing read but, unfortunately, it's all true.
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Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
A world without Keir Starmer
Is it time to change the Labour leader?
iandunt.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
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Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Capping off the week, Farage and Co have had a terrible week - and were likely to see more of it going forward.
Nigel and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Week
From racist MPs to phantom audits, Reform UK’s revolution is starting to look less “take back control” and more “lost the password again.”
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Capping off the week, Farage and Co have had a terrible week - and were likely to see more of it going forward.
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I am outraged that apparently jews are not welcome at football matches in Tel Aviv (am I doing this right?)
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as 'violent riots' see nine arrested
Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I am outraged that apparently jews are not welcome at football matches in Tel Aviv (am I doing this right?)
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
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Can we please get some perspective. If Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were banned because of a risk to them it would absolutely be anti-semitism. When they are banned because they have a track record of causing violence it is just common sense. Preventing football hooliganism is normally a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Can we please get some perspective. If Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were banned because of a risk to them it would absolutely be anti-semitism. When they are banned because they have a track record of causing violence it is just common sense. Preventing football hooliganism is normally a good idea.
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😡 The PM called it wrong. Badly wrong.
Why is he undermining local safety groups, the local police and the local MP?
He should prioritise local residents, British police and public safety...
...rather than interfering to race-bait and prioritise dangerous Israeli hooligans.
Why is he undermining local safety groups, the local police and the local MP?
He should prioritise local residents, British police and public safety...
...rather than interfering to race-bait and prioritise dangerous Israeli hooligans.
October 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
😡 The PM called it wrong. Badly wrong.
Why is he undermining local safety groups, the local police and the local MP?
He should prioritise local residents, British police and public safety...
...rather than interfering to race-bait and prioritise dangerous Israeli hooligans.
Why is he undermining local safety groups, the local police and the local MP?
He should prioritise local residents, British police and public safety...
...rather than interfering to race-bait and prioritise dangerous Israeli hooligans.
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An own goal, indeed.
Starmer attempt to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans i...
Their team plays Aston Villa next month, but a fanbase that once marched through the streets chanting ‘death to Arabs’ has no right to see it
observer.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An own goal, indeed.
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Does Robert Jenrick even realise English clubs were banned from playing in any European football competitions after May 1985 for the rest of the decade, returning only in 1990/91, after Heysel disaster, as UEFA + our government felt fans couldn't be policed safely travelling away?
October 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Does Robert Jenrick even realise English clubs were banned from playing in any European football competitions after May 1985 for the rest of the decade, returning only in 1990/91, after Heysel disaster, as UEFA + our government felt fans couldn't be policed safely travelling away?
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
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The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
The politics of drawing a moral line
The politics of drawing a moral line.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Though obviously nowhere near Trump's worst acts, the extraordinary pettiness of this illustrates, if further illustrations were needed, just how much smaller a person he is than the office he inhabits:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump hangs autopen photo instead of Biden portrait in new presidential gallery
Latest snub is part of US president’s attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claims
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Though obviously nowhere near Trump's worst acts, the extraordinary pettiness of this illustrates, if further illustrations were needed, just how much smaller a person he is than the office he inhabits:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
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800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away.
The cruelty is the point.
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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One of the most unedifying things about the Windsor banquet - for both the government and the royal family - was the presence of Rupert Murdoch, seated next to Morgan McSweeney
Murdoch’s royal welcome
Rupert goes to Windsor...
writesbright.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One of the most unedifying things about the Windsor banquet - for both the government and the royal family - was the presence of Rupert Murdoch, seated next to Morgan McSweeney
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Now tell me, Starmer isn't owned by the same ones as Farage & Tories. We are being played now by the rich.
One of the most unedifying things about the Windsor banquet - for both the government and the royal family - was the presence of Rupert Murdoch, seated next to Morgan McSweeney
Murdoch’s royal welcome
Rupert goes to Windsor...
writesbright.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Now tell me, Starmer isn't owned by the same ones as Farage & Tories. We are being played now by the rich.
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Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer
Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU
www.independent.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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“The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week” - WAIT FOR IT! - “this autumn.”
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week” - WAIT FOR IT! - “this autumn.”
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
Filed eleven days into autumn.
I’m running out of pejoratives for Mason. How can someone this mediocre end up in a position meant for the best political journalist in the UK?
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BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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Isn't this exactly what just happened? Have people got mass fkn memory loss? Five years ago an ethics investigation took SEVEN MONTHS, resulted in a finding of several serious breaches, which was then ignored by the PM and resulted in the ethics advisor AND the bullied employee having to resign. 1/
September 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Isn't this exactly what just happened? Have people got mass fkn memory loss? Five years ago an ethics investigation took SEVEN MONTHS, resulted in a finding of several serious breaches, which was then ignored by the PM and resulted in the ethics advisor AND the bullied employee having to resign. 1/
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This is all becoming very dangerous and the Government's failure to show any kind of resistance to it is a disgrace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This is all becoming very dangerous and the Government's failure to show any kind of resistance to it is a disgrace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.
August 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.