David Jackson
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I’m not sure who need to hear it. There is nothing new in this but it’s a long time since I heard it put so eloquently 1/3
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’m not sure who need to hear it. There is nothing new in this but it’s a long time since I heard it put so eloquently 1/3
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🌍 Who comes to the UK, and what are they entitled to?
Most UK migrants are here legally - and unauthorised migrants have very limited entitlements. In this article we unpack the facts behind the headlines.
👉 Read the full explainer here: factcheckni.org/articles/exp...
Most UK migrants are here legally - and unauthorised migrants have very limited entitlements. In this article we unpack the facts behind the headlines.
👉 Read the full explainer here: factcheckni.org/articles/exp...
August 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌍 Who comes to the UK, and what are they entitled to?
Most UK migrants are here legally - and unauthorised migrants have very limited entitlements. In this article we unpack the facts behind the headlines.
👉 Read the full explainer here: factcheckni.org/articles/exp...
Most UK migrants are here legally - and unauthorised migrants have very limited entitlements. In this article we unpack the facts behind the headlines.
👉 Read the full explainer here: factcheckni.org/articles/exp...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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A new Digital Film Archive project is now on the New Yorker. Watch Roisin Agnew's, "The Ban" here.
#Archive
#Archive
When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban”
In 1988, when the British government declared that the voices of Sinn Féin or I.R.A. leaders were not to be heard, broadcasters soon discovered a loophole.
www.newyorker.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A new Digital Film Archive project is now on the New Yorker. Watch Roisin Agnew's, "The Ban" here.
#Archive
#Archive
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Editorial, The Vancouver Daily Province, May 17, 1933:
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Editorial, The Vancouver Daily Province, May 17, 1933:
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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A short personal announcement from me:
Looking ahead to the incoming season, I would love to provide a publication/TV company with analysis on upcoming fixtures.
Can do it in English or as Gaeilge; whichever suits.
Have done so for Tuairisc and TG4 in the past.
Shares welcome.
Looking ahead to the incoming season, I would love to provide a publication/TV company with analysis on upcoming fixtures.
Can do it in English or as Gaeilge; whichever suits.
Have done so for Tuairisc and TG4 in the past.
Shares welcome.
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A short personal announcement from me:
Looking ahead to the incoming season, I would love to provide a publication/TV company with analysis on upcoming fixtures.
Can do it in English or as Gaeilge; whichever suits.
Have done so for Tuairisc and TG4 in the past.
Shares welcome.
Looking ahead to the incoming season, I would love to provide a publication/TV company with analysis on upcoming fixtures.
Can do it in English or as Gaeilge; whichever suits.
Have done so for Tuairisc and TG4 in the past.
Shares welcome.
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In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox.
To stem the spread of the disease that had killed thousands so far, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
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To stem the spread of the disease that had killed thousands so far, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox.
To stem the spread of the disease that had killed thousands so far, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
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To stem the spread of the disease that had killed thousands so far, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
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Does Belfast have the 2nd highest number of asylum seekers in the UK, and do almost a fifth of them live in BT12, as claimed by DUP MLA Edwin Poots?
❌ No.
📊Belfast ranks 20th overall.
👥With 0.6% of the local population (1 in 167 people).
➡️ No data confirms the BT12 claim.
❌ No.
📊Belfast ranks 20th overall.
👥With 0.6% of the local population (1 in 167 people).
➡️ No data confirms the BT12 claim.
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Does Belfast have the 2nd highest number of asylum seekers in the UK, and do almost a fifth of them live in BT12, as claimed by DUP MLA Edwin Poots?
❌ No.
📊Belfast ranks 20th overall.
👥With 0.6% of the local population (1 in 167 people).
➡️ No data confirms the BT12 claim.
❌ No.
📊Belfast ranks 20th overall.
👥With 0.6% of the local population (1 in 167 people).
➡️ No data confirms the BT12 claim.
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EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
Thug convicted of bid to murder child is part of far right ‘save our children’ vigilante group in east Belfast
A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is part of a far-right vigilante ‘save our children’ group patrolling Belfast’s streets.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
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Comparing the Copernicus imagery of Lough Neagh between 2023 and 2025 shows how the blue-green algae situation has been even worse this year.
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Comparing the Copernicus imagery of Lough Neagh between 2023 and 2025 shows how the blue-green algae situation has been even worse this year.
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Some imagery of Lough Neagh at the Battery Harbour, Moortown, Co Tyrone (19/08/25). The site is covered with thick cyanobacterial mats and a putrid stench dominates the air. #loughneagh #algalbloom #bluegreenalgae #northernireland #ireland #HAB
August 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Some imagery of Lough Neagh at the Battery Harbour, Moortown, Co Tyrone (19/08/25). The site is covered with thick cyanobacterial mats and a putrid stench dominates the air. #loughneagh #algalbloom #bluegreenalgae #northernireland #ireland #HAB
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111 Years Ago Today: War Declared By All
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
111 Years Ago Today: War Declared By All
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🔺In short, FactCheckNI has found that the vast majority of migrants to the UK are legal, and unauthorised migrants are barely entitled to anything at all.
July 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🔺In short, FactCheckNI has found that the vast majority of migrants to the UK are legal, and unauthorised migrants are barely entitled to anything at all.
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What we don’t know about Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland.
🔺Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a big problem under a bright spotlight. But what do we really know about it?
#VAWG #NorthernIreland
🔺Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a big problem under a bright spotlight. But what do we really know about it?
#VAWG #NorthernIreland
July 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What we don’t know about Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland.
🔺Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a big problem under a bright spotlight. But what do we really know about it?
#VAWG #NorthernIreland
🔺Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a big problem under a bright spotlight. But what do we really know about it?
#VAWG #NorthernIreland
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Immigration in NI: Did a local bus company recently drop off a “bus load” of migrants in Lisburn? No.
This is a good example of how photos shared on social media can be misinterpreted or misleading.
This is a good example of how photos shared on social media can be misinterpreted or misleading.
June 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Immigration in NI: Did a local bus company recently drop off a “bus load” of migrants in Lisburn? No.
This is a good example of how photos shared on social media can be misinterpreted or misleading.
This is a good example of how photos shared on social media can be misinterpreted or misleading.
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"No no no you don't understand. I told the racists where all the immigrants were BEFORE they went and set that place on fire.".
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said his comments about Larne Leisure Centre housing individuals displaced by recent riots were made before the building was set alight, and were intended to “diffuse” tensions.
‘He is unfit for office’: Gordon Lyons to be reported over social media comments on Larne Leisure Centre
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said his comments about Larne Leisure Centre housing individuals displaced by recent riots were made before the building was set alight, and were intended to “dif...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"No no no you don't understand. I told the racists where all the immigrants were BEFORE they went and set that place on fire.".
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i know the 'Irish stock market' is a real thing but it sounds vaguely racist to me. like it's what the Americans call a board behind the bar with all the drink prices on it
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
i know the 'Irish stock market' is a real thing but it sounds vaguely racist to me. like it's what the Americans call a board behind the bar with all the drink prices on it
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Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender
Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender
NEW YORK—Stressing that the memory seemed so fresh and vivid in their minds, the confused nation announced Monday that they could have sworn British entertainer Russell Brand was already a convicted s...
theonion.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender
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A List of Complaints from 1925
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March 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A List of Complaints from 1925
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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'COUNTRIES GUESS WHO THEY ARE' - Our first post here, hope you enjoy.
#comedy #irishcomedy #sketchcomedy
#comedy #irishcomedy #sketchcomedy
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'COUNTRIES GUESS WHO THEY ARE' - Our first post here, hope you enjoy.
#comedy #irishcomedy #sketchcomedy
#comedy #irishcomedy #sketchcomedy