gastrogeorge
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Council house to university. Left and chippy about it.
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This is the fifth or sixth time I’ve been served up a paid Times ad pushing their criticism of one of Epstein’s many victims, and I’ve spoken before about where you will find that paper situated on the matter, when rich and powerful people are accused of crimes. Water that always needs muddying.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This is the fifth or sixth time I’ve been served up a paid Times ad pushing their criticism of one of Epstein’s many victims, and I’ve spoken before about where you will find that paper situated on the matter, when rich and powerful people are accused of crimes. Water that always needs muddying.
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I’ve never noticed John being reticent about criticising the public for views he thinks are wrong, but there’s a particular section of the public who basically can’t be wrong about certain topics and it seems that saying they are, is childish student politics.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’ve never noticed John being reticent about criticising the public for views he thinks are wrong, but there’s a particular section of the public who basically can’t be wrong about certain topics and it seems that saying they are, is childish student politics.
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If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
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“We were stripped completely & assaulted. Dogs were used to violate us while soldiers beat us & sprayed pepper spray. I suffered severe psychological trauma, fractures, bruises, injuries stitched without anesthesia.
The humiliation & torture were beyond imagination.”
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gazaherald.com/2025/11/10/p...
The humiliation & torture were beyond imagination.”
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gazaherald.com/2025/11/10/p...
PCHR Exposes Systematic Sexual Torture of Gaza Detainees
Gaza Herald_The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has documented one of the most heinous crimes in the modern era,
gazaherald.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“We were stripped completely & assaulted. Dogs were used to violate us while soldiers beat us & sprayed pepper spray. I suffered severe psychological trauma, fractures, bruises, injuries stitched without anesthesia.
The humiliation & torture were beyond imagination.”
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gazaherald.com/2025/11/10/p...
The humiliation & torture were beyond imagination.”
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gazaherald.com/2025/11/10/p...
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If I were a talented novelist, I might write a series of books set in a world where we got just a bit further towards cooperative socialism post-1945, and managed to stick there.
People would read them, and weep.
People would read them, and weep.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If I were a talented novelist, I might write a series of books set in a world where we got just a bit further towards cooperative socialism post-1945, and managed to stick there.
People would read them, and weep.
People would read them, and weep.
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That Maitlis appears to be so proud of being instrumental in stripping an entire generation of trans youth of gender-affirming medical care - which has led to several suicides already - is quite frankly obscene.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
That Maitlis appears to be so proud of being instrumental in stripping an entire generation of trans youth of gender-affirming medical care - which has led to several suicides already - is quite frankly obscene.
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
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And these NHS staff are the immigrants the U.K. says that it actually wants: no-one’s safe and of course that’s how fascists want it. (This hits home because I have relatives who have done house visits for many years.)
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And these NHS staff are the immigrants the U.K. says that it actually wants: no-one’s safe and of course that’s how fascists want it. (This hits home because I have relatives who have done house visits for many years.)
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
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Who do they want to fight? And who do they instead want to impress.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Who do they want to fight? And who do they instead want to impress.
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She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
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Our ancient texts have been forgotten by the community
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Our ancient texts have been forgotten by the community
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Historian of labour and class in Britain opinion: depends who you are talking to?
Britain has been ruled by a bourgeoisie cross-pollinated with an ancient aristocracy for going on 200 years.
The class taxonomies used in public discourse are equal parts culture shit, politics, economic power
Britain has been ruled by a bourgeoisie cross-pollinated with an ancient aristocracy for going on 200 years.
The class taxonomies used in public discourse are equal parts culture shit, politics, economic power
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Historian of labour and class in Britain opinion: depends who you are talking to?
Britain has been ruled by a bourgeoisie cross-pollinated with an ancient aristocracy for going on 200 years.
The class taxonomies used in public discourse are equal parts culture shit, politics, economic power
Britain has been ruled by a bourgeoisie cross-pollinated with an ancient aristocracy for going on 200 years.
The class taxonomies used in public discourse are equal parts culture shit, politics, economic power
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Robbie Gibb issue is just one case where Labour has left in place people appointed by the Tories : Arif Ahmed at OfS, Kishwer and Reindorf at EHRC. Real self-sabotage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Robbie Gibb issue is just one case where Labour has left in place people appointed by the Tories : Arif Ahmed at OfS, Kishwer and Reindorf at EHRC. Real self-sabotage.
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Also parliament and its members, given the government very clearly covered this up for years until the press had hounded the peacenik opposition leader out of office, then stampeded through a war crimes impunity bill ASAP with the total willing complicity of the main opposition party.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Also parliament and its members, given the government very clearly covered this up for years until the press had hounded the peacenik opposition leader out of office, then stampeded through a war crimes impunity bill ASAP with the total willing complicity of the main opposition party.
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I’ve got: the army - for producing this many generals demanding impunity for war crimes on the record - and the SAS, the MoD for tolerating this culture, plus the government and PM’s office, clearly seen as biddable. And I’d add the Times: the latter for publishing this and employing Tom Newton Dunn
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I’ve got: the army - for producing this many generals demanding impunity for war crimes on the record - and the SAS, the MoD for tolerating this culture, plus the government and PM’s office, clearly seen as biddable. And I’d add the Times: the latter for publishing this and employing Tom Newton Dunn
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Worth wondering how many different major British institutions have to be deeply malicious, for a story like this to appear.
Treasonous human rights laws mean special forces now can’t even murder scads of civilians in a series of bloodcurdling war crimes and lie about what they’ve done while the government covers it up, without facing a lot of impertinent questions
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Worth wondering how many different major British institutions have to be deeply malicious, for a story like this to appear.
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Treasonous human rights laws mean special forces now can’t even murder scads of civilians in a series of bloodcurdling war crimes and lie about what they’ve done while the government covers it up, without facing a lot of impertinent questions
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Treasonous human rights laws mean special forces now can’t even murder scads of civilians in a series of bloodcurdling war crimes and lie about what they’ve done while the government covers it up, without facing a lot of impertinent questions
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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It would never occur to Emily that she is at all ideological, or that she and her crank pals were imposing their views and desires upon others. What do you mean, ideology! We’re doing Science
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It would never occur to Emily that she is at all ideological, or that she and her crank pals were imposing their views and desires upon others. What do you mean, ideology! We’re doing Science
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If old farts have gone mean as fuck and viciously reactionary with age, then it’s not clear to me that young people are to blame for this or that it’s obviously them who should shut the hell up.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If old farts have gone mean as fuck and viciously reactionary with age, then it’s not clear to me that young people are to blame for this or that it’s obviously them who should shut the hell up.
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We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
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I was watching this and waiting for her to claim she was shut down by some kind of shadowy trans lobby conspiracy, but it's not even that! She's somehow citing the fact that she *wasn't* hindered from pursuing an anti-trans line as proof of pro-trans bias?!
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was watching this and waiting for her to claim she was shut down by some kind of shadowy trans lobby conspiracy, but it's not even that! She's somehow citing the fact that she *wasn't* hindered from pursuing an anti-trans line as proof of pro-trans bias?!