Stephen Morley
@geraldwinstanley.bsky.social
Open to all that promotes openness and universal flourishing; against all that negates this.
Fine as far as it goes. But reason isn’t a dominant force, even without AI. And the reason for this goes beyond either “laziness and cowardice,” or “the reassuring certainty of subordination”. We need a deeper concept of reason and why it fails to take hold, or AI is likely to win out.
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fine as far as it goes. But reason isn’t a dominant force, even without AI. And the reason for this goes beyond either “laziness and cowardice,” or “the reassuring certainty of subordination”. We need a deeper concept of reason and why it fails to take hold, or AI is likely to win out.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have:
- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.
Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.
- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.
Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have:
- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.
Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.
- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.
Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.
It seems to me that the tradition or culture of black activism in the US is, and perhaps has been for a long time, well ahead, in both what it has to say and how it expresses that, of anything similar in the UK. As evidenced in the whole of this discussion.
youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
YouTube video by Urban Consulate
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December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It seems to me that the tradition or culture of black activism in the US is, and perhaps has been for a long time, well ahead, in both what it has to say and how it expresses that, of anything similar in the UK. As evidenced in the whole of this discussion.
youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
The letter needs to be addressed not just to Zultana, but to many others on ‘the left’ (such as Stop the War) who have an incoherent position re Russia (and China).
This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana
Galina Rymbu, an activist living in Ukraine, responds to Zarah Sultana's recent remarks on support for Ukraine.
heckle.scot
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The letter needs to be addressed not just to Zultana, but to many others on ‘the left’ (such as Stop the War) who have an incoherent position re Russia (and China).
A real rarity: an ambitious and progressive plan that might become a reality. Will this Labour govt. fully support it?
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A real rarity: an ambitious and progressive plan that might become a reality. Will this Labour govt. fully support it?
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
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We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The language of politics is made up of absurd, obfuscating, abstractions. “Integration” is one of them. What on earth is that meant to mean? Has it ever existed?
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The language of politics is made up of absurd, obfuscating, abstractions. “Integration” is one of them. What on earth is that meant to mean? Has it ever existed?
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
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October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yes. But I still think that a majority of the population (maybe only a small one) reject this normalisation of a, very, reactionary mindset. The problem is that most of these remain passive, confused, onlookers.
It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yes. But I still think that a majority of the population (maybe only a small one) reject this normalisation of a, very, reactionary mindset. The problem is that most of these remain passive, confused, onlookers.
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YouTubers are earning up to £20,000 a month by making provocative videos that have targeted a Norfolk hotel used to house asylum seekers.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
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September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
YouTubers are earning up to £20,000 a month by making provocative videos that have targeted a Norfolk hotel used to house asylum seekers.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Hotels up and down the country are regularly targeted by content creators known as ‘auditors’.
Question: faced with the crisis in the NHS, housing, sexual abuse etc., why do so many blame “illegals”, rather than the real reasons for which there is so much more evidence?
I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd
I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Question: faced with the crisis in the NHS, housing, sexual abuse etc., why do so many blame “illegals”, rather than the real reasons for which there is so much more evidence?
I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd
I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd
Interesting letters in the Guardian today on the actions of the far right. A common thread is the intimidation resulting from the far right’s use, and threat of, violence. Counter demonstrations need to be properly organised to prevent this intimidation from working.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Interesting letters in the Guardian today on the actions of the far right. A common thread is the intimidation resulting from the far right’s use, and threat of, violence. Counter demonstrations need to be properly organised to prevent this intimidation from working.
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A comment on yesterday’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in London:
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A comment on yesterday’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in London:
British university and academic material should be be made freely available to the public and easily accessible. At present this is very far from being the case.
September 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
British university and academic material should be be made freely available to the public and easily accessible. At present this is very far from being the case.
Thoughts on the education of (most of) humanity:
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thoughts on the education of (most of) humanity:
Not sure why Farage doesn’t get this treatment in the UK. But shame it doesn’t show Farage’s response.
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Sam Bright (@writesbright)
Nigel Farage was royally skewered in Congress today by Democrat Jamie Raskin and you all need to watch it 👇🏻
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September 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Not sure why Farage doesn’t get this treatment in the UK. But shame it doesn’t show Farage’s response.
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
I don’t know what Polanski’s general foreign policy is, but his stance on Gaza should also be mentioned in his favour.
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
September 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I don’t know what Polanski’s general foreign policy is, but his stance on Gaza should also be mentioned in his favour.
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
I agree. Racism isn’t fascism, and there are degrees of racism, much of it unconscious. But the racism must be tackled head on, not pandered to.
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I agree. Racism isn’t fascism, and there are degrees of racism, much of it unconscious. But the racism must be tackled head on, not pandered to.
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
Yes. Although imperialism is, unfortunately, not just a system of thought, but one of exploitation and oppression.
Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Yes. Although imperialism is, unfortunately, not just a system of thought, but one of exploitation and oppression.
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Poverty Is Driving Mental Illness Among the UK Young.
Low wages, high rents, cost of living, insecure jobs, debt, poor healthcare infrastructure leading to anxiety and illness.
Political parties obsessed with austerity, low wages, public service cuts; won't curb profiteering.
Futures blighted.
Low wages, high rents, cost of living, insecure jobs, debt, poor healthcare infrastructure leading to anxiety and illness.
Political parties obsessed with austerity, low wages, public service cuts; won't curb profiteering.
Futures blighted.
In the UK, Poverty Is Driving Mental Illness Among the Young
Nearly half of Gen Zers in the UK report being financially insecure, with millennials not far behind at 46 percent. This economic distress and a culture of competitive individualism are driving a ment...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Poverty Is Driving Mental Illness Among the UK Young.
Low wages, high rents, cost of living, insecure jobs, debt, poor healthcare infrastructure leading to anxiety and illness.
Political parties obsessed with austerity, low wages, public service cuts; won't curb profiteering.
Futures blighted.
Low wages, high rents, cost of living, insecure jobs, debt, poor healthcare infrastructure leading to anxiety and illness.
Political parties obsessed with austerity, low wages, public service cuts; won't curb profiteering.
Futures blighted.
“Israeli strikes and fire killed at least 76 people throughout Gaza in the previous 24 hours, the Gaza health authorities said.”
Just tagged onto the end of this article.
Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza
Just tagged onto the end of this article.
Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza
August 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“Israeli strikes and fire killed at least 76 people throughout Gaza in the previous 24 hours, the Gaza health authorities said.”
Just tagged onto the end of this article.
Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza
Just tagged onto the end of this article.
Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza