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The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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One of the things I hope will be remembered re “gender critical” politics is that they were mostly good at forcing exclusion and basically nothing else. No serious investment into women’s charities or institutes, no desire to really partake in VAWG nor any effort to improve public toilets
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of the things I hope will be remembered re “gender critical” politics is that they were mostly good at forcing exclusion and basically nothing else. No serious investment into women’s charities or institutes, no desire to really partake in VAWG nor any effort to improve public toilets
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the rich want us all to actually just live in complete hell
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
the rich want us all to actually just live in complete hell
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
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This obsession with reaching across the aisle to people who want to tear your arm off will kill democracy. Find everyone who doesn't want to do that and work with them, there are plenty of them.
October 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This obsession with reaching across the aisle to people who want to tear your arm off will kill democracy. Find everyone who doesn't want to do that and work with them, there are plenty of them.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
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well on the one hand it's bad for democracy and social cohesion that Keir Starmer is trying to appeal to the racists by pretending to be one of them, but on the other hand it's not actually working and the racists still don't want to vote for him
September 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
well on the one hand it's bad for democracy and social cohesion that Keir Starmer is trying to appeal to the racists by pretending to be one of them, but on the other hand it's not actually working and the racists still don't want to vote for him
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This framing is so interesting to me because Labour literally called me a "flea" that they were happy to "shake off" despite the fact that I was very involved in the party. But I am apparently still supposed to vote for them even after they told me not to do so. Is my vote important or not?
This is why Reform will win (or nearly win).
People on the left hate Starmer/Labour more than they care about the prospect of a Reform led government.
The lessons from the US have not and are not being learned - "it won't happen here" is a view seen far too often.
People on the left hate Starmer/Labour more than they care about the prospect of a Reform led government.
The lessons from the US have not and are not being learned - "it won't happen here" is a view seen far too often.
I have to hand it to the Labour Party, they're undefeated in finding a new way, almost on a daily basis to make me hate them.
July 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This framing is so interesting to me because Labour literally called me a "flea" that they were happy to "shake off" despite the fact that I was very involved in the party. But I am apparently still supposed to vote for them even after they told me not to do so. Is my vote important or not?
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“Changes to the planning system made under both Conservative and Labour have put developers in an extremely strong position to build houses that maximise their profits and avoid building everything else.” THIS is what the government should be making noise about, not environmental protections.
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Changes to the planning system made under both Conservative and Labour have put developers in an extremely strong position to build houses that maximise their profits and avoid building everything else.” THIS is what the government should be making noise about, not environmental protections.
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Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini
The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour's migrant-bashing isn't just wrong.
It's a proven politically disastrous strategy which succeeds only in fuelling the radical right.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's a proven politically disastrous strategy which succeeds only in fuelling the radical right.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why does Labour think bashing migrants is the way to defeat Reform? Look abroad: the tactic never works | Owen Jones
With no clear vision for the country, the party is borrowing tactics that have palpably failed elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Labour's migrant-bashing isn't just wrong.
It's a proven politically disastrous strategy which succeeds only in fuelling the radical right.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's a proven politically disastrous strategy which succeeds only in fuelling the radical right.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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it has been said before but one problem is that when some people say 'the economy' they're talking about poor people affording food and housing, & when some other people say 'the economy' they're referring to a chart of how happy rich people are
February 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
it has been said before but one problem is that when some people say 'the economy' they're talking about poor people affording food and housing, & when some other people say 'the economy' they're referring to a chart of how happy rich people are
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anytime i see people going "what would the point be of democrats talking and pushing things they want to do if they don't have the votes to pass it" i try to imagine the republicans of the last 30 years going "we don't have enough votes to ban abortion so we won't try and you should stop asking"
January 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
anytime i see people going "what would the point be of democrats talking and pushing things they want to do if they don't have the votes to pass it" i try to imagine the republicans of the last 30 years going "we don't have enough votes to ban abortion so we won't try and you should stop asking"
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By “free speech” they meant “make it illegal to dislike me”
January 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
By “free speech” they meant “make it illegal to dislike me”
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If it's an 'authoritarian drive' in China to remove trans people from public view, what's it called in the UK and US?
A recent series of sudden and unexplained cancelations by local authorities of appearances by her dance troupe has sparked fears Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian drive is ensnaring the country’s most prominent openly transgender personality
Famed transgender dancer has shows canceled in China. Some fear a wider crackdown | CNN
Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly.
www.cnn.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If it's an 'authoritarian drive' in China to remove trans people from public view, what's it called in the UK and US?
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Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
March 29, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
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genuinely think there should be some sort of rule whereby anyone moving to a place near an already existing pub/bar/club is not allowed to complain formally about it, you should have to prove that you were living there before the late night establishment opened if you want to whinge to the council
"T****s P**m, who moved into a flat next to the Mosquito Bar in Clapham High Street with his partner in March 2024, requested Lambeth council review the venue’s licence in September."
Then why move next to a bar in CLAPHAM in the first place my dude? Why?
Then why move next to a bar in CLAPHAM in the first place my dude? Why?
December 17, 2024 at 9:34 AM
genuinely think there should be some sort of rule whereby anyone moving to a place near an already existing pub/bar/club is not allowed to complain formally about it, you should have to prove that you were living there before the late night establishment opened if you want to whinge to the council