Margaret Clay
@maggic.bsky.social
Wokeing from home.
“Il faut cultiver notre jardin”, literally and figuratively.
“Il faut cultiver notre jardin”, literally and figuratively.
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Labour’s Wes Streeting brutally shreds Tory MP Argar, declaring: The Tories aren’t even a party of opposition anymore - they’re the party of irrelevance. #ukpolitics
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Labour’s Wes Streeting brutally shreds Tory MP Argar, declaring: The Tories aren’t even a party of opposition anymore - they’re the party of irrelevance. #ukpolitics
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Lots of good points here from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/entering-f...
Entering Faragia?
Or perhaps let's not panic
davidaaronovitch.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Lots of good points here from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/entering-f...
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Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
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April 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This is so important. You would not have got much sense of this from BBC reporting of the verdict yesterday. A democracy that runs on the basis that if you can get voters to vote for you you don't need to obey the law is not going to fare well (looking at you, USA).
Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is so important. You would not have got much sense of this from BBC reporting of the verdict yesterday. A democracy that runs on the basis that if you can get voters to vote for you you don't need to obey the law is not going to fare well (looking at you, USA).
Alan Rusbridger’s tongue firmly in his cheek for this one:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
Donald Trump is surely not a Russian asset. But how else to explain his behaviour?
It’s difficult to make sense of the turmoil one man has unleashed on the world in five short weeks
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Alan Rusbridger’s tongue firmly in his cheek for this one:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
Just superb.
EXCLUSIVE - Vulgarity, the Volga and Vance.
It's the very latest from the Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent.
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It's the very latest from the Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent.
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The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent on JD Vance's moustache
To the United States of America where the Tsar Spangled Banner is flying at half-mast in honour of JD Vance’s self-respect.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Just superb.
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Don't despair. Europe can help Ukraine fight Russia without American help. Here's how iandunt.substack.com/p/europe-can...
Europe can defend Ukraine without the US - and it must
Only Europe can defend itself against Russian imperialism. We have the capacity. We simply need the will.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Don't despair. Europe can help Ukraine fight Russia without American help. Here's how iandunt.substack.com/p/europe-can...
“He might think he is just doing “deals”, but others should be clear that the correct terms are coercion and extortion.”
The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial
The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial
The US’s former allies must not normalise or legitimise the president’s lawless concept of international deal-making
Nothing about Donald Trump’s notion that Gaza should come under US control makes sense according to established laws and norms of…
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“He might think he is just doing “deals”, but others should be clear that the correct terms are coercion and extortion.”
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The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial
The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial
The US’s former allies must not normalise or legitimise the president’s lawless concept of international deal-making
Nothing about Donald Trump’s notion that Gaza should come under US control makes sense according to established laws and norms of…
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial
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Don't worry, Britain has a plan to deal with the Big Orange Baby. thecritic.co.uk/a-sp...
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don't worry, Britain has a plan to deal with the Big Orange Baby. thecritic.co.uk/a-sp...
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WATCH: "We're going to stand up to a bully.”
Mark Carney, the favourite to be the next Canadian prime minister, hits back at Donald Trump after the President imposed tariffs on Canada.
#Newsnight | broadcast 31.01.25
youtu.be/yV101ei8mu8?...
Mark Carney, the favourite to be the next Canadian prime minister, hits back at Donald Trump after the President imposed tariffs on Canada.
#Newsnight | broadcast 31.01.25
youtu.be/yV101ei8mu8?...
"We're going to stand up to a bully" | Mark Carney on President Trump’s Canada trade tariffs
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
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February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
WATCH: "We're going to stand up to a bully.”
Mark Carney, the favourite to be the next Canadian prime minister, hits back at Donald Trump after the President imposed tariffs on Canada.
#Newsnight | broadcast 31.01.25
youtu.be/yV101ei8mu8?...
Mark Carney, the favourite to be the next Canadian prime minister, hits back at Donald Trump after the President imposed tariffs on Canada.
#Newsnight | broadcast 31.01.25
youtu.be/yV101ei8mu8?...
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'Realistically, we should now be imposing the same boycotts on Musk’s hideous fascist US that we once did on apartheid South Africa'
Love this from Stewart Lee who suggests we need to go 'Lindisfarne' & wait out the information dark age' like a medieval monk
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Love this from Stewart Lee who suggests we need to go 'Lindisfarne' & wait out the information dark age' like a medieval monk
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'Realistically, we should now be imposing the same boycotts on Musk’s hideous fascist US that we once did on apartheid South Africa'
Love this from Stewart Lee who suggests we need to go 'Lindisfarne' & wait out the information dark age' like a medieval monk
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Love this from Stewart Lee who suggests we need to go 'Lindisfarne' & wait out the information dark age' like a medieval monk
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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Tiktok has been banned in the US on the grounds that China could use it "to manipulate and control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation." In other words, China *might* do exactly what Elon Musk *has done* with X.
It's a blatant double standard.
It's a blatant double standard.
January 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tiktok has been banned in the US on the grounds that China could use it "to manipulate and control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation." In other words, China *might* do exactly what Elon Musk *has done* with X.
It's a blatant double standard.
It's a blatant double standard.
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at…
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January 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
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really, urgently need all the Americans/general non-Brits on this website to listen to this
The man in the automated message on the Manchester Civil Justice Centre phone number genuinely sounds unhinged. It only gets worse the longer you listen. Just wait for the bit about bailiffs. Who approved this???
January 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
really, urgently need all the Americans/general non-Brits on this website to listen to this
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We already knew - but here’s the confirmation. War criminal.
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We already knew - but here’s the confirmation. War criminal.
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Asylum Seekers don't get priority access to the NHS.
They can't get Council Houses.
They can't claim Benefits.
They don't get any of the money for their 'hotels'.
All of these things are lies to generate hate to cover up the fact it is the 'hotel' owners ripping you off.
They can't get Council Houses.
They can't claim Benefits.
They don't get any of the money for their 'hotels'.
All of these things are lies to generate hate to cover up the fact it is the 'hotel' owners ripping you off.
January 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Asylum Seekers don't get priority access to the NHS.
They can't get Council Houses.
They can't claim Benefits.
They don't get any of the money for their 'hotels'.
All of these things are lies to generate hate to cover up the fact it is the 'hotel' owners ripping you off.
They can't get Council Houses.
They can't claim Benefits.
They don't get any of the money for their 'hotels'.
All of these things are lies to generate hate to cover up the fact it is the 'hotel' owners ripping you off.
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Should Poland arrest Netanyahu?
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Should Poland arrest Netanyahu?
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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The Daily Mail has never been pro-British- it has always been pro-fascist.
The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy.
Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.
The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy.
Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.
January 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Daily Mail has never been pro-British- it has always been pro-fascist.
The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy.
Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.
The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy.
Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.
“A much earlier democratic era had to contend not only with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, who took Europe to war, but also with domestic megalomaniacs such as William Randolph Hearst or, in the UK, Lord Northcliffe”
Elon Musk is a monster bully on the loose, but he can only get his way if we let him | Martin Kettle
Elon Musk is a monster bully on the loose, but he can only get his way if we let him | Martin Kettle
The democratic order has faced down tyrants and megalomaniacs before. The name of the game for liberals for 2025 and beyond must be survival
They can smell the fear. And they are thrilled by what they can smell. Fanned by a mesmerised media at home and…
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
“A much earlier democratic era had to contend not only with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, who took Europe to war, but also with domestic megalomaniacs such as William Randolph Hearst or, in the UK, Lord Northcliffe”