Jon Cookson
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The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
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Pathetic. Utterly pathetic
Can you actually believe this?
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Pathetic. Utterly pathetic
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@theonion.com may be the last bastion of the free press. The trailer is glorious.
👏👏👏
www.wired.com/story/the-on...
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www.wired.com/story/the-on...
The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary
"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@theonion.com may be the last bastion of the free press. The trailer is glorious.
👏👏👏
www.wired.com/story/the-on...
👏👏👏
www.wired.com/story/the-on...
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UK snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl and exploiting dozens of others
UK snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl and exploiting dozens of others
Stuart Latham admitted 49 offences in one of UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse cases
An “abhorrent” Snapchat predator has been jailed for 14 years for raping a 12-year-old girl and exploiting dozens of others in one of the UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse investigations.
Stuart Latham, 22, is believed to have solicited explicit images from hundreds of girls, most aged between 11 and 13, on social media over the space of a year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
UK snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl and exploiting dozens of others
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Patriotism, masculinity and the far right.
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
How To Confront The Radicalisation Of Young Men | Jimmy The Giant | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Patriotism, masculinity and the far right.
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
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New data out today proves that rents are out of control and far too many renters are being ripped off by greedy landlords - especially in Bristol. We need rent controls now!
Source: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Source: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
New data out today proves that rents are out of control and far too many renters are being ripped off by greedy landlords - especially in Bristol. We need rent controls now!
Source: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Source: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
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Reform UK's recently elected councillor Graham Eardley is a member of the extreme Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC).
They are heavily funded by US anti-abortion donations:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
They are heavily funded by US anti-abortion donations:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
US Donors Are Helping Push Anti-Abortion Agendas in British Schools
A British anti-abortion group that gives talks in schools has received over £72,000 from the US over the last 2 years, VICE World News can reveal.
www.vice.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Reform UK's recently elected councillor Graham Eardley is a member of the extreme Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC).
They are heavily funded by US anti-abortion donations:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
They are heavily funded by US anti-abortion donations:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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These are tough times for sure. Tougher than before. More dangerous than before.
Are you OK?
Am I OK?
Let’s keep checking on each other and let’s amplify the voices of love, justice and reason.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/starmer...
Are you OK?
Am I OK?
Let’s keep checking on each other and let’s amplify the voices of love, justice and reason.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/starmer...
Starmer slow to condemn violence after largest far-right rally in decades
Campaigners say anti-migrant rhetoric and policies by Labour leadership will fuel burgeoning far-right anti-migrant movement
www.middleeasteye.net
September 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
These are tough times for sure. Tougher than before. More dangerous than before.
Are you OK?
Am I OK?
Let’s keep checking on each other and let’s amplify the voices of love, justice and reason.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/starmer...
Are you OK?
Am I OK?
Let’s keep checking on each other and let’s amplify the voices of love, justice and reason.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/starmer...
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It's physically unsafe for people like me to go into the centre of our home city this Saturday on account of the colour of our skin.
Most politicians are either failing to stand up to this or actively contributing to the situation.
We don't owe any of those politicians our votes. Not one of them.
Most politicians are either failing to stand up to this or actively contributing to the situation.
We don't owe any of those politicians our votes. Not one of them.
September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's physically unsafe for people like me to go into the centre of our home city this Saturday on account of the colour of our skin.
Most politicians are either failing to stand up to this or actively contributing to the situation.
We don't owe any of those politicians our votes. Not one of them.
Most politicians are either failing to stand up to this or actively contributing to the situation.
We don't owe any of those politicians our votes. Not one of them.
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They didn’t want you to see this documentary, but you did!
Hundreds of people showed up in Georgetown to watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ Zeteo’s latest film that the BBC refused to air.
Mehdi Hasan sat down afterward with Gaza volunteer Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to discuss Israel’s war on doctors.
Hundreds of people showed up in Georgetown to watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ Zeteo’s latest film that the BBC refused to air.
Mehdi Hasan sat down afterward with Gaza volunteer Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to discuss Israel’s war on doctors.
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
They didn’t want you to see this documentary, but you did!
Hundreds of people showed up in Georgetown to watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ Zeteo’s latest film that the BBC refused to air.
Mehdi Hasan sat down afterward with Gaza volunteer Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to discuss Israel’s war on doctors.
Hundreds of people showed up in Georgetown to watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ Zeteo’s latest film that the BBC refused to air.
Mehdi Hasan sat down afterward with Gaza volunteer Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to discuss Israel’s war on doctors.
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Life is hard right now. Be kind. Especially to yourselves. Please.
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Life is hard right now. Be kind. Especially to yourselves. Please.
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For many, estrangement is still a source of shame and guilt, but it can also be a way to regain a life well worth living.
Why I cut ties with my alcoholic dad
www.bigissue.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For many, estrangement is still a source of shame and guilt, but it can also be a way to regain a life well worth living.
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Modern Brtian.
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Southern Water bans tankers doing runs to US billionaire's lake
Tankers taking water for US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman have been told to stop by Southern Water.
tinyurl.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Modern Brtian.
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tinyurl.com/4p8c78ks
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If Farage gifted a French national
800k to buy a house and avoid 40k stamp duty. Then….
There is a whack of tax due by that French national to the French tax author.
Has that tax been paid ?
The tax liability is due even if all transactions were in the UK .
800k to buy a house and avoid 40k stamp duty. Then….
There is a whack of tax due by that French national to the French tax author.
Has that tax been paid ?
The tax liability is due even if all transactions were in the UK .
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If Farage gifted a French national
800k to buy a house and avoid 40k stamp duty. Then….
There is a whack of tax due by that French national to the French tax author.
Has that tax been paid ?
The tax liability is due even if all transactions were in the UK .
800k to buy a house and avoid 40k stamp duty. Then….
There is a whack of tax due by that French national to the French tax author.
Has that tax been paid ?
The tax liability is due even if all transactions were in the UK .
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Let’s get this right.
First he says he bought the place.
Then he said he didn’t.
Now Farage is unsure enough to hire expensive tax advisors…
First he says he bought the place.
Then he said he didn’t.
Now Farage is unsure enough to hire expensive tax advisors…
Farage has 'expensive week' seeking tax advice in row over Clacton home
The Reform UK leader previously said he had bought a house in his constituency - only for it to emerge that it was in fact purchased by his partner.
news.sky.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let’s get this right.
First he says he bought the place.
Then he said he didn’t.
Now Farage is unsure enough to hire expensive tax advisors…
First he says he bought the place.
Then he said he didn’t.
Now Farage is unsure enough to hire expensive tax advisors…
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Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco company with Russian ties
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco co...
Questions have been raised over Zebec’s shell company registration and Japan Tobacco International’s links to Russia
observer.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco company with Russian ties
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform's only MS used racial slur that 'brought Senedd into disrepute'
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Reform's only MS 'brought the Senedd into disrepute'
Laura Anne Jones recently defected to Reform from the Conservatives
www.walesonline.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Reform's only MS used racial slur that 'brought Senedd into disrepute'
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
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This is Beatrice ❤️ one very sunken eye, one with a hole all the way to her pupil. Poor baby, I will get her surgery somehow
September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is Beatrice ❤️ one very sunken eye, one with a hole all the way to her pupil. Poor baby, I will get her surgery somehow
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All of this is correct, though? Kirk was a bigot. He hated the marginalized. If it was you instead of him he would laugh. He was a terrible man.
September 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
All of this is correct, though? Kirk was a bigot. He hated the marginalized. If it was you instead of him he would laugh. He was a terrible man.
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I met a woman at my advice surgery who was sanctioned for simply missing online journal entries
She had to turn to loan sharks just to pay her rent and feed her children
This is the reality for so many in our communities. It’s why I fight every day for a fairer, more compassionate system
She had to turn to loan sharks just to pay her rent and feed her children
This is the reality for so many in our communities. It’s why I fight every day for a fairer, more compassionate system
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I met a woman at my advice surgery who was sanctioned for simply missing online journal entries
She had to turn to loan sharks just to pay her rent and feed her children
This is the reality for so many in our communities. It’s why I fight every day for a fairer, more compassionate system
She had to turn to loan sharks just to pay her rent and feed her children
This is the reality for so many in our communities. It’s why I fight every day for a fairer, more compassionate system
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And please, spare me the idea that the normalisation of political violence is confined to one side or group of people.
September 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
And please, spare me the idea that the normalisation of political violence is confined to one side or group of people.
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Of course immigration is the No 1 issue for the electorate.It’s being rammed down their fvcking throats by RW media in wall to wall coverage
There are days when I wish immigrants would leave the country & ‘Flagshagger Dave’ can clean the hospitals, pick the fruit & wipe someone’s arse in a care home
There are days when I wish immigrants would leave the country & ‘Flagshagger Dave’ can clean the hospitals, pick the fruit & wipe someone’s arse in a care home
September 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Of course immigration is the No 1 issue for the electorate.It’s being rammed down their fvcking throats by RW media in wall to wall coverage
There are days when I wish immigrants would leave the country & ‘Flagshagger Dave’ can clean the hospitals, pick the fruit & wipe someone’s arse in a care home
There are days when I wish immigrants would leave the country & ‘Flagshagger Dave’ can clean the hospitals, pick the fruit & wipe someone’s arse in a care home