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But of course the Trump crime family would be all over the biggest, most shameless grift the world has ever seen.
A marriage made in Hell.
A marriage made in Hell.
The First lady is leading an initiative by the Trump administration to build interest and expertise in artificial intelligence.
Melania Trump takes on new Trump administration role
www.newsweek.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
But of course the Trump crime family would be all over the biggest, most shameless grift the world has ever seen.
A marriage made in Hell.
A marriage made in Hell.
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EVERY nation has a responsibility to use #BDS against "rogue nations" ignoring international law, human rights and commit #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Oct 7th is no longer justified for atrocities in Gaza & definitely NOT for annexing parts of #Lebanon, #Syria, the #WestBank & #Jerusalem
aje.io/5a1kis
Oct 7th is no longer justified for atrocities in Gaza & definitely NOT for annexing parts of #Lebanon, #Syria, the #WestBank & #Jerusalem
aje.io/5a1kis
Norway fund divests from US firm Caterpillar over Gaza, West Bank abuses
Fund says move against Caterpillar, five Israeli banks due to their contribution ‘to serious violations of rights’.
aje.io
August 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
EVERY nation has a responsibility to use #BDS against "rogue nations" ignoring international law, human rights and commit #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Oct 7th is no longer justified for atrocities in Gaza & definitely NOT for annexing parts of #Lebanon, #Syria, the #WestBank & #Jerusalem
aje.io/5a1kis
Oct 7th is no longer justified for atrocities in Gaza & definitely NOT for annexing parts of #Lebanon, #Syria, the #WestBank & #Jerusalem
aje.io/5a1kis
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Labour's approach to challenging Farage seems to be along the lines of "if we're going to have public hangings, you'll want to vote for a party that knows how to tie the knots properly, rather than those fumble-fingered clowns".
Labour have now put out a response to the Farage speech, in the name of Ellie Reeves - it’s all about the practicalities of deportation and detention. Suggests they’re just fine with his tone/language/the very dark turn this whole debate is taking.
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Labour's approach to challenging Farage seems to be along the lines of "if we're going to have public hangings, you'll want to vote for a party that knows how to tie the knots properly, rather than those fumble-fingered clowns".
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Women and children will be detained under Farage deportation plans - just think about that
news.sky.com/story/women-...
news.sky.com/story/women-...
Women and children will be detained under Farage deportation plans
The Reform UK leaders tells a news conference that small boat crossings in the Channel have created a "genuine threat to public order".
news.sky.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Women and children will be detained under Farage deportation plans - just think about that
news.sky.com/story/women-...
news.sky.com/story/women-...
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Farage leaving the ECHR would take away YOUR right to ...
🔥 A fair trial
🔥 Fair laws
🔥 Protection from execution
🔥 Protection from discrimination
🔥 Protection from torture
🔥 Protection from slavery
🔥 Freedom of speech
🔥 Freedom of lifestyle
🔥 Freedom to decide if you want or don't want children
🔥 A fair trial
🔥 Fair laws
🔥 Protection from execution
🔥 Protection from discrimination
🔥 Protection from torture
🔥 Protection from slavery
🔥 Freedom of speech
🔥 Freedom of lifestyle
🔥 Freedom to decide if you want or don't want children
August 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Farage leaving the ECHR would take away YOUR right to ...
🔥 A fair trial
🔥 Fair laws
🔥 Protection from execution
🔥 Protection from discrimination
🔥 Protection from torture
🔥 Protection from slavery
🔥 Freedom of speech
🔥 Freedom of lifestyle
🔥 Freedom to decide if you want or don't want children
🔥 A fair trial
🔥 Fair laws
🔥 Protection from execution
🔥 Protection from discrimination
🔥 Protection from torture
🔥 Protection from slavery
🔥 Freedom of speech
🔥 Freedom of lifestyle
🔥 Freedom to decide if you want or don't want children
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Had two weeks away with all social media deleted. Worst summer I can remember for cess pit stories.
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘A dangerous moment’: the emboldening of Britain’s far right
In a summer of anti-migrant rallies, flags and nationalistic rhetoric, observers warn there is a lack of government voices pushing back
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Had two weeks away with all social media deleted. Worst summer I can remember for cess pit stories.
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Am quoted (speaking for @soclablaw.bsky.social) in this piece on Farage’s half-baked proposals.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage’s plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts
Reform UK leader told scheme is ‘simply not rooted in reality’ after he dodges questions on how it would work
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Am quoted (speaking for @soclablaw.bsky.social) in this piece on Farage’s half-baked proposals.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Another busy day of immigrant-bashing from Starmer.
Of course, you miss that juicy nuance if you're no longer on Twitter...
Of course, you miss that juicy nuance if you're no longer on Twitter...
August 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Another busy day of immigrant-bashing from Starmer.
Of course, you miss that juicy nuance if you're no longer on Twitter...
Of course, you miss that juicy nuance if you're no longer on Twitter...
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In the latest edition of Most Favoured Nation, I attempt to work out the US tariff on EU-made golf carts.
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
August 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In the latest edition of Most Favoured Nation, I attempt to work out the US tariff on EU-made golf carts.
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
With some high quality data viz
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/american-p...
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Yep. For the most committed, it's a hole in the map. For some an opportunity. But for most, it's just a historical factoid.
The impetus for change has to come from within the UK.
The impetus for change has to come from within the UK.
August 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yep. For the most committed, it's a hole in the map. For some an opportunity. But for most, it's just a historical factoid.
The impetus for change has to come from within the UK.
The impetus for change has to come from within the UK.
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Well done Calum Miller
Calum Miller, MP for the constituency where Nigel Farage delivered his repatriation speech today, says Oxfordshire is “thriving thanks to overseas talent” – and criticised him for not meeting residents living near Campsfield House detention centre, next to the venue for Farage’s event.
August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well done Calum Miller
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A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.
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Worth reading
How would Reform UK’s ‘legal reset’ on migration work? on.ft.com/4pbMlpB
How would Reform UK’s ‘legal reset’ on migration work?
Rightwing populist party wants Britain to withdraw from international treaties and conventions to facilitate removals
on.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Worth reading
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To reiterate: literally *NONE* of this stands up to any scrutiny as an argument, but it did something that this Labour party is never gonna do without major changes (win re-election).
The final closing argument re: Howard in 2005 was "economic stability is at risk. Your mortgage is at risk. Your job is at risk", frankly, none of which was in any way true.
Tony Blair DEMOLISHES Michael Howard on the Eve of the 2005 election
YouTube video by New Labour
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
To reiterate: literally *NONE* of this stands up to any scrutiny as an argument, but it did something that this Labour party is never gonna do without major changes (win re-election).
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One of two very good threads by Adam on this. A startling number of people - responding, in part, by the tone set by their government - just have this very complacent 'oh, no, this plan will never work'. I mean, 1) it could but also 2) they will definitely try.
It's important to assume that Reform in Government would indeed try to do this. The right thing is not to tell the public that this won't happen - so they can therefore vote for Reform without guilt - but rather that a vote for Reform is a vote for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.
None of this will ever happen, and it's incumbent on the BBC to at least indicate that everybody who knows anything about this topic says it's a load of baloney. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One of two very good threads by Adam on this. A startling number of people - responding, in part, by the tone set by their government - just have this very complacent 'oh, no, this plan will never work'. I mean, 1) it could but also 2) they will definitely try.
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Farage says a load of wild stuff about mass deportations and leaving the ECHR.... and Kemi Badenoch gets a headline: 'Farage is copying our homework'.
FFS, he has gone more extreme than Badenoch yet she has still managed to associate herself with his views.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-5...
FFS, he has gone more extreme than Badenoch yet she has still managed to associate herself with his views.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-5...
Nigel Farage has 'copied our homework' on immigration policy, says Kemi Badenoch
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Farage says a load of wild stuff about mass deportations and leaving the ECHR.... and Kemi Badenoch gets a headline: 'Farage is copying our homework'.
FFS, he has gone more extreme than Badenoch yet she has still managed to associate herself with his views.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-5...
FFS, he has gone more extreme than Badenoch yet she has still managed to associate herself with his views.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-5...
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They are dense
Are these guys dense? Newsom is not trying to “mimic” Trump. He’s making fun of him.
JD Vance: "This idea that Gavin Newsom is somehow gonna mimic Donald Trump's style -- I think that ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump's political success, which is that he's authentic."
August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They are dense
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People are losing their minds about a meaningless Trump tweet again. Ukraine has been attacking targets across Russia for well more than a year. And they will do so increasingly with their new systems. Trump had played no role in it except for trying to delay it.
August 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People are losing their minds about a meaningless Trump tweet again. Ukraine has been attacking targets across Russia for well more than a year. And they will do so increasingly with their new systems. Trump had played no role in it except for trying to delay it.
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We need to be able to say what protests are for. Serbs are protesting for the rule of law and have been doing so in large numbers for a long time.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Violent clashes escalate at anti-government protests in Serbia
Police accused of brutality against demonstrators as unrest continues across cities for fourth night
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We need to be able to say what protests are for. Serbs are protesting for the rule of law and have been doing so in large numbers for a long time.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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As Ukrainian and European leaders travel to Washington for discussions in the White House this Monday about ending Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Americans would do well to remember these ten principles of negotiation.
snyder.substack.com/p/common-sen...
snyder.substack.com/p/common-sen...
Common Sense about Negotiations
For Americans about Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As Ukrainian and European leaders travel to Washington for discussions in the White House this Monday about ending Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Americans would do well to remember these ten principles of negotiation.
snyder.substack.com/p/common-sen...
snyder.substack.com/p/common-sen...
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Russia does this for many reasons, but one of them is to show that Putin owns Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Russian Attacks Kill 14 in Ukraine, Hours Before Zelensky Visits White House
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Russia does this for many reasons, but one of them is to show that Putin owns Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
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Another week of #SouthPark berating Trump‼️
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Another week of #SouthPark berating Trump‼️
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Benidorm "Expat" 1: Labour to blame for UK not being as cheap as Spain. Sure, her sons get a higher minimum wage, but who's going to pay for it?
Benidorm "Expat" 2: Labour to blame for England being cold and not relaxed.
Benidorm "Expat" 3: Moved to Spain because too many foreigners in the UK. ~AA
Benidorm "Expat" 2: Labour to blame for England being cold and not relaxed.
Benidorm "Expat" 3: Moved to Spain because too many foreigners in the UK. ~AA
August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Benidorm "Expat" 1: Labour to blame for UK not being as cheap as Spain. Sure, her sons get a higher minimum wage, but who's going to pay for it?
Benidorm "Expat" 2: Labour to blame for England being cold and not relaxed.
Benidorm "Expat" 3: Moved to Spain because too many foreigners in the UK. ~AA
Benidorm "Expat" 2: Labour to blame for England being cold and not relaxed.
Benidorm "Expat" 3: Moved to Spain because too many foreigners in the UK. ~AA