Sam
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two vast and trunkless legs of stone, one cup
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The thing is, the right wing has been stark bollock naked since the French revolution and yet we've spent the intervening centuries acting like they have a disagreement about tax rates instead of profound neurological damage and we don't know what politics that recognises this would look like.
A lot of British "patriots" siding with a hostile foreign leader who has declared economic war on their country.
A hostile foreign leader who is now looking for anything he can do to damage Britain - because he wants to steal Greenland.
You have all been totally exposed.
A hostile foreign leader who is now looking for anything he can do to damage Britain - because he wants to steal Greenland.
You have all been totally exposed.
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The thing is, the right wing has been stark bollock naked since the French revolution and yet we've spent the intervening centuries acting like they have a disagreement about tax rates instead of profound neurological damage and we don't know what politics that recognises this would look like.
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The British equivalent of shooting Renee Good in the face is going to be some primary school teacher getting hounded into suicide by a relentless campaign by the press for publicly saying she doesn't think Muslims are all rapists.
Broadly think this analysis is right. The Treasury will prevent a true British ICE from forming, their intransigence over spending any money is the one ideological consistency in UK gov. We're going to get much more in the line of arbitrary vigilantism and screaming press monstering.
Unsettling sociological question I've started to mull: who would work for a British 'ICE'? I'm sure there is a sizeable faction of resentful young men out there who are disgusted with how 'woke' the police have become, but its hard right now to imagine them joining the 'public sector' in any form.
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The British equivalent of shooting Renee Good in the face is going to be some primary school teacher getting hounded into suicide by a relentless campaign by the press for publicly saying she doesn't think Muslims are all rapists.
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If being disrespectful warranted murder, the world would be rid of conservatives
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 AM
If being disrespectful warranted murder, the world would be rid of conservatives
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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
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The rise of Trump has given them permission to be what they always wanted to be and to behave how they always wanted to behave. His entire sales pitch is: you don’t have to pretend any more, you can just say “I’m glad the cops, who represent me, are beating and killing people I hate”.
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The rise of Trump has given them permission to be what they always wanted to be and to behave how they always wanted to behave. His entire sales pitch is: you don’t have to pretend any more, you can just say “I’m glad the cops, who represent me, are beating and killing people I hate”.
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One of the reasons he's so disliked, imo, is the constant wide eyed, wounded innocence thing where they have no idea why being such gleefully sadistic shites wouldn't go down well with people.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One of the reasons he's so disliked, imo, is the constant wide eyed, wounded innocence thing where they have no idea why being such gleefully sadistic shites wouldn't go down well with people.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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transgender for every member of your family!!!
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
transgender for every member of your family!!!
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The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
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This correct, and almost none of it is organically arising from the public. The relentless fear and hate of the last decade was deliberately imposed by opportunist politicians, toxic media outlets, crackpot activists and malignant squillionaires, working hand in hand towards similar goals.
There is absolutely nothing left to the UK but bigotry and spite. A hateful place, you can almost taste it in the air, makes it hard to breathe.
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This correct, and almost none of it is organically arising from the public. The relentless fear and hate of the last decade was deliberately imposed by opportunist politicians, toxic media outlets, crackpot activists and malignant squillionaires, working hand in hand towards similar goals.
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the hardest part of writing politically charged fiction is that a good villain needs to be complex, cool and about as right as the protagonist; while evil people in real life are lame, cruel, childish morons motivated by greed or not wanting to look at minorities
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
the hardest part of writing politically charged fiction is that a good villain needs to be complex, cool and about as right as the protagonist; while evil people in real life are lame, cruel, childish morons motivated by greed or not wanting to look at minorities
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what is it that makes the fascists of today different from yesterday? who are they? why do they seem to love america so much? the answer is, ANGLOFASCISM. The answer is in Britain and in Austria and in Engelbert Dolfuss. lets learn
ANGLOFASCISM
In 1933, Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dolfuss, a short, generally unpopular man, founded a political party. Out of right-wing militias, traditional conservative parties, and landed estates, he put together an organisation called the Fatherland Front, which ruled the tiny, dysfunctional Republic of Austria (rechristened the Federal State of Austria) for five years until 1938, when Dolfuss’s successor Schuschnigg was removed from office during the Nazi…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
what is it that makes the fascists of today different from yesterday? who are they? why do they seem to love america so much? the answer is, ANGLOFASCISM. The answer is in Britain and in Austria and in Engelbert Dolfuss. lets learn
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every company on earth demanding its underpaid workers use the garbage generator machine for everything and now they're mad that all they're getting is garbage
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review)
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September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
every company on earth demanding its underpaid workers use the garbage generator machine for everything and now they're mad that all they're getting is garbage
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Will always love Corbyn for making me feel like politics could have some kind of hope in the UK but him and Zarah need to give this shit up and join the Greens. There is no time for fucking around and I’m sorry there‘s already a few dodgy people in Your Party anyway
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Will always love Corbyn for making me feel like politics could have some kind of hope in the UK but him and Zarah need to give this shit up and join the Greens. There is no time for fucking around and I’m sorry there‘s already a few dodgy people in Your Party anyway
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cannot believe how bad the Your Party launch and rollout has been. took a huge and deeply felt upsurge in british left wing politics and just pissed it up the wall
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
cannot believe how bad the Your Party launch and rollout has been. took a huge and deeply felt upsurge in british left wing politics and just pissed it up the wall
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Another Tory has joined Reform you say? Why it would almost appear as of Reform were not an insurgent force of outsiders but … dare I say… the same old shit in a different package… by which I mean unutterable Tory wankers.
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another Tory has joined Reform you say? Why it would almost appear as of Reform were not an insurgent force of outsiders but … dare I say… the same old shit in a different package… by which I mean unutterable Tory wankers.
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Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
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Putting away all the "CIVIL WAR NOW" banners at the news station and bringing out the "Mental Health Crisis in America" banners with a heavy sigh
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Putting away all the "CIVIL WAR NOW" banners at the news station and bringing out the "Mental Health Crisis in America" banners with a heavy sigh