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The Africa Cup of Nations starts in two weeks – and the fact it’s been shunted into this Christmas slot is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Africa Cup of Nations shunted into margins as greedy game finds no room at top table | Jonathan Wilson
So long as the Premier League invests in its players and Fifa pays it lip service, the continent’s flagship tournament will always struggle to fit in
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Africa Cup of Nations starts in two weeks – and the fact it’s been shunted into this Christmas slot is a disgrace.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
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I can't tell you how many of my (wonderful, driven, caring, genuinely outstanding) students are Somali. I'd take each and every one of them over a thousand of that orange pissbag. I'd take a single one of them over every last dollar he has.
My students are an inspiration. Trump's an embarrassment.
My students are an inspiration. Trump's an embarrassment.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I can't tell you how many of my (wonderful, driven, caring, genuinely outstanding) students are Somali. I'd take each and every one of them over a thousand of that orange pissbag. I'd take a single one of them over every last dollar he has.
My students are an inspiration. Trump's an embarrassment.
My students are an inspiration. Trump's an embarrassment.
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Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
All this budget news, claims, counter claims is confusing, but two things of consequence.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
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Fundamentally not a serious policymaking community or media. Sure, briefing was a problem. But we have problems both chronic and acute: we can and should be debating those. We won't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
Minister insists Rachel Reeves did not mislead public in Budget build-up
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of over-stating the UK's financial problems in the build-up to the Budget - Darren Jones insists she did not lie.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fundamentally not a serious policymaking community or media. Sure, briefing was a problem. But we have problems both chronic and acute: we can and should be debating those. We won't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
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Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
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Again, what is the point of the Labour party?
What is the point of a massive fucking landslide victory, only to continue the policies of the party we voted out?
FFS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is the point of a massive fucking landslide victory, only to continue the policies of the party we voted out?
FFS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Too much bureaucracy,' Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells regulators
The chancellor wants to cut red tape to boost growth, but critics say there is no plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Again, what is the point of the Labour party?
What is the point of a massive fucking landslide victory, only to continue the policies of the party we voted out?
FFS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is the point of a massive fucking landslide victory, only to continue the policies of the party we voted out?
FFS.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
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There's the constituency of 'I just don't like visible and audible difference' which Labour can't appeal to. And there's the 'I don't like that this has measurably made my area worse by introducing an insecure, economically detached class of people', which this policy makes worse.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There's the constituency of 'I just don't like visible and audible difference' which Labour can't appeal to. And there's the 'I don't like that this has measurably made my area worse by introducing an insecure, economically detached class of people', which this policy makes worse.
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Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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It's Journalism 101. Here's a handy flowchart to remind you.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's Journalism 101. Here's a handy flowchart to remind you.
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President Donald Trump held a "Roaring 20's" themed party as food aid for 42 million low-income Americans was set to expire.
Trump held 'Gatsby'-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off
President Donald Trump held a "Roaring 20's" themed party as food aid for 42 million low-income Americans was set to expire.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
President Donald Trump held a "Roaring 20's" themed party as food aid for 42 million low-income Americans was set to expire.
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"If you’re wondering what is causing the media to fall down on the job, it’s akin to Dem senators voting for Trump’s appointments: an act of desperation; a need to suggest that our democratic institutions are still working," @dceiver.bsky.social. Great piece. newrepublic.com/post/202475/...
This Is the Media’s Worst Euphemism for Trump’s Tyrannical Abuses
Readers beware—and be on the lookout for the “departure.”
newrepublic.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"If you’re wondering what is causing the media to fall down on the job, it’s akin to Dem senators voting for Trump’s appointments: an act of desperation; a need to suggest that our democratic institutions are still working," @dceiver.bsky.social. Great piece. newrepublic.com/post/202475/...
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Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Fully repealing the two-child limit on benefits is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Half measures – from moving to a three-child limit to exempting working families – would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
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Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
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This explains a lot... stay on X where posts are throttled, extremism is boosted and the audience hates you, ignore Bluesky where a lot of current or former supporters have migrated.
I just realised, the Labour Party doesn’t even have an account over here?!
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This explains a lot... stay on X where posts are throttled, extremism is boosted and the audience hates you, ignore Bluesky where a lot of current or former supporters have migrated.
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Not a hard question, except for the culture that pretends it's not the answer
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Not a hard question, except for the culture that pretends it's not the answer
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
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Labour had 9.7 million voters in July 2024.
2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right
2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)
800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons
2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right
2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)
800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons
September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Labour had 9.7 million voters in July 2024.
2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right
2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)
800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons
2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right
2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)
800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons