Whatever happened to the anti-racist, pro-migrant, campaigner and human rights lawyer Keir Starmer and why has he vanished just as the far-right return to our streets? bylinetimes.com/2025/09/02/r...
Whatever happened to the anti-racist, pro-migrant, campaigner and human rights lawyer Keir Starmer and why has he vanished just as the far-right return to our streets? bylinetimes.com/2025/09/02/r...
⚡️ About 2,000 North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia, Seoul says. According to South Korea's National Intelligence Service, Pyongyang plans to send an additional 6,000 troops to Russia as part of its third wave of deployment.
Warehouses, you say? Like, with bunk beds? and a fence around? somewhere remote?
We're cooked
When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
size of the head on it
It’s funny how the public square is vital to those promoting hate, and turns out to be entire optional to large numbers of us once it is overrun by hate-mongers. Almost as if what they really care about is not being challenged when they present grotesque distortions as ineffable Truth.
🇷🇺✈️🇺🇦 At this moment, two Tu-95MS strategic bombers are flying from Russia’s Far East — Belaya airbase — toward Olenya or Engels airbase. It’s highly likely the aircraft are already armed with cruise missiles and prepared for a new strike
Starting the countdown for Graham Linehan to try and pass off a stalking arrest as political imprisonment.
he was right all along
I worry that the decades it took to build anti-racism norms are unravelling quite quickly. Clearly the protests/social media drumbeat has created a permission structure that makes people think they can behave like this. Hard to see how it can be easily re-bottled.
I let out several different audible “NO”s during this video incredible stuff, you gotta watch the whole thing
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss response to Russian strikes at Monday meeting, Kyiv says reut.rs/4mIVp3z
Repeating this because people are misreading it again: This is a report from *the attorneys for the migrant children*—not DOJ! bsky.app/profile/anna...
The hottest UK summer on record, will also be one of the coolest of the 21st century www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Please give to my friend Afnan in Gaza. She's trying to survive with her family and sow hope and joy amidst the war. Afnan teaches children and students in Belmajan who have lost their parents. She relies on our donations for food and medicine. 🙏 tinyurl.com/HelpAfnan
When Yorkshire cricket dismissed the p-word as banter, all hell broke loose in media+politics There is a p-word epidemic on X Yet the platform keeps that abuse online + now Elon Musk personally promotes a fascist who uses it incessantly Why is there infinite tolerance of lawless pro-racism X?
Putin's top propagandist and a former economics professor at the University of Alabama, Vladimir Solovyov, threatened that Russia would “march on Paris” after France’s President Macron called Putin "a predator and an ogre at our doorstep".
Russia tried to assassinate the President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen by jamming her plane while landing. So far Europe has ignored the issue as to not give Russia the attention it wants and to quietly prevent themselves from reacting to this significant escalation by the Kremlin.
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House wtaf
turd polisher
NEW: Huge anti-Trump protests happening across the US for Labor Day. This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets! @50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings (🎥 10-97 News)
my FT profile of Starmer’s new spin doctor and how his PR company worked with - among others - Putin’s Russia www.ft.com/content/a0a8...
Actually, if the Government - sensibly - wanted to put more emphasis on integration, part of that would involve pointing out that racism has no place in our society. 4/5
A Turning Point The post-American world is being created in front of our eyes, in real time, rapidly Substack by @snellarthur.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Sickening footage from Nuneaton tonight, where a Sky News interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse. Another local said, "Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform... It's given certain people a licence to be aggressive and racist."
chaser www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.
“The government must learn their lesson and now apply relentless pressure to the Netanyahu government to end this crisis.” @CalumMillerLD.bsky.social
Tony Blair appears to be deeply complicit in this monstrous plan of ethnic cleansing. That's the consequence of not holding him to account for his war cromes.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
well at least she's matched her glasses and her clothes so priorities
"Farage's policies aren't about creating a 'Better Britain', they are about pulling things down: It's easy to be in opposition, you just get to destroy things!" So, why does Keir Starmer keep agreeing with Nigel Farage on illegal immigration?
so funny how this keeps going round, they so desperately want it to be true
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Starmer could have said: Vandalism isn't patriotism; daubing red crosses on Chinese takeaways and writing racist graffiti isn't patriotism; perfomatively sitting in front of a flag or tying one to a mosque isn't patriotism; Patriotism is about making this country safe, happy productive for all.
Keir Starmer’s new director of communications isn’t just the founder of Portland Communications – which represented Qatar, Russia and Kazakhstan – he’s also come straight from the board of the anti-trans charity Sex Matters. The government is heading in a dark direction.
I understand (though I do not accept) the government's case for remaining on X. What is totally indefensible is the *exclusive* presence of many MPs & departments on that site. They are handing a monopoly of key government communications to a site that's increasingly run by & for the radical right
Still on the EHCR are we? British politics is stuck in a post-Brexit doom loop, addicted to spectacle politics and unable to engage with its actual problems: the sclerotic post-GFC economy that has seen real wages stagnate and increasing inability of government to invest in public services.
Another indication of how serious Putin's desire for peace & good relations with neighbours is...
In just the past week or so, Russia has bombed a US factory in Ukraine, bombed an EU office in Ukraine, and jammed the navigation system on a plane carrying the EU president, forcing the pilots to land using paper maps. Putin does not want peace. He will keep pushing until we fight back.
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
@almightrex.bsky.social Our family is disappearing - first our home, then our strength, now our flesh. 😭 Your support might mean the difference between our child living or dying tonight. You are the hope we cling to. Please, don’t let go. 💔🫶 Donation link in bio
The last 2 weeks have seen many articles clearly stating Trump has taken US into some state of authoritarianism, even dictatorship, some by indie journalists, but also, major international media. Today on 1A, Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine & Spain’s La Vanguardia. 🧵 www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Exclusive: President Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One plan would establish U.S. control and pay all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population to leave.
NEW -- Exactly 10 days after taking the oath early this year, Donald Trump nearly drowned dozens, potentially hundreds, of his own citizens in California’s Central Valley. Why? Because he is one of the most ignorant people you will ever meet. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
his hand looks well fake
oh fuck off
Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.
what a loser
Despicable and criminal.
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
Money is being channelled into an assault on rights across Europe – advanced by Americans and benefiting Russia. It is a dedicated campaign with long-term implications. Katherine Stewart reports
Please give to my friend Tala in Gaza. She and her family are displaced and hungry, and in an area that is constantly attacked. They rely on our donations to survive. 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-fa...
marisakabas.04 on signal
The Minnesota shooter this week originally planned to shoot up a music venue that primarily catered to trans folks but they were worried that trans folks might b be carrying guns and wouldn't be an easy target.
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New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social "The energy war intensifies" On Ukraine's campaign against Russian oil refineries, the damage it's doing and the impact it could have on the war. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-energy...
I'm hoping the teachers of these two kids are on the phone to PREVENT at 9.01am on the first day back at school, if not sooner:
I gotta say: This feels like a planned thing.
✍️ Atlantic circulation collapse could come sooner than expected Brian McHugh interviews Professor Sybren Drijfhout, who explains why cutting carbon dioxide emissions to net zero is becoming even more urgent to prevent AMOC collapse @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @brianmchugh.bsky.social
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
such a weird angle, almost everywhere I've worked since I began work in the year 2000 has had air conditioning because yes, the sun is very hot and yes, air con is one solution for that, why is it controversial to extend the capability to not bake to your home www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it. This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
Some of the names have changed since I wrote this last November, but the central reality is, sadly, upon us. snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
art of the deal
“Since Mr Trump singled out India with an unexpectedly draconian double dose of tariffs earlier this month, he has reportedly phoned the Indian prime minister on four occasions to seek a compromise. Each time, the Indian leader refused to pick up.” (The Telegraph)
also I'm pretty sure there aren't any special rulings where 'everyone has to eat sourdough now' so maybe she needs to shop around
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton
Messages today from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza who is having another birthday without a home or adequate food and medicine for her or her children. Please give to Tasneem and others. They rely entirely on our donations to survive. 🙏💕 tinyurl.com/Tasneemo
For those keeping score at home, the Navy has sent 3 destroyers, a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and an amphibious ready group with a Marine Expeditionary Unit to the southern Caribbean. New @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-sh...
it’s happening
Reminder: So far, globally, we've done exactly nothing about carbon pollution. That is what the data says -- exactly nothing. We're right on (slightly above) the trend in atmospheric concentration extrapolated from 25 years ago.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
lol ok
Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch expected to say
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics. RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban to remain in place despite expected wet weather Campaigners call for a crisis task force to tackle water management, after “abject failure of planning” By Brian McHugh @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
⚡️Russian units surrounded near Dobropillia, Ukraine's military says. Russian forces have been surrounded by Ukraine's military near Dobropillia, located in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast — currently the hottest sector of the front line.
Racist couple ask British NHS nurse if she 'came here on a rubber boat' in furious dog-walk attack www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Jerusalem. Signs read "STOP BOMBING GAZA" "EVERY CHILD IS INNOCENT."
Europeans need to have their eyes open about what is happening across the Atlantic. Or they are in for a very rude awakening. The denialism on this continent is dangerous.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we don’t need to fight fairly against fascism. We just need to fight.
Is it good when the proof of life pictures seem somewhat inconclusive?
Please give to my friend Tala in Gaza. She and her family lost their homes in the attacks and rely entirely on our direct donations to survive and obtain food and medicine. ❤️
hitler?
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maybe the clue's in the name
Ukrainian forces have liberated the town of Myrne.
wow, RIP that limestone, what a sudden and violent way to go
makes a brilliant noise
Surely in part a story about how our information ecosystem burdens the most vulnerable with policy failure. My thoughts... share.google/E4DxL9nlGSXo...
it's not just residual electrical impulse is it and nobody can tell the difference
