Oh dear, that is bad.
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Oh dear, that is bad.
And just like that,Gaza has disappeared from the news because Angela Rayner has... bought a house! Shame on ALL our media. Grow up. #FreePalestine
But surely what really matters is to remove the members of the Lords who were simply given the job as a bribe and do nothing in return. I would rather be rid of them than simply cut the numbers.
Yes, but not yet thatās our system isnāt it? They have an overwhelming parliamentary majority even with the MPs, who have lost the whip.
I do follow your argument, but it smacks of grudge holding and a determination not to allow that heās right because you donāt like what he did in the past.
Aperfect ending to a perfect series. I felt a little bit of fear before we started that you were going to like Perseus, but you had him nailed as a creep from the get-go. Really looking forward to S2, but will happily revisit S1 in the interim because I know I missed gems. Itās that kind of pod.
Feels like the flag debate has been kicking around my whole life and it still boils down to: Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely. Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out. Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy. Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
Great. Just what we need more medieval views.
This cartoon from the Sunday Times has stopped me in my tracks. #VaccinesSaveLives #GunControlNow
This was a very depressing read.
Announcing EU / UK trade sanctions on Israel has a good chance of stopping the build-up towards the occupation+destruction of Gaza city and the expulsion of its residents. Blocking this manoeuvre would greatly reinforce demands to end the war. This genocide can be stopped. Today.
See I have faith in the kids.
Are we sure thatās anything to boast about? Personally, Iād be keeping it quiet.
I think the press seems to be falling into that silo. You need to both sides everything. Just look at the BBC.
Love it
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www.politico.eu/article/ital... Surely these really are going to get rid of Netanyahu soon? How did they get from being the victims of the attack on October 7 to committing genocide and being vilified worldwide?
I seem to remember that we put them up in Downing St for the womenās euros. Let s not forget that long before he was Prime Minister he was a football obsessive.
I suspect most Brits would prefer to live next to an immigrant than a St George flying racist. (I hope) But the Murdoch press & the government would prefer we believed otherwise. š¤·
www.nationaltvawards.com/vote/categor... Please vote for Gary Lineker as best presenter. Stood up for justice. It would send a powerful message.
us18.campaign-archive.com?e=bfd4554847 The Israeli government is completely out of control. They donāt care what they do to the Palestinians, but imagine that you are the family of one of the hostages and itās absolutely obvious that they donāt care about them either.
I have no problem with the resolution foundation s ideals, finding their way into government
Thank God, itās not just me thatās been driven bananas with his appeasement comments.
Iām sorry where did you get that from?
I want to buy you a drink, Emily. Clearly being out of the country gives you a different sense of events. Jon needs to take a step back and analyze whether he hasnāt been influenced by the far right push into normalizing something which isnāt the norm.
The International Association of Genocide Scholars has confirmed what has been apparent for a long time... Israel is guilty of GENOCIDE... ETHNIC CLEANSING... WAR CRIMES... & CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY! Read their statement here: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u... #Israel š®š± #IDF #Palestine šµšø #Gaza
Iāve had it happened to me on Phrazle and once on Le Mot, which is the French version. Itās a very weird feeling, isnāt it?
Thank God, you are back Emily. Somebody needed to challenge John on his broad acceptance that there is a massive problem. 700 people demonstrating. Thereās been tens of thousands demonstrating about Palestine but it s not news. The agenda is controlled by RW press and you are playing into it John.
Finally enough, I just came on to say something similar. I donāt know whatās going on with you, Jon, but you are using the wrong language ..all this ā¦ massive problem/ right to be concerned.. is completely over blown and if youāre not going to challenge it and you are part of it.
Here in the US, ātwo weeksā actually means never.
Amazing painting and also youāll have it with you for your entire life.
Wow. Outside of the Palestinians themselves these people must be more shocked and devastated than anybody else by whatās going on. How awful to spend your life studying something that you hoped you would never see again and to have to put your name to this.
Great article
We really are fucked when the main Takeaway from the Prime Ministerās political speech that starts the parliament is a slip of the tongue. And thatās from supposedly serious journalists.
Difference between a husky and border collie... šš š¤£ #dog #dogday #bluesky
Letās not forget heās a mad football supporter. Didnāt he put flags out for the women s Euros?
Oh Jim, Iām disappointed. I just came here to post that I bet thatās what journalists would say rather than talk about the content of his speech, but I was hoping it wouldnāt be you that went for the trite take-away.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social New Podyssey! Woohoo!
Thanks for that. Of course thatās exactly what they should say as the paper of record but theyāve been pretty derelict in their duty for the last couple of years, and letās not even mention whatās befallen The Telegraph.
Unfortunately, I canāt get behind the paywall, but it seems quite surprising that theyāve done that. Is it a different editor for the Sunday Times because the Monday till Friday stuff has been hyping up the immigration stories?
Dear government. Many of us are not racist. Can you represent us? Cheers. A citizen
Tomorrow I will be a tabling a motion to force the government to release the legal advice it has received on Israel's military action in Gaza and breaches of international law. Ministers cannot turn a blind eye to this humanitarian catastrophe any longer.
Me too, but thatās the point. They may be phenomenally rich and influential, but they are also strange looking white boys with zero charisma.
So gratifying to have you continue with the speculation over Trump that I had been indulging myself in all yesterday evening. Delightful bit of gossip if only it were true. And also well done for standing up for Angela Rayner. The perfect accompaniment to my Sunday morning bath sloth.
Didnāt you call them chavs and yobs for 20 years until you realised you could ventriloquise your posh-boy racism through them?
Yes, but youāre supposed to wee on your own allotment, not your next door neibhbourās row of lettuce.
YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Was it Mone who received Ā£200m in PPE Contracts through the VIP Lane. And by how much did Infosys benefit when Sunak was PM. And how many Ethics advisors resigned when Johnson was PM & why. And how many flats, which he paid no Stamp Duty on, did Hunt forget to declare. But they slur Angela again!
Now this needs to go on a placard and taken to every protest about immigrant hotels. Then letās see what their reaction is when itās one of their own. Where are the voices of Farage, Badenoch , Braverman, Tice, his his wife, Truss? More important, why is the press not making the comparison?
Don t understand. When did he promise to abolish first past the Post?
Ianās writing is always entertaining and informing but this piece on Labour s moral failure on the asylum question was just outstanding. it might be the best article that Iāve ever read by him.( and the bar is high)
In Farage's Britain, I would be sent back to my torturers www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...
Hey BBC news how about an investigation of Nigel Farage's properties and living arrangements?
He mightāve been telling the truth. Iām enthusiastically awaiting France s return to life.
I had to Google Innsmouth, and you are spot on.
Say it like it is Dorian. I try never to judge people on what they look like, but he has such a bloody smug face. He and Jenrick are exactly the same type. They believe in nothing and will say absolutely anything to get on. Total Tory tossers.
I live in the EU and as happy as they are that we have better relations with them and that weāre all standing together against Putin, they havenāt forgotten who Nigel Farage is, and they are not going to welcome with open arms a country that might elect Reform.
Iām optimistic on your behalf. Weāve just had two days of bloody awful rain and cold and now the temperature is slowly coming back up again. I think the UK will follow suit.
What is the red line for European governments, in terms of Israeli policy in Gaza - the red line after which they would stop treating Israel as misbehaving ally, "a democratic country exercising self defence"? If mass starvation and annihilation of entire cities don't cut it, I'm really not sure.
No, I think they were liberated by Brexit and now they get a chance to do a rerun.
The mainstream media have contributed to this and politicians like Farage , Starmer and the Conservatives. They own all the vile hate and damage we see to our country right now. Never been so horrified and ashamed , Iam absolutely fuming Starmer has let this happen too. He needs to go.
Not a big admirer of Starmer, but I donāt think itās fair to say itās all his fault. I live in France and I have been absolutely astounded to see the way the British press has treated the Labour party from minute one.
I live in France and we all have them. Itās not a big deal, but it is quite handy to be able to prove who you are when you need to, like at the post office for example
No, really, come on. I donāt know whereabouts you live, but where I am Francis closed.
Please tell me it s somebody making a joke.
Why would he stop a company protecting itself from huge financial losses?
I have a feeling youāre not quite 100% up on the facts
Would you like to explain that assertion to me?
The rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and the media's fawning over Farage pose a huge challenge for the rest of us. A good first step would be some sensible comms (like this) from Government in response. Not blathering on about 'legitimate concerns' and further stoking fears about asylum-seekers.
Withdrawal from ECHR: The proposal is that we should withdraw from ECHR and replace it by a bill of rights. There are no details regarding that bill of rights. Now, is there a previous example when UK withdrew from an international body with no clue as to what would replace it led by Nigel Farage?
#PatrickStewart #TheGuardian #TheresaMay #ECHR #Farage #Hesanidiot #MontyPython #LifeofBrian @tssuppository.bsky.socialā¬ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
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It shows such a basic lack of political understanding that Labour didn't go straight on the attack over this. Just because most people are worried about immigration being too high it doesn't mean they're psychopaths.
The lack of constitutional reform is not even about good government anymore. It is about a clear and present danger to liberal democracy.
The dead will not rise again in Croydon. The Reform Party is demonstrating just how incompetent they are by selecting a dead candidate. Hoping @privateeyenews.bsky.social can fan the flames under this bunch of idiots.
Just checked. Itās a non-executive position and the same person has been president since 2016 so I guess he probably just doesnāt give a flying fuck.
Iām going to guess heās not up for reelection and he isnāt the Prime Minister of the country. Anytime soon given the election is 2027 and he is ineligible to stand, Emmanuel Macron will start being just as upfront.
"Flag on Devon roundabout updates with rainbow and peace symbol" Would be terrible if this sort of thing were to start happening. ~AA www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
I posted this 20 months ago in an unmentionable place. It has become no less true.
Good buy!
It bothers me that today I had to point outā¦ To former Tory MP @PhilipDaviesUK That the Hillsborough families invoked the ECHR in their fight for justice Because he, like so many, either doesnāt know ā¦or is being disingenuous about the vital protections the ECHR affords us.
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, itās a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
Dear God.
Iāve been wondering, who I could vote for after this government s stance on Gaza. Maybe Iām a liberal Democrat.
I think you know the answer to that question. Because heās a racist wanker and he doesnāt really care about the country other than he wants it to be white.
Oh no pigeon English. āAs if they had gone insane. ā
Bloody well said. Iām looking at England from France and itās as if they were gone insane.
This is Nigel Farage on mass deportations less than a year ago on GBNews. I wonder what has changed?
BBC complaint Complaint made to the BBC about the disproportionate amount of coverage given to a party with only 4 MPs. The BBC seems to have forgotten that the Lib Dems have 72 MPs, and what about the Greens and other smaller parties?
Farage is engaged in a delicate balancing act. He wants to keep the post-Brexit promise of bigotry as government policy alive, while seeming to be a normal politician.
How can they even lift their heads?
Would the second word be āoffā?
In spite of very little publicity, more people attended the protest for Sheffield Wednesday than the whipped up fomented ācivil unrestā across the entire country. I suspect you can work it out from there unless youāre being deliberately obtuse.
It would be interesting to give the people who have been pulled accurate information on how many guysAS we actually have and what proportion of our budget is actually spent on them and then repoll. Iām pretty sure that they would be less negative. Relentlessly right wing Racism doesn t help.
To me the most interesting bit of this story is that everyone involved seems to have forgotten that this is all pretty much exactly what the Conservatives tried while in government. But this time it'll work, because Lee Anderson will be in charge.
Great article Raf. I wish you were doing comms in number 10.
I Disagree Sooz. The ā island of strangersā was dire, but I donāt think heās in the ballpark of saying that by virtue of being from another culture youāre a potential rapist.
Thank you x