I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this story?
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I wonder how much coverage the BBC will give to this story?
Perfection.
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
This is a dark tale. Worth a read.
The climate denialists started off denying smoking caused cancer, and slandering dead Rachel Carson on her work exposing DDT. Naomi Oreskes is the top historian of this stuff. Deserves reading, following & reposts. @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
This is an older piece, but important to understand how bad actors mobilize meretricious arguments, and the press often fall for it. It's happening again with spurious arguments over vaccines. thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2...
It has now been SIX DAYS since Donald Trump has delivered any public remarks. His last public remarks were on August 25th, during a ceremony in the Oval Office. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
I have no idea whether number 10 are even aware that their acc has been shadowbanned but surely any public service acc still using X should be made aware of this interference! My personal feeling is that this is reason enough to ban X in the UK & I'd urge you to amplify this.
If ever there was a reason for the UK establishment to get off X it's now - Musk has shadowbanned 10 Downing Street's X acc This is NOT OK, regardless of who's in power this is possibly the most overt & audacious interference in our democratic system to date & a reminder that it's Musk's platform
Fuckwits.
Yeah but it bonds us together for when it comes to the final battle for democracy. What's the point in pointless gestures unless they inspire hope in someone somewhere?
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Just as they have in the US where people are now being abducted in the street by masked thugs, the radical right is playing on fears around immigration to remove protections from all UK citizens and Northern Irelandās historic agreement may only be the first casualty if the HMG doesnāt hold firm.
In 30 pages, the Good Friday Agreement cites the ECHR seven times as an essential safeguard www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
You see, the great thing about law is that it comes down to what the law says, regardless of how ādistinguishedā or āleadingā or āexpertā a lawyer may be. It is a curiously egalitarian subject, where a cat can speak to a king, or at least to the kingās counsel.
Remember: the greater the emphasis placed on a lawyer being ādistinguishedā or āleadingā the weaker the legal argument will tend to be. A good legal argument does not need such epaulets, and a bad legal argument is not saved by them.
Apparently āleadingā lawyers and āexpertsā say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR. Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says. davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
... although fishing for snooks seems to me a better use of your time.
Also for Boris's benefit you could try to explain Thatcher's flirtation with bonkers Friedman monetarism which sent interest rates skyrocketing to 20%+ She was unpopular & saved by her own govt's screw-up over the Falklands
Danny - what was all that about Denis Healey having to go begging to the IMF based on what turned out to be such inaccurate projections, meaning he never really needed to? Especially when they knew North Sea Oil was just around the corner? Conspiracy theory? Or did I just remember it wrong?
Sorry you had such a bad experience "Niall". The fact you were too cowardly even to take on Ryan Air under your own identity greatly amuses me. Mate if you're going to try to create flying monkey sockpuppets you really need to try a bit harder š¤£
Or should I say "Sockpuppet" š¤£ Busted mate One original post 7months ago? š¤£ Try harder
Scott is just a sockpuppet for Niall Andrew. The account has one original post from 7 months ago. "Niall" probably isn't real either. Which is why I've been saying just ignore and block, along with all his followers/sockpuppets.
Hi Niall You really need to work harder to put a backstory to your sockpuppets. One original post 7 months ago? You're not even trying mate
Hi Niall
Hi Niall
You are arguing as a sockpuppet account set up with one original post 7 months ago.
Scott is a sockpuppet account One original post 7 months ago.
Scott is a sockpuppet. Don't buy into his good faith.
Mate. Interesting back story. How come you only made one original post since you set up this account 7 months ago, yet you'd made 500+ replies? All the signs of a sockpuppet. Plus you're claiming to be born both Czech & Canadian? Your interesting story really does deserve more original material
Scott, you made one original post 7 months ago. You're just one of Niall's sockpuppets aren't you "Scott". Or should I say "Niall" š¤£
You're talking to a sockpuppet set up yesterday. Ask Niall how things are going for him "Sarah"
You're agreeing with a sockpuppet account set up by a bigot with a chip on his shoulder. Makes me wonder about you. Scott isn't real. The sockpuppet account made one original post 7 months ago. All the other stuff is replies cheering on Niall.
Nobody in the UK is "preventing' the EU from doing anything. All that some people are suggesting is that we negotiate reciprocal arrangements on a tiny me after which will affect very few. If you want to piss all over their chips, be my guest. Won't affect you in any way. I think you're pathetic.
Ok - sorry I'll take that back Sarah, you seem to be genuine. My point remains however. On this tiny point why don't you want the EU to reciprocate the current tiny freedom the UK offers to EU citizens?
EU citizens currently have a right to stay in the UK for 180 days continuously. How would equalising that give UK citizens more rights than EU ones "Sarah"? Why on Earth does this bother you "Sarah". Hang on a mo, let me just check I'm not talking to a Niall sockpuppet...
It's a Niall sockpuppet account. 500 replies & only one original post. Niall really needs to up his game š¤£
For example seems 'Scott' has made 500+ plus replies but only one original post. How's life treating you Niall?
Scott has multiple passports so not really a problem for him. He's never explained why he's so keen to restrict a tiny freedom for others. Since Niall seems invested in setting up sockpuppets I do question his authenticity.
It's you Niall isn't it? Coward.
Who cares what you say you coward. Come out behind your sockpuppet and let's talk.
Such an obs sockpuppet account I've reported it. Pretty clear who you are you coward.
Big ruling against Trump's blatantly illegal imposition of tariffs, which are taxes on every American. Working my way through the 127 pages of opinion, so more later. THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL, WITH NO LESS THAN THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AT ISSUE! See: share.google/0v8nPm966u0H...
We're going to need a bigger brainworm.
The Crazies are now in charge of US healthcare. Top tip Farage: If you want to emulate Trump put Piers Corbyn in charge of the NHS. As a bonus the swivel-eyed git will do energy/climate change for free. ššš
RFK Jr, "We need to stop trusting the experts, right.. Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy" Good luck America š¤·āāļø
We are so fucked.
Charlie Kirk needs to submit to being a bald man.
Gross.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Sums up America in 2025 pretty well Iād say
so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
Itās easier to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. than it is to get a COVID19 vaccine. But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein bookā¦ the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
šØBREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Or maybe I got that mixed up and you hold a Canadian passport too? Bully for you. But please don't preach down to people who hold a fraction of the rights you're granted. And never had to lift a finger for I'm guessing?
Tell me more about how you acquired South African, British and Czech passports Which came first? Which do you see as your native country? I'm guessing it's not Czechia? I have a long-standing relationship with there, was invited guest of honour at a wedding recently. What qualifies you to be Czeck?
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We really need to bring back football thuggery That way the thick pricks can kick the shit out of each other like they used to do for fun in the old days. It's the middleclassation of football which has led to drunken thugs seizing on the St George's flag & Ingerland as their rallying point. Discuss
Little old ladies lying down in the street are a lot easier to arrest & charge with terrorism to be fair.
More concerned mums at Epping
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Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
This country is heading for a really dangerous place. Rylan is allowed to say untrue statements on a national news show with literally no research by anyone on the show? Asylum seekers housed in hotels are NOT given phones or ipads. They are not living a life of luxury.
My morning beef with Nick Ferrari on @lbc over his double standardsā¦
When you put this on all Brits by saying "the UK voted to be treated as a 3rd country" - then that's on you too You're claiming as a UK citizen you asked to be treated as a 3rd country citizen while knowing all along that the rules would never apply to you. Either ridiculous or hypocritical or both
And as you have Czech & South African passports as well as a British Passport unlike most Brits you're free to come and go as you like. Yet you'd like to deny other of your fellow Brits a fraction of the freedom you enjoy. 1/2
So you think the deal negotiated by Boris Johnson should be set in stone? He might have demanded we had 3rd country status in terms FOM, most in the UK didn't - Brexit voters were actually lied to about that We'd like to negotiate a fairer deal, as would most of the EU. Especially for young people.
Same rules the EU applies to such countries. You think the EU has the moral high ground here?
Within the EU visa-free access is absolutely about fairness, reciprocity & equity, just as it's always been between the UK and Ireland. The EU would like to negotiate visa free access for young people. The only people here objecting to it 'because rules' are Brexiters & blockers.
Outstanding.
A viral photo is circulating with claims it shows veteransā homes decorated with England flags, causing two neighbours to contact the police. But the street was actually decorated like this for a 2023 Nike advert featuring Lioness Chloe Kelly.
After Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper: Measles cases: up 1200% Mumps cases: up 70,000% Multiple fatalities People with no science knowledge were taken in by Wakefield. People with no science knowledge are taken in by anti-vaxxers. Listen to scientists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Itās been nothing short of a disaster.
Refusing to act, then falsely accusing those who want to see something tangible done to protect kids of attacking prayer on top of it, is doubly shameless.
What the hell?
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell says Farageās plans are ābeneath us as a nation.
Robert Reich is correct ! Chump has us on the Fast Track to Fascism, demolishing our Democracy, brick by brick......
Here he goes.
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laughā¦ Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population) Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK Immigration isnāt draining us Inequality is.
Angus: Iām saying we need to start building progressive media that people actually listen to. Iāll give you an example: MeidasTouch. Wherever I go in Canada, working-class people listen to MeidasTouch because they talk about whatās happening in a practical way. They give facts.
All the trappings of a dictator
Quack is whack.
I have no idea who Chris Bayliss is. But he has no idea who either Mikhail Gorbachev or Nigel Farage is.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "It's not just that President Trump is corrupt" "It's that everyone who is participating in this is corrupt" "Elon is corrupt" "Jeff Bezos is corrupt" "Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt" "In participating in this scheme that we all know"
Give us a break. The only action you guys have taken is to weaken gun laws, allowing scores of criminals to get guns; shut down funding for anti-violence programs in our cities; close the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. You've taken action - and it's gotten people killed.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can āsee in kids faces that they have inflammationā Thatās NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
Heās the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Richard pushed Brexit. Some self-awareness is lacking.
āThe far-right protesters claimed they were there to āprotect women and childrenā and demanded that asylum seekers be sent back. However, tensions rose when we witnessed one man harassing a woman called Charlotte, a member of Stand Up to Racism.ā No so very protective of women thenā¦