Second Journalist I have seen only today who has been banned from the Reform conference
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Second Journalist I have seen only today who has been banned from the Reform conference
I'd say that until more ppl wake the fuck up, we are all Stephan Miller.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/ How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors? Who does that? Who the fuck are we? What are we? What have we become?
There is a far right, anti-refugee protest being planned for next weekend, apparently to involve/protest outside, a residential centre for unaccompanied refugee children. I’ve sent an email to my MP Helen Whately……..
Politicians have become involved in every kind of interaction that once involved private,informed,regulated discussions between Doctors,Lawyers and the Public as Patients,in Courts,as Refugees/Asylum Seekers etc. The one place where Politicians no longer seem as active or involved is in Parliament
The Trump admin is now pushing Ukraine to REDUCE the size of its military as a condition for "peace". Trump is purely Putin's whore.
So Fartrage’s latest wheeze is to quit the ECHR. But it’s NOT his latest. He announced it weeks ago. And he’ll keep announcing it because every time the BBC and Sky give him even more airtime to discuss - and promote - his fantasy.
USA is reliving 1920’s Germany. And we know how that ended!
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.
We have a voice. Two things. Make much more of the fact that "small boats" are a direct consequence of Brexit. Start looking at a different way of absorbing & integrating refugees, like most normal countries do.
The same people who villainize Dr. Anthony Fauci, an actual doctor with a speciality in immunology and research in virology, are praising RFK Jr who has never seen the inside of a lab.
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” –Albert Einstein www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...
Can't believe that in 2025 we have to be telling people that vaccines are safe and slavery was bad.
Any fool blithely saying they’ve now had a bit of a think about the ECHR and we should leave - is part of why we’re now stuck in the mess of Brexit, being told by the far right to hand our human rights over to them to administer. FFS people. Have you learned nothing from the last decade of failure?
"Nearly three-quarters of Brits think the UK economy has got worse since Brexit, according to a new poll." Nearly three-quarters of parliament remain silent on the subject. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/most-b...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community 👏 arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Steve would probably make more sense than most current commentators.
Be quiet, everyone. Steve is about to make his morning speech!
I can only agree George, it’s the only explanation left I think. It is most definitely NOT balanced reporting to give a party with 4 MPs the sort of voice and media access that you might expect the opposition party to be given.
Why haven’t labour replaced the Tory political appointees
Why, I ask myself, have Labour allowed the BBC, Tory appointed governors to remain in place? Isn't there only one explanation for this, too?
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Follow me, read my research into what the Tories and Labour concealed from the public about the nationwide free zones rollout. This explains Brexit. This is a corporate coup, stealthily prepared, and it is unlike anything ever seen in the UK's entire history, and guess what? You are paying for it.
Signed.Your efforts on this have been commendable and must seem overwhelming at times. What amazes me is no matter how frankly and completely you spell this out,nobody has ever refuted any of it,and so few seem to be able to accept what it means to the U.K. when it goes ahead. Hope you breakthrough
Words of wisdom for our protests on Saturday..be safe. ☮️💟
The response to this speaks volumes! What happened to all those Firearms and Citizen Militias that were ever ready as a safeguard of the Constitution? Or indeed so many of the Oaths taken by many of the L.E.O.'s trampling on Constitutional rights everyday at the orders of an Autocratic Dictator ?
These are dark and sad days for America. We are loosing our beloved Democracy and precious freedoms. Every day it gets deeper and deeper. Why do the good citizens, allow this to thrive? At least, think of your grandchildren & now awful the world will be for them. You are allowing it to happen.
Exactly the same tactics and tricks that slid No Plan 'Brexit' past us as a whatever you wanted it to be 'Silver Bullet's for all ills are now being used to convince us that the same people who created the problem have the solution,when all they ever do is cry havoc and let slip their Frog of War!
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The idea that owning 2 homes is a property 'empire' is ty[/pical Torygraph hyperbolic garbage. Her 'third property' isn't even hers!! Meanwhile, Jenrick DOES have an empire & as for Jeremy Hunt & the property empire he 'forgot to declare'!! Hypocrisy doesn't come close.
As an antidote to Ange Rayner … I doubt she uses ‘donations’ from the Labour Party to pay for hers ! Whereas Reform acolytes are funding his lifestyle , unaudited & unchecked .
Inside Nigel Farage's £3m four home luxury property empire - all bought since Brexitx - Mirror Online share.google/Hs0PyrEZwsTP...
Brilliant and very talented.Truly hope he is given the kind of Political Executive Authority his potential warrants, and its harnessed towards the kind of revolution this exploited and derailed economy and country needs.
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Mysogyny on steroids. She's liked as well, so that makes her even more of a target; WC Female Popular Lives in a house 🙄
Daily Telegraph today refers to A Rayner’s property “empire”. Whatever you think of her housing arrangements, I don’t think constituency house (bought for 375k in 2016), house in Hove, plus use of ministerial flat in London is an “empire”. Duke of Westminster wont fear a rival!
The Royal Family own 250,000 acres including at least 12 grand palaces and large country estates. Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.
They gave them authority over us. They can’t even spell “government”. I don’t think you should be an armed part of something you can’t even spell.
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited Good Saturday morning, friends. Before you try to help or rescue someone, make sure you understand their needs. If you simply assume that because something is right for you, it will be right for someone else, you can cause more harm than good.
Billionaires hate Democracy
Capitalism depended on a fair day's work for a fair day's pay and mutual reasonable expectations of what that meant. It was the negotiation that kept it vital and current. 'Greed vs. Need' replaced it as integrity and the idea of any kind of 'win/win' deal became obsolete.
UN data shows that in the US/Canada/Europe, about 8% of the population suffers moderate or severe food insecurity. That's 95 million people. Even in the richest countries in the world, capitalism fails to deliver something as basic as secure access to food.
Unfortunately I think there are still many lessons to be learnt about the hard way. Trump has no ability to consider reason or change his mind. Only when he crashes and burns so badly even 'dark money' starts to flinch will he start to burn out.
They don't see it, but think they know better than the people who do see it. I had to mute that shit because to double down on such ignorant nonsense is absolutely atrocious and incredibly infuriating. Some like crumbs.🤷🏼♀️ We live in the United Corporations of America and need a generalstrikeus.com.
I can well understand anyone being frustrated by the Incredible scam that has been pulled off by this rogue Cabal. If any real resistance is to stand up an essential principle will be Solidarity among ourselves. Democracy stands or falls on our ability to negotiate and find a way forward together
Thankfully Trumps 'weakest link' is his own minds inability to accept any regulation. Even he cannot control his greed or arrest his ongoing and accelerating descent. The price of public 'power' is (for now) still public responsibility, even to those who didn't vote for you!
See current U.K.- both major Parties no longer resemble their once established identities. Labour is no longer a Democratic Socialist Party but is closer to what was the 'Conservative' Party,which in turn was gutted/neutered and H.M.G. exploited as a testbed for what is now happening X100 in U.S.
At the core of Socialism is the need for equity,not just equality. It's no good something being universally available if you can't afford it. The current Sociopathic Elite have nothing but contempt for this. The whole point of their existence is to be 'Privileged' and to be able to exploit others!
I'm currently reading "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" again... seemed appropriate. Everyone should read it at least once. Written in 1914 and still relevant today. #Epstein #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
MAGA extremists are falling for white Christian nationalist ideas, a severe danger to our democratic freedoms. Strengthen constitutional separation of church and state. Oppose radical right-wing authoritarian Project 2025.
Cheers!
There is still beauty in the world. (Mt. Fuji, Japan 📷 unknown.)
Gov. Newsom: These guys aren't screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It's all at stake.
People spend every day handing the billionaires all their cash while screaming that a brown person stole it. We have to wake them up to this mad cognitive dissonance.
Some facts: ● Connolly pleaded guilty. ● Her appeal failed in May and her sentence was upheld. (See image on the right) ● She's only been released because she's served 40% of her sentence and that's the automatic release point. ● It says everything about our press that they're siding with her
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I really wonder what would need to happen to disrupt the British media‘s current obsession with immigrants. I am serious. What would it take to talk about something else? Putin invading a few more countries? Another Prime Minister being hounded out of office? Global economic collapse? A tidal wave?
Since Brexit, studying in Europe is no longer as simple for UK students – visas, permits and funding now add extra steps. Debut report by Sam Johnson
Readers of the iPaper expressing the views of the real silent majority: those who aren’t frothing with prejudice, those who think decency and responsibility should win out, those who have genuine legitimate concerns about social division and civil unrest… those who never seem to make the headlines.
German guy here: That's what Hitler did back then: The Sturmabteilung (SA) was stationed in front of polling stations and ensured that voters cast their ballots in the "right" place. Learn from our mistakes, USA.
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
I know it feels hopeless, but that’s by design - that’s how they want it to feel! Please don’t throw in the towel yet . . . there’ll be plenty of time to throw it in later if necessary, but not yet - now is the time to fight, before it really IS too late . . . Don’t give up! 💪
"Fascists take power. Fascists immediately purge anyone who stands in their way. Then it’s 30–50 years of dictatorship. This happened in Germany, Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, Romania, and Hungary."
"Another tough pill to swallow? Violence works. For them. Fascists use violence while claiming to be victims. They create chaos that “requires” their authoritarian solution. Then they purge anyone who opposes. Meanwhile, democrats keep insisting on following rules that fascists completely ignore."
"Selective Compliance and Irish Democracy The Irish called it “Irish Democracy” when they were under British rule, the silent, dogged resistance of millions who simply ignored laws they found illegitimate. Don’t protest. Don’t riot. Just don’t comply."
Chump Accepts Luxury Jet from Qatar, saying IF He Leaves Office, It's His To Take With Him ! NO WORDS !!!!!
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
When all you have is an old worn hammer,all you can do is keep banging the same worn nail. The days of the Conservative Party having any kind of competent Politicians are long gone. Brand 'Boris' saw to that and Sunak was never going to let anyone who might have dragged his hand out of the Till back
Nothing says "the rule of law" better than sanctioning judges of the international court that investigates and tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community.
Posted that link in an Essex newspaper fb group - the racists just ignored it and continued going on about the RNLI being a taxi service
Here's a piece from a year ago with research done at Durham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile - all the people who wanted Brexit to happen are running around pointing and shouting about the very fire they have caused. I mean it's kind of insane. But that's the UK in 2025.
Here's a fact for you all. Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK. Not ONE. This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit. But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.
Farage's plan is to copy Trump in every detail:
"Outside of a modest community of journalists, politicians and think tankers on BlueSky, the British political class is basically strapped to a website which has been designed to encourage radicalisation." @iandunt.bsky.social insight on the shite-stirring right.
Hope recovery is soon . They are tough creatures so It's likely it's just resting.
Is the Cat actually hurt internally?
Dairy farmers have warned that a long-running shortage of workers, exacerbated by #Brexit and the pandemic, has put the UK’s food security under pressure www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They want us to get used to it. First, shock at the sight of soldiers in our streets. Then, acceptance as “normal.” Until the day we wake up, and military control of civilians is the rule—not the exception. History warns us: do not get comfortable. #Project2025 #NoMoreSilence #DefendDemocracy
More raging hysteria about small boats in pretty much every paper this morning. And brexity xenophobe, Chris effing Philp, straight out lying about who’s responsible. We screwed up our borders the moment we flounced out of the EU, you miserable article. Whose idiotic idea was that? (Times)
With UK news shows reporting more than 50,000 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel since Labour came to power now would be a good time to remind Nigel Farage & others that Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
The targeting of all regulation is a priority for all Rogue Political Leaders. The current campaign an attempt to repeat the criminal audacity that took Crimea thwarted by the courage of Ukraine. Putin can end this unilaterally all he has to do is order his troops to stop and retreat back to Russia.
