This is going to turn out to be "we had no grounds to do this, but by the time we admitted it, it was moot" situations, isn't it?
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This is going to turn out to be "we had no grounds to do this, but by the time we admitted it, it was moot" situations, isn't it?
“I walked 15 km into a red zone to get food. I picked this pasta up from the ground.” - Samah, a displaced mother in #Gaza. On Sept. 20, we will form a Human Chain Gallery on Parliament, urging #Canada to act. Details to visit and see other testimonies:
Well said, @jamesomalley.co.uk "The more we allow racist intimidation to become normal, the harder it becomes to return to a society where racism is considered beyond the pale." open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...
Beginning to believe perhaps JD Vance is right, after all: free speech is under attack in the UK, from the left and right.
Are we completely powerless to do anything about this?
Do people, institutions, and businesses think they can't afford to leave X? If you value a functioning and healthy democracy, You can't afford to stay #LeaveX #DefundMusk
"Mr Anglo" tweet @ Shabana Mahmood to say "a p___ like you should never be Home Sec" to follow his "go back to P___land P____" X is fine with that Mr Anglo wants to hang the interim Chair of Ofsted X is fine with that MAKE TWITTER LAWFUL AGAIN Green light to racism: 26 (96%) Sanctioned: 1 (4%)
Home Secretary says she is English in the Commons. Paul says fuck off p-word. X says Paul should carry on Green light: 23 Sanctioned: 1 Why do we tolerate this? Which other institution would get de facto inpunity for actively & routinely defending racial hatred, in breach of its legal duties?
Peter Mandelson can sit as a Labour Lord while my colleagues have lost the whip for opposing disability benefits cuts and the two-child benefit cap. Such draconian, politically-motivated suspensions undermine democracy and make a mockery of our party. They should have the whip restored immediately.
Casar: "Instead of actually trying to quell political violence, you see Donald Trump sending out Bondi and Vance to start going after magazines, independent press, independent foundations ... they're trying to weaponize this crisis in order to crush free speech."
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
It is genuinely humiliating as an America to have this sour, cowardly, narcissistic lout represent us and to know that so many Americans applaud conduct like this. Just deeply embarrassing.
Cats say a £22bn investment in Dreamies and new Catnip technologies will boost Britain's economy in the next few years
Caller to 5 live wants ICE on the streets and mass deportations. He’s big on replacement theory. There’s a process of gross radicalisation going on and mass conversion to fascism.
🔴Anti-Racist Protesters Accuse Met Police of ‘Two Tier’ Policing of Tommy Robinson Far-Right Rally Mass arrests at a peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstration were followed by a light-touch approach to last weekend’s violent far right protest, say campaigners bylinetimes.com/2025/09/17/a...
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Tomorrow's front page 📰 End the denial
Find all the TUC guidance on supporting trans and non-binary works here: www.tuc.org.uk/national/tra...
80% of trans workers have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination at work in the last five years. Unions, reps and members have an essential role fighting all forms of discrimination, including transphobia. Our movement is built on solidarity among workers: we are stronger together.
🇬🇧❗️🇺🇸 Four people were arrested after projecting images of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle ahead of Trump’s state visit to Britain.
"After Russia attacked NATO, Donald has issued an ultimatum......to NATO". The view from the bunker. Like & subscribe. youtu.be/YEj0SwNfYo8
And always remember, if you call Donald Trump a fascist, his government will go after you!
Walz on Trump saying he's not familiar with Melissa Hortman's assassination: "Nothing surprises me. There's no compassion, there's no empathy in this man, and there's no sense of governing for the whole country ... he's doing nothing to improve people's lives."
Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."
Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
Windsor Castle right now waiting for Trump’s arrival 🤣
Oh. Windsor Castle.
This is what Labour MPs aren't getting. I stayed a member after Miliband's defeat. I voted against Corbyn in the leadership election. I voted for Owen Smith in the leadership challenge. I wasn't a Corbynite at the time, but I stayed with the party because I didn't feel BETRAYED I voted Nandy 1/2
'In a direct challenge to Keir Starmer’s government to take a more robust stance towards Donald Trump, Sadiq Khan has said the President’s use of the military in cities and targeting of minorities was "straight out of the autocrat’s playbook".' 👏👏👏 #c4news www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY
Wes Streeting is a huge part of the reason that trans people feel less safe in the UK.
This claim is baffling. The Met have witnessed many violent far right protests. It was obvious participants would be up for a scrap. BBC News - No intelligence 'basis' for face scanning at Tommy Robinson rally, Met says www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Politicians spend half their time making laws, and the other half helping their friends get around them." - Unknown
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
How many more reports are needed before the UK government will call it what it is, i.e. genocide - and act accordingly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NEW – IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/SV5n4NW
This is outstanding. And, while research doesn’t get much of a hearing these days on identity issues, everything in it is consistent with piles of research. Anti-racism norms don’t drop from the sky. They are built and buttressed by elites drawing red lines. They can be eroded when elites don’t.
Unhinged.
If someone uses the words "sex-based rights" then you know immediately that they mean trans people harm.
This game rules because it perfectly captures that X-Files vibe of wandering around a drizzly, overcast Vancouver standing in for a US state in a long raincoat, shining flashlights with big long beams in dark warehouses, and occasionally being followed by shady guys in blacked-out sedans.
This is the thing, these aren’t whoopsies or just the clumsy policies of a party not used to government, this is clearly quite deliberate (& the assumption is that those of us on the left have nowhere to go & somehow they can win Reform voters. Deeply insulting)
Thou shalt not claim to be a champion of free speech out of one side of your mouth whilst crushing free speech out the other.
Stunning flush of Oudemansiella mucida - Porcelain Fungus high up in a tree. #FungiFriends
You know, for those of us who grew up watching this - on Saturday afternoon TV in the 70s and 80s - well, this is Robert Redford now, then and always will be.
The highest spikes here are due largely to Trump's tantrum that Bolsonaro got prosecuted.
Somebody literally said that to me today on here, about not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. There's something else that's been a red line for me - the misuse of anti-terror laws to proscribe Palestine Action. That's seriously dangerous.
“My idea of heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing." Peter Falk #BOTD
#WolffBites: Desperate inequality: richest 10% now do half of total US consumer spending. No wonder the other 90% are increasingly upset and angry.
That's the thing - I wasn't expecting to agree with everything Labour do, and I know they've inherited a difficult mess, but I can't go along with them demonizing particular groups of people.
“We are going to keep showing up each year — and the reason for that is because the moment we are canceling the parade, it will show fear,” said an organizer of the festivities. “Our members said that ‘We are not going back to the shadows.’”
Same here.
As many of you know, neurodivergence is an issue I care deeply about. In the last 6 days I highlighted the SEND crisis in Parliament, spoke on supporting neurodivergent people into work, and backed Adam Dance’s bill for screening and teacher training.
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Oh, don't get me started, Labour are making all the same mistakes & I just want to scream. The idea you can beat a meme with a graph is for the birds. It's like people who still "debate" sincerely on the other place, its just so futile!
under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
It didn't work for the Dems in America. It won't work for Labour here.
Same. If Labour win my vote them I'll vote for them. It isn't difficult. However, the idea that they can keep telling me to feck off, but I have to vote for them anyway because Reform UK Ltd would be worse just doesn't cut it.
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I do wish he'd treat Farage and the even further right as the emergency they are. Rather than suggesting if I don't vote Labour, it'll be my fault for letting them in.
Keir Starmer tells his Cabinet that scenes of police under attack at a march "led by a convicted criminal and egged on by a foreign billionaire calling for violence" sent "a chill through the spines" of British people. Says UK in "the fight of our times" against "toxic division" and "we must win"
I'm tired of being told that I'm the problem for having been betrayed by Labour.
This. "Vote Labour or else" isn't an effective electoral strategy at the best of times. Reform UK Ltd & those bankrolling them need to be treated as a national emergency. These people are a cat's whisker from being an insurgency.
I can foresee us ending up with a Prime Minister Streeting 😬
I think my gut was right yesteday, he's trying to position himself for Starmer's downfall. Good luck with that lol
In an "olive branch" Streeting defended everything he did to strip healthcare from young trans people as right and justified and said absolutely nothing about any way he'd move away from that targeted campaign to eradicate trans people. Come ON @theguardian.com. This is atrocious.
JD Vance, the guy who called Donald Trump "America's Hitler," is going to host Charlie Kirk's podcast to say that the Democrats need to be eradicated for calling Donald Trump Hitler. Peak fascism right there.
trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...
This exchange is gross. Kernan almost apologizes to Eric for being forced to ask this boring question that annoying “mainstream media” cares about, then lets him just deflect to “but Hunter.” This is a monster scandal and this is all we get from CNBC on it. bsky.app/profile/atru...
“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”
I get Trump & Vance can't be shamed for acting as if he is at war with a huge chunk of the America they're supposed to serve. I also get why the media doesn't call them out on this for filth. But I hope everyone gets that if you don't stand up for something soon, you may not get that chance again.
#Belarus: after the release (and expulsion) of 9 media workers last Thursday, journalist Ihar Ilyash has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for "discrediting" and "promoting extremist activities." We condemn this sham trial and demand the release of Ilyash & the 32 other journos behind bars.
Great Lives: Towards the end Stewart Lee explains to Mathew Parris why Parris is an ignorant buffoon (my words, not Stew's). Priceless. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
One of my favorite Robert Redford stories is when Mike Nichols was considering him for "The Graduate" and told him he needed to act like a guy who has struck out with women and Redford replied "what do you mean?"
If anybody has a glut of tomatoes, I can highly recommend this soup recipe. It's way better than the Heinz version! www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes...
It's always a joy to see these little fellows in my garden. The blue tit is a popular and common garden bird here. My drawing is available on Folksy... folksy.com/items/8547927 #BlueTit #BirdIllustration #birds 🦉 #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm
One of the anti abortion Tories who as women’s health minister repeatedly voted against advancing reproductive rights (unsuccessfully) Former Tory minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's wild that even a conservative dude like Jon Karl gets this sort of treatment from Trump
Like I said after the first one, if you are out on a boat in the gulf fishing, Trump may blow you up and kill you. Then he will say you had drugs on board. Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t - what he says is what goes and that’s the end of it. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Just realized the president implied yesterday that fishermen should stay out of the water because the U.S. may think you have drugs and kill you, and it's just a blip that barely warrants coverage.
Glorious bit of shitposting by Khan here. Top man.
❗️Russian strike on the National Pharmaceutical University in #Kharkiv. Four people injured: 89, 54, 52 and 51 years old. Civilian building. It is badly damaged.
sure "capitulation won't save you" but I think it's pertinent to point out that enthusiastically deepthroating the boot against the wishes of all your customers and without anyone asking you to won't save you either
Around here… #DevonandCornwall
Failure to ugly cry over a dead podcaster now a Federal offense.
I really didn't expect a Labour government to have hundreds of pensioners arrested under anti-terror legislation for peacefully holding placards.
I'm not expecting perfect. I expect not to be portrayed as lazy and unsustainable, who should get off her backside and stop being ill. I expect Labour to challenge the false information about a supposed 'immigration crisis' that doesn't exist. I expect Labour to stop doing the bidding of transphobes
That's wonderful. I still won't vote for a party that attempted to portray sick and disabled people as lazy and unsustainable.
That might work for you. I didn't work in the USA, and it's unlikely to work here.
I look to what Labour has done to me, and to people I care about. I will not vote for a party that demonizes the sick and disabled, trans people and immigrants. I will not vote for a party that misuses anti-terror laws either.
This Labour party has picked its battles. I'll pick mine. And I will not be brow-beaten into a party that is so hostile to vulnerable groups of people.
It's not about me. I'm neither an immigrant nor a trans person. But I will not vote for a party that has gone after those groups in the way that Labour has done.
Then Labour should get its act together. They should support immigrants, trans people, and the sick and disabled instead of stoking disinformation about us. The bigger picture is that Starmer is an abject failure.
I'm not because I get disability payments.
This is someone trying to persuade me to vote Labour. No wonder they're toast.
Try reading the green paper on welfare reform. Thankfully, Labour MPs have a better understanding of the proposals than you do. Muting you now.
Labour has achieved nothing for me, and left my friends terrified for their future.
So leave us to starve then. Problem solved.
Exactly - our population is ageing and sickening. Taking money from is will not fix the economy. It will ultimately cost more.