Kevin Mitchell
@kevinmitchell50.bsky.social
A writer not a fighter… except in good causes. Sadly, despite noble resistance, the Observer (a very good cause) has now been thrown to the dogs of the marketplace by the Guardian, who proved to be, “an unreliable ally”.
Inspired!
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Inspired!
More than one way to skin a cat, and the Times have twisted the numbers artfully here. If you look for it (last paragraph), 63 per cent of Labour voters want him to carry on - which is surprising!
Starmer’s Labour sleazier than Tories, say third of voters - The Times and The Sunday Times
Starmer’s Labour sleazier than Tories, say third of voters - The Times and The Sunday Times
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 AM
More than one way to skin a cat, and the Times have twisted the numbers artfully here. If you look for it (last paragraph), 63 per cent of Labour voters want him to carry on - which is surprising!
Starmer’s Labour sleazier than Tories, say third of voters - The Times and The Sunday Times
Starmer’s Labour sleazier than Tories, say third of voters - The Times and The Sunday Times
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“The Israeli officer told me: ‘Why did you return? Tell the people of Gaza: pack your belongings and get out"
Palestinians returning to Gaza through the Rafah border say they were blindfolded, interrogated, and beaten by Israeli forces.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/blindfo...
Palestinians returning to Gaza through the Rafah border say they were blindfolded, interrogated, and beaten by Israeli forces.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/blindfo...
Blindfolded, beaten, humiliated: How Israeli forces abused Palestinians returning to Gaza
Returnees describe hours of interrogation, physical abuse and confiscation of personal belongings at the Rafah crossing
www.middleeasteye.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“The Israeli officer told me: ‘Why did you return? Tell the people of Gaza: pack your belongings and get out"
Palestinians returning to Gaza through the Rafah border say they were blindfolded, interrogated, and beaten by Israeli forces.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/blindfo...
Palestinians returning to Gaza through the Rafah border say they were blindfolded, interrogated, and beaten by Israeli forces.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/blindfo...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... this charmer ?
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... this charmer ?
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Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The US is now formally out of the Paris Agreement, one year after it triggered the exit process from the climate treaty.
It has subsequently announced it will also withdraw from the UNFCCC and IPCC.
It has subsequently announced it will also withdraw from the UNFCCC and IPCC.
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The US is now formally out of the Paris Agreement, one year after it triggered the exit process from the climate treaty.
It has subsequently announced it will also withdraw from the UNFCCC and IPCC.
It has subsequently announced it will also withdraw from the UNFCCC and IPCC.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Alex Pretti’s face on a billboard in Times Square.
From “healthcare hero” to target of state violence.
They want this story buried.
The city just put it on a screen the whole world can’t ignore.
💙NYC 👏👏👏👏
From “healthcare hero” to target of state violence.
They want this story buried.
The city just put it on a screen the whole world can’t ignore.
💙NYC 👏👏👏👏
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Alex Pretti’s face on a billboard in Times Square.
From “healthcare hero” to target of state violence.
They want this story buried.
The city just put it on a screen the whole world can’t ignore.
💙NYC 👏👏👏👏
From “healthcare hero” to target of state violence.
They want this story buried.
The city just put it on a screen the whole world can’t ignore.
💙NYC 👏👏👏👏
I’m rubbish at maths but I couldn’t walk away from this astonishing explanation of the universse through mathematics. You will be similarly mesmerised.
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31K views · 316 reactions | Equations Predicted Reality Before Reality Existed—Roger Penrose Explains Why
Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose reveals why mathematics predicts physical reality before we ...
Equations Predicted Reality Before Reality Existed—Roger Penrose Explains Why
Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose reveals why mathematics predicts physical reality before we observe it. From Maxwell's.....
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January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I’m rubbish at maths but I couldn’t walk away from this astonishing explanation of the universse through mathematics. You will be similarly mesmerised.
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This is truly excellent - as always from one of America’s most respected and intelligent commentators …
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January 25, 2026
As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, President Donald J.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This is truly excellent - as always from one of America’s most respected and intelligent commentators …
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If true, this is awful for Starmer, not good for Labour and bad for the country.
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee - The Guardian
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee - The Guardian
January 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
If true, this is awful for Starmer, not good for Labour and bad for the country.
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee - The Guardian
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee - The Guardian
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
Great news. Burnham is a hero in the north and will in invigorate Labour where it matters most. Whether he challenges Starmer is the stuff of Westminster village rumour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andy Burnham seeks permission to stand in by-election
He said in a statement that he wants to back the Labour government
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Great news. Burnham is a hero in the north and will in invigorate Labour where it matters most. Whether he challenges Starmer is the stuff of Westminster village rumour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He lies. But nobody calls him out.
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
He lies. But nobody calls him out.
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Mehdi Hasan
"When people ask me why I singled out Israel for expulsion from the UN and not other countries that have human rights abuses, this is why. Which other country destroys UN buildings in plain sight? Kills UN personnel and fires at UN peacekeepers? How is the UN ok with this?"
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"When people ask me why I singled out Israel for expulsion from the UN and not other countries that have human rights abuses, this is why. Which other country destroys UN buildings in plain sight? Kills UN personnel and fires at UN peacekeepers? How is the UN ok with this?"
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January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Mehdi Hasan
"When people ask me why I singled out Israel for expulsion from the UN and not other countries that have human rights abuses, this is why. Which other country destroys UN buildings in plain sight? Kills UN personnel and fires at UN peacekeepers? How is the UN ok with this?"
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
"When people ask me why I singled out Israel for expulsion from the UN and not other countries that have human rights abuses, this is why. Which other country destroys UN buildings in plain sight? Kills UN personnel and fires at UN peacekeepers? How is the UN ok with this?"
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ICYMI. Worth listening to every carefully considered word. A sense of history, realism+responsibility. A knowledge of globalisation, trade+the consequences of a world of “fortresses”. The contrast with last night’s self-adulatory, grievance-ridden, destructive ramblings could not be clearer. #Carney
FULL SPEECH: In his address to world and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Prime Minister Mark Carney reiterated Canada's support for Greenland's autonomy and said he doesn't view gl...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
ICYMI. Worth listening to every carefully considered word. A sense of history, realism+responsibility. A knowledge of globalisation, trade+the consequences of a world of “fortresses”. The contrast with last night’s self-adulatory, grievance-ridden, destructive ramblings could not be clearer. #Carney
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Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
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They claim they’re putting personal ambition aside and defecting to Reform to help fix the country.
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
They claim they’re putting personal ambition aside and defecting to Reform to help fix the country.
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Anyone surprised? Feeding info to Putin? Today we read he’s invited Putin to serve on his peace team for Gaza?
Translation Putin has the P tapes, Putin has the Epstein files!
Translation Putin has the P tapes, Putin has the Epstein files!
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Anyone surprised? Feeding info to Putin? Today we read he’s invited Putin to serve on his peace team for Gaza?
Translation Putin has the P tapes, Putin has the Epstein files!
Translation Putin has the P tapes, Putin has the Epstein files!
You’d like to think so…
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
You’d like to think so…
This is what a coward looks like when cornered …
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youtube.com/shorts/qPLAX...
Hegseth GRILLED After He Did THIS
YouTube video by MoveOn
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January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is what a coward looks like when cornered …
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Another deliberately misleading heading to have a dig at Labour…
Conservative shadow foreign minister defects to Reform - The Times and The Sunday Times
Conservative shadow foreign minister defects to Reform - The Times and The Sunday Times
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Another deliberately misleading heading to have a dig at Labour…
Conservative shadow foreign minister defects to Reform - The Times and The Sunday Times
Conservative shadow foreign minister defects to Reform - The Times and The Sunday Times