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Counterproteating fascists isn't about winning over bystanders; it's about harassing and containg the fash so they can do no harm.
People who scream "homo", "paedo", "terrorist", "nonce", at you across a police barrier: it's not about changing their minds
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This is the Mandelson legacy, isn‘t it - the entire country being run by anonymous briefings to credulous journalists
Exactly no (0) people go on the record to talk up this guy, and the people claiming he’d be a nightmare for the Tories are *the actual Tories*, but you’d be a cynic if you thought British journalism was basically a plot to mislead the public
Alistair Carns: Labour’s ex-marine who ‘would be a nightmare’ for the Tories
February 11, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is the Mandelson legacy, isn‘t it - the entire country being run by anonymous briefings to credulous journalists
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Feels like you immediately know who the baddie is in this story and then you find they're both baddies "The documents, housed at a Brussels museum built to celebrate Belgium’s empire, are being sought by DR Congo and KoBold Metals, a Bill Gates-backed mining and artificial intelligence company"
Belgian museum caught in row over trove of DR Congo mineral records ft.trib.al/jMZEtdP
Belgian museum caught in row over trove of DR Congo mineral records
KoBold Metals and DR Congo are pushing a Brussels museum to release records that would help map valuable metals
ft.trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Feels like you immediately know who the baddie is in this story and then you find they're both baddies "The documents, housed at a Brussels museum built to celebrate Belgium’s empire, are being sought by DR Congo and KoBold Metals, a Bill Gates-backed mining and artificial intelligence company"
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Last time I had my recycling collected, Joe Biden was still president
How is Birmingham's bin strike going to be resolved?
How is Birmingham's bin strike going to be resolved?
With no end in sight to the year long dispute the BBC looks at what has to happen for it to end.
www.bbc.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Last time I had my recycling collected, Joe Biden was still president
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Given the damage Morgan McSweeney has done to the Labour Party as the party of organised labour, I'm sure the knighthood will come in due course.
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Given the damage Morgan McSweeney has done to the Labour Party as the party of organised labour, I'm sure the knighthood will come in due course.
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You can donate to Hammam and his family here: chuffed.org/project/1580...
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
You can donate to Hammam and his family here: chuffed.org/project/1580...
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Guess which books are the wedge issue. Just guess.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
🔴NEW: Books are being removed or restricted in Scottish school libraries following complaints, creating a “chilling effect” that campaigners warn threatens both freedom of speech and inclusive education.
Read the story: https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
Read the story: https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Guess which books are the wedge issue. Just guess.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
Anti-trans to fascism takes months, not years, now. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s luge.
It's a Normal Hill, for Normal People
February 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It's a Normal Hill, for Normal People
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I honestly no longer in good conscience feel like I can advise people from Gaza on how to even keep their account here because no matter what they do they lose it. I’ve just suggested going to other platforms.
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I honestly no longer in good conscience feel like I can advise people from Gaza on how to even keep their account here because no matter what they do they lose it. I’ve just suggested going to other platforms.
Also: Skeleton is better than Luge, have concluded
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Also: Skeleton is better than Luge, have concluded
Opera on Radio 3 with the Olympics with the sound low, pretty nice
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Opera on Radio 3 with the Olympics with the sound low, pretty nice
It's also cool how Gordon Brown in 2023 he went along with one of the most notorious and indeed defining lies of the 21st-century yet he at no point thinks he should maybe just be quiet
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It's also cool how Gordon Brown in 2023 he went along with one of the most notorious and indeed defining lies of the 21st-century yet he at no point thinks he should maybe just be quiet
It's cool how Gordon Brown thinks all the things he's done with Peter Mandelson for decades, shouldn't mean he should maybe just be quiet, amazing confidence
February 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It's cool how Gordon Brown thinks all the things he's done with Peter Mandelson for decades, shouldn't mean he should maybe just be quiet, amazing confidence
Why don't you give alternative text descriptions for images? Do you not care?
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Why don't you give alternative text descriptions for images? Do you not care?
cool response!
February 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
cool response!
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No this isn't allowed. We aren't allowed to see systemic corruption in the UK. Once the designated fall guy is picked, we must focus all our efforts into him. Pulling on too many threads runs a risk of unraveling the whole thing.
It would be lovely if the UK press would notice that the rest of the world are reporting that Farage and Mandelson,
are heavily linked through the Epstein files.
are heavily linked through the Epstein files.
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
No this isn't allowed. We aren't allowed to see systemic corruption in the UK. Once the designated fall guy is picked, we must focus all our efforts into him. Pulling on too many threads runs a risk of unraveling the whole thing.
don't doubt, but you haven't really answered my point?
February 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
don't doubt, but you haven't really answered my point?
if you think this means you: it does
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
if you think this means you: it does
Seriously though, transphobia in Yr Party?
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Seriously though, transphobia in Yr Party?
You are by far my favourite road race commentator! Keep up the good work
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
You are by far my favourite road race commentator! Keep up the good work
protest works, make it uncomfortable for these fucks
February 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
protest works, make it uncomfortable for these fucks
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hello I'd like to not live in a world that fucking hates and wants to eliminate fat people, thx
this is wild, considering what we're learning about weight loss drugs and nutritional deficiencies...
The upcoming drugs CagriSema and retatrutide target multiple gut hormones and could cause twice as much weight loss than current treatments. But experts wonder how much is too much
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
hello I'd like to not live in a world that fucking hates and wants to eliminate fat people, thx
counterpoint: this isn't actually a telling distinction
Were broadcast journalists deployed to the the search of Peter Mandelson's home to report on what was happening? Were uniformed police officers deployed, a cordon raised and a body tent raised at its entrance?
No, writes Abbi Garton-Crosbie ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
No, writes Abbi Garton-Crosbie ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
counterpoint: this isn't actually a telling distinction