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As of now, there is no condemnation of this attack from anyone - spokesperson, Minister, PR - in government. (This comes after the attack on a Brazilian man, where he was left with bleeding on the brain.) The gov are playing with fire and they know it. Shameful.
Asylum seekers have told of how they were followed by men on motorcycles before being subjected to an alleged attack in rural Co Dublin yesterday.
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
'They started punching us': Asylum seekers followed before alleged attack in Co Dublin village
One man who came on the scene told of how the men had been ‘badly beaten’ and left bloody by the incident.
www.thejournal.ie
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As of now, there is no condemnation of this attack from anyone - spokesperson, Minister, PR - in government. (This comes after the attack on a Brazilian man, where he was left with bleeding on the brain.) The gov are playing with fire and they know it. Shameful.
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1 year of this government and they have done fuck all to help those who need it most.
Now is the time to look at joining a political party, and doing the grass roots and party policy work for when this government collapses.
#spéirgorm
Now is the time to look at joining a political party, and doing the grass roots and party policy work for when this government collapses.
#spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
1 year of this government and they have done fuck all to help those who need it most.
Now is the time to look at joining a political party, and doing the grass roots and party policy work for when this government collapses.
#spéirgorm
Now is the time to look at joining a political party, and doing the grass roots and party policy work for when this government collapses.
#spéirgorm
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Or if you can't join a politcal party for reasons, or the local branch are riddled with arseholes, find a voting education program or local campaign to get behind.
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Or if you can't join a politcal party for reasons, or the local branch are riddled with arseholes, find a voting education program or local campaign to get behind.
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
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Point being, 1 new member can mean the difference between a branch presenting as left instead of centre-left. You can be a fresh set of eyes that recognises what the branch or even the party itself is doing right/wrong. You'd be amazed at the impact you can have if you're patient.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Point being, 1 new member can mean the difference between a branch presenting as left instead of centre-left. You can be a fresh set of eyes that recognises what the branch or even the party itself is doing right/wrong. You'd be amazed at the impact you can have if you're patient.
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At my first ever branch meeting many, many, years ago, I was the deciding vote on two separate issues. I barely knew the names of everyone in the room but I helped shape what that branches stances on several issues. 2 of the people in that room went on to be councilors and still are. #Spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
At my first ever branch meeting many, many, years ago, I was the deciding vote on two separate issues. I barely knew the names of everyone in the room but I helped shape what that branches stances on several issues. 2 of the people in that room went on to be councilors and still are. #Spéirgorm
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There's a silver-lining to the assholes in the room thing. They're usually so insufferable they drive away good people. You end up in a branch with about 4 active members led by one domineering bollocks. 1 new and active member among 4 can wield a disproportionate amount of influence.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There's a silver-lining to the assholes in the room thing. They're usually so insufferable they drive away good people. You end up in a branch with about 4 active members led by one domineering bollocks. 1 new and active member among 4 can wield a disproportionate amount of influence.
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I'm gonna be blunt on this and say that your local branch almost certainly does have at least one asshole. Possibly more. They'll be the kind of asshole who drives away good people. Being a foil to that prick (If you've got the spoons) is an incredibly valuable act of political solidarity #Spéirgorm
Or if you can't join a politcal party for reasons, or the local branch are riddled with arseholes, find a voting education program or local campaign to get behind.
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
Start building a network Now, start learning the facts about the issues & what can be done better.
#spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm gonna be blunt on this and say that your local branch almost certainly does have at least one asshole. Possibly more. They'll be the kind of asshole who drives away good people. Being a foil to that prick (If you've got the spoons) is an incredibly valuable act of political solidarity #Spéirgorm
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Those Afghan teenagers who were attacked in Brittas because of the kind of crap he's saying here, live in Kilbride Co Wicklow and therefore they are Harris' constituents.
Not that he gives a shit
Not that he gives a shit
Harris links housing lack to immigration in visit to Cork
Mr Harris was speaking to The Echo on Friday in Macroom
www.echolive.ie
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Those Afghan teenagers who were attacked in Brittas because of the kind of crap he's saying here, live in Kilbride Co Wicklow and therefore they are Harris' constituents.
Not that he gives a shit
Not that he gives a shit
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Public service notice, amandaland is on RTÉ player, and the feud between the two Irish characters is the most authentic thing I’ve ever seen
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Public service notice, amandaland is on RTÉ player, and the feud between the two Irish characters is the most authentic thing I’ve ever seen
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Strange: we're told Ireland is Full and also that remote working is bad and should be halted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Strange: we're told Ireland is Full and also that remote working is bad and should be halted.
Excellent thread
It pisses me off no end that the housing crisis I'm experiencing makes it damn near impossible for me to become a politician who can speak to that experience. It's becoming impossible to establish yourself in a community for long enough to earn that community's vote. #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Excellent thread
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The point is, those being failed by politics can't readily use it as a tool to help them. It's become particularly apparent as I try to help some disabled friends in my community. How the fuck can they run for office when they can't even canvas inaccessible streets? #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The point is, those being failed by politics can't readily use it as a tool to help them. It's become particularly apparent as I try to help some disabled friends in my community. How the fuck can they run for office when they can't even canvas inaccessible streets? #spéirgorm
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I can't convey enough how little I want to do this job. I just want to own a stupid little food truck and be the guy that volunteers to run science workshops at community events, and helps to set up dog parks. But I can't do any of that unless shit changes. So I would run if I could. #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I can't convey enough how little I want to do this job. I just want to own a stupid little food truck and be the guy that volunteers to run science workshops at community events, and helps to set up dog parks. But I can't do any of that unless shit changes. So I would run if I could. #spéirgorm
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And let's just pretend I'm lucky enough to move home in the next few years. I'd have less than a year to re-establish myself in a place I've been absent from for 5 years, while some prick who owns 3 rental properties in the same constituency will probably walk in. #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And let's just pretend I'm lucky enough to move home in the next few years. I'd have less than a year to re-establish myself in a place I've been absent from for 5 years, while some prick who owns 3 rental properties in the same constituency will probably walk in. #spéirgorm
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Let's just use me as an example. I've been forced out of my home county, much less my home constituency. I want to find a path home. If I wanted to represent people suffering through this crisis should I give up on my desire to move home by locking myself into a 5 yr term away from home? #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Let's just use me as an example. I've been forced out of my home county, much less my home constituency. I want to find a path home. If I wanted to represent people suffering through this crisis should I give up on my desire to move home by locking myself into a 5 yr term away from home? #spéirgorm
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There are some very good elected representatives who try their hardest to listen to the people most impacted by this crisis but we're missing that first-hand experience. Homeless people or those who need to move constantly, can't possibly get the stability needed to run for office #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There are some very good elected representatives who try their hardest to listen to the people most impacted by this crisis but we're missing that first-hand experience. Homeless people or those who need to move constantly, can't possibly get the stability needed to run for office #spéirgorm
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It pisses me off no end that the housing crisis I'm experiencing makes it damn near impossible for me to become a politician who can speak to that experience. It's becoming impossible to establish yourself in a community for long enough to earn that community's vote. #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It pisses me off no end that the housing crisis I'm experiencing makes it damn near impossible for me to become a politician who can speak to that experience. It's becoming impossible to establish yourself in a community for long enough to earn that community's vote. #spéirgorm
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Happy to support applications from people broadly interested in European Human Rights, Constitutional Law or Public Interest Law…
Applications are now open for the 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. 📝 These generous scholarships are funded for four years, with a stipend of €25,000 p.a. plus tuition fee covered.
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#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
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#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Happy to support applications from people broadly interested in European Human Rights, Constitutional Law or Public Interest Law…
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This comes less than 72H after this piece by one of the core "Economists for Brexit" gang. (The rabble Patrick Minford is associated with.)
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This comes less than 72H after this piece by one of the core "Economists for Brexit" gang. (The rabble Patrick Minford is associated with.)
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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*So many of the underlings take up so much headspace amongst the self-described resistance. That’s the point of them. To cause chaos for the public.
Research into Germans, who lived under the Nazis, has shown that human nature being what it is, most Germans fell for the narrative of the ….
Research into Germans, who lived under the Nazis, has shown that human nature being what it is, most Germans fell for the narrative of the ….
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
*So many of the underlings take up so much headspace amongst the self-described resistance. That’s the point of them. To cause chaos for the public.
Research into Germans, who lived under the Nazis, has shown that human nature being what it is, most Germans fell for the narrative of the ….
Research into Germans, who lived under the Nazis, has shown that human nature being what it is, most Germans fell for the narrative of the ….
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Trump’s flying monkey & adviser casually arguing for racism [blaming the group, for the action of an individual].
It’s easy to attack Miller*. But doing so is letting Trump off the hook.
To deal with an authoritarian regime you focus on the Leader, not the underlings fighting for his approval.
It’s easy to attack Miller*. But doing so is letting Trump off the hook.
To deal with an authoritarian regime you focus on the Leader, not the underlings fighting for his approval.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Trump’s flying monkey & adviser casually arguing for racism [blaming the group, for the action of an individual].
It’s easy to attack Miller*. But doing so is letting Trump off the hook.
To deal with an authoritarian regime you focus on the Leader, not the underlings fighting for his approval.
It’s easy to attack Miller*. But doing so is letting Trump off the hook.
To deal with an authoritarian regime you focus on the Leader, not the underlings fighting for his approval.
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Jim O'Callaghan says the "overwhelming majority" of asylum applications are refused. The success rate last year was 40%.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Jim O'Callaghan says the "overwhelming majority" of asylum applications are refused. The success rate last year was 40%.