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· Nov 20
“Rape culture is a society that condones male aggression both emotionally and physically towards women. It’s a society that has made sexual remarks, sexual touching, to rape itself, a norm for all members of the community & inflicts fear into the hearts of all women everywhere they may go.” #r4today
It isn’t “interesting” that we have a billionaire King—it’s obscene, David Dimbleby.
The monarchy has been on huge wealthfare benefits for centuries while everyday ppl die in the trenches to keep them in luxury.
Our future shldnt be a monarchy, it shld be a fully representative democracy.#r4today
The monarchy has been on huge wealthfare benefits for centuries while everyday ppl die in the trenches to keep them in luxury.
Our future shldnt be a monarchy, it shld be a fully representative democracy.#r4today
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It isn’t “interesting” that we have a billionaire King—it’s obscene, David Dimbleby.
The monarchy has been on huge wealthfare benefits for centuries while everyday ppl die in the trenches to keep them in luxury.
Our future shldnt be a monarchy, it shld be a fully representative democracy.#r4today
The monarchy has been on huge wealthfare benefits for centuries while everyday ppl die in the trenches to keep them in luxury.
Our future shldnt be a monarchy, it shld be a fully representative democracy.#r4today
Why should all Afghans be punished for the actions of a single Afghan immigrant?
Donald Trump’s decision to halt all immigration requests from Afghans is just nakedly racist. It’s using the criminal actions of a non-white perpetrator as justification for racism in policy and practice.
#r4today
Donald Trump’s decision to halt all immigration requests from Afghans is just nakedly racist. It’s using the criminal actions of a non-white perpetrator as justification for racism in policy and practice.
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Why should all Afghans be punished for the actions of a single Afghan immigrant?
Donald Trump’s decision to halt all immigration requests from Afghans is just nakedly racist. It’s using the criminal actions of a non-white perpetrator as justification for racism in policy and practice.
#r4today
Donald Trump’s decision to halt all immigration requests from Afghans is just nakedly racist. It’s using the criminal actions of a non-white perpetrator as justification for racism in policy and practice.
#r4today
Nick Robinson to Rachel Reeves:
“You give with one hand and take with another.”
Unlike the Conservatives who skip the giving part and use both hands for taking.
#r4today
“You give with one hand and take with another.”
Unlike the Conservatives who skip the giving part and use both hands for taking.
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Nick Robinson to Rachel Reeves:
“You give with one hand and take with another.”
Unlike the Conservatives who skip the giving part and use both hands for taking.
#r4today
“You give with one hand and take with another.”
Unlike the Conservatives who skip the giving part and use both hands for taking.
#r4today
Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, describes Kemi Badenoch’s belittling of another woman’s lived experience as “theatre”.
Kemi Badenoch would do well to remember that her role as LOTO is itself evidence that she’s a beneficiary of the very feminism that she reviles.
#r4today
Kemi Badenoch would do well to remember that her role as LOTO is itself evidence that she’s a beneficiary of the very feminism that she reviles.
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, describes Kemi Badenoch’s belittling of another woman’s lived experience as “theatre”.
Kemi Badenoch would do well to remember that her role as LOTO is itself evidence that she’s a beneficiary of the very feminism that she reviles.
#r4today
Kemi Badenoch would do well to remember that her role as LOTO is itself evidence that she’s a beneficiary of the very feminism that she reviles.
#r4today
Many pensioners remain in the workforce because they can’t afford to retire. It’s obvious he isn’t familiar with anyone in that situation.
#r4today
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Many pensioners remain in the workforce because they can’t afford to retire. It’s obvious he isn’t familiar with anyone in that situation.
#r4today
#r4today
Our politicians are always keen to follow European examples on immigration, but noticeably less willing to do so when it comes to supporting families. In fact, only Spain, Romania, and Cyprus impose comparable limits—and their restrictions begin at three or four children, rather than two.
#r4today
#r4today
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our politicians are always keen to follow European examples on immigration, but noticeably less willing to do so when it comes to supporting families. In fact, only Spain, Romania, and Cyprus impose comparable limits—and their restrictions begin at three or four children, rather than two.
#r4today
#r4today
Only men can assert, without social penalty, that work demands limit the time they spend with their partners and children.
Women don’t have that luxury because they’re stigmatised and shamed for not living up to gendered expectations.
#r4today
Women don’t have that luxury because they’re stigmatised and shamed for not living up to gendered expectations.
#r4today
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Only men can assert, without social penalty, that work demands limit the time they spend with their partners and children.
Women don’t have that luxury because they’re stigmatised and shamed for not living up to gendered expectations.
#r4today
Women don’t have that luxury because they’re stigmatised and shamed for not living up to gendered expectations.
#r4today
Farage: “After 49 yrs, they seem to have perfect recollection.”
Kids rarely forget the racism they faced from peers in school, esp when fitting in feels like the most impt thing at that age.
Talking about bullying isn’t oppressive. It is racism when you feel oppressed by accountability.
#r4today
Kids rarely forget the racism they faced from peers in school, esp when fitting in feels like the most impt thing at that age.
Talking about bullying isn’t oppressive. It is racism when you feel oppressed by accountability.
#r4today
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Farage: “After 49 yrs, they seem to have perfect recollection.”
Kids rarely forget the racism they faced from peers in school, esp when fitting in feels like the most impt thing at that age.
Talking about bullying isn’t oppressive. It is racism when you feel oppressed by accountability.
#r4today
Kids rarely forget the racism they faced from peers in school, esp when fitting in feels like the most impt thing at that age.
Talking about bullying isn’t oppressive. It is racism when you feel oppressed by accountability.
#r4today
#r4today is now covering student abductions in Nigeria, after Trump falsely linked them to religious persecution of Christians.
The American government doesn’t care about Nigerian christians: these rhetorics are a pretext for something far nastier and far more destabilising.
The American government doesn’t care about Nigerian christians: these rhetorics are a pretext for something far nastier and far more destabilising.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#r4today is now covering student abductions in Nigeria, after Trump falsely linked them to religious persecution of Christians.
The American government doesn’t care about Nigerian christians: these rhetorics are a pretext for something far nastier and far more destabilising.
The American government doesn’t care about Nigerian christians: these rhetorics are a pretext for something far nastier and far more destabilising.
Theresa May? Seriously? #r4today is scrapping the barrel at this point.
The media’s attempt to airbrush the legacy of the architect of the hostile environment, the Windrush scandal, and that contemptuous “citizens of nowhere” line is an insult to everyone who remembers exactly what her legacy cost.
The media’s attempt to airbrush the legacy of the architect of the hostile environment, the Windrush scandal, and that contemptuous “citizens of nowhere” line is an insult to everyone who remembers exactly what her legacy cost.
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Theresa May? Seriously? #r4today is scrapping the barrel at this point.
The media’s attempt to airbrush the legacy of the architect of the hostile environment, the Windrush scandal, and that contemptuous “citizens of nowhere” line is an insult to everyone who remembers exactly what her legacy cost.
The media’s attempt to airbrush the legacy of the architect of the hostile environment, the Windrush scandal, and that contemptuous “citizens of nowhere” line is an insult to everyone who remembers exactly what her legacy cost.
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There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: yet another British citizen whose predicament was made far worse by Boris Johnson’s characteristic blundering and breathtaking incompetence.
#r4today
#r4today
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: yet another British citizen whose predicament was made far worse by Boris Johnson’s characteristic blundering and breathtaking incompetence.
#r4today
#r4today
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
Michael Gove spent most of his time in government defending the murderous incompetence of Boris Johnson’s administration. He apologises, then immediately disputes the Covid inquiry’s findings—stripping his apology of any real sincerity or contrition.
So apology not accepted. Ever. #r4today
So apology not accepted. Ever. #r4today
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Michael Gove spent most of his time in government defending the murderous incompetence of Boris Johnson’s administration. He apologises, then immediately disputes the Covid inquiry’s findings—stripping his apology of any real sincerity or contrition.
So apology not accepted. Ever. #r4today
So apology not accepted. Ever. #r4today
#r4today Shabana Mahmood is fooling herself if she thinks tougher asylum rules will curb the daily racism she faces.
“Interpersonal abuse is debilitating and needs strong opposition but if we ignore the structural forces of racism as [centrists] do, we miss where racism comes from.”
“Interpersonal abuse is debilitating and needs strong opposition but if we ignore the structural forces of racism as [centrists] do, we miss where racism comes from.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#r4today Shabana Mahmood is fooling herself if she thinks tougher asylum rules will curb the daily racism she faces.
“Interpersonal abuse is debilitating and needs strong opposition but if we ignore the structural forces of racism as [centrists] do, we miss where racism comes from.”
“Interpersonal abuse is debilitating and needs strong opposition but if we ignore the structural forces of racism as [centrists] do, we miss where racism comes from.”
#r4today Does Shabana Mahmood think saying “we are a generous ppl” will somehow make the proposed immigration changes any more palatable?
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#r4today Does Shabana Mahmood think saying “we are a generous ppl” will somehow make the proposed immigration changes any more palatable?
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
She highlights the prejudice she faces as a Muslim MP, yet overlooks the irony of seeking generosity for herself while backing policies that deny it to others.
Ppl are angry bc of deep inequality, not just migration. Labour refuses to confront that, so instead project their violence onto migrants to redirect anger away from themselves.
They’re offering a promise - not to improve w/c lives but to make racialised ppl’s lives comparably *worse*.
#r4today
They’re offering a promise - not to improve w/c lives but to make racialised ppl’s lives comparably *worse*.
#r4today
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ppl are angry bc of deep inequality, not just migration. Labour refuses to confront that, so instead project their violence onto migrants to redirect anger away from themselves.
They’re offering a promise - not to improve w/c lives but to make racialised ppl’s lives comparably *worse*.
#r4today
They’re offering a promise - not to improve w/c lives but to make racialised ppl’s lives comparably *worse*.
#r4today
It’s much easier to nurture social connections when you’re not burdened by the daily struggle of surviving in an austerity-stricken country, where everything costs more and stagnant wages are stretched past their limits.
A reality the royals never have to worry about.
#r4today
A reality the royals never have to worry about.
#r4today
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It’s much easier to nurture social connections when you’re not burdened by the daily struggle of surviving in an austerity-stricken country, where everything costs more and stagnant wages are stretched past their limits.
A reality the royals never have to worry about.
#r4today
A reality the royals never have to worry about.
#r4today
”What do you make of Trump’s change of position?”
It’s fascinating that a leader who built his political brand on his own version of a conspiracy theory (the conspiracy theory about president Obama’s citizenship) now finds himself wrestling with a conspiracy theory that he cannot control.
#r4today
It’s fascinating that a leader who built his political brand on his own version of a conspiracy theory (the conspiracy theory about president Obama’s citizenship) now finds himself wrestling with a conspiracy theory that he cannot control.
#r4today
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
”What do you make of Trump’s change of position?”
It’s fascinating that a leader who built his political brand on his own version of a conspiracy theory (the conspiracy theory about president Obama’s citizenship) now finds himself wrestling with a conspiracy theory that he cannot control.
#r4today
It’s fascinating that a leader who built his political brand on his own version of a conspiracy theory (the conspiracy theory about president Obama’s citizenship) now finds himself wrestling with a conspiracy theory that he cannot control.
#r4today
Not Tim Stanley again… Yesterday on #r4today he spoke nonchalantly abt (white) people ‘taking matters into their own hands’ in response to undocumented immigration, as if that’s perfectly normal.
This is the same person who described the 2011 London riots as ‘wanton acts of criminality’.
#r4today
This is the same person who described the 2011 London riots as ‘wanton acts of criminality’.
#r4today
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The fundamental motivation behind the immigration policies of this country is to maintain a system that is set up for the continuous suffering of people of color who have the audacity to cross borders.
The British immigration system is sustained on the logic of cruelty.
#r4today
The British immigration system is sustained on the logic of cruelty.
#r4today
"These people are using children to get into the UK."
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
They should obviously have left their childlren in the hellholes they're fleeing.
#R4Today
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The fundamental motivation behind the immigration policies of this country is to maintain a system that is set up for the continuous suffering of people of color who have the audacity to cross borders.
The British immigration system is sustained on the logic of cruelty.
#r4today
The British immigration system is sustained on the logic of cruelty.
#r4today
“Asylum seekers are using children to thwart efforts to deport them. We need to be prepared to send them home.”
Depressing that a Labour government seems determined to follow Denmark—one of the harshest countries in Europe toward immigrants right now.
Grim times ahead.#r4today
Depressing that a Labour government seems determined to follow Denmark—one of the harshest countries in Europe toward immigrants right now.
Grim times ahead.#r4today
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“Asylum seekers are using children to thwart efforts to deport them. We need to be prepared to send them home.”
Depressing that a Labour government seems determined to follow Denmark—one of the harshest countries in Europe toward immigrants right now.
Grim times ahead.#r4today
Depressing that a Labour government seems determined to follow Denmark—one of the harshest countries in Europe toward immigrants right now.
Grim times ahead.#r4today
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Can we stop obsessing over what might be in the budget and wait to see what actually is? It happens every year, and it never gets any less annoying.
#r4today
#r4today
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Can we stop obsessing over what might be in the budget and wait to see what actually is? It happens every year, and it never gets any less annoying.
#r4today
#r4today
Alf Dubbs must be tired of going on radio shows, just to repeat the same message every time our government decides to weaponise existing social problems to justify their mistreatment of refugees.
#r4today
#r4today
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November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Alf Dubbs must be tired of going on radio shows, just to repeat the same message every time our government decides to weaponise existing social problems to justify their mistreatment of refugees.
#r4today
#r4today