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Former conservative but very much cured now thank you very much.
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Here's new Reform MP Suella Braverman, boasting about the time she took a trip to see a wall on "the land border between Italy and Turkey" which caused "crossings on that border to plummet"
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless. The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence. ICE isn’t that. Not even close. ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse. You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do. But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize. In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses. That difference matters. Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with. And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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kieranhurley.bsky.social
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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nicboothby.bsky.social
Grok has put a bikini on one of the dead victims of the recent Swiss fire !

It's probably the most appalling thing I've seen... 🤬
London & UK Street News A British schoolgirl has been identified as one of the victims of a Swiss ski resort fire on New Year's Eve. News Charlotte Niddam. believed to be 15. haa not been heard from since the inferno erupted at a packed tourist bar in Crans-Montana. Valais. @MessiCLaw... .4h @grok put her in a bikini
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament

Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Anyone on the left who thinks that the BBC falling would help their politics, here and abroad, is an unbelievable fool
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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bestforbritain.org
A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.

Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
August 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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cjayanetti.bsky.social
NEW: Labour's planned disability benefit cuts could affect the majority of current working-age claimants with ischaemic heart disease, inflammatory arthritis, hip and knee disorders and Crohn’s disease, according to analysis of new DWP data

By me, for the Big Issue:
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn's at risk of cuts
DWP data obtained by Big Issue shows that the majority of people with heart failure, HIV and arthritis are at risk of losing their benefits.
www.bigissue.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong.

This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today
saulstaniforth.bsky.social Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Jun 24
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.

Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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profbillmcguire.bsky.social
"Tory leader says women can wear what they like and employers should be able to ban staff from wearing face coverings"

Uhhmm....well, which is it?

More incoherence from the deeply odd Badenoch

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch says she will not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery
Tory leader says women can wear what they like and employers should be able to ban staff from wearing face coverings
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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scottygb.bsky.social
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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bestforbritain.org
Andrea Jenkyns, who publicly turned against <checks notes> two of her last four own leaders, before altogether defecting from the Conservatives to stand for Reform UK, says internal party fighting "doesn't look great" and calls for unity. 🤨 ~AA
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.

Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
Andrew Neil’s latest column of shitspangle. This time ‘explaining’ that Donald Trump’s depravity has only become clear in the last week.
March 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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explaintrade.com
Conservatives:
We can't jump to conclusions about what the people Sieg Heiling from the CPAC main stage have in their hearts.

Also Conservatives:
Here's the 93rd book this year about how how liberals regulating sugar content in childrens' breakfast cereal "evokes" or "echoes" fascism.
Book cover: Liberal Faschism by Jonah Goldberg. Subtitle: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Change Book Cover: The Big Lie by Dinesh D'Souza Subtitle: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left Book Cover: The Enemy Within by David Horowitz Subtitle: How a totalitarian movement is destroying America
February 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
February 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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parodypm.bsky.social
The search for Nigel Farage in Clacton enters its 27th week.
A line of police officers searching a field
January 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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jamesrball.com
Incredibly niche bugbear here: one of the most annoying things about the inheritance tax debate is it has made people think that “no double taxation” is some kind of core principle.

In reality double taxation happens everywhere, all the time, in pretty much every tax system.
December 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Have @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & Rory Stewart just gone & solved the small boats crisis in their latest episode of @restispolitics.bsky.social?

Huge if so!
So I've looked into it...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toFk...
Have they SOLVED the small boats crisis?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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tomjam.bsky.social
Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Part of the reason why many people have a problem with Kuenssberg. There is a clear line between interrogating a policy and actively playing defence for the Tories - a defence which she often ascribes to "viewers".

Well, it is then perfectly fair for viewers to say: Hang on! No, I don't think that!
December 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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bestforbritain.org
Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration.

And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA

A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM