Bastiaan
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The actual group moving most strongly to Reform are male Gen X-ers. We need more articles on how to deal with them.
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Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The actual group moving most strongly to Reform are male Gen X-ers. We need more articles on how to deal with them.
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
Jair Bolsonaro lost that election by 0.8%!! Now jailed for 27 years. What a different world it could have been for Brazil.
September 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Jair Bolsonaro lost that election by 0.8%!! Now jailed for 27 years. What a different world it could have been for Brazil.
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When talking about the next election, it's important to remember that we are currently roughly half way between this tweet and when the next election will actually be held. Good luck predicting anything
September 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
When talking about the next election, it's important to remember that we are currently roughly half way between this tweet and when the next election will actually be held. Good luck predicting anything
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❗️🇺🇦 Photo of the Prime Minister from the Cabinet of Ministers
September 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
❗️🇺🇦 Photo of the Prime Minister from the Cabinet of Ministers
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I've read Sir Laurie Magnus's conclusion and Rayner's resignation letter.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I've read Sir Laurie Magnus's conclusion and Rayner's resignation letter.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
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It is sad but I doubt it's the end of her political career. She's one of savviest politicians I've met and will be back. This resgination has been done in a way to maximise the chances of that.
Tax aside, this is objectively a very sad end to Rayner’s political career: a teenage single mum from a deprived family who went onto be deputy prime minister. The right wing press detested her for not knowing her place. Their glee at her downfall will be palpable in tomorrow’s front pages.
September 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It is sad but I doubt it's the end of her political career. She's one of savviest politicians I've met and will be back. This resgination has been done in a way to maximise the chances of that.
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Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
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get why she had to go but irksome she lost her job to something quite complex and, let's be honest, reasonably minor in the grand scheme of things, when shadow cabinet members get to merrily hang out with Eddie Swastika without any repercussions
September 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
get why she had to go but irksome she lost her job to something quite complex and, let's be honest, reasonably minor in the grand scheme of things, when shadow cabinet members get to merrily hang out with Eddie Swastika without any repercussions
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of television star-style arrangement is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
Nigel Farage is using a private company to reduce his tax bill on his GB News media appearances and other outside employment in a television star-style arrangement that has in recent years become frowned on by major broadcasters.
The Reform UK leader diverts money from his prime-time TV show into his company, which means that he paid only 25% corporation tax on profits, instead of 40% income tax, and could offset some expenses. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
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Maybe Thatcherism Was A Mistake, man who wants to be Tory leader doesn't realise he's saying.
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Maybe Thatcherism Was A Mistake, man who wants to be Tory leader doesn't realise he's saying.
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Superb stuff. Really taking it to that fake. You never see it here, for lots of reasons, but everything Farage says is just inviting a counterattack that leaves him mute.
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Superb stuff. Really taking it to that fake. You never see it here, for lots of reasons, but everything Farage says is just inviting a counterattack that leaves him mute.
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"The idea she was the PM's political prisoner, or had an 'unfair trial'? She pled guilty!"
Lucy Connolly - jailed for a race-hate post after Southport - is being used to criticise the British judicial system by the right.
Lucy Connolly - jailed for a race-hate post after Southport - is being used to criticise the British judicial system by the right.
August 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The idea she was the PM's political prisoner, or had an 'unfair trial'? She pled guilty!"
Lucy Connolly - jailed for a race-hate post after Southport - is being used to criticise the British judicial system by the right.
Lucy Connolly - jailed for a race-hate post after Southport - is being used to criticise the British judicial system by the right.
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As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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So on this basis by 2065, Scotland and Wales will have been independent for a generation, Irish unity will have been long established, & an impoverished, kleptocratic England will be beginning its second quarter century under the dictatorship of some bloke who is currently a mid ranking MI5 officer
August 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So on this basis by 2065, Scotland and Wales will have been independent for a generation, Irish unity will have been long established, & an impoverished, kleptocratic England will be beginning its second quarter century under the dictatorship of some bloke who is currently a mid ranking MI5 officer
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
Immigration officers open fire during vehicle stop in San Bernardino
August 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
Or, rather, did Samsung's foldable smart phone signal a new era in design?
FIVE YEARS AGO
How tf is Apple getting credit?
FIVE YEARS AGO
How tf is Apple getting credit?
Return of the flip phone: does Apple’s foldable iPhone signal a new era in design?
Return of the flip phone: does Apple’s foldable iPhone signal a new era in design?
Experts say Apple’s foray into flip phones is sign that consumers want devices that optimise internet use
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Or, rather, did Samsung's foldable smart phone signal a new era in design?
FIVE YEARS AGO
How tf is Apple getting credit?
FIVE YEARS AGO
How tf is Apple getting credit?
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It's not that I think this is entirely wrong, but it is noticeable that these demands for reaching across the aisle only ever go one way.
August 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's not that I think this is entirely wrong, but it is noticeable that these demands for reaching across the aisle only ever go one way.
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UK economy grew 1% in first half of 2025
US economy grew 0.6%
I present these figures without comment
US economy grew 0.6%
I present these figures without comment
August 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
UK economy grew 1% in first half of 2025
US economy grew 0.6%
I present these figures without comment
US economy grew 0.6%
I present these figures without comment
I should screw over my Arab boyfriend, to broaden my social circle to include people who want to deport him and worse.
This offensive bs triggered me so much.
This offensive bs triggered me so much.
It's got to the stage where if 'you don't know anyone whose voting for Reform' you need to broaden your social circle.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
August 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I should screw over my Arab boyfriend, to broaden my social circle to include people who want to deport him and worse.
This offensive bs triggered me so much.
This offensive bs triggered me so much.
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if your friendship group isn't a representative cross-section of the UK public, accurately weighted for age, gender, ethnicity, social class and nation/region, you need to reflect on what that says about you
It's got to the stage where if 'you don't know anyone whose voting for Reform' you need to broaden your social circle.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
August 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
if your friendship group isn't a representative cross-section of the UK public, accurately weighted for age, gender, ethnicity, social class and nation/region, you need to reflect on what that says about you
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Under no circumstances suggest massive embassy is spy hub for that might give offence, instead bamboozle spies with the elaborate planning permission system. It is the British way. on.ft.com/4lmrkoX
UK demands China explain redacted parts of London embassy plan
[FREE TO READ] Some drawings for the ‘mega’ project close to the Tower of London have blacked out sections
on.ft.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Under no circumstances suggest massive embassy is spy hub for that might give offence, instead bamboozle spies with the elaborate planning permission system. It is the British way. on.ft.com/4lmrkoX
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