Are standards of civility falling at Reform Kent County Council? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
Are standards of civility falling at Reform Kent County Council?
The ‘suck it up’ Linden Kimkaran car crash video of Reform UK’s KCC virtual meeting escapes onto the web
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November 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Are standards of civility falling at Reform Kent County Council? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
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One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.
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NEWS! Donald Trump and Prince Andrew agree to pretend not to know each other during state visit newsthump.com/2025/07/15/d...
Donald Trump and Prince Andrew agree to pretend not to know each other during state visit
Donald Trump and Prince Andrew have mutually agreed to pretend not to know each other during the US President’s upcoming state visit to the UK. Trump has formally accepted an invitation from King C…
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July 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
NEWS! Donald Trump and Prince Andrew agree to pretend not to know each other during state visit newsthump.com/2025/07/15/d...
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As a Jew I am far, FAR more alarmed by our institutions equating me and other Jews with the IDF, who are responsible for the murder of over 80,000 Palestinians, by dint of framing any critique against the IDF as ‘antisemitism.’
Linking all Jews to the IDF is *actual* fucking antisemitism.
Linking all Jews to the IDF is *actual* fucking antisemitism.
June 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As a Jew I am far, FAR more alarmed by our institutions equating me and other Jews with the IDF, who are responsible for the murder of over 80,000 Palestinians, by dint of framing any critique against the IDF as ‘antisemitism.’
Linking all Jews to the IDF is *actual* fucking antisemitism.
Linking all Jews to the IDF is *actual* fucking antisemitism.
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I see the BBC is bending its knee, once more, to the most powerful people in the room.
"We ballsed up but if we join the Right in misdescribing Bob Vylan's comments as 'anti-semitic' maybe they'll lay off us." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
"We ballsed up but if we join the Right in misdescribing Bob Vylan's comments as 'anti-semitic' maybe they'll lay off us." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
BBC admits it 'should have pulled' Bob Vylan Glastonbury set broadcast
Police launch probe into Bob Vylan rapper’s anti-Israel tirade as shadow home secretary Chris Philp calls for BBC bosses to be prosecuted
www.standard.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I see the BBC is bending its knee, once more, to the most powerful people in the room.
"We ballsed up but if we join the Right in misdescribing Bob Vylan's comments as 'anti-semitic' maybe they'll lay off us." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
"We ballsed up but if we join the Right in misdescribing Bob Vylan's comments as 'anti-semitic' maybe they'll lay off us." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Am tearful myself, watching this, in this context. Thank you, Luisa Almaguer.
"Musicians from London, New York, Mexico, and Nigeria came together and fully gave themselves to a song written by and for trans people. When the session ended, I broke down in tears and we all hugged—some of us were crying too. Something powerful happened that day." m.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjC...
Africa Express - 'Hacernos Así' ft. Luisa Almaguer, Damon Albarn, Seye Adelekan, Nick Zinner & more
YouTube video by Africa Express
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June 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Am tearful myself, watching this, in this context. Thank you, Luisa Almaguer.
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Joloyon Maugham, KC - @goodlawproject.org said:
"I'm super proud that Good Law Project is supporting QueerAF, which I've followed since it launched. Trans people deserve an outlet that doesn't qualify or negotiate their existence - and QueerAF celebrates trans lives, without condition."
"I'm super proud that Good Law Project is supporting QueerAF, which I've followed since it launched. Trans people deserve an outlet that doesn't qualify or negotiate their existence - and QueerAF celebrates trans lives, without condition."
June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Joloyon Maugham, KC - @goodlawproject.org said:
"I'm super proud that Good Law Project is supporting QueerAF, which I've followed since it launched. Trans people deserve an outlet that doesn't qualify or negotiate their existence - and QueerAF celebrates trans lives, without condition."
"I'm super proud that Good Law Project is supporting QueerAF, which I've followed since it launched. Trans people deserve an outlet that doesn't qualify or negotiate their existence - and QueerAF celebrates trans lives, without condition."
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At @tate.bsky.social Modern tonight for a hugely moving, poignant, galvanising talk+viewing of the UK AIDS memorial quilt. It’s on display in the Turbine Hall until Sunday and oh *my* it’s important. It hit me like a ton of bricks. If you can, go
June 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
At @tate.bsky.social Modern tonight for a hugely moving, poignant, galvanising talk+viewing of the UK AIDS memorial quilt. It’s on display in the Turbine Hall until Sunday and oh *my* it’s important. It hit me like a ton of bricks. If you can, go
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Pride month starts today 🏳️🌈
What a perfect day to tell brands that they can't call themselves LGBTQ+ allies and fund GB News.
Send them a clear message: back pride, not hate 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-...
What a perfect day to tell brands that they can't call themselves LGBTQ+ allies and fund GB News.
Send them a clear message: back pride, not hate 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-...
Pick a side – hate or Pride
June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride…
action.goodlawproject.org
June 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Pride month starts today 🏳️🌈
What a perfect day to tell brands that they can't call themselves LGBTQ+ allies and fund GB News.
Send them a clear message: back pride, not hate 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-...
What a perfect day to tell brands that they can't call themselves LGBTQ+ allies and fund GB News.
Send them a clear message: back pride, not hate 👇
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-a-side-...
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We still over-think his motivation/game plan. He’s filling his boots, even if it impoverishes his own base. That’s all there is. That’s all there ever was. (Great piece.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
www.theatlantic.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We still over-think his motivation/game plan. He’s filling his boots, even if it impoverishes his own base. That’s all there is. That’s all there ever was. (Great piece.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
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“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
UK plummets down rankings for LGBTQ+ rights
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling has seen the UK fall six places to 22nd. It’s time to fight back
goodlaw.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
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NEWS! Man who wrote ‘happy to discuss’ in email really hoping he doesn’t have to discuss newsthump.com/2025/05/12/m...
Man who wrote ‘happy to discuss’ in email really hoping he doesn’t have to discuss
A man who signed off an email with the phrase ‘happy to discuss’ is reported to have been lying about that sentiment.
newsthump.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEWS! Man who wrote ‘happy to discuss’ in email really hoping he doesn’t have to discuss newsthump.com/2025/05/12/m...
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“it’s a small clutch of people shouting very loudly, amplified by certain elements of the press – are not reflective of what most people feel. Things become ludicrously disproportionate, and end up being unnecessarily cruel. That’s what the trans debate seems to have become.”
David Tennant on sex scenes, Doctor Who and his run-in with Kemi Badenoch: ‘The trans debate has become unnecessarily cruel’
As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks about playing a dastardly lord in the small screen adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals, and whether he’d return to the Tardis
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“it’s a small clutch of people shouting very loudly, amplified by certain elements of the press – are not reflective of what most people feel. Things become ludicrously disproportionate, and end up being unnecessarily cruel. That’s what the trans debate seems to have become.”
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Poisoning Black people is exactly what you'd expect a man who gives Nazi salutes to do. Why look beyond the obvious for an explanation? www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Poisoning Black people is exactly what you'd expect a man who gives Nazi salutes to do. Why look beyond the obvious for an explanation? www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Trans and being told by your employer you can no longer use the toilets at work (especially if not out to all your colleagues)?
A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet?
Otherwise affected by the SC judgment?
Please share & fill out this form:
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A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet?
Otherwise affected by the SC judgment?
Please share & fill out this form:
goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
The Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act – what has it done to you? | Good Law Project
Use the form to securely share your experience with us.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trans and being told by your employer you can no longer use the toilets at work (especially if not out to all your colleagues)?
A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet?
Otherwise affected by the SC judgment?
Please share & fill out this form:
goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet?
Otherwise affected by the SC judgment?
Please share & fill out this form:
goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
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Trans Kids Deserve Better has just covered the front of the NHS England with bloody handprints with the words "release the trans suicides report"
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trans Kids Deserve Better has just covered the front of the NHS England with bloody handprints with the words "release the trans suicides report"
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“It is incredibly important that everybody be reminded that trans people have always been with us and always will be with us, and the only real thing that’s up for debate is whether we treat trans people with respect or we don’t.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/08/t...
Trans voices defiant in wake of Supreme Court ruling: 'We've been around forever'
As Trans+ History Week is marked in the wake of the UK's Supreme Court ruling there is a rallying cry: trans people have always been here.
www.thepinknews.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“It is incredibly important that everybody be reminded that trans people have always been with us and always will be with us, and the only real thing that’s up for debate is whether we treat trans people with respect or we don’t.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/08/t...
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Yes, the work can be mentally tough. But who else gets to poke their head out of their office to see what the commotion is, only to see a guy who sat crying with you a couple of months ago because he thought he would never even stand, let's alone walk again, doing this! UNBROKEN Lviv
May 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yes, the work can be mentally tough. But who else gets to poke their head out of their office to see what the commotion is, only to see a guy who sat crying with you a couple of months ago because he thought he would never even stand, let's alone walk again, doing this! UNBROKEN Lviv
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'Are you actually doing your job - or just gleefully sticking it to trans people?' asks the Commons Women and Equalities Committee of the so-called EHRC. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
MPs seek assurance that UK gender guidance will not ignore trans people
Exclusive: Transgender activists worry that EHRC is taking an overly literal approach to supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'Are you actually doing your job - or just gleefully sticking it to trans people?' asks the Commons Women and Equalities Committee of the so-called EHRC. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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This is good.
Deep dive on Leo XIV’s tweets, a thread.
Not a fan of Trump’s first-week immigration orders in 2017. 1/
Not a fan of Trump’s first-week immigration orders in 2017. 1/
May 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is good.
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A Leo from Chicago who annoys Republicans you say?
May 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Leo from Chicago who annoys Republicans you say?
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"The pact is closer to a protection payment to a mob boss than a liberalising agreement between sovereign countries." on.ft.com/4jTbzpE
Britain’s trade deal with Trump may not be good news for the world
Starmer’s choice undermines multilateralism and poses risks to the UK
on.ft.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"The pact is closer to a protection payment to a mob boss than a liberalising agreement between sovereign countries." on.ft.com/4jTbzpE
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Swansea MP refuses to meet with disability group
When elected representatives misunderstand, misrepresent, and are derisive about issues, they should speak with those who understand and are affected.
✍️ Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
When elected representatives misunderstand, misrepresent, and are derisive about issues, they should speak with those who understand and are affected.
✍️ Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Swansea MP refuses to meet with disability group
When elected representatives misunderstand, misrepresent, and are derisive about issues, they should speak with those who understand and are affected
bylines.cymru
April 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Swansea MP refuses to meet with disability group
When elected representatives misunderstand, misrepresent, and are derisive about issues, they should speak with those who understand and are affected.
✍️ Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
When elected representatives misunderstand, misrepresent, and are derisive about issues, they should speak with those who understand and are affected.
✍️ Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts
bylines.cymru/politics-and...