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Very refreshing that. Didn't miss a beat.
#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane?
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Very refreshing that. Didn't miss a beat.
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
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I just don't think you can claim to be the greatest country on earth if you let your enforcement agents very publicly murder people with no consequence and then lie about it. That does not happen in decent countries. Let alone great ones. Sorry.
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I just don't think you can claim to be the greatest country on earth if you let your enforcement agents very publicly murder people with no consequence and then lie about it. That does not happen in decent countries. Let alone great ones. Sorry.
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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This is good on the need for MPs to stop encroaching on the role of councillors, a trend seemingly encouraged by ministers anxious to claim credit for initiatives like "Pride in Place" and not always too keen on parliamentary scrutiny. labourlist.org/2025/11/no-m...
'Time for MPs to stop being ‘Super Councillors’ and start being legislators again' - LabourList
MPs Are Overstretched as ‘Super Councillors’—Devolution will restore their primary role as legislators says IPPR North's Zoe Billingham.
labourlist.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is good on the need for MPs to stop encroaching on the role of councillors, a trend seemingly encouraged by ministers anxious to claim credit for initiatives like "Pride in Place" and not always too keen on parliamentary scrutiny. labourlist.org/2025/11/no-m...
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The key is to keep the pressure on. Don’t let him ride this out.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The key is to keep the pressure on. Don’t let him ride this out.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If there was any doubt, test match cricket is the greatest game that humans have invented, and possibly the high point of evolution.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If there was any doubt, test match cricket is the greatest game that humans have invented, and possibly the high point of evolution.
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Also as a friend just pointed out, how does it make sense to send people home at a time they are most likely to have started paying tax or contributing in many other ways to their local communities?
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Also as a friend just pointed out, how does it make sense to send people home at a time they are most likely to have started paying tax or contributing in many other ways to their local communities?
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The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
I'm doing a big Bluesky column today! Hit me with your where-Bluesky-is-at-this-moment-in-2025 takes
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
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As Kemi Badenoch helpfully pointed out today, the US is not a signatory to the ECHR
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As Kemi Badenoch helpfully pointed out today, the US is not a signatory to the ECHR
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Mis quoting Starmer does not help your argument or the quality of debate.
October 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Mis quoting Starmer does not help your argument or the quality of debate.
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Republicans are trying to END DEMOCRACY!!!
Childish DICTATORS don’t ENJOY DEMOCRACY!!!
Childish DICTATORS don’t ENJOY DEMOCRACY!!!
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Republicans are trying to END DEMOCRACY!!!
Childish DICTATORS don’t ENJOY DEMOCRACY!!!
Childish DICTATORS don’t ENJOY DEMOCRACY!!!
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BBC News 6 o’clock news, 2nd top story is about ReformUK’s policy, as if it’s a real govt policy.
Saying “this will…”
If you tell people something often enough, it becomes normal.
Once again, BBC needs to stop manifesting a Reform govt.
Saying “this will…”
If you tell people something often enough, it becomes normal.
Once again, BBC needs to stop manifesting a Reform govt.
September 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
BBC News 6 o’clock news, 2nd top story is about ReformUK’s policy, as if it’s a real govt policy.
Saying “this will…”
If you tell people something often enough, it becomes normal.
Once again, BBC needs to stop manifesting a Reform govt.
Saying “this will…”
If you tell people something often enough, it becomes normal.
Once again, BBC needs to stop manifesting a Reform govt.
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Interesting that the ultra-left crowd at The Last Night of the Proms chose to wave so many EU flags - bastards.
September 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Interesting that the ultra-left crowd at The Last Night of the Proms chose to wave so many EU flags - bastards.
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A new low for the BBC's 'political correspondent'. Fascism arrives as your friend & it reads like Mason is very friendly indeed with Reform Ltd. Bringing the BBC into disrepute
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A new low for the BBC's 'political correspondent'. Fascism arrives as your friend & it reads like Mason is very friendly indeed with Reform Ltd. Bringing the BBC into disrepute
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
August 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
You do not have to like John Bolton to see this for what it is.
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If corporations didn’t own office buildings they’d be the first arguing for people to work from home.
“Why should we buy a place for you to work when you can work from home??”
“Why should we buy a place for you to work when you can work from home??”
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If corporations didn’t own office buildings they’d be the first arguing for people to work from home.
“Why should we buy a place for you to work when you can work from home??”
“Why should we buy a place for you to work when you can work from home??”
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I try not to hate, it's so negative, such a waste of time. But the ignorance and hypocrisy on display here is despicable. These people are a disgrace and an embarrassment. This is the nationalist right.
British immigrant to Spain tells GB News the reason she moved to Benidorm is that there are too many immigrants in the UK
And her friend says the cost of living is lower and better inside the European Union than back in the UK which is outside the EU
And her friend says the cost of living is lower and better inside the European Union than back in the UK which is outside the EU
August 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I try not to hate, it's so negative, such a waste of time. But the ignorance and hypocrisy on display here is despicable. These people are a disgrace and an embarrassment. This is the nationalist right.
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So Putin offers Trump Greenland in exchange for having Alaska back, and Trump agrees and so gives Alaska immediately back to Russia, and Trump boasts of the great deal he has made, and Putin then says Russia doesn’t actually yet have Greenland but if it ever does then America can have first refusal.
August 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So Putin offers Trump Greenland in exchange for having Alaska back, and Trump agrees and so gives Alaska immediately back to Russia, and Trump boasts of the great deal he has made, and Putin then says Russia doesn’t actually yet have Greenland but if it ever does then America can have first refusal.
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I have never understood queasiness about ID cards. They solve so many problems. They don't seem to cause huge civil liberties problems in Spain or Portugal.
What if – hear me out – some people just sincerely think digital ID would be a good idea for public policy and that the trade-off with civil liberties is worth taking, and a weird quasi-conspiracy isn't required?
August 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I have never understood queasiness about ID cards. They solve so many problems. They don't seem to cause huge civil liberties problems in Spain or Portugal.