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As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
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One of the most important pieces I've read this year. A lot of journalists tried to capture what it was like on the ground, as Chicagoans resisted an onslaught of federal agents attacking our neighbors, and @melissagiragrant.com pulled it off.
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
One of the most important pieces I've read this year. A lot of journalists tried to capture what it was like on the ground, as Chicagoans resisted an onslaught of federal agents attacking our neighbors, and @melissagiragrant.com pulled it off.
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Why?
Well to placate a bunch of racists and to send a signal to non white British people with recent immigrant ancestors that their citizenship has less value than Tommy Robinson's.
I mean I assume that's the message.
Well to placate a bunch of racists and to send a signal to non white British people with recent immigrant ancestors that their citizenship has less value than Tommy Robinson's.
I mean I assume that's the message.
January 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Why?
Well to placate a bunch of racists and to send a signal to non white British people with recent immigrant ancestors that their citizenship has less value than Tommy Robinson's.
I mean I assume that's the message.
Well to placate a bunch of racists and to send a signal to non white British people with recent immigrant ancestors that their citizenship has less value than Tommy Robinson's.
I mean I assume that's the message.
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A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"the worst of the worst"
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"the worst of the worst"
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Diana Shams had been displaced seven times in two years by the war in Gaza. A ceasefire agreement offered hope that she and her family could return to their home.
But in the final hours before the ceasefire took effect, their apartment was flattened.
But in the final hours before the ceasefire took effect, their apartment was flattened.
She spent the war planning to stay in Gaza. Now she is ready to leave.
Displaced seven times, Diana Shams intended to return to her home, which survived years of war in Gaza only to be destroyed in the final hours before the ceasefire.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Diana Shams had been displaced seven times in two years by the war in Gaza. A ceasefire agreement offered hope that she and her family could return to their home.
But in the final hours before the ceasefire took effect, their apartment was flattened.
But in the final hours before the ceasefire took effect, their apartment was flattened.
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At a Columbia Journalism School panel on press freedom in Gaza, moderator Azmat Khan revealed CNN editors barred one of their reporters from joining the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla.
September 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At a Columbia Journalism School panel on press freedom in Gaza, moderator Azmat Khan revealed CNN editors barred one of their reporters from joining the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla.
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My friend just rescued a cat who had been in a hoarder’s house and then in a shelter’s cage for five months. Came home today.
I haven’t wanted to hug something more in my entire life than I want to hug Bob.
I haven’t wanted to hug something more in my entire life than I want to hug Bob.
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My friend just rescued a cat who had been in a hoarder’s house and then in a shelter’s cage for five months. Came home today.
I haven’t wanted to hug something more in my entire life than I want to hug Bob.
I haven’t wanted to hug something more in my entire life than I want to hug Bob.
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Dear American people, this what you voted for. This is the cruelty, idiocy, utter lack of humanity you voted for (twice).
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear American people, this what you voted for. This is the cruelty, idiocy, utter lack of humanity you voted for (twice).
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All solidarity to the incredible workers at the British Library! They deserve so so much better
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
All solidarity to the incredible workers at the British Library! They deserve so so much better
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Theres plenty of competition, but Douglas Murray is in the running for ‘most insufferable modern charlatan ’
www.currentaffairs.org/news/douglas...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/douglas...
Douglas Murray’s “Expertise” Is a Sham
In “On Democracies and Death Cults,” Murray offers a straightforward “good versus evil” account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He does this by excluding every piece of information that undercuts hi...
www.currentaffairs.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Theres plenty of competition, but Douglas Murray is in the running for ‘most insufferable modern charlatan ’
www.currentaffairs.org/news/douglas...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/douglas...
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It’s a very rare occasion when I applaud anything a church does, but in this case… 👏 🔥
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It’s a very rare occasion when I applaud anything a church does, but in this case… 👏 🔥
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Do you remember when everyone said it was such a shame that Americans didn't like football; if only Americans liked football, then what a glorious global game it would become? Turns out that was a golden age.
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do you remember when everyone said it was such a shame that Americans didn't like football; if only Americans liked football, then what a glorious global game it would become? Turns out that was a golden age.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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it is a) true that social media has a massive anti-semitism problem and is full of fake videos and b) that this has become the laziest excuse for the change in young Americans' views largely induced by Israeli atrocities!
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
it is a) true that social media has a massive anti-semitism problem and is full of fake videos and b) that this has become the laziest excuse for the change in young Americans' views largely induced by Israeli atrocities!
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Trump & his billionaire donors get richer and richer while working Americans struggle to make ends meet.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trump & his billionaire donors get richer and richer while working Americans struggle to make ends meet.
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To be clear, if someone in the US Navy in WWII had (for example) ordered the survivors of a stricken U-Boat to be killed in the water even though self-evidently they were hors de combat, this would have resulted in a court martial.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say:
Kill them all
Kill them all
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
To be clear, if someone in the US Navy in WWII had (for example) ordered the survivors of a stricken U-Boat to be killed in the water even though self-evidently they were hors de combat, this would have resulted in a court martial.
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“They’re still legitimate targets because they might bleed all over us.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“They’re still legitimate targets because they might bleed all over us.”
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On the left: 2025 Stephen Pollard op-ed in the Jewish Chronicle claiming Farage isn't far-right and that antisemitism allegations are a nasty smear.
On the right: 2019 lead article in the Jewish Chronicle (then edited by Stephen Pollard) on Farage's far-right links and use of antisemitic tropes.
On the right: 2019 lead article in the Jewish Chronicle (then edited by Stephen Pollard) on Farage's far-right links and use of antisemitic tropes.
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
On the left: 2025 Stephen Pollard op-ed in the Jewish Chronicle claiming Farage isn't far-right and that antisemitism allegations are a nasty smear.
On the right: 2019 lead article in the Jewish Chronicle (then edited by Stephen Pollard) on Farage's far-right links and use of antisemitic tropes.
On the right: 2019 lead article in the Jewish Chronicle (then edited by Stephen Pollard) on Farage's far-right links and use of antisemitic tropes.
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“One can still love some Russians, but one can no longer love Russia.”
One of France’s most acclaimed nonfiction writers, Emmanuel Carrère, on the impact of Russia’s genocidal Ukraine invasion
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
One of France’s most acclaimed nonfiction writers, Emmanuel Carrère, on the impact of Russia’s genocidal Ukraine invasion
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
A Celebrated French Writer Loved Russia. War Forced a Reckoning.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“One can still love some Russians, but one can no longer love Russia.”
One of France’s most acclaimed nonfiction writers, Emmanuel Carrère, on the impact of Russia’s genocidal Ukraine invasion
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
One of France’s most acclaimed nonfiction writers, Emmanuel Carrère, on the impact of Russia’s genocidal Ukraine invasion
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2