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Rafael Behr in The Guardian. A column without a single action point for anyone in the political/media elite but we the people have just got to try harder to believe.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Rafael Behr in The Guardian. A column without a single action point for anyone in the political/media elite but we the people have just got to try harder to believe.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Key line on what Robertson has just said there about Jota is about him being "in a bad way" earlier today in his hotel room.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Key line on what Robertson has just said there about Jota is about him being "in a bad way" earlier today in his hotel room.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
How often have they been in a bad way and just tried to crack on? We don't know and never will.
They've been poor at football at times but don't criticise their character.
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If only it had been glaringly obvious that this was the situation *ten fucking years ago*, and that the Labour right were 100% on the side of the Sun and the Telegraph on this stuff: we might not have spent a decade roaring at the left for preventing exactly these clowns doing precisely this shit.
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If only it had been glaringly obvious that this was the situation *ten fucking years ago*, and that the Labour right were 100% on the side of the Sun and the Telegraph on this stuff: we might not have spent a decade roaring at the left for preventing exactly these clowns doing precisely this shit.
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Been thinking about how many UK political pundits, academics and commentators have aversions to analyses they perceive as overly cynical (understandably and justifiably!), but how this aversion leads to analytical naiveté in the context of a political system which is, itself, increasingly cynical.
It is a serious problem for our political discourse that the most consistently astute commentator in the country is someone posting anonymously on social media behind a rat avatar.
June 2016 here. Do you notice how this has been proven correct: there really is no way to appease the reactionary right, who take every concession to their fucknut demands as a new base camp to strike out for more and nastier?
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Been thinking about how many UK political pundits, academics and commentators have aversions to analyses they perceive as overly cynical (understandably and justifiably!), but how this aversion leads to analytical naiveté in the context of a political system which is, itself, increasingly cynical.
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June 2016 here. Do you notice how this has been proven correct: there really is no way to appease the reactionary right, who take every concession to their fucknut demands as a new base camp to strike out for more and nastier?
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
June 2016 here. Do you notice how this has been proven correct: there really is no way to appease the reactionary right, who take every concession to their fucknut demands as a new base camp to strike out for more and nastier?
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LFC memory came up this morning. 15 years ago today my husband snapped this pic of Hicks and his son on Park Avenue, going hat in hand to banks, trying to keep his claws in LFC. I posted it to Twitter and meltdown ensued. Dark days. But look at our club now! ♥️
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
LFC memory came up this morning. 15 years ago today my husband snapped this pic of Hicks and his son on Park Avenue, going hat in hand to banks, trying to keep his claws in LFC. I posted it to Twitter and meltdown ensued. Dark days. But look at our club now! ♥️
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YNWA. A socialist idea that if you support those who need it most then when you are at your lowest, you too will have support. Therefore nobody is alone with their problems.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks comes from the same idea
Jesus has a similar outlook. It amazes me how fascists miss this point.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks comes from the same idea
Jesus has a similar outlook. It amazes me how fascists miss this point.
This prick wearing an #lfc tie is just funny. It's amazing how many fascists unironically claim to be fans. That as much as anything else shows how these weirdos live on another planet completely. Clearly know nothing about the history, just like the smell of success.
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
YNWA. A socialist idea that if you support those who need it most then when you are at your lowest, you too will have support. Therefore nobody is alone with their problems.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks comes from the same idea
Jesus has a similar outlook. It amazes me how fascists miss this point.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks comes from the same idea
Jesus has a similar outlook. It amazes me how fascists miss this point.
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The Onion is getting too obvious.
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Onion is getting too obvious.
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Chelsea getting through PSR by selling the women’s team to themselves shows the absurdity of the Premier League clubs’ self-governance at the wrong time
Nine clubs had no issue with this so a rule change didn’t get through
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Nine clubs had no issue with this so a rule change didn’t get through
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Chelsea’s absurd finances are a mess of the Premier League’s making
After Chelsea’s latest financial figures sparked controversy, Miguel Delaney discusses how this has happened in the race to beat the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules
www.independent.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Chelsea getting through PSR by selling the women’s team to themselves shows the absurdity of the Premier League clubs’ self-governance at the wrong time
Nine clubs had no issue with this so a rule change didn’t get through
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Nine clubs had no issue with this so a rule change didn’t get through
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Reaction to Le Pen from right is quite obvious but also underlines idea that the rule of law doesn’t apply if ever it threatens them. Suddenly play role of oppressed victims, even when state is upholding the law. Quick to point fingers at smallest breach when it doesn’t concern own side of ledger
April 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reaction to Le Pen from right is quite obvious but also underlines idea that the rule of law doesn’t apply if ever it threatens them. Suddenly play role of oppressed victims, even when state is upholding the law. Quick to point fingers at smallest breach when it doesn’t concern own side of ledger
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I see they are reforming the tax system for the wealthiest again. Welfare reforms are always cuts sk these must be reforms. Weird as Starmer & Reeves told us that the UK didn’t have enough money but now they can cut taxes for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs
Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I see they are reforming the tax system for the wealthiest again. Welfare reforms are always cuts sk these must be reforms. Weird as Starmer & Reeves told us that the UK didn’t have enough money but now they can cut taxes for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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In surely unrelated news, the Tony Blair Institute was given $200m by the owner of Oracle, a major AI player.
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In surely unrelated news, the Tony Blair Institute was given $200m by the owner of Oracle, a major AI player.
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It’s been very quick this time. Last time, we had about eight months of these dorks roaring about how people who didn’t like Trump were pissing in the faces of the honest working class punter, at least until the torchlit Nazi rally and the murder.
March 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It’s been very quick this time. Last time, we had about eight months of these dorks roaring about how people who didn’t like Trump were pissing in the faces of the honest working class punter, at least until the torchlit Nazi rally and the murder.
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Most simple explanation in the world: we have created an international class of super-rich gangster thugs who own everything and take more and more for themselves every year. They have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of us and together, they are dragging us all to fascism.
March 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Most simple explanation in the world: we have created an international class of super-rich gangster thugs who own everything and take more and more for themselves every year. They have more in common with each other than they do with the rest of us and together, they are dragging us all to fascism.
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What happened when members of the public said the British press is overwhelmingly stacked in favour of vicious reactionaries and insider clowns protecting their own bottom line? Was that chat welcomed and added to Britain’s lively, open-minded, egalitarian democratic debate we all know and love.
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What happened when members of the public said the British press is overwhelmingly stacked in favour of vicious reactionaries and insider clowns protecting their own bottom line? Was that chat welcomed and added to Britain’s lively, open-minded, egalitarian democratic debate we all know and love.
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We’ve supported the Reagan revolution all the way to its conclusion, by mistake
March 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We’ve supported the Reagan revolution all the way to its conclusion, by mistake
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One of the earliest things footy analytics did was confirm that GK is the most important position on the pitch in terms of influencing the match results (aside: yet remain strangely undervalued in the transfer market).
If you've got a top, top GK you can win any game. Tonight showed us. #lfc
If you've got a top, top GK you can win any game. Tonight showed us. #lfc
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One of the earliest things footy analytics did was confirm that GK is the most important position on the pitch in terms of influencing the match results (aside: yet remain strangely undervalued in the transfer market).
If you've got a top, top GK you can win any game. Tonight showed us. #lfc
If you've got a top, top GK you can win any game. Tonight showed us. #lfc
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Alisson v Barca
4-0, 5 saves, 1.9 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
Alisson v PSG
0-1, 9 saves, 2.3 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
That's how good he was #lfc
4-0, 5 saves, 1.9 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
Alisson v PSG
0-1, 9 saves, 2.3 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
That's how good he was #lfc
March 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Alisson v Barca
4-0, 5 saves, 1.9 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
Alisson v PSG
0-1, 9 saves, 2.3 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
That's how good he was #lfc
4-0, 5 saves, 1.9 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
Alisson v PSG
0-1, 9 saves, 2.3 goals prevented, 3 big chances saved
That's how good he was #lfc
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ALISSON RAMSES BECKER YOU GORGEOUS DEMI-GOD OF A MAN #LFC
a soccer player wearing a yellow jersey is giving a thumbs up .
ALT: a soccer player wearing a yellow jersey is giving a thumbs up .
media.tenor.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
ALISSON RAMSES BECKER YOU GORGEOUS DEMI-GOD OF A MAN #LFC
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