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The Home Sec is entirely right. The *vast* majority of the British public will agree with her that this weekend is not a weekend for a march like this. And it will have an impact on what they think of the marchers and their cause.
NEW: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood urges pro-Palestine protesters to consider not taking part in marches this weekend.
"Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country ... sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love to other people is required"
"Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country ... sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love to other people is required"
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Home Sec is entirely right. The *vast* majority of the British public will agree with her that this weekend is not a weekend for a march like this. And it will have an impact on what they think of the marchers and their cause.
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Probably good we got the state visit out of the way early really
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Probably good we got the state visit out of the way early really
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The Spectator now giving Tommy Robinson marks for effort.
Lost for words at this Jonathan Sacerdoti piece in the Spectator
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Spectator now giving Tommy Robinson marks for effort.
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Stephen is correct as usual but also i'm glad he's called out the utter bullshit about eCoNoMiC aNxIeTy
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Stephen is correct as usual but also i'm glad he's called out the utter bullshit about eCoNoMiC aNxIeTy
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Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!
The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live
Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officers
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!
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6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
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Again, I really do have concerns about exactly how Justin Webb is acquiring his knowledge of US politics or what prompted him to make this exact point.
Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Again, I really do have concerns about exactly how Justin Webb is acquiring his knowledge of US politics or what prompted him to make this exact point.
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Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk is horrific, it's likely to lead to a very dark spiral that will worsen political violence, and it is also a byproduct of a profoundly broken society awash in 400 million guns.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is horrific, it's likely to lead to a very dark spiral that will worsen political violence, and it is also a byproduct of a profoundly broken society awash in 400 million guns.
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Suspect lots of people here don't realise how big a deal Kirk was on TikTok in the UK. Twins have seen loads of videos about him (mostly him being "owned" by progressive students). Lots of chat about it already on their WhatsApps. Much more so than anything in UK politics.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Suspect lots of people here don't realise how big a deal Kirk was on TikTok in the UK. Twins have seen loads of videos about him (mostly him being "owned" by progressive students). Lots of chat about it already on their WhatsApps. Much more so than anything in UK politics.
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I see we’re having a flag “discourse” again at the moment in Ireland and the UK, and I think we do well to remember John Hume. Clip via @sdlp.bsky.social on Facebook.
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I see we’re having a flag “discourse” again at the moment in Ireland and the UK, and I think we do well to remember John Hume. Clip via @sdlp.bsky.social on Facebook.
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Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
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Lost in the news of today, I have written about Nadine Dorries and what Reform supporters are really like - with much thanks to @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @ukandeu.bsky.social who have a big new report out
In short: with great growth comes great division
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
In short: with great growth comes great division
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Who are Reform supporters?
As its conference kicks off, the increasing diversity of the party’s membership will become more apparent.
www.newstatesman.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lost in the news of today, I have written about Nadine Dorries and what Reform supporters are really like - with much thanks to @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @ukandeu.bsky.social who have a big new report out
In short: with great growth comes great division
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
In short: with great growth comes great division
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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This is from the, "how come we don't ever talk about immigration?" school of British political analysis.
“The group nobody seems to care about” Apart from dominating political discourse since Brexit? That group?
August 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is from the, "how come we don't ever talk about immigration?" school of British political analysis.
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RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble may be about to start.
RW protesters: Hey, look! There's a whole bunch of media types hanging around outside that hotel. Let's go and give them a proper show.
RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble has started.
etc.
RW protesters: Hey, look! There's a whole bunch of media types hanging around outside that hotel. Let's go and give them a proper show.
RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble has started.
etc.
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble may be about to start.
RW protesters: Hey, look! There's a whole bunch of media types hanging around outside that hotel. Let's go and give them a proper show.
RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble has started.
etc.
RW protesters: Hey, look! There's a whole bunch of media types hanging around outside that hotel. Let's go and give them a proper show.
RW media: We're here outside an asylum hotel, where trouble has started.
etc.
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Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵
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They missed the bit where Brexit campaigners talked about reconnecting with the world especially the Commonwealth, and not just 'Little Europe'.
It seems some Brexit voters now realise this means more brown-skinned people as opposed to 'people like us'.
Call it their 'breaking point'.
It seems some Brexit voters now realise this means more brown-skinned people as opposed to 'people like us'.
Call it their 'breaking point'.
Many Brexit voters thought Brexit was going to end immigration from Asia and Africa…
August 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They missed the bit where Brexit campaigners talked about reconnecting with the world especially the Commonwealth, and not just 'Little Europe'.
It seems some Brexit voters now realise this means more brown-skinned people as opposed to 'people like us'.
Call it their 'breaking point'.
It seems some Brexit voters now realise this means more brown-skinned people as opposed to 'people like us'.
Call it their 'breaking point'.
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Reminder that small boat migration is c.5% of all UK immigration.
And asylum-seeking generally is far lower per head of UK population than most other west European countries e.g. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇦🇹 🇮🇪. Yes even Ireland takes way more.
Yet none have the same sense of crisis and moral panic as the UK.
And asylum-seeking generally is far lower per head of UK population than most other west European countries e.g. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇦🇹 🇮🇪. Yes even Ireland takes way more.
Yet none have the same sense of crisis and moral panic as the UK.
August 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.
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This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party
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This kind of thing happens awfully quickly once you lose a clear sense of what is unacceptable in politics bsky.app/profile/matt...
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This kind of thing happens awfully quickly once you lose a clear sense of what is unacceptable in politics bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
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New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
"Half-Baked Alaska"
On the failed Trump-Putin summit and what changes about the prospects of peace as a result.
(£/free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/half-baked...
"Half-Baked Alaska"
On the failed Trump-Putin summit and what changes about the prospects of peace as a result.
(£/free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/half-baked...
Half-Baked Alaska
Moving from ceasefire to full settlement
samf.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
"Half-Baked Alaska"
On the failed Trump-Putin summit and what changes about the prospects of peace as a result.
(£/free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/half-baked...
"Half-Baked Alaska"
On the failed Trump-Putin summit and what changes about the prospects of peace as a result.
(£/free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/half-baked...
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"No deal until there's a deal" is one line Trump said which now looks more important (I can't type every word live!)
It seems certain no unconditional ceasefire has been agreed, which was Trump's demand.
So it's TACO o'clock again.
Putin gets more time to kill, no sanctions.
It seems certain no unconditional ceasefire has been agreed, which was Trump's demand.
So it's TACO o'clock again.
Putin gets more time to kill, no sanctions.
August 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"No deal until there's a deal" is one line Trump said which now looks more important (I can't type every word live!)
It seems certain no unconditional ceasefire has been agreed, which was Trump's demand.
So it's TACO o'clock again.
Putin gets more time to kill, no sanctions.
It seems certain no unconditional ceasefire has been agreed, which was Trump's demand.
So it's TACO o'clock again.
Putin gets more time to kill, no sanctions.