@nick-james.bsky.social
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See also ‘racism is because there are too many ethnic minorities here’ and ‘anti-immigrant violence is because of all the immigrants’.
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 11, 2026 at 8:11 AM
See also ‘racism is because there are too many ethnic minorities here’ and ‘anti-immigrant violence is because of all the immigrants’.
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BREAKING: Labour MP tells Starmer: Scrap jury reforms or face by-election
Karl Turner, who was once falsely accused of a crime, has warned the PM he will stand down on a point of principle
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Karl Turner, who was once falsely accused of a crime, has warned the PM he will stand down on a point of principle
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour MP tells Starmer: Scrap jury reforms or face by-election
Karl Turner, who was once falsely accused of a crime, has warned the PM he will stand down on a point of principle
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
BREAKING: Labour MP tells Starmer: Scrap jury reforms or face by-election
Karl Turner, who was once falsely accused of a crime, has warned the PM he will stand down on a point of principle
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Karl Turner, who was once falsely accused of a crime, has warned the PM he will stand down on a point of principle
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Their plan all along:
The government would still curb jury trials even if the criminal courts were not in crisis, the courts minister revealed yesterday - as MPs demanded yet again to see the impact assessment for the proposal.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
The government would still curb jury trials even if the criminal courts were not in crisis, the courts minister revealed yesterday - as MPs demanded yet again to see the impact assessment for the proposal.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
Minister admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
MPs call out comment by courts minister Sackman during fiery debate on jury reforms.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Their plan all along:
The government would still curb jury trials even if the criminal courts were not in crisis, the courts minister revealed yesterday - as MPs demanded yet again to see the impact assessment for the proposal.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
The government would still curb jury trials even if the criminal courts were not in crisis, the courts minister revealed yesterday - as MPs demanded yet again to see the impact assessment for the proposal.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
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"I want to make it abundantly clear that this is not about dying, because unlike the enemy, I love life, and my love for life, for people, is the reason I have been incarcerated. I will not compromise until all demands are met. Long live the intifada"
Heba Muraisi
www.codepink.org/they_are_on_...
Heba Muraisi
www.codepink.org/they_are_on_...
They are on the verge...
They are on the verge... British Embassy: Take Action on the Hunger Strike!
www.codepink.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"I want to make it abundantly clear that this is not about dying, because unlike the enemy, I love life, and my love for life, for people, is the reason I have been incarcerated. I will not compromise until all demands are met. Long live the intifada"
Heba Muraisi
www.codepink.org/they_are_on_...
Heba Muraisi
www.codepink.org/they_are_on_...
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A Palestine Action activist who has been on hunger strike for 69 days is at risk of death
Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Fears for Palestine Action activist on hunger strike for 70 days
Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food at HMP New Hall in Yorkshire following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A Palestine Action activist who has been on hunger strike for 69 days is at risk of death
Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Heba Muraisi, 31, has lost 10kg, is struggling to breathe and is suffering from headaches after turning down food following alleged break-ins and criminal damage.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Tories in 2019: Corbyn wanting to disband NATO is irresponsible: www.channel4.com/news/factche...
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
January 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Tories in 2019: Corbyn wanting to disband NATO is irresponsible: www.channel4.com/news/factche...
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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For those whose sudden expertise on Korean politics has waned: the opposition party has vowed to impeach Yoon EVERY SATURDAY until they basically shame him into resigning or his own party is shamed into voting against him. He's looking at a charge of treason or insurrection.
December 9, 2024 at 11:33 PM
For those whose sudden expertise on Korean politics has waned: the opposition party has vowed to impeach Yoon EVERY SATURDAY until they basically shame him into resigning or his own party is shamed into voting against him. He's looking at a charge of treason or insurrection.
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It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
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Wait, the American elite is caving in faster than you can spell fascism?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Garber Faults Faculty Activism for Chilling Campus Debate and Free Speech | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said the University “went wrong” by allowing professors to inject their personal views into the classroom, arguing that faculty activism had chilled free speech an...
www.thecrimson.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Wait, the American elite is caving in faster than you can spell fascism?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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I don’t think Tony Himself - a generationally remarkable master of the bullshitter’s art - could make this look any better than it is.
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I don’t think Tony Himself - a generationally remarkable master of the bullshitter’s art - could make this look any better than it is.
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As I said when Russia invaded Ukraine: do you notice how 100% of the focus was on screaming abuse at domestic dissidents, and 0% of it was put on asking: how come our smart, sensible leaders fucked up decades of post Cold War Russia policy so badly that it had to be torn up overnight?
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
As I said when Russia invaded Ukraine: do you notice how 100% of the focus was on screaming abuse at domestic dissidents, and 0% of it was put on asking: how come our smart, sensible leaders fucked up decades of post Cold War Russia policy so badly that it had to be torn up overnight?
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I’m going to share a spoiler for the 2026 season of the ongoing soap opera popularly known as ‘the USA’.
The honking man-child will die of ‘natural causes’ shortly before the midterms prompting an indefinite postponement in the interests of national security.
The honking man-child will die of ‘natural causes’ shortly before the midterms prompting an indefinite postponement in the interests of national security.
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I’m going to share a spoiler for the 2026 season of the ongoing soap opera popularly known as ‘the USA’.
The honking man-child will die of ‘natural causes’ shortly before the midterms prompting an indefinite postponement in the interests of national security.
The honking man-child will die of ‘natural causes’ shortly before the midterms prompting an indefinite postponement in the interests of national security.
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We joke, but this is literally what has happened.
UK Sensible Centrists in 2019: "It is the absolute duty of the Labour leader to condemn every single bad Facebook post."
UK Sensible Centrists in 2026: "Not only is it very good the Labour leader isn't condemning flagrant breaches of international law it's also extremely smart."
UK Sensible Centrists in 2026: "Not only is it very good the Labour leader isn't condemning flagrant breaches of international law it's also extremely smart."
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 PM
We joke, but this is literally what has happened.
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Thinking about all the dickheads who spent yesterday defending the government lmao
Govt minister Darren Jones is asked what element of international law gives the US the right to abduct the leader of another country.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Thinking about all the dickheads who spent yesterday defending the government lmao
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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Probably for the same reason that if you are an ethnonationalist and genocide denier who was quoted by a mass shooter, you still write a regular column for the UK's newspaper of record, and have a guaranteed seat on the country's biggest politics programme.
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Probably for the same reason that if you are an ethnonationalist and genocide denier who was quoted by a mass shooter, you still write a regular column for the UK's newspaper of record, and have a guaranteed seat on the country's biggest politics programme.
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Perfectly normal beginning to every great Dartmoor love story, in my experience.
January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Perfectly normal beginning to every great Dartmoor love story, in my experience.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Tell Trump they are Venezuelan boats
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tell Trump they are Venezuelan boats
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Never a fucking tsunami around when you need one.
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Never a fucking tsunami around when you need one.
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Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
Danske vindaktier lukker i rødt efter amerikansk udmelding
Ørsteds og Vestas' aktier er kommet i modvind og dykker ved børsluk oven på nyhed om havvindparker i USA.
www.berlingske.dk
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
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On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.