Nithing
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'What labels me, negates me.' Soren Kierkegaard
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Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
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The BBC should be "impartial", but that doesn't mean refusing to make judgments.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The BBC should be "impartial", but that doesn't mean refusing to make judgments.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
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Twitter (in days of yore) punched well above its weight as a social network because it became the default platform for journalists; which, in turn, made it the default platform for politicians.
Both must now abandon it for the platform to die, as it deserves.
Both must now abandon it for the platform to die, as it deserves.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Twitter (in days of yore) punched well above its weight as a social network because it became the default platform for journalists; which, in turn, made it the default platform for politicians.
Both must now abandon it for the platform to die, as it deserves.
Both must now abandon it for the platform to die, as it deserves.
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How many employees have, either through their position of power, or just having it in their browser cache, committed possession/creation offences? How many could you make never pass a DBS ever again?
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
How many employees have, either through their position of power, or just having it in their browser cache, committed possession/creation offences? How many could you make never pass a DBS ever again?
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Ministers then: state is too flabby with too many external bodies stifling ministerial action.
Ministers now: let’s all hide behind Ofcom!
Ministers now: let’s all hide behind Ofcom!
NEW: Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, says Ofcom would have the "full backing" of government if it opted to block access to X in the UK (but it's a decision for Ofcom)
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Ministers then: state is too flabby with too many external bodies stifling ministerial action.
Ministers now: let’s all hide behind Ofcom!
Ministers now: let’s all hide behind Ofcom!
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
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The level of quixoticism at this point is like Kemi Badenoch spending all day trying to win over Your Party voters. What part of ‘no’ does Blue Labour not understand?
1% of Reform UK voters have a favourable opinion of the Labour Party, compared to 98% seeing it unfavourably, including 89% who view the party *very* unfavourably.
Conservative voters are more sympathetic.
Conservative voters are more sympathetic.
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The level of quixoticism at this point is like Kemi Badenoch spending all day trying to win over Your Party voters. What part of ‘no’ does Blue Labour not understand?
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They've been flogging this line for years and now Labour is at 16% in the polls.
How much further do Labour have to sink before they start thinking that maybe it's just a bit more complicated than that?
How much further do Labour have to sink before they start thinking that maybe it's just a bit more complicated than that?
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
They've been flogging this line for years and now Labour is at 16% in the polls.
How much further do Labour have to sink before they start thinking that maybe it's just a bit more complicated than that?
How much further do Labour have to sink before they start thinking that maybe it's just a bit more complicated than that?
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On crucial issues the BBC now barely even tries to report facts, only the perspectives of particular political actors on the facts, & without helping anyone understand which perspectives might be worthy of belief. This helped lead to Brexit & now it‘s helping to normalise fascism internationally
Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting
The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
On crucial issues the BBC now barely even tries to report facts, only the perspectives of particular political actors on the facts, & without helping anyone understand which perspectives might be worthy of belief. This helped lead to Brexit & now it‘s helping to normalise fascism internationally
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oh no, US gov is warning me that my ESTA will expire in the next 30 days. buddy, let me tell you all your remaining wild horses couldn't drag me to your country for the foreseeable future:
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
oh no, US gov is warning me that my ESTA will expire in the next 30 days. buddy, let me tell you all your remaining wild horses couldn't drag me to your country for the foreseeable future:
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“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
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I get considerably more views and interaction of this site than most govt ministers combined on Twitter.
There is no space to fill. No one sees their content.
There is no space to fill. No one sees their content.
Government should stay on X despite the Grok scandal, Keir Starmer's former communications director has said
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
Government Shouldn’t Quit X Over Grok Scandal, Says Former No10 Comms Director
The government should not quit X as doing so would leave a 'vacuum' for its political rivals to fill, Keir Starmer's former communications director...
www.politicshome.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I get considerably more views and interaction of this site than most govt ministers combined on Twitter.
There is no space to fill. No one sees their content.
There is no space to fill. No one sees their content.
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And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
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Labour's rivals are already on the Nazi/CSAM site - and a halfway competent political party would criticise the Reform party for profiting from such a site
Government should stay on X despite the Grok scandal, Keir Starmer's former communications director has said
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
Government Shouldn’t Quit X Over Grok Scandal, Says Former No10 Comms Director
The government should not quit X as doing so would leave a 'vacuum' for its political rivals to fill, Keir Starmer's former communications director...
www.politicshome.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Labour's rivals are already on the Nazi/CSAM site - and a halfway competent political party would criticise the Reform party for profiting from such a site
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This is the playbook
Lie, lie and lie again
use your outriders to spark endless discussions about whether what you saw is real
Deracinate facts until truth is meaningless
Then democracy itself becomes meaningless
Lie, lie and lie again
use your outriders to spark endless discussions about whether what you saw is real
Deracinate facts until truth is meaningless
Then democracy itself becomes meaningless
JD Vance: "Ramming an ICE officer with your car -- that's what justifies being shot ... the reason this woman is dead is because she tried to ram somebody with her car and that guy acted in self defense"
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This is the playbook
Lie, lie and lie again
use your outriders to spark endless discussions about whether what you saw is real
Deracinate facts until truth is meaningless
Then democracy itself becomes meaningless
Lie, lie and lie again
use your outriders to spark endless discussions about whether what you saw is real
Deracinate facts until truth is meaningless
Then democracy itself becomes meaningless
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What you want to do is to give your partisans a line they can scream over and over when confronted with the horrors of reality, and to muddy the waters enough that those looking in from outside the political trenches grow weary or confused enough not to let the event shape their views.
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
What you want to do is to give your partisans a line they can scream over and over when confronted with the horrors of reality, and to muddy the waters enough that those looking in from outside the political trenches grow weary or confused enough not to let the event shape their views.
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Something Putin taught us is that the goal of effective propoganda isn't to convince people, it's to create a permission structure:
a) for your existing hardcore supporters to back you; and
b) for those not engaged to tune out because it's all too complicated or partisan politics as usual.
a) for your existing hardcore supporters to back you; and
b) for those not engaged to tune out because it's all too complicated or partisan politics as usual.
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Something Putin taught us is that the goal of effective propoganda isn't to convince people, it's to create a permission structure:
a) for your existing hardcore supporters to back you; and
b) for those not engaged to tune out because it's all too complicated or partisan politics as usual.
a) for your existing hardcore supporters to back you; and
b) for those not engaged to tune out because it's all too complicated or partisan politics as usual.
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Massive crowds are now filling the streets in Iran, also in the city of Mashhad.
“This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return,” they chant.
“This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return,” they chant.
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Massive crowds are now filling the streets in Iran, also in the city of Mashhad.
“This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return,” they chant.
“This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return,” they chant.
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I take it he will defend his employees that are forced to use X and - by no fault of their own - download illegal material.
Because they personally will be criminally liable, not their employer.
Because they personally will be criminally liable, not their employer.
NEW: The BBC is staying on X, says its director general, Tim Davie.
He says he has come under pressure to take the broadcaster off the platform, but says it needs to be there to counter misinformation aimed at young people around the world.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
He says he has come under pressure to take the broadcaster off the platform, but says it needs to be there to counter misinformation aimed at young people around the world.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation
Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned site
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I take it he will defend his employees that are forced to use X and - by no fault of their own - download illegal material.
Because they personally will be criminally liable, not their employer.
Because they personally will be criminally liable, not their employer.
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Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
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BBC News reporting that ICE agents are allowed to arrest people without a warrant, which is straightforwardly false where US citizens are concerned.
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
BBC News reporting that ICE agents are allowed to arrest people without a warrant, which is straightforwardly false where US citizens are concerned.
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Large protests are erupting across Iran tonight. In Tehran, gunfire can be heard as crowds gather in massive numbers. Despite nationwide internet disruptions by the Iranian government, aimed at silencing the movement, footage continues to emerge.
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Large protests are erupting across Iran tonight. In Tehran, gunfire can be heard as crowds gather in massive numbers. Despite nationwide internet disruptions by the Iranian government, aimed at silencing the movement, footage continues to emerge.
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🧵/ 18 months since GE2024, and four before this May's crucial elections, Labour have lost around 60% of their 2024 coalition.
Over 2025, they lost around 1.5m further voters in net, with by far the clearest increase being to the Greens (+0.8m to 1.3m), now Labour's largest source of partisan loss.
Over 2025, they lost around 1.5m further voters in net, with by far the clearest increase being to the Greens (+0.8m to 1.3m), now Labour's largest source of partisan loss.
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 AM
🧵/ 18 months since GE2024, and four before this May's crucial elections, Labour have lost around 60% of their 2024 coalition.
Over 2025, they lost around 1.5m further voters in net, with by far the clearest increase being to the Greens (+0.8m to 1.3m), now Labour's largest source of partisan loss.
Over 2025, they lost around 1.5m further voters in net, with by far the clearest increase being to the Greens (+0.8m to 1.3m), now Labour's largest source of partisan loss.
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open