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the darvo government
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
the darvo government
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
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Sam Altman speed running a preventable global mental health crisis while melting the planet and setting up financial markets for the biggest crash since 2008 demands way more coverage than it’s getting imho 🧵👇
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sam Altman speed running a preventable global mental health crisis while melting the planet and setting up financial markets for the biggest crash since 2008 demands way more coverage than it’s getting imho 🧵👇
And she's since been rewarded by Starmer with a seat in the House of Lords
One from the archives:
In 2023 Ayesha Hazarika said it was ridiculous the Cheltenham Racing Festival took place in March 2020
But at the very time Cheltenham was taking place in March 2020 Hazarika sneered at those who were demanding more scrutiny of the decisions the govt was taking on Covid
In 2023 Ayesha Hazarika said it was ridiculous the Cheltenham Racing Festival took place in March 2020
But at the very time Cheltenham was taking place in March 2020 Hazarika sneered at those who were demanding more scrutiny of the decisions the govt was taking on Covid
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And she's since been rewarded by Starmer with a seat in the House of Lords
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The government claims it wants to stop small boats crossing the Channel, yet its new policies will make it harder for refugees to bring their spouses and children safely. This will push more women and children onto dangerous dinghies.
I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.
I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The government claims it wants to stop small boats crossing the Channel, yet its new policies will make it harder for refugees to bring their spouses and children safely. This will push more women and children onto dangerous dinghies.
I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.
I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.
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This is the guy who thought making asylum seekers live in a barracks in Inverness was too good for them and that they were too close to the city centre
A Scottish MP has apologised for using the term 'coloured people' – after insisting he 'can’t think of anybody less racist than me'
Scottish MP apologises for using term 'coloured people' in asylum interview
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is the guy who thought making asylum seekers live in a barracks in Inverness was too good for them and that they were too close to the city centre
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The most incessant racist faction in British politics takes this message to be "racism works" (It has shifted politics + policy)
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The most incessant racist faction in British politics takes this message to be "racism works" (It has shifted politics + policy)
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
(Laws believes it is important to racially harass minorities online and in person. He has left Homeland because it is too soft on forced removals of UK-born minorities).
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
Wife of complete nut, Lord John Mann
This complete nut (Jo White mp) on #r4today reckons processing asylum claims in IRAQ - setting up offshore processing centres with British civil servants processing claims IN IRAQ is actually a sane or even money saving plan??? 🤯🤯🤯
Lost the plot entirely.
Lost the plot entirely.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wife of complete nut, Lord John Mann
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This complete nut (Jo White mp) on #r4today reckons processing asylum claims in IRAQ - setting up offshore processing centres with British civil servants processing claims IN IRAQ is actually a sane or even money saving plan??? 🤯🤯🤯
Lost the plot entirely.
Lost the plot entirely.
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This complete nut (Jo White mp) on #r4today reckons processing asylum claims in IRAQ - setting up offshore processing centres with British civil servants processing claims IN IRAQ is actually a sane or even money saving plan??? 🤯🤯🤯
Lost the plot entirely.
Lost the plot entirely.
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Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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This would be a much better use of British unions’ money than giving it to the Labour party
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This would be a much better use of British unions’ money than giving it to the Labour party
Really baffling why people try to make out there's some qualitative difference between Reform & the Tories
Conservative Councillor says "young black males" are "flooding" the UK
Contacted by Byline, she defended her comments, saying “we cannot sustain the volume of.. black males” that “jeopardises [our] security"
Asked why their skin colour matters, she replied “because they are [black], aren’t they?"
Contacted by Byline, she defended her comments, saying “we cannot sustain the volume of.. black males” that “jeopardises [our] security"
Asked why their skin colour matters, she replied “because they are [black], aren’t they?"
Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that "we cannot sustain the volume of young black males" that "jeopardises the security of our country"
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Really baffling why people try to make out there's some qualitative difference between Reform & the Tories
Poor guy. Those ballistic vests are designed to protect officers from the impact of bullets, not delicious, well-seasoned sandwiches
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Poor guy. Those ballistic vests are designed to protect officers from the impact of bullets, not delicious, well-seasoned sandwiches
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George Osborne 2010 before implementing austerity that caused 190k excess deaths: “we’re all in this together”
Rachel Reeves 2025:
Rachel Reeves 2025:
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
George Osborne 2010 before implementing austerity that caused 190k excess deaths: “we’re all in this together”
Rachel Reeves 2025:
Rachel Reeves 2025:
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You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: “…Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
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First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
Elon Musk backs Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race
Musk encouraged NYC voters to back former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani the day before the city's mayoral electi
www.businessinsider.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...
Israeli military’s former top lawyer arrested over leaked prisoner video
Surveillance footage showed alleged abuse of Palestinian inmate at notorious Israeli prison
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...
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Yes, this is crackpot insanity caused by politicians and journalists winding each other up to hysterical tantrums *that he and his colleagues do not approve of and won’t participate in, this time*, because that IMO is the key difference with the late 2010s.
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yes, this is crackpot insanity caused by politicians and journalists winding each other up to hysterical tantrums *that he and his colleagues do not approve of and won’t participate in, this time*, because that IMO is the key difference with the late 2010s.
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The people of Sudan are enduring unimaginable suffering - and the world is watching.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The people of Sudan are enduring unimaginable suffering - and the world is watching.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.