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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 3h

BBC balance is having Zach Polanski on Question Time, but only on the proviso that 3/5 of the panel are ardent right-wingers.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 6h

Whilst even a penny goes to shareholders, bills shouldn't be increasing. Privatised water - like all utilities - is a scandal, and the regulator isn't fit for purpose.

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 22h

Or, for everyone else, a small income and a load of debt in some soul-destroying career.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

Poor old Kemi has a problem. She doesn’t want arts subjects learned, because then people would understand how she’s talking bollocks. She doesn’t want sciences or mathematics studied, because then people would understand she’s talking bollocks. She doesn’t want law studied… 1/2

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 23h

So the Conservatives want to get rid of degrees in sociology, anthropology, and anything that involves a critical evaluation of written language. What does this tell us about them, and anyone else committed to dismantling higher education?

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 23h

'Raise the Colours' complaining about being called racist before proceeding to tag every prominent racist in desperation for clout.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 1d

Also, RE his purported success in vanquishing the BNP, I thought this was an interesting piece: www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi.... Great discussion, as ever! (2/2)

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 1d

I think the McSweeney-led view of working class priorities is reductive and pretty condescending. Most people do care about issues of equality alongside functioning public services, and if you cede ground to the far right on the former without addressing the latter you'll struggle, as they are.(1/2)

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 3d

Especially straight after the yellow given to Buendia.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 3d

Booked when jumping for the ball and then doesn't even get a foul for a forearm smash. Very poor refereeing.

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 4d

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 4d

I doubt many are especially well-adjusted members of society.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

The 'what if an ambulance?' brigade fiercely against this, no doubt.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely absurd. Are we expected to believe they'd be allowed to continue if they were JSO activists, or anyone else on the left engaging in peaceful protest?

Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 6d

Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.

The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.

Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

The shea butter I had on toast this morning wasn't great at all.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

The timing of the latest attack on plant-based foods in the EU isn't a coincidence. EAT-Lancet again shows the environmental devastation caused by animal-heavy diets, and the industry have accelerated their campaign of dis-and-misinformation. It's time for the green movement to tackle this head-on.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 5d

“For the past 2 decades, scientists have…landed on the same takeaways—esp. that rich countries must shift their diets to be more plant-based. But that message has, with few exceptions, failed to incite action by governments and food companies, or even the environmental movement itself.” #EatLancet

The rich must eat less meat

Scientists say rich countries need to eat a lot less meat. Will the environmental movement finally listen?

www.vox.com

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

Animal agriculture acutely aware it's days are numbered, and bastions of neoliberalism are only too happy to prop them up.

Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 5d

The EU Parliament committee proposes banning plant-based foods from using “meaty” labels like “steak” or “burger.” 🌱🚫🥩

👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/09/12/eu-parliament-committee-endorses-ban-of-meaty-terms-for-plant-based-foods/

#plantbased #veganfood #plantbasedfood #vegan

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 5d

To use yesterday's horror as an attempt to repress anti-genocide protest is not only a grotesque, opportunistic instrumentalisation of tragedy for political gain, but, in its conflation of Israel and the Jewish community, itself antisemitic.

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 8d

Choosing to tackle the far right by interfering with judicial independence is a stupid and dangerous path to tread. It won't lessen the threat of Reform, but it will further embolden them and others attacking the ECHR.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 11d

Similarly, how much are you allowed to push the keeper? I've seen goals disallowed for less.

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 11d

Was this Refcam idea focus grouped to people who like the feeling of a migraine?

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 15d

You can go on TV and say the sky was made from recycled carrier bags by retired seamstresses in Portsmouth and if you are from a right wing think tank the news will report it as one side of a contested debate.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 16d

100% this. The confluence of conspiracy theory and misogyny at its natural end point.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16d

Of course the main takeaway from all of this is that autism is women’s fault.

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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 18d

Idiot.

Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 18d

Wait. Where are you getting the idea that *I'm* supporting Reform?

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