Tom Jolliffe
@thomjolliffe.bsky.social
Old crock. Climate action vital for our Earth. Progressive UK European opposed to Brexit insanity and Trump's fascism. Human rights for all. Oligarchs are an obscenity. Respect for all living species. Centre Left. Hope not Hate. No chat unless I know you.
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The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip reports that Israeli forces have committed 875 violations over 74 days of the ceasefire, killing 411 Palestinians and injuring 1,112 as they also arrested 45 people.
December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip reports that Israeli forces have committed 875 violations over 74 days of the ceasefire, killing 411 Palestinians and injuring 1,112 as they also arrested 45 people.
Our closest ally? When is the UK going to tell it like it is to the Trump cardboard Fascists. We aren't living up to our reputation for high principles. In fact we are kowtowing to most seedy and disgusting set of characters ever seen in the USA Government.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
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December 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Our closest ally? When is the UK going to tell it like it is to the Trump cardboard Fascists. We aren't living up to our reputation for high principles. In fact we are kowtowing to most seedy and disgusting set of characters ever seen in the USA Government.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Simon Jenkins is not my preferred writer, but I think there is quite a lot of sense in this (disregarding the headline).
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Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job | Simon Jenkins
Rumours of the prime minister’s demise are premature. Yes, the polls look bad – but these days they reflect little more than voters’ passing whims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Simon Jenkins is not my preferred writer, but I think there is quite a lot of sense in this (disregarding the headline).
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Longest Suicide Note in American History
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The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration confuses its enemies with its friends
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December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
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So, Trump sues the BBC for $5Bn and puts the technology deal with the UK on hold until the US gets more concessions.
Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.
Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So, Trump sues the BBC for $5Bn and puts the technology deal with the UK on hold until the US gets more concessions.
Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.
Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.
A shower of potentially dangerous people, incorporating the old National Front thugs, with nothing else to do, probably raking in money from the Far Right funding mechanisms, indocrinated by the poisonous hatred of Fascist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
France and UK ‘failing to tackle anti-migrant activists’
Migrant support groups in France say lack of action over British activists is ‘encouraging violent and xenophobic practices’
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December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A shower of potentially dangerous people, incorporating the old National Front thugs, with nothing else to do, probably raking in money from the Far Right funding mechanisms, indocrinated by the poisonous hatred of Fascist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Economists judge Brexit Bill to be worse than ever just as politics is shifting
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Economists Judge Brexit Bill to Be Worse Than Ever Just as Politics Is Shifting
It’s true the most dismal predictions about Brexit didn’t come true — immediately.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Economists judge Brexit Bill to be worse than ever just as politics is shifting
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Meanwhile quarterly profits are around the £2 billion mark as BP pollutes the planet with fossil fuels.
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
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December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Meanwhile quarterly profits are around the £2 billion mark as BP pollutes the planet with fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is the "master race" in another guise. Trumpo and his group of grubby pseudo-fascists can't bear the idea that non white people might be more intelligent, more cultured, more capable and better than them. Thus they seek to eliminate them.
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‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
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December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is the "master race" in another guise. Trumpo and his group of grubby pseudo-fascists can't bear the idea that non white people might be more intelligent, more cultured, more capable and better than them. Thus they seek to eliminate them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Disappointment about Labour's first year or so should not stop us supporting it against the opposing forces of the Reform-Lite Tories and the Fascist Faragists. If Reform gets elected, the UK's wealth will be ripped away by billionaire Reform backers.
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Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want | Gaby Hinsliff
From tackling child poverty to being honest about Brexit, the party seems to have recognised the growing electoral threat to its left, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Disappointment about Labour's first year or so should not stop us supporting it against the opposing forces of the Reform-Lite Tories and the Fascist Faragists. If Reform gets elected, the UK's wealth will be ripped away by billionaire Reform backers.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Racists are using the flags to intimidate minorities and, effectively, as a Nazi salute.
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‘A mini Battle of Cable Street’: the English neighbourhoods still grappling with the meaning of the flags
The controversy over flags has faded from the national agenda – but street by street, late at night and with ingenious new equipment, their raising and removal is the subject of a roiling dispute over...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Racists are using the flags to intimidate minorities and, effectively, as a Nazi salute.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Good stuff in the comments here, such as there is no dog in "hotdog", etc.
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Good stuff in the comments here, such as there is no dog in "hotdog", etc.
Sumption placed his personal freedom of the individual over the lives of his fellow citizens and equals as he looked down on them from his entitlement summit. What matter 250,000 deaths, 500,000, 1 million if it circumscribes my freedom? (The Times is paywalled)
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Errors, omissions and illogicalities galore at the Covid inquiry
The investigation tells us much about what we already know but little about what we need to know — whether lockdowns work and, if so, are worth the damage
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Sumption placed his personal freedom of the individual over the lives of his fellow citizens and equals as he looked down on them from his entitlement summit. What matter 250,000 deaths, 500,000, 1 million if it circumscribes my freedom? (The Times is paywalled)
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
