To out this in context its roughly 1/140 of all Russians and 1/18 males between 18-40 Tell me again how Russia is winning and this is sustainable

Sometimes wonder if Paul's gift for melody was a curse which means he isn't seen as innotive as the other Beatles. While they fucked around with sitars and shit he just, you know, wrote Blackbird and Something

Squidge's yearly review videos are a utter delight and a proper labour of love. God knows how long finding, recording, clipping and editing a hour and 40 mins of rugby is. Everything that's good about the sport, and sport generally. Sillyness, passion, athleticism, emotion. Sit down and enjoy.

He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Paddington, and Hell followed with him.

2025. An incredible year for rugby union. We count down every moment that made it special, silly, strange and so much more in our definitive celebration of the 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025... youtu.be/7hVloJg_FsE?...

Okay, this may be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever read. Choosing not to vote for, say, the SPD versus Hitler but saying that you’re morally justified because you think the SPD is also evil is the argument of an adolescent

Imran Ahmed is on the list of individuals “sanctioned” by the State Department. He founded the Centre for Countering Digital Hate in the wake of Jo Cox’s murder in 2016. CCDH was sued by Elon Musk over its work. Now Ahmed faces US sanction for it. There are surely diplomatic implications here.

Today Labour are announcing wide-ranging NHS support for care leavers… 🏥… from free prescriptions, dental and eye care… 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️… to joined up mental health support, paid internships and guaranteed interviews for jobs in the NHS! Wes Streeting in the Daily Mirror: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Yep, the AI boom is massive, but if you think all recent US economic growth is downstream of data centers, think again—total investment in computers & software contributed roughly 0.3% to the 4.3% GDP growth in Q3

Putting everything else aside; 2 of these 3 groups are the most able to fight back in British politics. Which is why targeting them is so difficult!

Notable they aren't claiming that Epstein didn't write the note here, just that the claim isn't true...

This is pretty obviously entirely the correct approach. The Government should not be intervening in judicial decisions, or setting policy on the basis of whether people are prepared to self harm in protest.

Good to see this being prosecuted but scary how quickly this has been normalised Was in da club on Friday with some friends and one danced with a bloke *who immediately put his arm around her neck to pull her into him* - something I've never seen before She pushed him away and was fine but still

With some mid level tactical voting... Well hung, I think we call it

Pointing gambling taxes at the most harmful forms of gambling, whilst supporting community institutions that involve low-harm gambling. Another example of Labour in action.

In my school mums WhatsApp group one of the Muslim mums is helping one of the other mums assemble a last-minute Christmas Eve box and this is the country I am proud to live in and share x

A lot of talk about Overton windows after one of the worst years for out-and-out racism & hate in politics that I personally remember - but accusations of racism by Rfm candidates last year was met with withdrawal and blaming "bad vetting". They are far more willing to back racist candidates now.

Broke: "A British Meji Restoration" Bespoke: "A British Tokugawa Shogunate"

Good grief: a genuine, senior Reform candidate saying we should force Jews and Muslims to commit blasphamy to 'prove their sincerity to Christians'. This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.

Finally got around to reading this and... has Marie discovered Slaanesh?

This is the key bit here: while your reach on X is small, it is still seen by the elites who are on there and thats useful. I know from experiance you can put fairly controversial stuff on Facebook and get no jurnos contact, despite huge engagement. But one tweet on X...

One of the things Im most worried about is the dissolution of a shared lifeworld between the left and right with common facts/assumptions etc. You cant have a debate, or a democracy, with people who exist in a totally different information enviroment. And the net hugely accentuates that

Exactly this: the administration’s concentration camps should be a howling, daily outrage, a scandal of historic proportions.

If this is real - and apparently it had been reported on previously, though nothing on content - its what you'd call a smoking gun. Particularly if its the reason the DOJ pulleed down the most recenr tranche of files

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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

I really think this borders on disinformation. Someone actively thought: "NAH. Too positive. Let's feed the discord angle."

Am I happy or sad that Paddington has replace Charon in our mythology? We're going to start burying people with a pot of marmalade on each eye

The dirty secret here is, of course, that the best social mobility plan is a social equality plan

As we all know from St Jeremy's example, no one may ever advocate a different policy, ever, or change their mind in response to a different circumstances. Doing so is a clearly the sign of a weak mind

In addition to this, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, Russia will agree its borders and gaurentee not to try to change them by force. Very trustworthy guys once they make an agreement

Animal welfare strategy The strategy is launched later today and will deliver on several manifesto promises our Labour government made - and more! + a ban on trail hunting + a ban on snare traps + creation of a closed season on hares, to reduced numbers killed during breeding season. 1/2

Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than - visibility of boats & asylum > visas - general vibes about integration - elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising

Of course, none of this excuses its morally bankrupt and politically disastrous failure to take on the racist, nationalist right on immigration and to to appease it instead. That is unforgivable. But this is the most redistributive government we’ve seen since the 1970s.

Think you can understand a lot about British politics from the ONS survey reporting that 56% of people said they voted in the last local elections, when turnout in those elections was about 36%.

Rosalina's Berghain is just stunning isnt it? Not just the song of the year but arguably one of the decade. Absurd

Now read this and the big buried lead in it is that Streeting comes out of a Customs Union. He also comes out challenging the Govt/PM in at least 4 different ways which, erm, well not many Cabinet ministers get away with that

Who doesnt love Ellis Genge?

Sadiq gets a lot of stick (some entirely justified) but he’s been an utter zealot for clean air via ULEZ, been re-elected twice, and it’s meant fewer kids dying from asthma, and you can see the stars again.

The fastest mile I’ve ever run came in at 5:49. I almost threw up after I was done. When Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon, every one of his 26.2 miles clocks in under 4:40. He sustains this pace for 2 hours.

What sits behind ALL this is the inescapable fact that a huge chunk of the lobby has been out to get this gov't from Day 1, not because of anything it did (this is no defence of a gov't that is doing lots wrong and deserves criticism), but because ONLY THEIR CHAPS have a right to be in office. Ever.

Labour does so badly in this poll mainly because, as the tables show, they lose 29% of their 2024 vote to the Lib Dems and Greens. Only 8% goes to Reform, just ahead of the 6% to the Cons. Those Lab–Con switchers push the Tories over 20%, despite them losing a quarter of their 2024 vote to Reform.

The thing that always gets me about the whole “mass migration means immigrants recreate the conditions of their country of origin!” thing is that it is so transparently fucking nuts that there is not a single example of it ever being true in all of human history

Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use

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FT defends London, one of the greatest cities in the world www.ft.com/content/dd79...

Genuinely an amazing bit of idiocy. Its not tenable that he doesnt feature at all in the file: we know from the already available docs he does. So removing every mention just isnt credible. Its so obviously a cover up

lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is "he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly