Brett and Mat joined @radiox.co.uk to talk through some of the inspirations behind 'Antidepressants'. Watch the full interview here: bit.ly/SuedeRadioX - SuedeHQ

To our Jewish friends and neighbours across the North East. Now is the time for the people of our region to do what we do best - unite and stand together in solidarity, against hate and division.

Great interview with Sebastian from Viagra Boys. youtu.be/XNtboJKYd1A?...

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Our #HateCrime Advocacy Service is here to make sure every voice is heard. Standing with those affected by hate crime, working to uphold their rights and challenge racial discrimination. If you or someone you know has been affected by #hatecrime, reach out today. #AdvocacyWorks

The area of Manchester where the horrific antisemitic attack took place is one of the few in the UK where Jewish & Muslim ppl both live in large numbers. We must learn from & follow how these communities support each other, as we condemn the attack & send love & solidarity to Jews across the UK

Reform’s Russia connections are a danger to our national security. It’s time for a public inquiry.

Moldova’s vote is a clear yes to a European future. Despite Russia’s massive efforts to spread disinformation and buy votes, no force can stop a people committed to freedom. We stand with Moldova on their path to the EU.

🚨🚨Excellent and important news: The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secured a majority in a pivotal #Moldovan election that is set to keep the country on track to joining the #EU amidst massive Russian interference campaign. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/poll...

This is patriotism. 🇬🇧 This is pride. This is unity. This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us. So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One of the things that’s maddening about this is that *everyone knows* that casting “male loneliness” as a great social emergency—like the “birth rate” panic—is a way to legitimize attacks on women’s freedom. It’s taboo to point this out even though it serves literally no other function!

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The Trump administration announces a "review" of the safety of the abortion drug mifepristone—suggesting they may move to reverse Biden-era regulations that made the pill more available, including by mail.

Teenage Daydream by Debsey Wykes – Book Review louderthanwar.com/teenage-dayd...

Also, if you read @paulmason.bsky.social's How To Stop Fascism, the short answer is for the left to fight fascists not each other.

Everyone in the entire world (outside the US) is saying Trump is lying about this. Except this one person. Who wants to be leader of the UK. God help us.

Welp, I guess it's time to relaunch our 2018 "Reproduction Causes Autism" t-shirt campaign—because anyone claiming otherwise is selling something, and/or holding a major US government position. Proceeds to benefit @autisticadvocacy.org. www.bonfire.com/reproduction... #autism #neurodiversity

“President Trump is remaking the country in his image: crude, harsh, gratuitously mean. The ongoing attack on civil society, which his administration plans to intensify in the name of Charlie Kirk, is a part of this program.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

They say the limit of free speech is shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre. But how is Arthur Brown supposed to make a living?

I confess I become increasingly irritated with Brits who inform me in what kind of deep trouble my country is in, and how blind we are supposedly to this, at a time when right wing nationalism is surging in Britain and NATO is hanging by a thread. My Friends. We are in the same boat.

Still absolutely blown away by the new Suede @suedehq.bsky.social album, ‘Antidepressants’. Their tenth album and, for me, their best yet, even exceeding the high bar set by ‘Night Thoughts’ (2016). Album of the Year.

Sunday evening, 10pm on Absolute Radio The LlSTENlNG PARTY Jean-Jacques Burnel is my very special guest, with The Stranglers’ classic, La Folie as our featured album Tune in

When will Europeans understand that Trump is actively trying to weaken them, and using NATO to make Europeans act against their own interests? He has basically turned NATO into a stalking horse to help Russia, and Europeans are helping him.

Russia attacks Poland deliberately, the Trump response…”It could’ve been a mistake.” Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.

Latest article for @ForeignAffairs The US can no longer be considered a friend of democracy, as such the existing democratic states need to think strategically about protecting themselves and even starting a fightback. There is no point in pretending everything will be ok.

I miss moderate centrists, who don’t claim to have all the answers, who don’t ascribe to either extreme ideologies or supposedly god-given rules to try and control other people, and who try to work together to settle problems aware of their own limitations. Where have they gone?

As a practicing Catholic (and a lay minister each Sunday!) this is outrageous. Charlie Kirk preached exclusion, division, and actively endangered groups in society; the complete OPPOSITE of what we actually hear at mass each week (which is love and help thy neighbor)

Ed Davey has called for an emergency programme to clear the asylum backlog and treat refugees with compassion, before a Liberal Democrat conference where the party aims to target disillusioned Conservative and Labour voters.

If BlueSkyers out there would like to join us as citizen journalists on a mission to speak truth to power in this increasingly censored world, you are very welcome, whatever your nationality, and wherever you live.

What an utter shambles.

Why didn't his supposedly massive brain and brilliant instincts and intellect stop him from sending all those vile messages about a female black Labour MP?

I want my country back. The country that welcomed my Grandfather fleeing from the Armenian genocide. That welcomed the Polish grandfather of our political editor, who then fought against Hitler. That welcomed the Indian parents of our editor-in-chief, as citizens of the British Empire. That country

Telegraph headline feels inflammatory - there's no tearing, just careful removal of a flag from a grade 1 listed historic monument that belongs to the nation.

🧵David Rothkopf rightly lays out the dangerous dilemma in a society that needs to whitewash the truth about Charlie Kirk. For the sane, at least we can hold two contrary thoughts in our brain at one time. David explains in his excellent article and I am thankful for it. ⬇️

New post just out: "The route to chaotic authoritarianism" On why Reform's deportation plans would have consequences well beyond asylum, that could change Britain forever. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Hi All, With my article just appearing in Foreign Affairs about how democratic states need a strategy to survive and possibly fight back now that Trump is moving the USA closer to Russia and China, I put together this piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Early days yet, but I think this is a welcome development.

Mainstream is a network for everyone in the Labour Party and labour movement who wants to develop and champion the vision, policy, and strategy we need to transform the country - and win in 2029. Become a member today: mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

The assassination of Charlie Kirk threatens to embolden the far right and provide Donald Trump with a pretext for crushing dissent. Escalating political violence corrodes democratic norms and poses a unique threat to the Left.

That’s how to do it

A local resident said: "I asked them not to put a flag up outside my daughter's bedroom. "It terrified her the previous night & I asked them not to look into her window. "They refused and... threatened to come back later and look through her window." www.edp24.co.uk/news/2545769...

Amazing album. Wish the Guardian hadn’t put Spice Girls in the headline. It’s like… The Shangri-Las + Aimee Mann + The Magic Roundabout (the cartoon) + The Shaggs