Labour needs to get on with its agenda on the assumption that three more years may be all it gets.

And Labour should also bring back the women that McSweeney got sacked.

Labour needs to get on with its agenda on the assumption that three more years may be all gets.

Hubris and karma are a mesmerising combination.

This is, and I will be blunt here, enormously more important a political story than what some twerp of a Labour backbench MP may be whispering.

moon highbury just now

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

this post has made me feel kind of shitty about how I've spent my January to be honest

Just had to block live feed from Oval Office on fb. WTAF?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

ICE actions are the policy of a Republican administration supported by a Republican dominated Congress. Call it that.

ICE actions are the policy of a Republican administration supported by a Republican dominated Congress. Call it that.

I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.

Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

Please share. 💔

I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.

This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism. It almost always benefits the side with the most power. In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it

Friendly reminder: "If one side says it's raining and the other says it is dry, it is NOT your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the window and see which is the truth." – 101 Journalism See through the lies. You're the watchdog. Bark. Bark as loud as you can.

I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned. Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

i think the "immigration turns high trust societies into low trust societies" people were already on really shaky ideological ground but now they're watching neighbors helping one another and calling them paid antifa agitators

From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.

Bit of self harming by LP here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why does Apple insist that IOS 26 is ok. It is ghastly. Please fix it.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Engraving by Visscher. At the Ashmolean I think

Melissa Scott Miller (British Artist, born 1959) "Snow in Islington", 2018. Oil on Canvas, 101.6 × 81.2 cm. Private Collection.

Melissa Scott Miller (British, born 1959) "An Islington View", 2023. Oil on Canvas, 102 × 77 cm. Private Collection.from ‘the other side of art’

There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open

fun fact: if a recipe tells you it will take 8 to 10 minutes to caramelize onions, they're a lying-ass bitch

ICE are Trump’s brownshirts. Needs to be said and repeated over and over.

Fed Agent Permanently Blinds, Fractures Skull of Anti-ICE Protester newrepublic.com/post/205280/... via @newrepublic.com

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/... Bots dissing London it seems.

Post Christmas Highbury Fields

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Managed to break my shoulder in two places slipping on the ice this morning. Guess I'm going to have to learn to type one handed...

Epstein files. A reminder.

David Inshaw (British, b.1943) "Allotments," 1987 Oil on canvas 129 x 152 cm

Silicon Valley billionaire responses to wealth tax proposals: “It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times “We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society “You’re just jealous of us!” ?? “We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point

About to get very cold here. But sunny.

When he found Jesus in prison, did he beat him up for being a refugee?

best done in slow cooker

I like that every iteration of the Tory party since I’ve been aware has had its own version of Sir John Hayes, a point of surety in an uncertain world