It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

“God damn them all.”

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And Canada

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

Starmer is supposed to be a lawyer. Which bit of international law does kidnapping a head of state from inside their own country by another state fall under? Does this mean Iran can now kidnap Netanyahu without consequence? Or Putin kidnap Zelenskyy? Because this is what Starmer is condoning here.

Fab video! Breaking down the romance between Rey and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo (aka #Reylo) across the Star Wars sequel trilogy—scene by scene—to make the case that Reylo is one of the most compelling slow burn, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates romances in recent film history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYxt...

Robin Ince is my new hero. Thankyou for standing up for those of us who are being attacked by so many elements of the media and politics right now. I'm sorry you have had to leave Monkey Cage, it and the BBC will be so much worse for your absence

Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US Insurance which would be 4x more expensive and worse in every way. Except for the £600bn a year profit for him and his mates.

All this time spent thinking nobody cared meanwhile…

little did we know that adam driver was out here writing the mother of all fix-it fics for literal years. captain of the reylo ship i salute thee

the funniest part is the implication that adam also hates tros, yes king

Adam Driver is just like us, he spent the pandemic crying into his bowl of cereal over the death of Ben Solo

“they didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive” DARTH MAUL WAS CUT IN HALF AND BROUGH BACK!!!! WITH MECHANICAL SPIDER LEGS!

Goddammit I just saw the news about #TheHuntForBenSolo, BOB IGER YOU DUMBASS OH MY GOD I've never seen anyone say no to SURE MONEY like this! Unbelievable

THISSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! #BringBackBenSolo #TheHuntForBenSolo

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

We live in a country where the president can order a comedian to be yanked off TV. What I describe is not a democracy.

The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.

And Starmer, Reeves and Miliband need to get this too. UK Fossil based CCS is front loaded with massive dependence on LNG and very high methane emissions outside the UK. They all ignored this and put £22bn into CCS against advice of scientists, see www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If I'm in The Hunger Games, I'm a citizen of The Capitol, bearing witness to the starvation and massacre of a resistant District, while a radio show discusses fashion etiquette at a film festival. #Palestine 🇵🇸

Petition: Make Addressing the Climate Emergency a Statutory duty for Councils petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Great to hear someone from a real political party standing up on LBC and hammering home the real story. Inspired by @garyseconomics.bsky.social not Nigel Farage! The problem is the billionaires, NOT the migrants. Don't let them take our humanity. #VoteGreen backzack.com

“I woke up with a sense of dread…” A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging. Don’t miss this powerful open letter. 👇

And in amongst all the horror, hate and atrocity the world continues to show us its beauty. I just wish I could enjoy it without the solastalgic grief I feel because everything is broken

No matter what you do, the far right will always want the next cruelty, and their torch-bearers in the press will attack you for not delivering it. All while priming voters to conceive of far right concerns as newly moderate. Again, this has happened in every single place this has ever been tried.

If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.

Sarah Montague has the patience of a saint. #SebastianGorka is a cunt #wato #bbcR4

The BBC should not be platforming unhinged monsters like Sebastian Gorka. He's 💯 guaranteed to say something hateful, insightful, racist and dangerous. Get him off. #wato

Please never platform that rude Gorka ever again, BBC. #wato

I've just been listening to this car crash with an open mouth and rising anger. The lack of respect for Sarah Montague was astounding. Don't think he would have been that openly patronising that to a man. The road to Gilead is paved with these sorts of interviews by misogynistic psychopaths

Grrrrrrrr, I’m sick to death of the hours of airtime afford to Nigel Fromage by all media outlets & the deliberate ignoring of #TheGreenParty & #LiberalDemocrats with a little tokenistic piece once every blue moon.

Nick Robinson on the BBC asked why are the Green Party invisible? Perhaps it is because he and the BBC almost never invite them on their shows.

Just wondering what you think about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill's ecologically illiterate nature levy @timfarron.bsky.social ? I'm really concerned as are a lot of very influential environmentalists including Profs Lawton, Dasgupta and Hill.

Wildlife can't just be moved around like pieces on chess board. It has landscape significance and time depth in the place where it is right now. This government are so terribly ecologically illiterate

Superior trolling from The Economist

On Radio 4’s Today Programme Farage refused to accept that carbon emissions are leading to climate change. Farage is a con artist. He will say or do anything. Let’s not forget he’s bankrolled by fossil fuel interests, climate deniers, and major polluters—taking in £2.3 million since 2019 election.

I'm looking for green-minded, climate concerned UK, politically literate people to follow. Can anyone suggest podcasters, commentators, media people, scientists, campaigners etc etc that I could connect with? Cheers all!

Think Reform’s net-zero announcements may well be their first big mistake since their rise in the polls. There would definitely be scope to criticise specific climate measures, but trying to actively reverse shift to renewables lands well on wrong side of British public opinion.

First off, Donnie, mind your own fucking business what laws other countries have. Second, you’re a complete POS to not want to have laws protecting the LGBTQ community. Go away! 🖕

🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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