Zack's unapologetic defence of migrants is so refreshing.

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

Chilean friends, don't forget to vote for Jara today! (I know maybe 5 Chileans and they're all on the far left)

I'm betting that somehow Ahmed Al Ahmed's ethnicity will not become the basis for loads of sweeping conclusions about multiculturalism.

Eurovision member-states will hold a secret ballot vote on the suspension of Israel from Eurovision 2026, after Spain and seven other countries demanded it.

Be extra kind to your Eurofan friends today, we've all had a very stressful day.

TikTok is currently doing "it's actually feminist for a woman to expect a man to propose" discourse. Please bring back cringe millennial tumblr feminism because I hate whatever this

On a personal level, let me just say. I'm happy with all the life decisions that have led me to spending this weekend watching sunsets in Margate rather than arguing about standing orders in Liverpool.

Zack Polanski must be popping vegan prosecco today.

Oh no, a new wall has dropped.

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I'm returning to the UK in two weeks. Apart from the 4pm sunsets, my biggest worry is that I'll accidentally speak to a stranger like they do in Spain and everyone will think I'm insane

I hate ex-Labour Halloween, what do you mean you're the 4th of July 2024?

This is insanity.

I reached the section of TikTok where it's showing me AI slop fake Irish rebel songs. I quit.

I was joking but then I had a viewing where the landlord said that if I'm having someone over, they have to pay 40 quid per night.

I saw a sublet ad that said "I'm flexible with dates" and understood it to mean "you are allowed to have people over"

I don't think you can both say that ethnic minorities can't identify as English and that flying English flags is never racist. Pick one, at most

As Henry points out,a long piece about free speech in the UK that doesn’t mention the many, many people arrested for supporting Palestine Action and is entirely framed in right-wing talking points is a dereliction of journalism.

I could never be an autumn person because my brain will never stop reading PSL as Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe

We just had the biggest fascist march in generations and the left is fighting over sending emails, kill me now

www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki... It’s that sense that his main discernible ideology is *shit-posting*, that killing a guy was, in a very genuine way, an extreme form of trolling. That he’s an intensification of a uncanny, unnerving, inhuman mode that’s about online — this emptiness.

Purely for personal reasons, I hate when "they're from a Republican family" is taken to mean "they're Republican." We don't know this.

The news. Not good. I'm not enjoying it at all.

It took me months to understand that when my Chilean friend says he's "not a huge fan" of an artist/band, it means he occasionally but not regularly listens to them and would be up for seeing them live, rather than that he thinks they're shite.

There's such a bad labour shortage that we're now hiring babies to work in construction?!

Oh no, not the Duchess of Kent... We need a bank holiday to pay respect :((

It's never about the numbers.

Anyway, gora Euskadi.

Hear me out: we need an app for hanging out. Without sexual undertones or the need to chat for weeks. When you're a solo traveller, or your plans get cancelled or whatever. Sometimes you want to be like "I'm in this area for the next 3-4 hours, who wants to hang out"

claiming polanski as polish representation

to be clear, I voted for Zack

my boobs grew hypnotically bigger just seeing that result 🎉

I still remember when it was the left that was meant to be obsessed with identity, symbols and silly virtue signalling.

Logging in to check British news

Instagram has a sticker for "Greater Basque Country but make it communist"

Removing child benefits from non-working Ukrainians only makes them more precarious, forcing them to accept shittier jobs and driving down pay and conditions for everyone. But don't say it to the temporarily embarrassed millionaires of the Polish right.

I don't understand why Swift's many relationships with men were not seen as evidence that she's not gay but her engagement suddenly is. What am I missing?

I'm sorry but flag discourse is so boring. Please worry about something real. Get yourself some real problems ffs

Going for an outdoors swim when it's hot outside is honestly a top 10 human experience. More of life should be spent doing that.

Ethel Cain is like Phoebe Bridgers to me, one of these artists I always think I should be into, try to get into but never quite get it

Not enough people are politically active. That's how you make your best enemies.

It's actually so nice to have friends in their late 20s/early 30s when everyone is no longer a hot mess and people actually have interesting ideas for their lives

Reading the Rosalía statement once again made me think about how much more pro-Palestine the establishment common sense is in Spain than in Britain. A box-ticking bare-minimum "I oppose violence" statement by a British celebrity would sound quite different.

There are no more words to express the horror of what's happening in Gaza, or the depravity of those responsible. I don't see the point of sharing any more horrific images when all the awareness in the world seems to have minimal material impact. Just screaming into the void at this point.

Every day something new comes out where I'm like, I'm so glad I'm no longer giving this party the equivalent of one pint a month

A band your dad likes, a show about a misogynistic child murderer and something I've never heard of

I'm on the side of that schoolgirl, not because I'm proud to be British but because British schools need to chill the hell out.

A danger of living abroad for some time: you get really into a lot of artists who you'll probably never see live in your home country

I honestly don't know what the correct left strategy is. I quit Labour and joined the Greens a few months back. I will trust a new left party when it gives us a reason to trust it, beyond celebrities.