Do you get it now?

These are absolutely monstrous people "Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

I am trying, really trying, not to get angry but it is genuinely unbelievable how much of our current woes you can put down to "the Conservative party thinks only in a 2 day media cycle and acts accordingly." A party gleefully smashing up the hotel room then asking whose room it is.

An astonishing article in the Daily Mail. Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home. archive.md/2025.12.29-1...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK

Daily Mail tragedy in 3 acts 22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe. 24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home 13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone? All the signs were there!

Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes". Deserves to go viral.

"Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history." 👀 https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

This is disgusting. Blatant corruption at the highest level in plain sight and Oversight Chair Comer Pyle morphs into a combination of Mr. Magoo and Sgt. Schultz.

🔴 Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’ Nigel Farage’s party was recognised for “widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.” bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...

I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.

What a hideous man he is. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Private Eye.

So many people don't realise this...

Press: "Can you just explain when you two first got to know each other?" Farage: "No. Right, moving on."

An academic who has influenced Donald Trump’s US administration has become a senior adviser to Nigel Farage, Reform UK has announced

You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...

I used to think clever people were those to whom I would listen to and emerge confused. Their confidence, dazzling range of reference and use of obscure vocabulary was designed to (and did) impress me. The impenetrable nature of their thought meant they dwelt above us all /2

NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 10-13 % who approve | disapprove of Donald Trump U.S. adult citizens 40% | 55% (-15) Last week 39% | 56% Start of term 49% | 43% Democrats 6% | 94% Independents 30% | 61% Republicans 84% | 10% Men 42% | 53% Women 38% | 56% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

While cash use is declining across Europe, more than half of all payments are still made with banknotes. Its usage share is, however, much lower in terms of value.

If you thought climate change was bad, allow me to introduce you to imate-clay ange-chay. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

Rubs eyes. Looks again. Rubs eyes. It's still there.

BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S. AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers. Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

How is this not front page news? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting discussion on political funding at Lib Dem conference. Transparency International point out that South Australia has now banned private donations to political parties for state elections, while federally Australia introduced a £25,000 annual donation cap for the next fed. election.

Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.

Look who came with

I like this. .#Chaplin #thegreatdictator

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards." www.wired.com/story/uncann...

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

Let's recap. @jimmykimmel.com called bullshit on the US government. And ABC preferred to side with the bullshit rather than with the facts.

First Colbert, and now Kimmel. Trump wants to appear as a strong man. Strong men don't fear criticism from comedians. Name a previous administration that demanded no jokes about it. Name a previous media landscape that caved. This, this right here, is the cancel culture you used to hate.

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader

Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch. 📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

Prisons in England and Wales to cut spending on education courses by up to 50%

I recommend everyone watches this

We all need to be having these conversations.

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

While politicians and the media focus on things that aren't really major problems, we get headlines like this that barely get any attention. "It’s 10:30am and they’re taking Ketamine at school" www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists... And nothing. Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility. As America gets ever darker, too little light here.

America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.