The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

It's a sign of our fundamental failings as a nation that we're into 2025 and for some reason I'm having to post something about Tony Blair that isn't "RIP bozo" or "Enjoy prison, bitcj"

I can only assume some committee or other was brainstorming "the worst possible outcomes for Gaza and the world", came up with this and then accidentally filed it under recommendations, because boy fucking howdy Jesus CHRIST.

THAT'S RIGHT!! TONTY BLAIR *IS* BEHIND THIS!!

You'll never* guess whose think tank is cited as having coincidentally released a report in support of ID cards just this week!! *You know. We all know. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Ahhh, hell yeah.

Ahhhh, Gildas. Grimly amusing that these miserable twats have always been with us. Also funny that the target of his ire, Anglo-Saxons, is how so many of his spiritual descendants would proudly self-describe. The Stewart Lee joke rendered into flesh.

Hearing a rumour that RFK Jr. is gonna ban Jaffa cakes because "they're too damn dangerous, you can't have just one!".

Oh NO, the bridge is gone!! Old Red can't carry on!!!

I don't understand why, 30 minutes into his 15 minute allocated speaking time, the UN don't just turn Trump's mic off? People need to stop giving this fascist piece of shit deferential treatment and start treating him like the pariah he is.

Awesome I love it when libs do solidarity like "how much Tylenol did Trump's mom take haha get it Trump is autistic which is bad like how he's fat and gay and has incontinence and when fat gay incontinent autistics say "idk if this is ideal praxis and rhetoric" I will tell them to enjoy the camps"

Trump freeballing his speech to the UN? Fuck me, this should be interesting.

I would never state anything as direct as "the 2019 election was rigged", I believe the votes were counted correctly etc., but it was definitely the closest thing *to* a rigged election without such direct measures I've experienced, for various reasons.

When I - a smart lobby journo - was invited to a secret briefing by Labour’s millionaire donations officer who had access to a huge slush fund, to hear about a terrifying scandal that was entirely based upon Facebook posts by random members of the public, I was impressed by how legit it was.

Autism is of course not a "problem to solve" like how the media and politicians are billing it, but it is also very important to call out that paracetamol/Tylenol does not cause autism, because otherwise lots of pregnant people are going to die

This is mainly about AI, but on the way the author makes a great point about how open-plan offices and the backlash against working from home prove that surveillance is more important to managers than success:

“Some say”, “controversial”, “experts disagree”. Just say they’re talking bollocks, man, the world is ending and we haven’t got time for this

We do not need balance on the absolutely insane bullshit coming out of politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Just say it’s bullshit

Hang on, is this why Galaxy chocolate is called that, or is it just a coincidence?

Look pal, where I come from a "cold brew" is a fuckin disaster.

Stop trying to argue with the logic of the right. The right purposefully employs inconsistent logic to specifically in order to make people show it is above consistency. It is purely about dominance. And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.

Hell, just bring back Emily Booth.

Freeview was a mistake. Too many channels and 98% garbage. Take me back to late night Channel 4 shit like Bits with Emily Booth.

Love to drop a dril reference into a report at work.

Normal Island bars author of Normal People

I just want to take some time this morning to explain why, if you're a socialist, you are obliged to support trans rights, gay rights, immigrants rights and so on. What distinguishes a socialist from a liberal philosophical is that we are universalists. We believe in a universal human dignity.

I'm not even remotely defending Trump, but who gives the tiniest shit if he didn't shake the king's hand properly? Seriously, nobody fucking cares and kicking off about it makes us look like a backwards peasant nation.

The best thing I can say about Alien: Earth, besides the excellent acting, set design, costuming and direction, is that, without fail, every episode ends with someone making the stupidest possible decision of their life, followed by the hardest earth-shattering riff from a 90s band into the credits

Under a hundred years ago an Austrian mediocrity needed revenge coz an art school thought he'd be better suited to a different career, now untalented mediocrities need revenge because the cool kids don't laugh at their jokes. That's why we have to have fascism now.

Can anyone say "shit show"?

Americans really out here with names like Skip Bronkie.

I just… what the fuck is even happening

A lot of people are going to get really in the weeds about "how did it go so wrong" with Starmer, but the simple answer is his project was dependent on the biggest cunts in the country. The Labour Right.

Orwell might have been a snitch but he did go to war against fascists and, unlike *some* people, could take a bullet to the n-[REDACTED ON LEGAL ADVICE]

What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.

I'm seeing a disturbing trend on social media today of people quoting this post urging people *not* to share this photograph and frankly, I'm horrified. The instructions are *quite clear* NOT to share this photograph and it's disgusting that so many people are disregarding it.

A winning combination of slavery and taking work from skilled ship builders.

The media doesn't want you to know that like 92% of Americans died last year from illegal drugs. But we're not going to let them conceal the truth any longer.

So I'm currently playing Alan Wake 2, a very spooky game, and I'm exploring a new area I've opened up and I hear a faint distorted laugh somewhere in the distance so I'm a little on edge, low on ammo and health, creeping steadily forward... Tense. Expectant.

It's possible Ahti from Control/Alan Wake 2 is my favourite videogame creation ever. I'm never not happy to see him.

This Labour government might be the government least suited for a particular moment in history there has ever been. They are wholly and fundamentally incapable of responding to the situation and we're all going to suffer as a result.

If this is all it took to go from 'stop the boats' to 'if people want to come and better their life I welcome them' then this is a battle than can be won. We just have to get out there and do this, as is being done here.

We just spent ten years *screaming* at the public on every available channel that the type of people who would organise anti-racist rock concerts to build a broad progressive movement are hateful, Britain-hating racist extremists. Best of luck doing this now, lads.

This week I bravely, and with a certain quiet dignity, break my silence on every father's shared trauma. The plight of having toddlers constantly compare our bellies and behaviours to those of one Daddy Pig. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Hearing rumours that a strange doorway has opened up in the Niben Bay.

It's going to be interesting to watch the cognitive and rhetorical journey of people who insist that Charlie Kirk's opinions weren't far-right wrestle with the idea that he could have been killed by someone *more* extreme than him.

Lots of people in this country need to hear the message - it isn't the left's fault that everything you wanted and fought for is absolute fucking dogwater. I, too, am sorry that you won and imposed this shit on us, but we actually tried to stop it.