This is the thanks we get for lavishing him with a full state visit - more racist lies and smears about our capital city and its mayor. I assume the condemnation from Starmer will be coming any moment now?

Mickey Mouse economics.

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government

Am worried that Disney's return of Jimmy Kimmel will be a live-effect animated remake exploiting their old classic IP so as to cash in on customer loyalty.

America’s current stance is the US should hurt Brazil’s economy and prop up Argentina’s economy. The entire reason is that the US president and his fans like the leader of Argentina—or a successful version of him they made up—and dislike that Brazil upheld its laws against a coup plotter they like.

The equinox is in two hours and two minutes Happy Mabon, witches

Happy Autumnal equinox to all my followers, even those in other hemispheres and with other quibbles.

And to those who question the need for human rights laws or international courts, this is it. Because even functioning democracies can end up with authoritarian, oppressive regimes. And it is vulnerable people who suffer when there is no way to curtail government powers.

You know why ethnic minorities in the UK always feel second-class as if they're never safe in this country and could be asked to leave at any time? This is why:

Never, ever underestimate the short-term damage that fascists are capable of. When Idi Amin told thousands of Asians that they had just 90 days to leave Uganda, lots of people laughed. “He could never do that! That’s ridiculous.” But then the violence started. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

The curious dropped prosecution for Chinese spying What late "evidential" change could explain this sudden decision? Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-curiou... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status. “They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. “Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”

PHOTO OF THE DAY: The 2 people used in American Gothic by Grant Wood stand next to the iconic painting. They were Wood’s sister, Nan Graham, and his dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby (1942). 📷 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Archives

High immigration and the UK-EU trade deal softened the damage of Brexit Farage would expose Britain to the full cost of his ideological follies

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

The curious dropped prosecution for Chinese spying What late "evidential" change could explain this sudden decision? Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-curiou... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

I am likely to be writing about House of Lords (lack of) reform this week. Would love to hear from anyone with useful information or experience, including any peers who follow. Also let me know if you have read/seen anything interesting on this. DMs open.

September 21, 2025

So today I learned that there were tie-in novels for THE DOLLARS TRILOGY that went beyond the movies and boy do they have some amazing titles.

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

I am likely to be writing about House of Lords (lack of) reform this week. Would love to hear from anyone with useful information or experience, including any peers who follow. Also let me know if you have read/seen anything interesting on this. DMs open.

My statement on the formal recognition of the Palestinian state.

Pam Bondi is a loyalist hack, selected for her pro-bribery and pro-lying record, who has spent her tenure as Attorney General working to transform DOJ from a law enforcement org into a political allegiance and personal revenge org. If she can't find a pretext to manufacture charges, there isn't one.

Australia recognizes Palestine www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/pen...

Canada recognizes Palestine www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

The UK recognizes Palestine assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68d006...

Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes. That’s what this is.

Full text of prime minister's statement on the recognition of a Palestinian state www.gov.uk/government/s...

Today is 21 September, traditionally the date equidistant between the dates when Aston Villa score their two league goals each year.

NEW The proscription of Palestine Action as a case study of terrorism law Why is the general criminal law not sufficient to deal with direct action groups? Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-proscr... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

The politicisation of the law in the US is gaining pace. Trump is now openly firing prosecutors for not going after democrats. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/us-at...

We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.

A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)

The past week really mattered in a way that I’m not sure has been totally processed yet

What to think of Trump's 2nd state visit? In my latest piece for @gmfus.bsky.social, I argue that it was a success -- but that doesn't mean the UK and US relationship will always be smooth. Thread: www.gmfus.org/news/calcula...

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

"If these shining stars of the legal profession are willing to betray the very legal system that gives them their value at the mere possibility of a pay cut, one has to ask: is that system really working the way that it should?"

"The law firms that capitulated to Trump are finally having to make good on their deal with the devil ... By entering into these deals, these law firms have helped Trump to chip away at [the rule of law] and become complicit in his attack on our legal system." www.publicnotice.co/p/law-firms-...

It's fascinating that this sort of report and detail wasn't required to be presented to parliament before the proscription...

Is it just me or does it look like a bird has done a poo on Batman?

My latest, based on an oddly unimpressive MI5 assessment document.

Every stage this Bill clears brings us closer to the safe and compassionate assisted dying law that people across the country are calling for. This reform has won the support of the public, MPs and now Peers, moving it decisively closer to becoming law. www.dignityindying.org.uk/news/assiste...

The assisted dying Bill has received its Second Reading in the House of Lords and will progress to Committee Stage