Insane dystopian shit here, totally unacceptable. I expect politicians and commentators to be outraged by it, regardless of their opinion of the crimes these people were convicted of.

Fun fact: the magical child safety solution which Jess Philips cited in her resignation letter is a vendor-specific offering, which benefited from an intense PR and lobbying campaign, and was previously praised by ... Prince Andrew. I always keep the receipts. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/20/t...

Yeah I think this is why centrists seem perplexed at why the left hate Labour so much, because they can’t seem to understand that they actually had/have a real chance to do something good and just wasted it being horrible and useless bastards

We've offered these ingrates 5 different flavours of neoliberal slurry and still they aren't satisfied! What's wrong with them?

If Starmer has even lost McFadden, the miserable dalek whose only purpose is to be rolled into a TV studio to eat shit on his behalf, he's toast. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

It's this: Labour's decision clearly signals that it's entering this election intending to fight with Reform for second (or perhaps third) place, rather than present itself as a serious contender to lead the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Labour manifesto is out, don’t vote for them

something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is how the trump admin is a very plain demonstration that Actually You Can Just Do Stuff

An anticapitalist migrant woman's perspective on nursery work. interregnum.ghost.io/early-years-...

This is the first time in British history that a party to the left of Labour has topped a national poll.

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

Thousands have dreamed of it, but nobody ever dared to make 'Garden Gnome Orgy' a reality, until now.... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

chat, what happens if plastic prices spike in a society that has eliminated every packaging and storage option except plastic?

The only way to achieve this is to put them on trial for their war crimes. Every time. Without exception. So few people are prepared to do this.

It was never about evidence of efficacy or safety, systematic reviews, or concerns for regret. All of it was pretense to fool gullible liberals into joining on the trans elimination project. They don't want us to exist. You cannot compromise with that.

labour market flexibility for thee, generous employment rights and severance packages for me

'We've made contact with the Pitiless Maw of Evil captain. How do you propose to negotiate with the beast' 'Well done. Now, watch and learn, as I negotiate with the creature by appealing to its sense of shame.' www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I liked her before but this earned more of my respect she holds multiple truths within her response while still holding ppl accountable. there’s both compassion and anger in her honest, unapologetic articulation. an exemplar, tbh thank you, Jayme Lawson 👏🏽

I'm not posting much about the fact that Trump and Netanyahu are murderous bastards who much face justice for us to reclaim even a modicum of self respect. That's because I can't think of a way to say it that isn't hella depressing. But for the record: they are.

Not working class: anyone with brown skin, unless they happen to be a barrister enacting racist policies Working class: white racists, regardless of income, occupation, educational a history or background.

Sharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.

Look which miserable worm decided that today was the best time to bury his inevitable resignation We see you, @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is actually a clear admission that Trump has accepted the Israeli logic that it's fine to keep using force forever and just "mow the lawn" with follow-up strikes every few months or years on a population whose safety and dignity you don't care about. They have no plan for peace just forever war

Never forget.

To give this additional context, fewer than 550 votes separated the Tories and Sir Oink A-Lot of the Monster Raving Loony Party.

🗳️ In 2019, Labour won 67% of the vote in Gorton and Denton. The Greens won a mere 2.5% of ballots. Tonight, the Greens stormed to victory with 41% while Labour crashed to an all-time low of 25%.

Also: According to one of the talking heads on the BBC, this is the worst-ever performance for the Tories in any by-election in the history of the party. One point nine percent.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Except hardly anyone cared to know about what 'populism' meant in the 2010s, not even academics (see article below) Its careless use has been key to the mainstreaming of far-right politics and, as expected, there is zero reflection about it www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I'm sorry this is just such a fucking appalling government. A bunch of petty disgusting bigots. Fuck them all.

If folks say Americans aren't protesting the Trump administration, ask them where they get their info. Yes, major American media outlets like NYT, LAT, WashPo, CBC all diminish the efforts to resist Trump.

Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them! The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.

Damn that’s crazy. On a completely unrelated note www.wikihow.com/Discord-Alte...

Remembering fondly that Starmer and Streeting repeatedly discussed whether Kieth should stay in Corbyn's shadow cabinet and agreed that it was better for their joint project that he remain on the inside.

Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10th. In the Epstein files, there is what appears to be a draft DOJ press release announcing his death that is dated August 9th. (It’s here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)

McSweeny is going to do a Dominic Cummings on Starmer. Enjoy it while you can, because it's going to be the only political fun we'll get over the next 3 years of staring down the barrel of a Farage government.

Following the success of the Minnesota General Strike and the January 30th Shutdown, labor leaders are warming towards a General Strike on May 1st. paydayreport.com/labor-leader...

Who could have imagined there would be downsides to stuffing parliament with people who literally imagine a better MP than Mandelson's mate or an ex-forces nonentity?

Frog FURIOUS that Scorpion promised not to sting.

I was always unrepentant about my friend's 2024 election night party where I annoyed everyone by saying Labour were going to be awful and usher in the far right, and then shouted about Epstein when Mandelson came on the TV. This week, I officially transcended into smugness.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.

We have been building for 15 years. There have been so many disappointments, set-backs, scandals, outrages, collapses and defeats in that time that the slow, patient work of building relationships, communities, norms and values has been overlooked. But the US population has been transformed

A good time to remember that virtually every US Senator and a majority of Congress were foursquare behind bringing TikTok to heel and censoring content on there when they believed the focus would be on suppressing pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist content to facilitate Israel’s genocide.

all y'all saying that we need to retrain these foaming at the mouth rabid dogs need to go get fucked to literal death www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

What makes this even worse is that the Trumpist - and wider far-right - technique actively depends on pieces like this, which disseminate their lies as simply one available viewpoint among many. The BBC has become a host for a vicious parasite which intends to consume it, and us.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."