Badenoch telling ITV that we can be multi-racial but “mustn’t become multi-cultural”. Multi-culturalism created London; it’s the beating heart of all our major cities.

Utterly heartbreaking - the bullies thrive as the children die m.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn...

The far right have spent years trying to convince everyone they’re “just ordinary people” (and roping in actual ordinary people while they’re at it). Badenoch appears to have decided to help them out.

Badenoch: "Why couldn't we deport those foreign nationals who raped girls in communities across the UK? Why do we still allow them to remain in the very same town where their victims live?" Because, yet again, the bulk of them were UK nationals, many of them born here.

A particularly sombre @standing-together.bsky.social rally this month in London, marking two years since 7th October, two years of atrocities in Gaza, and taking place only a few days after the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester

This version of Christianity has been at the root of their operations for nearly 4 years: www.vice.com/en/article/z... bylinetimes.com/2023/03/29/t... bylinetimes.com/2025/08/05/t...

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

"Our credible plan is also an acrostic." (This is, genuinely, the actual Conservative press release.)

It’s not about Gaza, it’s not about the Jewish community, it’s about the deliberate limitation of public dissent.

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Manchester synagogue victims named as home secretary says attacker was not known to police – latest

Police have identified the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme @fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue

This may well be a distraction technique re other news, but the US President just turbo-boosted a conspiracy theory that has negatively affected the lives of 1000s of people. The video may be fake but the harm it does will b v real. www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

What could possibly go wrong 😑

URGENT UPDATE! WE NEED YOUR HELP Thanks to everyone who has entered, we've had some amazing pictures. BUT we have not received enough entries! We know social media is a mess & that you're all very busy, but we need your help. Entries are now open until *5th October*

Kruger fear-mongering about the “expectations” of Islam like he’s not spent the last 2yrs trying to meld Church & State or force Christianity into the curriculum. 👇🏻 www.thenewworld.co.uk/onward-chris... t.co/JfWqrlkVUY

Nathan Gill, the former Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements while a member of the European Parliament.

RIP Tony Harrison. I was born/grew up in Yorkshire & studying him for A-Levels was the first time I’d heard poetry written in our dialect.The first time I realised that poetry didn’t have to be “posh”. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

UK journalists- Has anyone experienced police forcing them to “pick a side” at protests? I’ve covered several non-violent ones recently & police have split opposing groups while making journalists choose a side & forbidden us from moving btwn them. Having a visible press card makes no difference.

Useful info. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you’re sharing stuff about the Kirk shooting ffs read this 👇🏻.

✨Exciting news! I’m finally able to tell you that, on October 31st, my first book will be published with River Light Press. Taking a new, in-depth look at Incel culture it challenges existing misinformation while advocating for positive change. ✨ @aurorametro.bsky.social

Undue Influence: The one-man social media network using AI to monetise anti-migrant hate. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/09/01/i...

This afternoon @indivisableabroad.bsky.social & @americansforaction.bsky.social gathered at the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth to share info on Trump, ICE & the worrying trends linking anti-immigration sentiment in the US & UK. Further pics/vids/details available if any editors are interested.

New research out today: Amnesty International has found that X/Twitter played a central role in the spread of false narratives and content which incited violence against Muslim and migrant communities in the UK last summer

Drag queens ‘escorted’ from a story hour by police b/c of an anti-drag protest. I wrote about this growing hate 2 yrs ago & it’s not going to improve unless we tackle moral panics head-on. bylinetimes.com/2023/06/22/n...

The Turning Point Takeover: The growing network of “grassroots” groups bringing Trump’s politics to the UK. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/08/05/t...

Useful information for freelancers: pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelan...

Images which appear to show people throwing plastic bottles filled with food into the sea towards Gaza aren’t real. Although there have been genuine reports of people doing this, some viral images circulating online were made using AI.

Clickbait is lucrative, but it’s killing trust in the news. These guys are fighting back and the usual suspects want them silenced: pressgazette.co.uk/news/anti-cl...

Randomly discovered that scientists rigged up a system that lets mushrooms play music. Although the way it works, it’s more like hearing them talk, which is even cooler. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kmlF...

Met Police have dropped the charges against Mo Chara t.co/9zWik8XPGU

Marcus Arduini Monzo has been sentenced. Judge Bennathan noted that, had he “been in his right mind” the sentence could hv been 50yrs but, “taking into account [his] mental ill health & previous good character” his sentence was life w/ a minimum of 38yrs 309 days.

Since Oct last yr I’ve been attending the tribunal hearing of anti-vax doctor David Cartland for harassment of other professionals & “attempting to flout the [vaccine] exemption procedure”. This morning they determined “his misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with continued registration”.

Psst… go follow Bristol Radical Film Festival bsky.app/profile/bris...

Plymouth anti-fascists vs the Great British “Strike”.

🔴NEW: Controversial Spy-Tech Firm’s Inclusion at NHS Confederation Expo Leads to Speaker Pulling Out An internal NHS Confederation email acknowledged that ‘many colleagues will have concerns’ about Palantir’s inclusion Me / Olly Haynes, for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: bylinetimes.com/2025/05/07/p...

This afternoon I will be participating in a 24hr charity podcast raising money for Victim Support. If you want to join the audience or donate, details are in the link! www.justgiving.com/page/24hourp...

Georgia keeping a braindead woman on life support b/c she was ~9wks pregnant & to remove it contravenes their abortion laws…wtaf apnews.com/article/preg...

I’m not a poet, but I had some thoughts about Starmer’s speech…

7 reasons I will not let my kids anywhere near social media or online gaming platforms.

🌟 Looking for some very specific experts for a big project I’m working on.🌟 Psychologists with knowledge of the role of disgust in rape/sexual offences (ie male rapists/offenders who are viscerally disgusted by women) - I need to pick your brains. If that’s you, come say hi. Thanks!

The anonymous image board 4chan has survived years of controversy, weathering user and advertiser boycotts as well as damning accusations that it incubated hate speech that may have fueled mass shootings This week, though, a series of outages led to speculation that the site had been hacked.

2 wks ago a female astronaut returned after being stuck on the ISS for 9 months. Why are we giving similar levels of coverage to a pop star & a billionaire’s wife doing an 11 minute publicity tour?

Lit festival holding ‘naked writing workshop’, with quotes from the guy organising it & two male attendees…are any women going & were their opinions sought? bbc.in/4i98ccm

Will be interesting to see how this pans out… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s 115th anniversary of the birth of Lobsang Rampa, who grew up in a Tibetan monastery, had a hole drilled in his forehead to activate his third eye, met yetis, was sent on a mission to the West by the Dalai Lama… and was eventually unmasked as a bloke from Devon called Cyril

SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...