“Whole empires have been built on beliefs of racial and cultural supremacy and hierarchy. But these untruths and injustices are now, at least, visible to everyone. With clearer sight, we can act to repair the harm, and proceed with curiosity, humility and care.”

What a genuine icon Sally Rooney is. Whoops!!! Oops you guys! I made the BBC terrorist or something......

Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell

I think one of the reasons the Tories are doing so badly is that they are led by someone with the intellectual curiosity of a whelk, and everyone knows it.

There was no Songs of Praise or King James bibles back then so we can assume they are unchristian too.

There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?

What do we think - did Nick Robinson challenge Badenoch on the lack of a state to carry out a punishment only given for sedition against the Roman empire? Or did he just nod thoughtfully, as if hers was a new, somehow reasonable theory?

Badenoch at her best worst. What next 🙈

Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving. A "step in the right direction" according to the PM. Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well worth a read.

UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill. Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold. Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems. Insecurity for workers.

The UK has become one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. In this set of discussion papers, funded researchers discuss examples and approaches to deepen our understanding of place-sensitive nature recovery, exploring the links between people and nature.

The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?

.... So, guys, are we getting a 12 days of Christmas mini series of these or the full advent calendar? 🤞

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On Monday, Michael Prescott said the BBC was not institutionally biased. Then why, @arusbridger.bsky.social asks, was his dossier used so gleefully by its critics to make the opposite case? www.prospectmagazine... broken, liberal shadow of its former self?

'These days, you can't even call Donald Trump “the most openly corrupt president in American history” without the politically-correct brigade' etc., etc., etc.. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

“Dear Diary, People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”

Great post and some of the comments are very funny too

Garden birds are scroungers andcthe only solution is to remove their sunflower seed handouts!

The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits

Some quick pointers for the government 🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants" 🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government 🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is grest and it me laugh too. Better than any of the tv Christmas ads. Watch till the end. youtube.com/watch?v=_zez... @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk

Not long until the Green Party's production of a Christmas Carol! Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:

Some background here to the famous (and chilling) Protect and Survive films I'd not seen before. (Still wondering who came up with that GUT-WRENCHING synth effect as the title words animate into a circle) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l0057pgc

Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says

As long as 50 UK families are allowed to get away with hoarding as much wealth as the poorer HALF of the population, there is something desperately and criminally wrong with our society Reeves did absolutely NOTHING to address this www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

This is the remarkable video on which six US senators/representatives with service backgrounds emphasise that those serving should not follow unlawful orders. What they are doing is stating what the oaths provide. This should not be remarkable, but it is. www.youtube.com/shorts/Fk9Gh...

Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary." Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%? When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?

Kids should run governments. I'm not joking

What folks need to realize about "peace talks" is that this is all theater for Washington. Ukraine knows that Russia has no intention of stopping the war, and the Russians know the Ukrainians know that. So this is just all a performance for Trump, hoping he blames the other for the lack of peace.

Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!

At least he is consistently inconsistent.

Surely this must finally convince the BBC and others to ...

I haven't seen any yet but you could probably find a few contemporaries who didn't personally witness Farage being Farage at school. But there doesn't seem to be a single former pupil or teacher who find the descriptions of racism, anti-semitism & cruelty unfeasible. Shocked, I tell you...

This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*. Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers. & yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Good to hear Rachel Reeves finally attack the 2 child benefit cap - but if Labour were so much against it, why’s it taken them so long to scrap it? And why were Labour MPs suspended for saying *exactly* the same last year? There’s no moral high ground here #budget2025

Powerful morning of gut-punching presentations on true gravity of #climate & nature emergency from leading scientists speaking at packed #nationalemergencybriefing. Overwhelmingly clear we can only make the necessary green transition if social justice & equity are at its heart

"This is a really obvious thing the Government should do: tax wealth fairly." @elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.

One parent affected by the two-child limit told us: 'My children will no longer be the children having to go without amongst their friends who come from smaller families. To make children suffer is morally wrong and should never have happened.'

Small town and suburban bars the week of thanksgiving have the most insane vibes—adults at home visiting parents and already going insane and sneaking out at night to drink. Weird and terrifying kinships form

Pro-tip: when defending yourself against allegations that you used derogatory language, never, under any circumstances, reach for the b-word. Dismissing anything you might have said as 'banter' really is the ultimate red flag.

Child Amputees in Gaza Use Makeshift Prosthetics as Israel Restricts Medical Supplies www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...

Frosty morning in North Yorkshire #landscapes #photography #winter #frost #yorkshire #mornings

‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case

Fundamentally dishonest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dny3r3vyo

This really is URGENTLY needed

So many of the problems with the UK asylum system - culture of disbelief, poor or nonexistent advice, endless delays, cruel accommodation policies - rolled into one awful case. @diane-writer10.bsky.social always gets the human stories others miss or don’t care about

Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said: “Using PFI to make it seem spending is off the balance sheet is considered a ‘fiscal illusion.’ Embracing this zombie policy demonstrates only the bankruptcy of govt thinking and the power of corporate lobbying.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...