Oh, and fuck the fascists.

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

The new leader of @greenparty.org.uk is putting almost every other party leader in the UK to shame, and a lot more politicians besides. When did you hear anything like this from any other party leader?

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Three statements of local ambition stand in Halifax, West Yorkshire: the Town Hall, the Borough Market and the Piece Hall. Such monuments of civic pride still bear the names of farsighted local leaders from past generations. 🧵 1/13

💯. Progressives have to stop franchising out their consciences to the courts. Politics is about moral choices. The problem with Reform's proposal isn't that "the courts won't allow it". It's that it's grotesque and inhuman. If we're democrats, we must believe that this argument can be won.

‘Ganz and Slobodian both invite us to reckon with the political legacy of weirdos, losers and cranks, something that few conventional intellectual historians or “ideational” political economists are used to doing.’ William Davies on the political legacy of the 1990s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Catch Eye hack Richard Brooks tonight on ITV1 in The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money. The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid. 🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX

Latest from me: last week was a big one for our fight for educational rights. Here's why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth

After last week, UK ministers should know this: a huge rebellion is coming—we will fight to #SaveOurChildrensRights. In the Guardian, John Harris on the week’s SEND developments. Tomorrow sees the final look at the #SENDinquiry report, about funding. www.theguardian.com/commenti...#SaveOurChildrensRights

A collage full of nature for you today, but all made out of thread. 😊🪡 16 little snippets taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope you enjoy. 🌿🌺🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

‘Unlike today's populists, or those on the right at least, Benn wanted a redistribution of power far beyond the political.’ Andy Beckett on Tony Benn: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"I saw the message on her son’s t-shirt: Always be kind. ...that word 'always,' on a boy’s chest in the middle of a city that has been pounded for three years, has to be there, as a reminder that ideals are ideals, and that they are part of reality." snyder.substack.com/p/always-be-...

I’m worried about what’s going to happen in the NHS this winter, because the government aren’t doing enough to support staff and build capacity where it’s needed 🚨. I’m writing today’s newsletter about it- it’s so important we start talking about this now. Breakfast at my desk!

I don’t understand what’s happening here. A politician not avoiding a topic or talking out of their arse. How dare he!

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‘Eno’s exchanges in 1995 with friends such as Kevin Kelly (Wired, the Whole Earth Review) and Stewart Brand (the Whole Earth Catalogue, the WELL) now feel a little quaint, like a coffee house claque in 18th-century Vienna.’ Ian Penman on becoming Enosceptic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Zack Polanski, "Are you comfortable with the most powerful man on earth banning books, militarising the police?" Penny Mordaunt, "That's not the point"

A Crowdfunder to save Beer Mill farm - 112 acres of rare, species rich land in Devon. There's matched funding, so your donation would be doubled. Please chip in if you can. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk

If anyone wants to know more about the plane that violated Estonian airspace: hushkit.net/2020/12/18/i...

Have I shown you my Rock'n'Roll rose bush recently? A tonic for a grey day. 🌱🌿 #roses

Tony Blair used to talk about the difference between the 3-second, 30-second & 3-minute conversation - the point being that simplistic policies, that poll well, collapse under the more sustained scrutiny of an election or time in govt. So what happens when there is *only* the 3-second conversation?

‘He was born a hundred years ago and died in 2014. By then, he had long since been regarded by most journalists, fellow politicians and voters not as a feared and loathed disruptor but as a cosier figure, a dissident with no real power.’ Andy Beckett on Tony Benn: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Saving a liveable planet AND freeing yourself from dependency on a bullying neighbour. Wins all round - except for the bully and fossil fuel companies.

zrzutka.pl/m9yaxm #MutualAid Here I come again, on the morning round. If you have a spare penny, I would very much appreciate it.

The dancing is fantastic (as well as the suit) - and I’m not a big tap fan either

Vance in Charlie Kirk free speech update From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Having spent last week in Ukraine, 2 impressions stand out: 1. The US is out, providing no assistance whatsoever, but Ukrainians are diplomatically not complaining. 2. Physically, Ukraine can produce all the arms they need, but to do so they need financing from Europe.

Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else. From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Nottinghamshire!

🚨 Last year 8,600+ of you wrote to Starmer demanding the NHS be kept out of trade deals with the US. The DHSC confirmed: protecting the NHS is a “non-negotiable priority”. 💙 With big talks today btw Starmer + Trump, let’s remember — public pressure works.#NHSNotForSale

Black Sabbath: The Ballet returns to the stage at the Hippodrome Birmingham today 🎸 Tickets at brb.org.uk/shows/black-sabbath Photo by Sofia Liñares © Perou. Illustration © Beth Ingleton

can't really begin to explain the extent to which I do Not want to be filmed without my knowledge by someone wearing smart glasses while out and about

A small piece of good news in the world: the Australian National Dictionary Centre has secured a source of funding, and forced redundancies are not being pursued.

Just met the loveliest taxi driver who helped me when I was lost,& thinks that Farage and his horrible policies are terrible. He said ‘he might be loud but he won’t be louder than me’. It’s brilliant to realise there are decent people everywhere and they’re not scared to speak.

Recent events have highlighted the importance of diversifying transport corridors, with railways central in the foreign policy strategy of Russia, China and the West. But it is not without risk, warns Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi.

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

Wowzers. Sun's up on The Roker Riviera.

I was explaining competitive authoritarianism today to the undergrads and mentioned the arenas where authoritarian incumbents try to establish dominance, for e.g. by punishing media that's popular w the opposition and refuses to be obsequious to the govt. The kids were listening and getting it.

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

Private Eye nailing it again

A woman telephoned a police station in Kraków, stating that her husband had seen a kangaroo in Nowa Huta. Headline: Police are attempting to catch a kangaroo in Kraków, "The incident is not a typical one ...

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‘If you visit any Crown Court you can see that the jurors are representative of local demography. This is not ornamental. It matters.’ Francis FitzGibbon (@ffkc.bsky.social) on the Leveson report’s proposals to reduce the number of trials decided by juries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Issue 47.17 is now online, featuring: @paullaity.bsky.social on the preventable death of his daughter Martha Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein Sheila Fitzpatrick on snitching Ian Penman on Brian Eno and a cover by Johnny Bunting. Read now at www.lrb.co.uk

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