“Welcome to Britain in 2025, where musicians angry at genocide are dragged through the justice system, while politicians facilitating genocide walk free” @owenjones.bsky.social on the campaign of deflection from Britain’s complicity in the crime of the century www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

About time… And the sort of mass action that should have been instinctive last year to support the seven Labour MPs suspended for daring to oppose the despicable two-child benefit cap. It would have sent a clear message of defiance and prevented this continuing austerity shitshow

Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jones

💬 "The Trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the most privileged segment of the population." Our research on class diversity in the creative sector cited @uk.theconversation.com‬ ⬇️

This is a barn-stormer. The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

What a loss. Duncan was a hero to so many of us. A great journalist and a great man. Bullshit free, loved by all, supremely fair, incredibly wise and so effortlessly cool. A unique combo. God, he'll be missed. ❤️❤️❤️ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

The Boss: telling it like it is Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸

”Acting on Kendall’s advice to ‘let the Gwladys Street suck the ball in the net’, Everton bombarded Bayern. I played my part, skittling the ball to @nevillesouthall.bsky.social to maintain intensity’ Goodison’s greatest night: #EFC v Bayern, 40 years ago today www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/m...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC." And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.

“It’s what he wanted all along” etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

UK charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped. £3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000. Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty. Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.

Revealed: Oxford academics supped from a cup made from skull of a human - possibly an enslaved woman - until 2015 College response? We dealt with the issue “ethically and thoughtfully” 🤯🤯🤯 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

History is repeating itself under Labour's demonisation of the poorest on benefits and desire for “savings” by culling public sector “back-office functions” (ie people in vital jobs) I wrote this back in 2011 on the Tory-Lib Dem coalition of cuts & cruelty ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/media/mind-y...

The scouse diaspora leading the way in Canada’s resistance to Trump👊🇨🇦 Just need Kim Cattrall in the mix and it’s a hat-trick #ElbowsUp

But as for the reason why the Labour party would make such poor decisions, this seems to be a good place to start - donor/fundraiser Lord Alli having a role in policy and rules *on donations*: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

As long as there is a system where any individual can make a donation of unlimited size, either directly or through a company, this risk is present. Totally shortsighted to try and introduce narrow legislation like this - what about this potential donor's actions suggests he would go, 'ok then'?

Less optimistic than Steve in that I think it is woefully naive of Whitehall to assume that, well, if you set the rules to be based on the profits/revenue of a company, there's no way that someone might artificially generate figures to skirt round the rules! Or you could just ban corporate donations

The latest final two pieces in the £1bn Chelsea jigsaw 🤯

“Labour’s transformation can be seen as a quiet coup by the professional-managerial class who prize economic orthodoxy over radical redistribution…it has become a party chasing middle-class respectability while assuming working-class voters will fall in line” Guardian leader hopefully hit a nerve

We should be wary of fetishising trophys and prizes. It applies to science too, by the way.

“They trick young men into believing success is measured by money or dominance and that the world – including women – is against them” Gareth Southgate rails against “callous toxic influencers” in Richard Dimbleby Lecture. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“We need leaders to set the right tone. To be the role models we want for our young men. We have to show young men that character is more important than status. That how you treat others is more important than how much money you make” Gareth Southgate role-modelling being a great leader (again) 👏👏👏

Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March. Details in link. Please share :) workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...

This brilliant organisation is raising funds to help low income artists of all kinds. Please give if you are able. And please share far and wide :)

A great opportunity for someone ⬇️

“The treatment of working-class people is an expression of ‘two-tier’ justice so deeply embedded in our history and institutions that it is barely noticed” Great piece by @kenanmalik.bsky.social on the stark absence of the words class & poverty in the debate on criminal justice

Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🚨Deadline reminder🚨 First ever paid work experience at @theguardian.com specifically for over-17s from a working-class background ⬇️ Help with London accommodation costs from sarahhughestrust.org too Apply by 30 March ✍️ workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/606/

Regardless of whether Starmer backtracks on the more hideous plans to hit the poorest/vulnerable, it doesn’t matter The fact Labour want this “tough on welfare” narrative to dominate shows Starmer is devoid of will to make real change to an economy that serves only the rich. Despicable Conservatism

“There is a growing & deeper malaise in the Labour party – a sense the government has started to lose its compass for why voters delivered a verdict on the Conservatives – the cost of living & state of public services” @jessicaelgot.bsky.social on benefit cuts www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Little feature on the BBC Sport page about the forthcoming exhibition #Everton #EFC www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

“It is really alarming, and I find it extremely unpleasant at a values-based level – but also, just how can we be watching this in plain sight? It makes me feel very anxious. I think it is gross” Martha Lane Fox on Musk, values and the fight for equality Interview by @rjpartington.bsky.social

NEW: Lord Dannatt, ex army chief, was secretly filmed telling undercover reporters he could make introductions within the government and that he would “make a point of getting to know” the best-placed minister for potential client. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... w/ @robevansgdn.bsky.social

Inside 48 hours of frantic diplomacy by Keir Starmer: - Why the PM decided not to tweet his support for Zelenskyy after Friday; - Where the idea for new Franco-British peace talks has come from; - Why Starmer called Trump twice in two days. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

As someone who used to help organise work experience for students on Guardian Sport and was frustrated at how many from outside London couldn’t ultimately join us due to financial barriers, I’m absolutely delighted this is happening at our place. Well done all involved.

Thames Water creditors ask England watchdog to pause fines for sewage dumping, unplugged leaks. They don't want to end profiteering, cash extraction, undeserved exec pay. The industry is financially, morally and environmentally bankrupt. Only public ownership can end the abuses. archive.ph/hxUhA

Interesting for sociology and class in general but definitely Media topic #socmed

A first for the @theguardian.com ⬇️ Paid work experience in London head office for working-class youngsters keen on journalism ✅ Must be 18 or older ✅ Help with accommodation costs ✅ Application deadline 30 March ✍️ workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/606/

It's not £13.4bn extra cash for defence. Starmer's Labour ministers can't even count. If they know the truth then they are lying. If they don't care about the truth they are bullshitting. Correct the parliamentary record. Idiots. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Entrepreneur Dale Vince will receive £40,000 from Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers after settling a libel claim about an October article by columnist Dan Hodges that falsely claimed he supports Hamas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW: A Labour member of the House of Lords offered access to ministers during discussions about a commercial deal worth tens of thousands of pounds, an undercover investigation can reveal. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract. 🤷‍♀️ So...I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don't regret doing so. And I learned so much from it. 1/

Update: Ferrão protests innocence saying prohibited substance "was detected in a very low concentration, compatible with a case of accidental contamination” His lawyers on the case and coaches & team-mates offer show of support www.relevo.com/futbol-sala/...

Wow. Three times best futsal player in the world Ferrão faces ban of 2-4 years after testing positive for testosterone 48 hours before firing Brazil to World Cup glory Excellent reporting by Vladimir Zharkov & Gustavo Munana www.relevo.com/futbol-sala/...

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

NEW: Last week’s newsletter had ‘IT’S A COUP’ in big red letters on front page of NYT. Well, guess what? It still is. We have to stop framing what’s happening as in any way normal. It’s a coup & a collapse in the international order & none of this is ‘normal’ broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...

Is there any room left for idealism in politics, policy and public discourse? Is the only valid argument a utilitarian one, or a transactional one? Or are strength and violence the only currency?