Nick and David holding Alan at the end of The Traitors (like two massive daft saps) while Claudia looks on in despair with apologies to El Greco

‘The poppy has been hijacked by the far-right. I can no longer wear it’ I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

👏 Similar piece by James Ball “the policing of who is and who isn’t wearing a poppy - feels less about solemn thanks and more about the same kind of nationalism that has come to infest displays of our national symbols” Not about the fallen anymore. And the annual persecution of James McClean 🤯😢

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I love Neil's writing here. The contrast between the simple "woke" idea of siding with the oppressed, evokes ideas of spiritual awakening and intellectual enlightenment. Goya's eloquent "sleep of reason" expresses the arational turn of fascist politics in our time.

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Off you fuck then, Twat-face

Is this the promised Musk v Zuckerberg wanker-fight?

Extraordinary that someone at the BBC wants further complaints. Only those who oppose the human rights of trans people use "trans ideology". Trans people don't and neither do serious academics or medics because there is no "ideology". Just people who'd like to keep their rights and live in peace.

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I believe this is what’s called ‘a right pair of cunts’

Good

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To assist both the morons at the BBC and the idiot installed as the Daily Telegraph’s executive editor, here’s Wikipedia with a handy definition of democratic socialism … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...

I really like this as an update on the poppy to offset its hijacking by the far right

‘The poppy has been hijacked by the far-right. I can no longer wear it’ I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

If America can do this, and elect a socialist mayor in a city that’s the heart of global capitalism then please tell me what the fuck is stopping the Starmer government giving two shits about the poor?

Cheney dying on the same day NYC is about to elect its first muslim mayor is some universal karma

Find yourself something that makes you as happy as Edward Barlow's 'dolphin' was to 'swim in the sea'. #skystorians #earlymodern (National Maritime Museum, Journal of Edward Barlow, JOD/4/197-210, 213-294)

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans. Nero would be proud.

This Zohran Mamdani lad better have won by the time I wake up in the morning or I’ll be pissed off

What’s the opposite of ‘woke’? The right’s sleep of reason The Tories and Reform now embrace mask-off racism. They’re self-radicalising at an alarming rate, becoming ever more dangerous, cruel and hysterical. There’s a frightening madness about their behaviour My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

This very cool and smart lady is giving a Studs Terkel style dispatch right from the frontline of the Culture War - and it’s her marriage… quite an astonishing listen

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

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BEST THREAD ON BS EVER!

"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.

Did somebody say exploding sandwich?

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

Looking forward to Tiny Tommeh Robinson, Matt Godwin, Farage & Co singing Samir’s praises from the rooftops

How that fucking eejit Musk imagines folk live here. The dumb racist donkey

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

Samir Zitouni: a British hero

Excellent piece.

Nobody with even half a brain needs either the BBC or the Telegraph to tell them that Trump orchestrated and revved up a coup. We saw it all and heard it all with our own eyes and ears. Don’t be distracted by far right propaganda

The media, the politicians, the churnalists, the halfwit daytime show hosts all have had a party to play in this escalation. Now seeing it personally more and more. Eejits spouting stuff that wouldn't have been out of place In nazi germany. So sick of constantly calling folk out but no choice

Shit I just watched the John Lewis Christmas ad and it was Niagara Falls on my face. I know it’s schmaltzy old balls but (a) I’ve got some Covidy lurgy, (b) I’m a soppy bastard anyway & (c) it’s about dads and their kids Going to manfully pull myself together now and listen to aggressive punk tunes

What’s the opposite of ‘woke’? The right’s sleep of reason The Tories and Reform now embrace mask-off racism. They’re self-radicalising at an alarming rate, becoming ever more dangerous, cruel and hysterical. There’s a frightening madness about their behaviour My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

I am being tortured by some sort of Covid malarkey that's lasted more than a week and it is absolutely appalling. I am miserable as hell

Her idiocy is boundless

This Christian Calgie chap is a bit of a complete fucking cunt, isn't he?

Surely there’s some eldritch ceremony the Royals have to perform when they strip the titles from a Prince? Like riding Cthulhu through the streets of Ambridge or carrying out the rites of Prima nocta on the royal swans? If so - let’s televise it and sell the global rights to service national debt

Large scale redistribution of wealth

The interior of Glasgow Cathedral. Consecrated in 1197, it survived the Reformation in the 16th Century almost intact, making it the most complete medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland. #glasgow #church #glasgowchurches #glasgowcathedral #architecture #architecturephotography