Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.

Sensible Policies for a Happier Britain

If "Globalise the intifada" is simply an anti-genocide slogan then "There ain't no black in the Union Jack" is just a comment on vexillology.

"What wrong with the Gaza demos as they currently exist?" This. THIS is what's wrong with them. THIS is what we don't like about them. It's not because we support or agree with Netanyahu ^ co.

I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology. And that's without a mass terror event four days ago

Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."

State of the replies to this. It seems like there are plenty of people here who think that a chant shouted by Jew-haters, about hating Jews, and which Jews find hateful, is okay because 'not everyone' shouting it knows what it means.

A new low, even for this vile and abhorrent creature.

As Jewish Londoners come together to celebrate Chanukah, we will do everything in our power to keep you safe.

Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.

you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story

Everyone needs to get off X. Now. Government. Politicians. Your Aunty Judith. All of them are fueling this racist extremist billionaire

Can we just stop and reflect on how fucking terrifying it is that “mainstream” conservatism is just straight up normalising anti-semitism and the Nazi holocaust now? Six million people were murdered! Synagogues still get attacked. What the fuck is wrong with you people?

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

Going to be fun watching them try to figure out a way to say "oh we didn't mean dual citizenship with a white country" without sounding like massive racists.

Details of the terms are now emerging: Santa gets Xmas itself, Father Time gets New Year, while Robert gets the Inbetween Days.

Potayto, potahto...

So this just arrived in my inbox a few short weeks after I leyned those very words (Uvecharta baChayyim: Choose Life) in shul. And it's perfect. @theradr.bsky.social Our Side Of The Deal - the tl;dr of covenant, and everything since Creation: Choose Life www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/f023bbb9-2...

Corrupt president threatens officials with punishment if they don't corruptly pardon a corrupt Prime Minister

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

Yesterday, Netanyahu wrote to Israel's President, asking to be "pardoned" for his corruption charges. There is no verdict yet, and he didn't admit guilt, express remorse, or agree to any sanction. The editorial in today's Haaretz has a one word headline. It reads "No".

Anyway. Just a little more than 10 years after Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party, the grand experiment of taking the British far left remotely seriously can finally be concluded. What a waste of time it all was.

And to think- they could have asked Gal Gadot along to sing it!

look, the people in homes worth £2million or more are just going to have to cut back on lattes and netflix

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

The Telegraph having a normal one this morning, I see

MAIL/EXPRESS/SUN: Britain is broken! Public Services are a mess! GOVT: Yes. So we're going to invest in better public services MAIL/EXPRESS/SUN: Ah, but how are you going to pay for it? GOVT: Here's exactly how we're going to raise more revenue. MAIL/EXPRESS/SUN: HOW DARE YOU!!!! #Budget2025

I'm both amused and depressed by the way that the horrified reaction to a Budget, which is actually upfront about how more revenue will be raised, is coming from exactly those who always say "but how are you going to pay for all this?"

These scenarios are always expressed as if there's no downside to not raising the money from assets in this way. These elderly homeowners, real or not, use public services & receive state pensions/benefits.

This early version, when repeated in the UK over the subsequent few years (before the better known version was on the Muppet Show), used to TERRIFY pre-school me.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

To be honest, a rotating leadership model based on the Sugababes lineups over the years would still be better than either of those cranks.

Fuck sake. Chamberlain was 'trying' in 1938.

And less than a minute's walk away from my (now demolished) old school. I always wondered what the smell was!

Musk (and Trump for that matter) are, quite simply, everything that I don't want my kids to grow up to be.

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

One of my favourite facts: between Euston and Kings X, Northbound and Southbound are both in the same direction...

If you get a chance to watch the Hercules musical in the West End… … well, go if you like, but I thought it was crap. #1starReview

The Central Line's red, It ends in a loop...

And this is being proposed, it seems, by a Labour government. <Neil Kinnock voice>A LABOUR Government.</Neil Kinnock voice>

There’ll be an edit of tonight’s @originstorypodcast.bsky.social live out soon - I heartily recommend it!! If you listen carefully you might hear me & others being told off for expressing “identity politics” over Polanski being an Arsenal supporter. @iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social

It's quite simple. Revd. "Big Dick" Flasher, Sir Rodney "Black Fingernail" Effing and Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond were all illegitimate descendants of Henry VIII (who himself was a descendant of none other than Mark Anthony, obviously).

'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them' Winston Churchill, 1936

On the one hand it’s useful to have a reasoned and measured debate on the perceived bias inherent in BBC news, on the other hand Donald Trump is a cunt.

There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate

i feel like this is a reasonable take that i would have held pre-2024 (the BBC did screw up therefore there should be accountability) but the fact that this trivial editing mistake should have such terrible consequences, while right wing media lies with impunity constantly, makes my head explode

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

"They're cancelling Christmas!" "Oh no they're not." "Yes they are!" No, they're not, and the ever hardworking Emma will tell you why, and as a bonus will detail all the other exciting events the knuckle draggers don't want you to know about.

No-one should be allowed to answer that question unless they can correctly describe the difference between the stocks and the pillory.