“Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place,” writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.

"The Trump administration is exporting its culture wars, and it is using the rhetoric of 'free speech' to extend to other countries the very same assault on democracy that is taking place within the United States." ✏️ @katherinestewart.bsky.social

How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion. www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?" Yes: 80% No: 8% Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%. Maybe a political party could lead on this issue. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

>Violent< far right terrorism is a growing & real threat in the UK & Ireland. These extremists work together between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland. Their apologists incite violence against migrants & LGBTQ ppl online Man charged in investigation into violent right-wing extremism

Okay. This is angering me. First of all, “MAN”!? We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”. And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

77 years ago #OnThisDay 'men and women from every country and every culture, every religion and worldview, came together to agree that some values were shared and should forever be protected as rights for all.' @andrewcopson.bsky.social #HumanRightsDay2025 andrewcopson.com/2024/12/cele...

HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn. They are a threat to every organisation.

If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.

We love this! As we head towards the shortest day of the year, the holiday season, and the colder weather, there’s no better time to spread a little extra kindness. We’re encouraging everyone to download the #DoGoodDecember calendar and get involved. humanists.uk/2025/12/02/s...

Time for a bigger US boycott then www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

🚨New research published today🚨 Reforms to Scottish disability payments suggest that the system can be kinder without being costlier. Full story 👉 buff.ly/OAMzq06

When we talk about the lack of opportunities for young people, we rarely talk about local government funding decimation. The lack of cultural funding, third sector funding, place based funding, training opportunities - all of that has evaporated over 15 years www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Nailed. It. This is the kind of man you want leading your country.

🎄All we want for Christmas is for AI regulation to work for people and society. Our new polling shows the UK public are concerned that tech companies’ needs are being prioritised over their own when it comes to AI regulation. Read the full findings ⬇️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

I’m thoroughly enjoying the full on 80s-ness of the online Stranger Things radio station WSQK. Especially the fake Hawkins adverts.

Is that turkey still in charge of the White House?

Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive. Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Well #football #scotland

Shabana Mahmood wants to address what's 'tearing Britain apart'? Cost of living crisis Homelessness Overflowing prisons Societal inequity It's a Möbius strip of calamity The govt must cease fellating the rw press, get up off their knees, wipe their mouth & develop a fucking spine

OMG

This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Well every word here was a new and unexpected twist

Not sure if the Republican Party was wise to stake everything on a senile paedophile

Russian Election Interference 🤝 Epstein Files

As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.

The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.

Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

💷 | NEW BLOG: A war on bills should be the government’s defining campaign – showing it’s on the side of consumers and tackling the cost of living from energy to food to housing. Read the latest from us here www.ippr.org/articles/a-war-on-bills

The BBC should start referring to him as ‘convicted sex offender Donald Trump’ every time

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

As prep for this article, I listened to the BBC Origin Story from @originstorypodcast.bsky.social by @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social - a highly important listen and one that I can strongly recommend.

Leaving the EU means the U.K.’s national broadcaster must now kowtow to the King of America. Grotesque.

The BBC - for all its flaws - remains the greatest news and broadcasting service in the world. It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.

Today marks just six months to go until the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election! As is now usual, I'll be looking to commission a pre-election poll. If you can, please chip in to the crowdfunder here - all donations gratefully received, and even if you can't donate, please share! gofund.me/cf862de1a

In his new book, antitrust scholar and former White House adviser Tim Wu argues that tech giants are bleeding you dry—and lays out a plan to stop them. www.wired.com/story/tim-wu...

I see the Welsh and the Finns are looking on the bright side as usual.

We're hosting an online event on #BlackHumanism this evening with our patron, the historian SI Martin, and the American folklorist Anthony B Pinn. Book now! 🧵

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

The new rise of Christian Nationalism in the UK – a movement opposing women’s rights, freedom of religion or belief, immigration, same-sex marriage, abortion, and LGBT rights – is NOT representative of the vast majority of the UK, NatCen’s research confirms.

I hate that all those male escorts' phone numbers have been compromised through no fault of their own. Haven't they all been through enough?

Well that’d be nice. Where’s mine?

How do you help a country in the grasp of group psychosis? Asking for a… well, you know.