Common sense on trans rights. Could swear this was the norm also in the UK until like 5 years ago.

Quiet part out loud, etc

Can we make it constitutional to ********* him and all those like him

Yasser Abu shabab, head of an Israeli backed gang in gaza, just killed in clashes

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

80% of British media spends all day everyday calling trans people predators and freaks, and the remaining 20% say tsk tsk that's a bit much while still arguing they should be banned from even having a fucking hobby and, honestly, would it be so hard for them to just piss before they leave the house?

Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts! democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

First the Girl Guides and now another venerable British institution is bullied (and capitulates) into discrimination against their will by another fine British institution: the pure bigotry of a small cabal of the meddling rich and a craven media whipping up a moral panic

Bloody hell.

Labour’s conformism is crushing Britain Rachel Reeves is just the latest ambassador of a failed political elite By David Edgerton and Karel Williams

University of Galway is hiring a journalism lecturer #journojobs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics. Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics

I can’t deal with the arrogance of it all. We are in serious trouble in this country and these two are wasting energy, attention and resources we cannot afford to waste. Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere. I joined the Greens

Londoners: Anyone here want a ticket to Trio Joubran at the Barbican tonight? Can't make it myself. Includes also entry to the Mona Hatoum/ Giacometti exhibition.

Under the Labour government, It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.” It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.” This is real. www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...

Folks -if good fortune takes you to Dingle this weekend, to the amazing Other Voices / Ireland's Edge Festival, I'll be in conversation with Christopher Kissane on stage tomorrow afternoon. Would love to see you there!

Funny to think a year ago, most Tory MPs thought Starmer had a clever but cynical plan to bank the changes Sunak made on immigration and declare victory, rather than to keep holing himself under the waterline.

Because a lot of people might be talking about journalistic ethics this holiday weekend, I want to put out there how my editor at the NYT does anon sourcing for our stories. If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.

national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-... Zoe Grunwald spot on analysis of Budget. It’s basically stay as you are. Welcome end to two child cap; limited mansion tax on rich. But the massive growth of wealth for the few with stagnation or worse for the many is untouched. Balancing act for MPs and markets

Great analysis from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for @theleaduk.bsky.social on today’s budget. Echoes my own thoughts about an overall sense of unambitious tinkering, despite some clear positives (2 child cap finally lifted) national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

Are we still doing diner journalism? Because today at a greasy spoon in Stateline, Nevada, a 65 year old birder named Maryanne told me that she likes that “Mamdonnelly” fellow and thinks that Donald Trump is a pedophile.

Is this seat that looks like it has a Derry accent conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person, perhaps one of your da's mates saying "Did ye aye mucker, right enough?". Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...

Labour is actively wasting our money for the sole purpose of being cruel to people who have done nothing wrong

just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years: zombiesrungame.com observer.co.uk/the-critics/...

1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths 2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them

Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great piece, albeit one that I read with what can only be described as mounting dread:

"In the sea there are crocodiles" and "My fourth time we drowned" are magnificent examples of this. You should read them if you want to have an opinion about the asylum system.

Macc clearly a lightning rod for shifts in British politics. First the parliamentary seat flips to Labour after being Tory for god knows how long. Now a Green councillor elected right in the middle of town!

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.

I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Jesus fucking christ, it just gets worse and dumber by the minute

Interesting development: paramilitary settler gangs (aka Hilltop Youth), traditionally v anti-institutions & anti-democracy, are standing candidates in Likud primaries. Which, per polls, are already likely to deliver the party's most far-right slate ever. www.ynet.co.il/news/article...

Snooooow 😍☃️ proper snow in Tottenham! Earliest winter snow I remember in years, too. What a treat 🥰

Put this in a museum

Huge. And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Am old enough to remember when a nuclear program was a controversial and unlikely bonus for Saudi Arabia, in the event it joined the Abraham Accords and possibly a military coalition against Iran. Now they're getting it upfront, with tanks and F-35s. What a time to be alive.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

What's startling about this piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social is realising no one in UK public sphere appears to be asking its opening question anymore: what kind of immigrant household does the UK want to *attract*? Ground has been completely ceded to deter, deter, deter. www.ft.com/content/1144...

This is the bit on seizing jewellery. Perhaps shave their heads as well, could get good money for all that hair? But again, this is likely to create lots of bureaucracy yet have little real-world effect because it is so hard to do in practice.

I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...

The cruelty is the point. Shameful.

Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

It looks like 2029 election is being set up as: 1. Faragism without Farage, or 2. Farage. Thank fuck for the Greens.