A.V. Deggar
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The Fourth Estate should not be the Fifth Column. Some analysis on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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What is the ‘labour’ party?
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What is the ‘labour’ party?
Ed isn't necessarily wrong here, but it's notable that Baron George Osborne of Gatley is missing from this circle.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ed isn't necessarily wrong here, but it's notable that Baron George Osborne of Gatley is missing from this circle.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
That'll be because Ed served with him in the same government, and consistently toed the Tory line on austerity measures.
Pretending to have ever given a shit about child poverty, after voluntarily maintaining the two-child benefit cap & suspending seven of your own MPs who wanted it scrapped, looks like exactly what it is—incredible cowardice, mendacity & hypocrisy.
A terrible politician & a worse person.
A terrible politician & a worse person.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Pretending to have ever given a shit about child poverty, after voluntarily maintaining the two-child benefit cap & suspending seven of your own MPs who wanted it scrapped, looks like exactly what it is—incredible cowardice, mendacity & hypocrisy.
A terrible politician & a worse person.
A terrible politician & a worse person.
The wheel spins as it should.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
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Its true genius is perpetual serfdom, whereby the populace actually believes no one deserves anything, and life is just a bloody Darwinian contest. Most especially those who once attended university, who think their DoE award is a gore-caked bludgeon. Maybe a shin bone.
Britain is a country where the ruling class is utterly determined to convince you that people not only don’t deserve nice things, they don’t deserve anything at all.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Its true genius is perpetual serfdom, whereby the populace actually believes no one deserves anything, and life is just a bloody Darwinian contest. Most especially those who once attended university, who think their DoE award is a gore-caked bludgeon. Maybe a shin bone.
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wel idk about all of you but all i can think of on seeing all of this is how much ending anonymity online would put a stop to hate crimes!
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
wel idk about all of you but all i can think of on seeing all of this is how much ending anonymity online would put a stop to hate crimes!
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Leveson 2.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Leveson 2.
Worst media on God's green Earth
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Worst media on God's green Earth
She's stolen the show.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
She's stolen the show.
I'm sure that the OBR leak of Rachel Reeves's make-or-break budget has absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves wanting to weaken the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm sure that the OBR leak of Rachel Reeves's make-or-break budget has absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves wanting to weaken the OBR.
Oh the LOLs involved in the UK's budget statement being leaked by the Office of *Budget Responsibility*. Incredible shade there.
Everything being done to make an already risible government even more slapstick. Bar's closing, time to go.
Everything being done to make an already risible government even more slapstick. Bar's closing, time to go.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh the LOLs involved in the UK's budget statement being leaked by the Office of *Budget Responsibility*. Incredible shade there.
Everything being done to make an already risible government even more slapstick. Bar's closing, time to go.
Everything being done to make an already risible government even more slapstick. Bar's closing, time to go.
"Bawn to d7, chegbate."
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Bawn to d7, chegbate."
Trial by jury to be scrapped under the pretence of efficiency, with a full fascist takeover just a couple of years away.
Dystopian, unforgivable shit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dystopian, unforgivable shit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trial by jury to be scrapped under the pretence of efficiency, with a full fascist takeover just a couple of years away.
Dystopian, unforgivable shit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dystopian, unforgivable shit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Definitely running ahead of schedule now
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Definitely running ahead of schedule now
It's gonna be hilarious when Farage—a creature of the reactionary media—has the reins of government in his nicotine-stained hands, and goes full Orban on the guys that made him what he is.
Few tears will be shed for the fearless Scriveners of Wapping.
Few tears will be shed for the fearless Scriveners of Wapping.
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's gonna be hilarious when Farage—a creature of the reactionary media—has the reins of government in his nicotine-stained hands, and goes full Orban on the guys that made him what he is.
Few tears will be shed for the fearless Scriveners of Wapping.
Few tears will be shed for the fearless Scriveners of Wapping.
Anyone claiming that the Labour Party is becoming as bad as Reform UK on immigration is completely mistaken—they're already worse.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Anyone claiming that the Labour Party is becoming as bad as Reform UK on immigration is completely mistaken—they're already worse.
Well, here we are.
Worth noting that the "restoration of order" and the concept of unity through exclusion were core tenets of a certain armband-loving, flag-parading bunch of bros from about 100 years ago.
Worth noting that the "restoration of order" and the concept of unity through exclusion were core tenets of a certain armband-loving, flag-parading bunch of bros from about 100 years ago.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Well, here we are.
Worth noting that the "restoration of order" and the concept of unity through exclusion were core tenets of a certain armband-loving, flag-parading bunch of bros from about 100 years ago.
Worth noting that the "restoration of order" and the concept of unity through exclusion were core tenets of a certain armband-loving, flag-parading bunch of bros from about 100 years ago.
CONFIRMED
If you're a member of the world’s second-largest unelected legislative body & are caught offering parliamentary services & lobbying for private firms, you aren't expelled for misconduct, no sir, you just get a stern telling-off & a few months in the sin bin.
The wheel spins as it should.
If you're a member of the world’s second-largest unelected legislative body & are caught offering parliamentary services & lobbying for private firms, you aren't expelled for misconduct, no sir, you just get a stern telling-off & a few months in the sin bin.
The wheel spins as it should.
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords
Former Army chief Lord Richard Dannatt and businessman Lord Evans of Watford face suspensions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
CONFIRMED
If you're a member of the world’s second-largest unelected legislative body & are caught offering parliamentary services & lobbying for private firms, you aren't expelled for misconduct, no sir, you just get a stern telling-off & a few months in the sin bin.
The wheel spins as it should.
If you're a member of the world’s second-largest unelected legislative body & are caught offering parliamentary services & lobbying for private firms, you aren't expelled for misconduct, no sir, you just get a stern telling-off & a few months in the sin bin.
The wheel spins as it should.
Again, I'll ask whether anyone actually thinks allegations like this sink rightist politicians, or whether they are just a hammer to bludgeon the Left with?
Then I'll point to Farage appearing on Alex Jones's show periodically for the last 16 years and say that the answer is "fuck no."
Then I'll point to Farage appearing on Alex Jones's show periodically for the last 16 years and say that the answer is "fuck no."
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Again, I'll ask whether anyone actually thinks allegations like this sink rightist politicians, or whether they are just a hammer to bludgeon the Left with?
Then I'll point to Farage appearing on Alex Jones's show periodically for the last 16 years and say that the answer is "fuck no."
Then I'll point to Farage appearing on Alex Jones's show periodically for the last 16 years and say that the answer is "fuck no."
One of the most infuriating genres of anything is: person integrally involved in fuckery saying "WOW everything is so fucked now!"
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One of the most infuriating genres of anything is: person integrally involved in fuckery saying "WOW everything is so fucked now!"
When your band only has one drum to beat, you just gotta keep on drumming.
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When your band only has one drum to beat, you just gotta keep on drumming.
Can't be stressed enough the role of The Daily Telegraph—a British print-version Inforwars—in helpfully prestige-washing and de-gutterising Reform UK.
It's now not just a party for nativist oafs like Lee Anderson, but also christofascists and toffs like Danny Kruger.
It's now not just a party for nativist oafs like Lee Anderson, but also christofascists and toffs like Danny Kruger.
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph on.ft.com/3JSdIFj
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Can't be stressed enough the role of The Daily Telegraph—a British print-version Inforwars—in helpfully prestige-washing and de-gutterising Reform UK.
It's now not just a party for nativist oafs like Lee Anderson, but also christofascists and toffs like Danny Kruger.
It's now not just a party for nativist oafs like Lee Anderson, but also christofascists and toffs like Danny Kruger.