Rootless Cosmopolitan
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December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
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Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
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This is a useful thread on the controversy today. But away from the detail, when BBC Verify have to effectively fact-check their own Political Editor (who is *not* a columnist but an Editor at a public broadcaster!), you know there is something of a problem.
Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget?
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is a useful thread on the controversy today. But away from the detail, when BBC Verify have to effectively fact-check their own Political Editor (who is *not* a columnist but an Editor at a public broadcaster!), you know there is something of a problem.
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🔴Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🔴Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
I remember listening to callers on his show when they just were regarded as weirdos and cranks. Those callers are now in charge of the political agenda.
Brian Hayes: Influential LBC and BBC radio host dies aged 87
Brian Hayes: Influential LBC and BBC radio host dies aged 87
The Australian helped to transform radio phone-ins with his conversational and confrontational style.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I remember listening to callers on his show when they just were regarded as weirdos and cranks. Those callers are now in charge of the political agenda.
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As people still need to hear this: the Danish social democrats are polling at below 20%. In this poll, the radical right in Denmark also nearly receives 20%. It remains striking how often Denmark is still referenced as a case were social democrats beat the radical right.
Denmark, Voxmeter poll:
A-S&D: 19%
F-G/EFA: 15% (+2)
V-RE: 12%
I-EPP: 11% (-2)
O-PfE: 9% (+1)
Æ-ECR: 9% (+1)
C-EPP: 7%
Ø-LEFT: 7% (-1)
B-RE: 4% (-1)
M-RE: 3% (+1)
Å→G/EFA: 2%
H-*: 2%
+/- vs. 17-23 November 2025
Fieldwork: 24-30 November 2025
Sample size: 1,002
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
A-S&D: 19%
F-G/EFA: 15% (+2)
V-RE: 12%
I-EPP: 11% (-2)
O-PfE: 9% (+1)
Æ-ECR: 9% (+1)
C-EPP: 7%
Ø-LEFT: 7% (-1)
B-RE: 4% (-1)
M-RE: 3% (+1)
Å→G/EFA: 2%
H-*: 2%
+/- vs. 17-23 November 2025
Fieldwork: 24-30 November 2025
Sample size: 1,002
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
As people still need to hear this: the Danish social democrats are polling at below 20%. In this poll, the radical right in Denmark also nearly receives 20%. It remains striking how often Denmark is still referenced as a case were social democrats beat the radical right.
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Everyone who attended the Your Party conference fits into one of these four simple categories:
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Everyone who attended the Your Party conference fits into one of these four simple categories:
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Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
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More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
Former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
He joins Daniel Jellyman
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December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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America is not being governed, it’s being looted. Those in power don’t believe the civil war ever ended and they’ve been handed absolute power.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
America is not being governed, it’s being looted. Those in power don’t believe the civil war ever ended and they’ve been handed absolute power.
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MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
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December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
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Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
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Nigel Farage pockets £140k from up to 2,000 Cameo videos as constituents 'furious'
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'Shameless' Farage pockets £140k from fan videos as constituents 'furious'
A Mirror probe shows the Reform MP has made £140,000 from the Cameo messaging platform - but spoken in Parliament 22 times and mentioning his Clacton constituents on just three occassions
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nigel Farage pockets £140k from up to 2,000 Cameo videos as constituents 'furious'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
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Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
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Truly brilliant.
ROSALÍA: La Perla | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Truly brilliant.
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
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Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.