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Grave Dirt Boy @gordbrush.bsky.social · 13h

damn that’s crazy I wonder why

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

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The Spectre Haunting Europe @frightfulhobgoblin.bsky.social · 12h

It's deeply brain-damaging that the whole Cabinet have clearly collectively decided on this wildly antisemitic line, with no social pushback from any sector of elite opinion. The Sensibles have just decided to give this dangerous bigotry a free pass, because it's directed Leftwards.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13h

#trevorphillips: "Should the regular marches organised by the
@pscupdates.bsky.social be called off now?"

Bridget Phillipson says these protests can be deeply upsetting to British Jews & the govt will be bringing in new powers to restrict peoples right to protest.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7h

The actual story in all this isn’t 1) “we must unite to defeat extremism”, it is 2) “what the hell are you crackpot wankers babbling on about now”, so you can see why it’s vitally important to focus attention on 1).

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7h

*John Swinney* is a dangerous radical spitting on the public’s grief, now. I think the lads just cannot stop clowning, ever, for the same reason why Peter and Wendy had to keep thinking happy thoughts about chocolate and Christmas: the moment they stop, they fall out of the sky.

Laura Kuenssberg • @bbclaurak • 1h @ ...
We asked the First Minister if he wanted to apologise over this, after upset from the organisers of a vigil to mark the Manchester synagogue attack bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
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BBC Politics
@BBCPolitics 2h
"People would accuse me of being a hypocrite if I hadn't set out my view about how peace could be achieved"
Scottish FM John Swinney defends raising recognition of a Palestinian state at a vigil for those killed in the Manchester attack

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 9h

After decades of pretending The Left has been censoring things by writing "this character is a bit problematic" on tumblr, it is now just accepted that conservatives are going to throw a massive tantrum that should be listened to (just capitalism) every time a black person appears on screen

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 9h

"For the first time the right are open and honest about what they're about, and it's best for us to face them as they are ... There are no good Tories. Only class conscious defenders of a decaying system."

What Happened to One Nation Conservatism?

The jamboree of delusion and extremism that was Conservative Party conference birthed a small, fleeting genre of political centrist-to-soft...

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 9h

tyranny of the midwits

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 14h

I can't believe this is real

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h

I certainly notice that the Venn diagram for “dangerous hate mongers pushing disinfo” and “people who think facilitating genocide due to your slavish obedience to America is a very serious criminal offence” is a red laser pointer dot

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h

What’s the one thing you would definitely expect to find in a newspaper column by a government minister, accusing universities of being Factories of Racist Hate? That’s right - examples! Can you guess what the examples to wild assertions ratio is, in this one.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h

That’s the line and by Christ, they are sticking to it come hell or high water. Let’s see whether it’ll work as well on e.g. Italian police arresting them at a holiday villa outside Rimini in 2033.

Bridget Phillipson * @bphillipso... 3h g
Hate has no place in our universities or our country.
Antisemitism must be rooted out of our society.
Our education system must play its part in keeping us free from fear and free from hate.
My piece in today's Sunday Express

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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 11h

Lol at "Praetorian Guard", but what's really amazing is that they're still using the "grown-ups back in charge" line. These people aren't simply dim - they are incapable of original thought.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10h

Probably worth asking why, if politics is basically a popularity contest, one of the two main parties is able to govern on quite openly saying “fuck you, eat shit, you have to vote for us, or else”. Seems weird, like something might have gone quite badly wrong.

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Paul Gadzikowski @sc4rfm4n.bsky.social · 18h

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.“

— Frank Wilhoit

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10h

And they will never see another election that heavily stacked in their favour

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10h

Yet another of those weird things that just seem to happen in Britain

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10h

Grimly fascinated by these people’s maniacal commitment to utterly, abjectly humiliating everyone who has ever spoken a kind word in their favour

John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.s... • 20m
I think the McSweeney strategy is the right one, because most marginal seats are
Labour-Reform contests
McSweeney sees the current political battlefield as a fight between Labour and Reform. He does not believe that moving to the "left", which includes these days moving to a more pro-EU position, is the way to keep voters who are tempted to abandon Labour for the Lib Dems, Greens and the Corbyn-Sultana party.
McSweeney's view is that Labour should focus on voters who are tempted to defect to Reform, and that presenting the next election as a choice of prime minister between Starmer and Farage will also keep enough of the left onside.

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 12h

give him infinite money to make it go away seems to be the precedent!

What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals?

What sanctions could King Charles apply to Prince Andrew after the latest claims about links to Epstein?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 12h

Would like to hear from some of the people who genuinely fell for this shit (i think most platformed people knew it was bullshit and didn't care, but others). Anyone a bit mad?

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 12h

"For the first time the right are open and honest about what they're about, and it's best for us to face them as they are ... There are no good Tories. Only class conscious defenders of a decaying system."

What Happened to One Nation Conservatism?

The jamboree of delusion and extremism that was Conservative Party conference birthed a small, fleeting genre of political centrist-to-soft...

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t know how it works in America but it would never be allowed here, not ever.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

Our leaders have known about climate change for decades. What have you seen that makes you think any of them didn’t choose the answer “keep going as normal, and blow up the boats full of refugees”

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d
"I don't think we can mitigate for climate change."
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

Obviously we could take measures to mitigate the disaster but look, we’re rich. We can afford missiles and guns and Kevlar armour. Why not just keep going and see how it shakes out?

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

I wrongly assumed the answer to the question “would you want to raise your children in a country that is very obviously experiencing hard, multiple orgasms at finally carrying out the genocide it has so openly been thirsting for, for decades”, would be “no”.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 19h

To be clear: I thought “the end for Israel” would also be horrifying as a fleeing populace caused an obviously fascist, criminal government to double down on its crimes, in a spiral of hate and atrocity. But it appears that was naively optimistic about human nature.

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