@gallahersblues.bsky.social
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Bleak but superb.
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreicahofq6s4xow7vowj7dx6odw6ejdwr4kwcmzta7qwi4hg2nvywji@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bleak but superb.
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Football isn’t just a game — it’s Britain’s X-ray.
In our latest episode, @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social joins FootPol to unpack his new book, Injury Time, diving into Brexit, covid, inequality, climate change and how football reveals the state we’re in.
Do listen!🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
In our latest episode, @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social joins FootPol to unpack his new book, Injury Time, diving into Brexit, covid, inequality, climate change and how football reveals the state we’re in.
Do listen!🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Football isn’t just a game — it’s Britain’s X-ray.
In our latest episode, @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social joins FootPol to unpack his new book, Injury Time, diving into Brexit, covid, inequality, climate change and how football reveals the state we’re in.
Do listen!🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
In our latest episode, @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social joins FootPol to unpack his new book, Injury Time, diving into Brexit, covid, inequality, climate change and how football reveals the state we’re in.
Do listen!🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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This week has been a good reminder of this April 1934 headline. Communists and Jews in Belfast disrupt a fascist rally in Library Street. Belfast will always be an antifascist city. We keep showing up for each other to defeat fascism even if the police & state backs it. [1/n]
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week has been a good reminder of this April 1934 headline. Communists and Jews in Belfast disrupt a fascist rally in Library Street. Belfast will always be an antifascist city. We keep showing up for each other to defeat fascism even if the police & state backs it. [1/n]
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidseyojvyqngmitl76iafvvbvgg4a3i7a26642c2c3gacoi7pwtbi@jpeg)
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Those of us who study authoritarianism and fascism are trying to warn you. It’s not doomerism it’s an acceptance of reality.
We all must confront the hard, scary and ambiguous reality we face now.
American fascism is solidifying power and building the infrastructure of fascist eternity.
We all must confront the hard, scary and ambiguous reality we face now.
American fascism is solidifying power and building the infrastructure of fascist eternity.
"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Those of us who study authoritarianism and fascism are trying to warn you. It’s not doomerism it’s an acceptance of reality.
We all must confront the hard, scary and ambiguous reality we face now.
American fascism is solidifying power and building the infrastructure of fascist eternity.
We all must confront the hard, scary and ambiguous reality we face now.
American fascism is solidifying power and building the infrastructure of fascist eternity.
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We need to get past the idea of these people being "radicalised" on X. The British ruling class has been racist for centuries. For a while that was suppressed by hard won anti-racist social norms. But after years of chipping away with e.g. talk of "legitimate concerns" those norms are now collapsing
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We need to get past the idea of these people being "radicalised" on X. The British ruling class has been racist for centuries. For a while that was suppressed by hard won anti-racist social norms. But after years of chipping away with e.g. talk of "legitimate concerns" those norms are now collapsing
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Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
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Totally normal.
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Totally normal.
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The size of 2026 World Cup qualifier Cape Verde shown on a map of the 2026 World Cup host countries. They are the smallest country by area to qualify for a World Cup 🇨🇻
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The size of 2026 World Cup qualifier Cape Verde shown on a map of the 2026 World Cup host countries. They are the smallest country by area to qualify for a World Cup 🇨🇻
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Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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I've resisted the term "Ulsterification" cos it implies that NI's political culture is somehow un-British, rather than an entirely British weaponisation of Britishness, enabled and enacted by British interests.
But the PSNI boomeranging back to London to round up protesters is really something.
But the PSNI boomeranging back to London to round up protesters is really something.
BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.
October 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I've resisted the term "Ulsterification" cos it implies that NI's political culture is somehow un-British, rather than an entirely British weaponisation of Britishness, enabled and enacted by British interests.
But the PSNI boomeranging back to London to round up protesters is really something.
But the PSNI boomeranging back to London to round up protesters is really something.
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Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
September 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.
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The only way to protect your future is by taxing the billionaires more.
At the @makethempay.bsky.social rally today.
At the @makethempay.bsky.social rally today.
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The only way to protect your future is by taxing the billionaires more.
At the @makethempay.bsky.social rally today.
At the @makethempay.bsky.social rally today.
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America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.
September 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
America has officially entered its Dark Ages. God help us all—because there's no longer any reason to believe Congress or the courts or media will. We have lost our way to a degree I never thought possible, and I am not going to pretend to have any answers about how we find our way back. We may not.
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Your house price going up is NOT good for your kids
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Your house price going up is NOT good for your kids