Mike Owen
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Sometimes I read poems too quickly. This one deserves to be read slowly, to be read more than once, with attention paid to every word...
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes I read poems too quickly. This one deserves to be read slowly, to be read more than once, with attention paid to every word...
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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"Sony is defending against the claim. Its lawyer, Robert Howe KC, told the court in his written submissions that the producers of the albums owned the original recording copyright, not the musicians".
The record industry defined in one paragraph.
The record industry defined in one paragraph.
Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell ‘died in relative poverty’, the High Court was told ⬇️
Estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates sue over streaming rights
Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell ‘died in relative poverty’, the High Court was told
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Sony is defending against the claim. Its lawyer, Robert Howe KC, told the court in his written submissions that the producers of the albums owned the original recording copyright, not the musicians".
The record industry defined in one paragraph.
The record industry defined in one paragraph.
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The classic Ealing Studios 🇬🇧British black comedy crime film "THE LADYKILLERS" directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson was released #OnThisDay in 1955 in London
🎬 The Rank Organisation
🎬 The Rank Organisation
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The classic Ealing Studios 🇬🇧British black comedy crime film "THE LADYKILLERS" directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson was released #OnThisDay in 1955 in London
🎬 The Rank Organisation
🎬 The Rank Organisation
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The greatest.
Buster Keaton photographed by Steve Schapiro.
1965.
Buster Keaton photographed by Steve Schapiro.
1965.
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The greatest.
Buster Keaton photographed by Steve Schapiro.
1965.
Buster Keaton photographed by Steve Schapiro.
1965.
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"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
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Approaching Pembrey & Burry Port. 21 October 2025. #railway #photography
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Approaching Pembrey & Burry Port. 21 October 2025. #railway #photography
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I've got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by Father’s contacts.
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by Father’s contacts.
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A nice surprise: Swansea council are launching a new free bus service that loops all day between the train station, the bus station and the city centre. More of this kind of thing* www.swansea.gov.uk/shopperhoppe...
*yes it would help if the train and bus stations weren't about 37 miles apart
*yes it would help if the train and bus stations weren't about 37 miles apart
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A nice surprise: Swansea council are launching a new free bus service that loops all day between the train station, the bus station and the city centre. More of this kind of thing* www.swansea.gov.uk/shopperhoppe...
*yes it would help if the train and bus stations weren't about 37 miles apart
*yes it would help if the train and bus stations weren't about 37 miles apart
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Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.
See you in the Aye lobby?
See you in the Aye lobby?
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.
See you in the Aye lobby?
See you in the Aye lobby?
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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Bovril meat extract ad, 1940
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Bovril meat extract ad, 1940
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Rather a lot of dereliction.
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Rather a lot of dereliction.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Never forget: Art matters.
‘Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia’
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Never forget: Art matters.
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London-based track racer Melvyn Akins portrays cycling legend Marshall "Major" Taylor in this 2018 commercial for Hennessy cognac.
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Director: Derek Cianfrance
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
London-based track racer Melvyn Akins portrays cycling legend Marshall "Major" Taylor in this 2018 commercial for Hennessy cognac.
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Director: Derek Cianfrance
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Cylco-Cross World Championships poster
1965
1965
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cylco-Cross World Championships poster
1965
1965
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When I say I hate Oasis, it's not the mediocre, derivative, puke-on-the-pavement dressed as breakfast, cut'n'paste music and inane lyrics which annoy me, it's the laddism, toxic masculinity dressed in fake working class clothes.
O' Hagan piece on Oasis in the new NYRB an acquiescent revisionist special pleading justification for a certain kind of benign softcore laddism. I think half those bucket hat Dadlads will vote Reform at the next election and don't effing kid yourself otherwise.
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When I say I hate Oasis, it's not the mediocre, derivative, puke-on-the-pavement dressed as breakfast, cut'n'paste music and inane lyrics which annoy me, it's the laddism, toxic masculinity dressed in fake working class clothes.
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Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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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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Happy #BicycleBirthday to photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker Gordon Parks, born November 30 (1912-2006)
Harlem
📷Gordon Parks
Harlem
📷Gordon Parks
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy #BicycleBirthday to photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker Gordon Parks, born November 30 (1912-2006)
Harlem
📷Gordon Parks
Harlem
📷Gordon Parks
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Views may differ on what is the OBR’s worst failure in its 15-year history.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Views may differ on what is the OBR’s worst failure in its 15-year history.
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A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives
If you’re looking for yet another reason to hop on your bicycle today—especially if you’re in your 60s or beyond—new research out of Japan has delivered a big one.
momentummag.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...