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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Hitler and Franco are now living in the same apartment.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hitler and Franco are now living in the same apartment.
Reminder here of the way the UK inquiry process works
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reminder here of the way the UK inquiry process works
COVID inquiry report highlights:
• Response was too little, too late
• No lockdown exit strategy
• Toxic culture at the heart of govt—Cummings & Johnson named specifically.
• 23,000 lives could've been saved
• Rules were too confusing
• Officials breaking rules undermined public confidence
• Response was too little, too late
• No lockdown exit strategy
• Toxic culture at the heart of govt—Cummings & Johnson named specifically.
• 23,000 lives could've been saved
• Rules were too confusing
• Officials breaking rules undermined public confidence
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
COVID inquiry report highlights:
• Response was too little, too late
• No lockdown exit strategy
• Toxic culture at the heart of govt—Cummings & Johnson named specifically.
• 23,000 lives could've been saved
• Rules were too confusing
• Officials breaking rules undermined public confidence
• Response was too little, too late
• No lockdown exit strategy
• Toxic culture at the heart of govt—Cummings & Johnson named specifically.
• 23,000 lives could've been saved
• Rules were too confusing
• Officials breaking rules undermined public confidence
Saves them the trouble of buying plane tickets, I guess
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Saves them the trouble of buying plane tickets, I guess
Justice served. A scarce thing that should be savoured.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Justice served. A scarce thing that should be savoured.
Replace "Mamdani" with "Khan" and you'd reproduce the same effect this tweet got but with our own trademarked knuckle-dragging nativists.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Replace "Mamdani" with "Khan" and you'd reproduce the same effect this tweet got but with our own trademarked knuckle-dragging nativists.
Remember these guys 😑?
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Remember these guys 😑?
Firstly, if Sir Keir has to face a no-confidence vote, he's already out. Even if he wins it, it just postpones his time to ouster, nothing more.
Secondly, that list of possible contenders is 💀.
Secondly, that list of possible contenders is 💀.
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Firstly, if Sir Keir has to face a no-confidence vote, he's already out. Even if he wins it, it just postpones his time to ouster, nothing more.
Secondly, that list of possible contenders is 💀.
Secondly, that list of possible contenders is 💀.
I think the real read here is not trolling the Labour Party for being equally far right, it's that you qualify for Reform as a person of colour by actively discriminating against other people of colour.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I think the real read here is not trolling the Labour Party for being equally far right, it's that you qualify for Reform as a person of colour by actively discriminating against other people of colour.
Britain, everyone, Britain.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Britain, everyone, Britain.
I'd say this is going to be a very instructive exercise in finding out whether:
· The last two years of weaponising anything opposed to genocide as AS has nullified its real-world seriousness.
· It's only people on the left who face career-shortening repercussions from allegations like this.
· The last two years of weaponising anything opposed to genocide as AS has nullified its real-world seriousness.
· It's only people on the left who face career-shortening repercussions from allegations like this.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'd say this is going to be a very instructive exercise in finding out whether:
· The last two years of weaponising anything opposed to genocide as AS has nullified its real-world seriousness.
· It's only people on the left who face career-shortening repercussions from allegations like this.
· The last two years of weaponising anything opposed to genocide as AS has nullified its real-world seriousness.
· It's only people on the left who face career-shortening repercussions from allegations like this.
I appreciate the comedy timing of this, minutes before PMQs, but wtf Clive 🙃?
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I appreciate the comedy timing of this, minutes before PMQs, but wtf Clive 🙃?
Barber: What can I do for you?
Starmer: I need a distraction, I'm about as bopular as herbes right now.
Barber: Chinese spies?
Starmer: OK, baybe a bit more off the tob?
Barber: War with Russia?
Starmer: Sblendid!
Barber: Snm.
Starmer: I need a distraction, I'm about as bopular as herbes right now.
Barber: Chinese spies?
Starmer: OK, baybe a bit more off the tob?
Barber: War with Russia?
Starmer: Sblendid!
Barber: Snm.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Barber: What can I do for you?
Starmer: I need a distraction, I'm about as bopular as herbes right now.
Barber: Chinese spies?
Starmer: OK, baybe a bit more off the tob?
Barber: War with Russia?
Starmer: Sblendid!
Barber: Snm.
Starmer: I need a distraction, I'm about as bopular as herbes right now.
Barber: Chinese spies?
Starmer: OK, baybe a bit more off the tob?
Barber: War with Russia?
Starmer: Sblendid!
Barber: Snm.
Starmer has lost Dunt, Raf and Crace all in the space of a week, and *before* the budget.
There's 42 days until the end of 2025—I'd say this is a crescendo that means the Scriveners of Wapping don't believe he'll see out the year.
There's 42 days until the end of 2025—I'd say this is a crescendo that means the Scriveners of Wapping don't believe he'll see out the year.
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Starmer has lost Dunt, Raf and Crace all in the space of a week, and *before* the budget.
There's 42 days until the end of 2025—I'd say this is a crescendo that means the Scriveners of Wapping don't believe he'll see out the year.
There's 42 days until the end of 2025—I'd say this is a crescendo that means the Scriveners of Wapping don't believe he'll see out the year.
Quick, HAHAHA, get the smelling salts, lol, I'm gonna pass out any fucking moment, lmfa...
*THUD*
*THUD*
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Quick, HAHAHA, get the smelling salts, lol, I'm gonna pass out any fucking moment, lmfa...
*THUD*
*THUD*
You know, especially cos this is how he treats reporters that don't kiss his ass
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, especially cos this is how he treats reporters that don't kiss his ass
If I were a journalist in the US, I'd be pretty concerned about how little the authoritarian president seems to care about people in my line of work getting dismembered.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If I were a journalist in the US, I'd be pretty concerned about how little the authoritarian president seems to care about people in my line of work getting dismembered.
"Plant shit seeds, get shit weeds."
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Plant shit seeds, get shit weeds."
Well, well, well.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Well, well, well.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
Is that a threat? Cos it sounds like a fucking threat.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Is that a threat? Cos it sounds like a fucking threat.
Here's Ian since the advent of Corbyn, smacking the shit out of that hoop for an entire decade to make sure it keeps on rolling true.
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Here's Ian since the advent of Corbyn, smacking the shit out of that hoop for an entire decade to make sure it keeps on rolling true.