Howard Turner
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Recording studio designer, producer, muso, 'tog, dad - and according to many: some kind of lefty...
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Scotland: demands for expulsion of US military over abductions www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Scotland: demands for expulsion of US military over abductions
Scottish Greens are calling for the expulsion of US forces from Scotland after allegations of piracy and sovereignty breaches
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January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Scotland: demands for expulsion of US military over abductions www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
French Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Bercy) announced its plan to launch its own European videoconferencing tool by 2027, in order to reduce its vulnerability to potential pressure tactics.
La France veut remplacer Microsoft Teams et Google Meet par « Visio », un outil souverain pour les appels vidéo
Les attaques récentes de Donald Trump contre l’Europe ont réveillé les consciences de nombreux pays européens qui militent désormais pour réduire leur dépendance aux États-Unis. Dans un communiqué env...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
French Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Bercy) announced its plan to launch its own European videoconferencing tool by 2027, in order to reduce its vulnerability to potential pressure tactics.
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
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Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas
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January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
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For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
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The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
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For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
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A rupture, not a transition.
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos yesterday really is worth your time. It made some of the front pages today but the news cycle moves so fast that it’s already yesterday’s news. If you have time to take in one thing properly, this week, I’d suggest it’s this.
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos yesterday really is worth your time. It made some of the front pages today but the news cycle moves so fast that it’s already yesterday’s news. If you have time to take in one thing properly, this week, I’d suggest it’s this.
The Rupture
Mark Carney nails it. We have to "stop pretending"
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January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
A rupture, not a transition.
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos yesterday really is worth your time. It made some of the front pages today but the news cycle moves so fast that it’s already yesterday’s news. If you have time to take in one thing properly, this week, I’d suggest it’s this.
Mark Carney’s speech at Davos yesterday really is worth your time. It made some of the front pages today but the news cycle moves so fast that it’s already yesterday’s news. If you have time to take in one thing properly, this week, I’d suggest it’s this.
He Can Command Troops. He Cannot Command Cheers.
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He Can Command Troops. He Cannot Command Cheers.
The Trump regime’s lawless grab for power is colliding with global backlash, domestic repression, and a world that’s quietly refusing to play along.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
He Can Command Troops. He Cannot Command Cheers.
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Murder in Cold Blood
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Murder in Cold Blood
The killing of Good is as bad as it gets
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January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Murder in Cold Blood
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'The United States is now juggling an unauthorized war, an oil grab, a naval standoff with Russia, open threats against a NATO ally, and the resurrection of the Big Lie, all while Congress stares at its shoes and Elon Musk retweets nonsense like it’s 2020 again.'
Vassals, Not Allies
How Trump’s revisionist history is turning democracy into a dependency system
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January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
'The United States is now juggling an unauthorized war, an oil grab, a naval standoff with Russia, open threats against a NATO ally, and the resurrection of the Big Lie, all while Congress stares at its shoes and Elon Musk retweets nonsense like it’s 2020 again.'
As bad as the tabloids...
“More than 700 migrants crossed Channel on Saturday” BBC headline screams like a Tabloid busily amplifying Right Wing anti migrant rhetoric claiming we’re being invaded..
The previous 4 weeks there were ZERO crossings but the BBC didn’t report that with reasons why
No journalism to see at BBC 👀
The previous 4 weeks there were ZERO crossings but the BBC didn’t report that with reasons why
No journalism to see at BBC 👀
More than 700 migrants crossed the Channel on Saturday after lull
Home Office figures show 737 people arrived in Dover on 11 boats after a four-week gap in crossings.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As bad as the tabloids...
More US censorship...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
More US censorship...
'Donny Convict is our modern-day Jesus? I’m pretty sure that if Jesus returned today, he wouldn’t be some racist kiddie-fiddler.
We know what'd happen if Donny decided to get into the fishes and loaves business.
Trump Fishloaves™. amazing, the greatest of all time. taking pre-orders for $499.00.'
We know what'd happen if Donny decided to get into the fishes and loaves business.
Trump Fishloaves™. amazing, the greatest of all time. taking pre-orders for $499.00.'
this week in stupid: December 6 edition
Donny Convict wears it, Kash Patel snares it, and so much more...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Donny Convict is our modern-day Jesus? I’m pretty sure that if Jesus returned today, he wouldn’t be some racist kiddie-fiddler.
We know what'd happen if Donny decided to get into the fishes and loaves business.
Trump Fishloaves™. amazing, the greatest of all time. taking pre-orders for $499.00.'
We know what'd happen if Donny decided to get into the fishes and loaves business.
Trump Fishloaves™. amazing, the greatest of all time. taking pre-orders for $499.00.'
Shabana Mahmoud announces that she is actually Nigel Farage wearing a latex mask
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Shabana Mahmoud announces that she is actually Nigel Farage wearing a latex mask
For the longest time, Labour said: “You can’t change things unless you win power” and the moment Labour won power, the one thing it changed was… itself. While Labour supporters celebrated a victory th...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Shabana Mahmoud announces that she is actually Nigel Farage wearing a latex mask
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Ex BBC Anna Ford narrating the dirty story of the right wing drive to wreck the BBC.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ex BBC Anna Ford narrating the dirty story of the right wing drive to wreck the BBC.
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"a portrait of a planet in two acts. In one, the U.S. president stands bragging about renaming oceans and freeing the toilets, reading economic charts drawn entirely inside his own imagination. In the other, an ancient city of millions contemplates the possibility of abandoning itself to the sand."
Water, Warplanes, and Whatever Trump Was Saying About Tartar Sauce
A world on fire, a capital running dry, Epstein fallout expanding, and a president still rambling about faucets.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"a portrait of a planet in two acts. In one, the U.S. president stands bragging about renaming oceans and freeing the toilets, reading economic charts drawn entirely inside his own imagination. In the other, an ancient city of millions contemplates the possibility of abandoning itself to the sand."
Reposted by Howard Turner
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
"Isn’t it time that the media understood that Trump does not make decisions. Instead, he has moods."
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What's the "news" under Trump?
Friends,
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November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Isn’t it time that the media understood that Trump does not make decisions. Instead, he has moods."
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"There’s always a new low. I thought I’d already plumbed the depths of the British political and media establishment’s ignorance and wilful denial of Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West. But, there’s always a new low. And this week, Britain hit it."
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"There’s always a new low. I thought I’d already plumbed the depths of the British political and media establishment’s ignorance and wilful denial of Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West. But, there’s always a new low. And this week, Britain hit it."
Trump’s racist billionaire megadonor is now helping to fund the U.S. military.
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TIMOTHY MELLON
Trump’s racist billionaire megadonor is now helping to fund the U.S. military.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump’s racist billionaire megadonor is now helping to fund the U.S. military.
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RENAME YOUR WIFI TO ANTIFA AND RUIN A FASCIST’S DAY
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RENAME YOUR WIFI TO ANTIFA AND RUIN A FASCIST’S DAY
America is now governed by a dehydrated narcissist in bronzer and adult diapers — a man whose legal vocabulary begins and ends with “I hereby declare” and whose understanding of power is a cartoon tyr...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
RENAME YOUR WIFI TO ANTIFA AND RUIN A FASCIST’S DAY
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