Tom

Idk how a gay person is looking at the current political environment in the UK and not, at the back of your mind, envisaging you might one day need to become a refugee.

To have absolutely no empathy with those who seek safety here now truly blows my mind.

Sharon Graham:

the reaction to Mamdani's campaign is clear proof that centrism is a reactionary ideology, and has nothing to do with a pragmatic desire to win.

Holding a NATO conference in The Hague seems like a scheme he’d come up with

Kemi Badenoch wants to reduce net immigration.

She also wants fewer people to leave the country and more to want to come here.

Last week, we took a major step forward in establishing a public, independent inquiry into the UK's complicity in the Gaza genocide.

I have written to the Prime Minister to ask for assurance that this inquiry will be established.

We are so fucking back

I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory

Bob taking “Shadow Justice” to its most vigilantism conclusion

Is that good?

Jeff Arcuri saying "I can't believe Josh said 'lay pipe' and 'acquiesce' in the same sentence". And Josh responding, "You never read the dictionary horny?"

the man contains multitudes

You really do contain multitudes

Giving elected mayors the ability to set a tourist tax does really seem like a no-brainer. Seems common place in all of Europe now. Think is particularly warranted when our museums and galleries are rightly free that tourists make a small contribution through a tax.

Court ruling on legal definition of a woman ‘misinterpreted’, Lady Hale says Speaking at book festival in east Sussex, former supreme court president says reaction to judgment ‘very binary’

as ever Lady Hale is a sensible voice www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

This would be wildly popular with the vast majority of voters.

Who knows what’s going on, but I note the advisor seems to have spent half of 2024 telling journalists that the elected leader is basically a bonnet ornament, more like a mascot than a leader really.

While Labour's attempts to appeal to Reform UK voters have not gone unnoticed, just 4% say they are likely to consider voting Labour

2024 Ref: 56% feel Labour are appealing to them / 4% would consider voting Labour
2024 Lab: 48% / 70%
2024 Con: 36% / 9%
2024 LD: 32% / 38%
2024 Grn: 12% / 24%

Wonder when we’re going to see some charges for the people selling weapons to a state committing genocide

By far the most straightforward way to resolve this would be to reintroduce it universally again

Ridiculous

you know how Americans have an appalling way of pronouncing “buoy”, well how the hell do they say buoyant

I completely get the arguments from those fed up of big sections of public parks being taken over by paid-for festivals, but also know first-hand how great those festivals can be.
Feels like the Mayor should have a coordinating power to share the benefits and impacts across London more fairly

Screenshot of email from Netflix. Reads: What did you think of Fred and Rose West. Either way, please let us know.

I'll level with you, they're not my kind of people.

It’s sad that this feels like stepping through the looking glass from the current reality.

The Venice Biennale was stunning and thought provoking in its own right, but in particular I enjoyed stepping into a world where the climate crisis was real, trans lives were loved and the evils of imperialism were acknowledged.

“The pope’s a catholic” used to be short-hand for something completely obvious, but it does seem to be a genuine revelation to some people that the pope believes in basic Catholic teachings

Reading “Rahaf is a 3-year-old double amputee who lost her legs in an airstrike.” makes me just want to scream forever

Ms Rachel: “I met Rahaf from Gaza. She is a double amputee who lost her legs in an airstrike. We FaceTimed Rahaf's two young brothers who are still in Gaza. I watched their mom look at them proudly, like l look at my son. They don't eat in front of the boys anymore cos there's so little food there.”