Phillida Workman

The Two Minutes Hate Some thoughts on what pile-ons are doing to our brains, because ouch. Also: everything objectively insane about Kash Patel’s “challenge coin”; and meet “ratzilla”.

"We’ve talked a lot about how X will bring about the end of the world, and it might. I just worry we should talk more about the way the internet is systematically stripping us of our capacity to feel empathy, too."

Written about how we all need to be nicer to each other (especially me)

Save NHS dentistry now! I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone...

This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq

Yep, take away the Refuk worshippers & you will hear the apathetic drone'all politicians are the same'. This is demonstrably untrue but it's the most popular 'thought'* next to 'immigrants are to blame for everything'.

*I use that word loosely.

Not having a go at this, as the rise of racism and the far right around east Liverpool is a huge problem….but the opposition in Knowsley is the Green Party, and their rise in one of the most deprived bits of the country is a genuinely untold story. Work needs doing in this!

"I'd like Government contracts with Tesla to be cut and ended."

“Elon Musk is not a fit and proper person to do business with”

@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

The first step is to delete X.

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

Photos of Yaxley Lennon/Robinson and Musk talking on video link and a bloodied protester. …murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly. "The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. I mean, let that sink in for a minute, that's who we're dealing with here." He said that the British public were "scared to exercise their [right to] free speech" and claimed the BBC was "com-plicit in the destruction of Britain". When they finished their conversa-tion, Robinson said: "Not only are we in the fight right now, but we're on advance thanks to free speech being fought for, for us, by Elon Musk." By about 4pm riot police, backed by mounted patrols and dog units, were struggling to protect a group of masked antifascists hemmed in at the top of Whitehall. Missiles and flares were thrown by Robinson supporters, with some hitting officers. Many chanted abuse at the police, mocked officers and spat at them. The Met said on X: "Officers are having to intervene in multiple locations to stop Unite the Kingdom protesters trying to access sterile areas, breach police cordons or get to opposing groups. A number of officers have been assaulted." It later added: "The turnout for the Unite the Kingdom protest was too big to fit into Whitehall. Protesters left the route on to Victoria Embankment and sought to access Whitehall from multiple directions ... When officers moved in to stop them, they faced unacceptable violence. They were assaulted with kicks and punches. Bottles, flares and other projectiles were thrown." More than 1,600 officers were deployed to deal with the demonstrations as well as several football fixtures in the capital. At least 500 police had been drafted in from forces outside London, including the Merseyside, Humberside

Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone.
No more appeasement.
No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit.
It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down.

(Sunday Times)

It's unreal isn't it?

Petition: Ban Elon Musk from the UK We call on the Home Secretary to act following Musk's vile words and hatred stirring at the 'Unite The Kingdom' rally. Sign our petition now and get Elon Musk banned.

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apologies for the source but get serious he has to go

38d.gs/cuni

Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny! Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...

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Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports say Hong Kong’s CKI among those lining up to acquire struggling company if it collapses

Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water.

90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities.

Tax on dividends dodged.

Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing.

Public ownership is the only way forward.

email to me: Our disabled son has CP and bladder spasms so urologist is recommending Botox treatments and we read your article and are concerned about the presence of mRNA in the Botox. Is mRNA in all brands? How can we know if it is in there? Is there a safe brand you recommend? He has to have this so what do we do? Thanks

my reply: personally, i'd recommend you follow the advice of your doctor. but what do i know, i'm just a random person you emailed. I have no more formal education around botox than the author Naomi Wolf, whose advice I assume you were actually seeking. but since you emailed me, my suggestion is that you listen to your kid's urologist, who is a trained medical professional, rather than seeking out medical advice from someone with an english degree and a history of making significant errors in her research. best of luck!

a specific skill I've developed over the past ~20 years is crafting responses to emails sent to me, but intended for that other Naomi Wolf

Most Lib Dem voters are white and rural, so they could get away with more of the rhetoric Labour is currently using, yet they choose to stick to their principles.

Labour voters are more diverse, yet they're choosing to use some... questionable rhetoric, putting their core voter base at risk.

Farage

Let's start with this person.

Letter from Ed Davey to Together with Refugees and co-signatories committing to stand together against racism and hatred. Full letter text available at link below.

Hundreds of charities have written to all party leaders urging us to take a strong stand against racism and hatred.

I strongly agree – here’s my reply👇

Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend

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If only this could be real!

I've been saying this for ages. Perhaps we can get them to vandalise something...seems to make the Home Sec quake in her shoes far more than actual incitement to violence.

Were you surprised?

Exclusive: Inside the Diss hotel – a refugee’s view of the anti-refugee crowd outside Families fleeing danger thought they'd found safety, until protesters gathered outside their hotel, chanting for their removal

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It is. It's the £6k a month I take issue with.

I think you're missing the point, sweetheart. If you could make 6k a month doing this, people would be killed in the rush.

This is brilliant

"...but not important enough that we want every vote to count by introducing Proportional Representation."

Scapegoating migrants won’t fix Britain’s welfare system When it comes to Universal Credit, there is no foreign invasion - just ordinary people, overwhelmingly British, struggling to get by.

@pimlicat.bsky.social, Best for Britain CEO: "The danger in peddling these myths isn’t just that it stokes xenophobia. It distracts us from the real challenges."

🇬🇧"These are British problems, and they deserve real solutions - not scapegoats."

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