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Reform candidate called it ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’ Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

Matt Goodwin said in a post on X: “Welcome to the UK. Where you go to prison for 18 months for anti-immigration tweets. This is insane.”

No. What is insane is shrugging off incitement to racial murder.

Put this man in the bin, not the House of Commons.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

16.02.2026 07:32 — 👍 1804    🔁 554    💬 94    📌 20
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The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.

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Good meeting with Keir Starmer in Munich.

Europe and the UK share similar challenges.

it is natural that we work closer to protect our people and common interests.

We had a successful summit last year - let's keep the momentum and deliver at the next one.

14.02.2026 12:04 — 👍 769    🔁 168    💬 40    📌 9
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is sending King Charles to the US to celebrate their 250 years of independence. There’s little cheer though for Americans (unless you’re part of Trump’s kleptocracy). Will you add your name to the petition to cancel this state visit?

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

14.02.2026 12:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

14.02.2026 09:56 — 👍 3406    🔁 1193    💬 188    📌 96
Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?

Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

14.02.2026 07:55 — 👍 7767    🔁 2431    💬 378    📌 167
Far-right thug Tommy
Robinson flees UK after police
warning over terror threat
Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social
media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority
target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after
receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police

Far-right thug Tommy Robinson flees UK after police warning over terror threat Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police

Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.

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The IOC’s discriminatory approach to Mr Heraskevych and implications for their international legal obligations

globalrightscompliance.org/the-iocs-dis...

The free world will get justice for Vladyslav Heraskevych

13.02.2026 12:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“apricity This is one of the many words in the Oxford English Dictionary that were recorded only once before fading away like a linguistic mayfly. Apricity, from 1623, means the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day. The word is as beautiful as the sensation it describes. @susiedentwords.bsky.social !

12.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

… and it strikes me that this issue will serve as a fitting epitaph for Keir Starmer’s régime. It combines over-reaction, authoritarianism (Labour’s Achilles’ heel from day one), and the effect of toxic lobbying (in this case by the reactionary forces supporting the current Israeli government).

12.02.2026 17:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Palestine Action: The Truth Behind the Ban Why did the government ban the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation?

I’ve belatedly caught up with this revealing documentary: 'Palestine Action: The Truth Behind the Ban'? Watch it here on Channel 4:

www.channel4.com/programmes/p...

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Nothing to Fear (feat. Audrey Assad) by The Porter's Gate on Apple Music Song · 2019 · Duration 3:04

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12.02.2026 17:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nothing to Fear (feat. Audrey Assad) by The Porter's Gate on Apple Music Song · 2019 · Duration 3:04

music.apple.com/gb/album/not...

12.02.2026 07:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
James Talarico’s Beautiful Answer to Christian Nationalism | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show James Talarico’s Beautiful Answer to Christian Nationalism | The Ezra Klein Show

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I love this - particularly the thought ‘religious practice is like aspirin: it has to dissolve to have its effect’ !!! ❤️

10.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Makes it an easy decision then to cancel my subscription, so thanks for that!

10.02.2026 12:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@theguardian.com I heard today that you guys have allied yourselves with OpenAI, in other words WITH the techbro cult and AGAINST the interests of the majority of people both here and abroad. I guess that explains why you, like Meta, have imposed a ‘give us yer data or yer money’ policy lately.

10.02.2026 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Triodos Bank's vision for the future of finance | Triodos Bank How the financial system works, and how banking could work differently

This article oughtn’t be revelatory, but it was for me - and might be for others: www.triodos.co.uk/articles/202...

30.01.2026 18:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump claims Nato troops ‘stayed a little off the frontlines’ in Afghanistan President again disparages allies and tells Fox News he is ‘not sure’ Nato would come to US’s defence

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

All this shite coming from a fec£in’ DRAFT-DODGER!!! 🌮

23.01.2026 00:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I intensely dislike being tailed by security while I shop in #waitrose … It does seem to happen often. Maybe having worked for them for 28 years I trigger some subconscious signal? Maybe I simply give off scary dishonest vibes? Maybe I’m just being paranoid? 🤓😵‍💫😅

22.01.2026 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A cycle that's all-too familiar from the workplace. It baffles me how it's so often an uphill struggle to get people to examine their manager's / representative's / organisation leader's track record and act accordingly.

22.01.2026 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy

Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE

The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast

The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side

He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot

That’s murder

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Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’

No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary.

Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

22.01.2026 08:35 — 👍 1758    🔁 633    💬 188    📌 38
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

22.01.2026 13:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unhinged

19.01.2026 07:02 — 👍 5893    🔁 1810    💬 619    📌 465

Essential to hold on to this truth when the loudest voices in the room are trying to obscure it ❤️

#DrMartinLutherKingJr

19.01.2026 13:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a concentration camp prisoner in striped uniform and a Nazi officer in green uniform walking together.

Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a concentration camp prisoner in striped uniform and a Nazi officer in green uniform walking together.

Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a prisoner crouching beside scattered objects including fruits and a doll.

Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a prisoner crouching beside scattered objects including fruits and a doll.

Painting a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a sinister figure in uniform surrounded by chaos, suffering, and apocalyptic imagery, reflecting themes of oppression and human despair.

Painting a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a sinister figure in uniform surrounded by chaos, suffering, and apocalyptic imagery, reflecting themes of oppression and human despair.

Artistic representation featuring the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei', by a Jewish artist David Olère.

Artistic representation featuring the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei', by a Jewish artist David Olère.

19 January 1902 | A Jewish artist David Olère was born in Warsaw. In 1918 he emigrated to France.

In March 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz where he was forced to work in Sonderkommando. After the war he showed the horrifying world of gas chambers in drawings & paintings.

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If you don’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize I’ll wage war is a classic 3-year-old gambit.

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Mandelson accuses European leaders of ‘histrionic’ reaction to Trump’s Greenland stance Article by former British ambassador to US is likely to be seen as criticism of Keir Starmer

I guess I knew Mandelson lacked integrity but I figured at least he had a grasp on reality. He’s on dodgy ground assuming Trump acts in accordance with coherent thought; that’s only true in the sense a drunken man will often ‘think’ with his d*ck.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour donor Dale Vince criticised for post following Bondi beach attack Tories accuse Vince of ‘morally repugnant statement’ after he says Israeli government is partly responsible for rising antisemitism

Kemi Badenoch must surely now qualify as Britain’s biggest hypocrite

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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