Steve Darrell

Letter of the day (in the Times)

Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.

From Private Eye, a satirical magazine - a long text, but in brief "The whole country has turned into a tinderbox ... All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode." ... "the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages ... calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like." "Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg..."

As per Private Eye

Martin Davies
Telegraph is owned by a tax avoiding billionaire who doesn’t live in the UK, and employs Dubai based hypocrites who attack the UK from there.

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

🚨🚨 New @bestforbritain.org research suggests that England's swimming waters are five times likely to be polluted than in the European Union.

'Dirty man of Europe' is the expression.

#brexitbenefits #brexitshambles
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yes, I believe you're right, that's what made them look for a more industrial, depersonalised, method.

Foreign correspondents > “Broke Britain’s on the edge of financial disaster, Labour’s out of its depth — and people are angry. I’m scared for what’s to come.” — Andrew Neill, Daily Mail, 22 July. Brillo lives largely in the South of France > “Migrant hotels are radicalising Middle England.” — Guy Dampier, Daily Telegraph, 22 July. Dampier lives in Germany > “Small boats and sky-high legal immigration will continue to wreak demographic havoc. This change is permanent. Millions of immigrants from clashing traditions will bring only more of their friends and families. None of these people are going home.” — Lionel Shriver, Times, 24 July. As Shriver explained in her column, she recently moved to Portugal, having previously migrated to the UK from America > “Epping proves the police are the paramilitary wing of the left.” — Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail, 25 July. Littlejohn lives in Florida for much of the year > “All the online censorship & superinjunctions can’t keep the English down. Regime change.” — Former MP and Telegraph columnist Douglas Carswell commenting on footage of asylum hotel protests, X, 3 August. Carswell lives in Mississippi > “Unless our leaders get a grip — and fast — exasperated communities will turn vigilante. Then things could get really ugly.” — Isabel Oakeshott, Daily Telegraph, 4 August. Oakeshott moved to the UAE in January for tax reasons

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Many of the columnists seemingly egging on English rioters don't even live in the UK. Private Eye again

Zelenskyy should counter by offering Russia Alaska.

Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What makes a legal person? If invisible corporations and inanimate objects can be legal persons, so can rivers and animals

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What makes a legal person?

If invisible corporations and inanimate objects can be legal persons, so can rivers and animals

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

It also assumes (1) your taxes are currently higher than the cost of private insurance - unlikely for many incl. a lot of pensioners and (2) your taxes will reduce by this amount

Statement from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust about measles - Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust Statement from Alder Hey about media interest in cases of measles

A child at Alder Hey hospital has died of measles. The tragic death came less than a week after medical officials at the children’s hospital warned that cases of the virus were on the rise, severely endangering the health of some of those affected.
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www.alderhey.nhs.uk/...
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MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Neanderthal tools, mammoths and new species at Cotswolds dig It is the last time the Cotswolds site - known as the Mammoth Graveyard - is being excavated.

Neanderthals in the Cotswolds: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem

It is, in my view, the strength, not the weakness, of Britain which allows of wide tolerance and freedom, permitting people to disagree on matters of vital importance and yet to continue to live together in friendly intercourse. Clement Attlee

We love what Clement Attlee had to say about 'tolerance and freedom' being one of the UK's strengths, which includes 'permitting people to disagree on matters of vital importance and yet continue to live together.'

Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS

Who’s behind the Centre for Migration Control? This so-called “research organisation” has been cited in The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times and Express - but it appears to be run by one man with a Brexit campaign past, publishing opaque and selective data and wild claims about migrants.

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He may be deliberately lying rather than clueless. No doubt many Trump supporters will choose to believe him, and he'll get their support. I know the rule of thumb is "never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence", but there seem to be a lot of exceptions around lately.

Makes you wonder whether the £2.3m Reform received from donors with links to fossil fuels and climate change denial in the last few years makes their MPs put spreading lies before the good of the country.

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

The extreme right is at war with reality.

And reality is losing.

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Well worth a read

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

Far from solving problems, Reform UK invent them...

The stoking of divisions and spread of misinformation is dangerous for our democracy and our communities.