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Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate

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

#OtD 3 Mar 1985 after a year on strike and some of the most bitter class war in UK history the National Union of Mineworkers voted to end the stoppage. A turning point for the working class in Britain, this iconic strike came to define the decade stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1021...

Imagine an Iranian bomb had slaughtered 165 Israeli school kids.

Imagine the response of the Western media and politicians.

And note the lack of outrage and disgust here.

“You can make an effort not to know, close your eyes and not want to open them, but once they’re open what the eyes have seen cannot be erased”

You cannot bomb your way to peaceful change!You cannot call self interest a liberation of the other, and none of us can unlearn the lessons from the past!

“Following orders is in itself a complicated idea set within an institutional or group context..it entails the gradual relinquishment of being a person that is why it is mystifying and horrifying”
COVINGTON

Before you can move past capitalism, you have a better story to tell than capitalism.

We have that story.

Yep.

Pax Christi USA response to military strikes on Iran March 1, 2026 — Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement, condemns the horrific bombing of Iran by the US and Israel, and we urge our nation’s leaders to stop the violence. As we recall the words from the daily readings of February 28, when the gospel reminds us to love our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48), our hearts break for the loss of life and the extraordinary damage being inflicted not only on the people of Iran but also communities throughout the region who are affected by retaliatory strikes.

Read our statement on the immoral and illegal bombing of Iran. These attacks by the US and Israel are catastrophic – they will profoundly undermine any attempt at diplomacy and peacebuilding. We pray for an end to the violence, a cessation of the bombing, and for an embrace of nonviolent solutions.

Manchester United fans display a pro-immigration banner, in response to comments from the club's minority owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Ratcliffe told Sky News: "The UK has been colonised by immigrants".

The banner features several foreign players to have represented the club👇

PIC: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘵/𝘗𝘈

What from Freud onwards the great psychologists can teach us about living in an anxiety ridden world!

Much better 2nd half Celtic but Hearts big winners with that result!

The Act of Living by Frank Tallis

YaaaaSssss Celtic!!!!

Terrible. Feel for the boy Murray. But those are two brilliant finishes. We have not competed. Number of our players have not coped with the atmosphere.It’s an embarrassing performance all round. Long needed a real combative DM in midfield!Here’s hoping we remember who and where we are in 2nd half!

If Keir Starmer is the question (and it is!) then Wes Streeting is not the answer! A man who believes in nothing but politics as a game and his own ruthless ambition!

My old man told me the only things that mattered in life were

“ Your FAITH your FAMILY and your FOOTBALL TEAM and whenever we play Rangers we get to reverse the order of importance!”

Mon The Hoops! ✊🍀

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I do know that there's no example in history where you've bombed people to democracy.. airstrikes for regime change has never led [to] an example where a country is better off afterwards" 🎯

Just heard Ray Cooper on a podcast quote Goethe (I think!) “Music is the liquid architecture of our emotions” beautifully evocative definition.

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

📖 Weekend reading!
There are 160,000 pensioners in poverty in Scotland. That is the highest number in over 20 years and, without action, could rise to 180,000 by 2031. Independent Age's manifesto set out how the next Scottish Parliament can help.
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-indepen...

Leeds fans booing break for Muslim players to break Ramadan fast is an absolute disgrace! Shocking behaviour! So far removed from the best spirit of the game! Sure many Leeds fans were also appalled!

Bombing Iran??? Does the FIFA Peace Prize mean nothing to this president?

Reform implosion is inevitable I agree.But I wonder if it might take longer than anticipated. My own sense is that Labour will of course survive and in FPTP that survival could be a bounce back,but my strong sense is that it’s part of a bigger shift politically and Labour are caught in that.

Perhaps you’re right however it’s also possible that parties get lost long term and do not recover their dominant position long term in political paradigm shifts for example the liberals in the 1920’s

They could go the way of the liberal party in the 1920s in the 2020s!!!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏

Clive Lewis really worth a listen

It may already be too late but if Labour keep him after this they may never recover from the fall out.

Greens have chance now to actually develop a political party that more people believe in/can vote for.This means learning from the failures and capitulations that have assailed Greens in govt elsewhere.In Scotland got to make environment and poverty centre focus and change how they are seen by many!