Emancipated serf

When democracy is killed it happens slowly, almost imperceptibly, it's not a deadly cobra strike it's a gradually but remorselessly tightening pythonesque asphyxiation.

Yes … what have we become?

@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com fyi you and a number of other public figures are featured in deep fake ads running on YouTube for the past 3 or so weeks.

The “Battle of Brockwell Park” isn’t over. This year's festivals may have gone ahead, but between boycotts, lawsuits, insider discontent and publications shutting down their own reporting, the underlying issues aren't going away.

Artists concerned at the takeover of the Festival business by unethical private equity firms are allying with Park neighbours fighting to protect their green spaces from commercial exploitation in London. #saveGunnersburyPark #ProtectBrockwell

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I understand why disenchanted voters angry at their lives take it out on the establishment by voting Reform and hitherto Brexit, but this is like shitting your own bed as a protest

performative cruelty, red meat for the maga base. Where are the voices of Christian leaders who backed Trump. Unsurprisingly the hypocrites stay stumm. Christian my ass. Inhumane, evil, grifters.

Men playing soldiers - nauseating and truly pathetic. Andrew Tate fanboys compensating with guns.

Fascism.101 - demonise intellectuals, chill academic freedoms.

The AI industry meaning a handful of billionaires, investors and mega tech corporations at the expense of workers and copyright owners. Maybe it's not in the wider interest

Spot on. Re-election obsession, achieved by unprincipled if not cynical triangulation, crowds out vision and only reinforces the Reform uniparty narrative

Good point. His political benefit filter has been misfiring for some time. His only goal appears to be a second term, achieved at all costs.

The other benefit is we desperately need people to have more children!

The majority want visionary leadership and radical change rooted in values NOT McSweeney's focus group led triangulation. The party is hamstrung, still carrying that Ming vase with a hand behind the back.

He's a campaigner and imo that is a very different beast to a political strategist. I'd love to see the receipts of the paper trail that led to the Winter Fuel decision.

the land of the not so free. Dictator dictating.

Fascists always suppress academia and intellectuals. It's 101

Just back from Milton Keynes hospital where my Dad had a pacemaker fitted on the NHS & contemplating that in the USA we'd be charged 11 to 14k USD (or our insurance would). Thank the lord @keepournhspublic.bsky.social

The CIC have created a second event space so 96 over 2 sites in 1 park are the relevant numbers Dorian 😊

Gunnersbury schedule includes SOHO house festival - literally a VIP event in a public park, & the park has been licensed to a CIC by the council who they then allow to exploit the park. Conflict of interest & undemocratic imho.

It's out of control at Gunnersbury park. 96 event days over summer including out and out raves & a Drum n Bass event. It's about scale and numbers. They claim 600k ploughed back in but that goes into restoring heritage buildings - the park is damaged irreversibly in the process.

@newsagents.bsky.social FYI folks there appears to be a v convincing deep fake ad ft Emily being interviewed on GMB, for an investment scam, running on YT today.

Sad middle aged white men of limited intelligence playing at soldiers. A recurrent theme throughout the history of authoritarian regimes.

My local park in W London is wonderful - until it effectively becomes a music concert venue for 3 months over the Summer - justified because it raises money. Privatisation of green spaces is a big issue here. Parks are so important for wellbeing.

A point not made at all by a single remain campaigner at the time. Our leaders have no strategic nouse whatsoever. As for the morons who promoted global Britain do they still.thin the East India Company exists?

Only as it pertains to the equalities act Such shoddy reporting on this decision. Just backing up the aspirational aims of those who funded the action. It's far less consequential than implied.

So much for free speech - the hypocrisy is staggering..

Her bizarre take on this suggests when is siding with the racist culture warriors claiming the story was based on the story of a black boy changed because of " woke". She is a dangerous apologist for bigots and zealots.

Jesus would have hurled her down the temple steps. The Christian right is a despicable, hypocritical stain on society.

Wow of course. Even more depressing. A persistent hold over those who came from slavery. "You may be free but you can't have what we have" - jeez - entrenched superiority and disdain.

What a country. Where the dollar always comes first. Capitalism kills people, the planet and accountability