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The Fourth Estate should not be the Fifth Column. Some analysis on @bylinetimes.bsky.social linktr.ee/avdeggar

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Suits bought by donors, of course.

02.03.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So much the better.

02.03.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Given the supine, genuflecting reaction of the political class in the Sainted West to the latest act of aggression in Iran, I'm sure that if the U.S. were to throw nukes into the mix, our fearless leaders would send thoughts & prayers to the slain masses & urge the Iranians to de-escalate

02.03.2026 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely agree.

02.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tony Blair Institute for Change

Tony Blair Institute for Change

The Rest Is Politics podcast at Wembley Arena

The Rest Is Politics podcast at Wembley Arena

I am basing this on the Chilcot Inquiry and

02.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Warning the UK may be embarking on an illegal war

Warning the UK may be embarking on an illegal war

If the UK joins this latest illegal military action, the maximum outcome will likely be that an inquiry is launched in 2032, with the final report outlining a limp condemnation of the major players in 2039.

They will then be rewarded with think-tanks & extremely lucrative podcast careers.

02.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Starmer allows use of UK airbases for US strikes on Iran

Starmer allows use of UK airbases for US strikes on Iran

Not lost on me that the Mandelson Files were supposed to be coming out at the beginning of March.

02.03.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Not lost on me that the Mandelson Files are supposed to be coming out this week....

01.03.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't think it would be possible for me to despise him more but this seems to be the only thing he's excelled at.

01.03.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump returns to Washington

Trump returns to Washington

Very happy to be corrected here, but I believe this is the first war in my lifetime waged by an alleged pædophile on behalf of a wanted war criminal.

01.03.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jeez

01.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Keir Starmer's pledge for no more illegal wars

Keir Starmer's pledge for no more illegal wars

Never forget.

01.03.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Winston Starmer

Winston Starmer

Never forget.

01.03.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A very short countdown until the fearless Scriveners of Wapping start referring to this illegal military action as "Starmer's Falklands moment."

01.03.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Explosions in British airbase

Explosions in British airbase

I'll use one of the Keir Unit's go-to phrases—let me be clear: by supporting this US war of aggression to save your own ass & kiss that of your Orange pædo-adjacent master, you have put Britain in the cross-hairs.

You will never be forgiven for this & your name will be in the dirt for all time.

01.03.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gee, no shit

01.03.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The UK prime minister is getting in on an illegal war of aggression to keep himself in a job, and divert the headlines, much like the other belligerents who are balls deep in the Epstein scandal or wanted for war crimes.

01.03.2026 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG they're going for it, they're actually fucking doing it.

01.03.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Otherwise an ideological tabula rasa, I think ardent support for a genocidal state is literally the only thing he cares about with something resembling passion

01.03.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Difficult to beat Cameron with killer austerity and Brexit on his watch, but I think the worst leaders are the ones that drag their countries into the abyss through malfeasance and nonfeasance.

I'd have to put Biden and Starmer on the same level as Buchanan in the US and Chamberlain here.

01.03.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And yet here we are, somehow.

01.03.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good for you, some of us are stuck in Airstrip One

01.03.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sir Keir wants in on the war of aggression

Sir Keir wants in on the war of aggression

Well, well, well.

01.03.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting the UK in the cross-hairs of a response, in a war of aggression waged by pædophiles and genocidaires to occupy the headlines and keep them out of jail.

I already thought this PRICK was one of the worst PMs in the history of Britain, it's clear he now might be the unassailable #1.

01.03.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Sir Keir wants the UK to get in on the war of aggression

Sir Keir wants the UK to get in on the war of aggression

Well, would you believe that: a Labour prime minister wanting to grandstand on the world stage off the back of an illegal US war.

Just unthinkable.

01.03.2026 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

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Maybe I'm being too cynical, but I don't see public opinion making a dent. We're seemingly at the tipping point where neoliberalism elides into re-feudalisation, and I don't believe politicians and the forces of organised money are going to concede that to the bleatings of the enserfed.

01.03.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! I'm afraid neither boots on the ground nor fingers on touchscreens will move the dial for the guardians of a dying ideology

01.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which is why they are racing to criminalise dissent in double time. The AI bubble going boom will be a massive and apt cover for those emergency powers they need to do it, too.

01.03.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Except there were two million people on the street then first time round....

01.03.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which is the exact thing our fearless Upholders of the Rules-based Orders have been doing with the Palestinian genocide for more than two yearsβ€”demand that the besieged inmates of the largest concentration camp in history de-escalate themselves into the grave.

01.03.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0