Adam Bienkov

If you can continue to have a career after the episode "bankrupted myself by bringing a libel case after it was successfully proved that I support the Nazis because I believe in fairies", then there surely there be no such thing as cancellation for right wing public intellectuals

Amazing. It's going to be funny watching Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage going into the next election pledging to reverse this, or whatever their incoherent policy will be by then

Keir Starmer's Government Still Hasn't Reviewed Use of Musk's X Despite Platform 'Amplifying Hate Speech and Misinformation' Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms, like Bluesky, despite the role of X in last summer's violent disorder

Keir Starmer's Government is still refusing to explore whether it should stop using X, or use alternative platforms like Bluesky, despite Musk's site amplifying unfiltered hate and misinformation, and despite its in-house AI bot referring to itself as "Mecha-Hitler"
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Illegitimate Concerns There is a growing violent far-right movement in the UK which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but are actively encouraging

As I explain here, I've stopped using X for the time being after being subjected to a campaign of hundreds of tweets and messages demanding to know if I'm Jewish, along with multiple violent, and in some cases graphic threats to my life. That's enough for me
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Keir Starmer's Government Still Hasn't Reviewed Use of Musk's X Despite Platform 'Amplifying Hate Speech and Misinformation' Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms, like Bluesky, despite the role of X in last summer's violent disorder

Keir Starmer's Government is still refusing to explore whether it should stop using X, or use alternative platforms like Bluesky, despite Musk's site amplifying unfiltered hate and misinformation, and despite its in-house AI bot referring to itself as "Mecha-Hitler"
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/k...

Spot on from Andrew Marr on the vacuity of the Government's unquestioning embrace of AI and big tech, at the same time as that technology is accelerating the far right radicalisation and economic division of our society

It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

So many fawning columns have been written about Ms Peggie, yet those same pundits seem to have nothing to say about this. Curious
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Trump and Clinton named. Here’s who else is allegedly in Epstein’s birthday book Messages from Epstein’s acquaintances were reportedly grouped into categories that included: ‘Friends,’ ‘Business,’ ‘Brooklyn,’ and ‘Family’

'The note from British politician Mandelson referred to Epstein as “my best pal,” and included pictures of a tropical island and whiskey, according to the Journal.'
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Nigel Farage says he is “very pleased” to be joined by Ann Coulter, who has previously described immigration as “white genocide” and said European settlers to America “should have killed more Indians”, saying she “has written and said many interesting things” which have "come true".

Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon

Just once I'd like to see a quote from the police which says "Oh, well, we've made tits of ourselves here then, haven't we? Bloooody hell"

There's a realistic chance we get to a position where Wikipedia is blocked while official government accounts are posting on a site that created MechaHitler AI

Kemi Badenoch asked whether pictures of starving children in Gaza have caused her support for Israel to waver in any way, replies "no, war is a difficult situation..."

Kemi Badenoch tells Sky News that she believes Israel are telling the truth about Gaza.

"What I am seeing is Israel allowing humanitarian aid to go in"

Asked about the far right protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, Labour minister James Murray tells Sky News that it's "absolutely right for people to protest about this"

Illegitimate Concerns There is a growing violent far-right movement in the UK which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but are actively encouraging

There is a growing violent movement which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but actively encouraging.

Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...

Illegitimate Concerns There is a growing violent far-right movement in the UK which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but are actively encouraging

There is a growing violent movement which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but actively encouraging.

Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...

As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job

As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job

Sooner or later something terrible is going to happen at one of these hotels and the politicians and media outlets who have spent the past year whipping it all up will have to carry the blame

"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.

Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.

Sooner or later something terrible is going to happen at one of these hotels and the politicians and media outlets who have spent the past year whipping it all up will have to carry the blame

Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.

By a fellow human being working incredibly hard to support themselves and secure a better life?

By a fellow human being working incredibly hard to support themselves and secure a better life?

I've read the full original readout from Downing Street and it is exactly what she said

Africa to be hit hard as UK foreign aid cuts revealed A Foreign Office report shows the biggest cuts will come in Africa with less spent on women's health and water sanitation.

"A Foreign Office report and impact assessment show the biggest cuts this year will come in Africa, with less spent on women's health and water sanitation with increased risks of disease and death"

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One of these days a senior politician will actually say something positive about the 10 million people living and working in the UK who happen to have been born abroad, but that day is not today

God this stuff is just so depressing. Don’t know what can be done about people going on the media, whether traditional or new, and essentially just scaring people into staying inside and going mad.

“Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts. Some have been injured, others taken prisoner. But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger.”