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Completely baffling to see libs replying to this with jubilance, thinking the replacement will be more politically neutral. If a right winger gets forced out for being too left wing, why would his replacement be more moderate?

Davie has been forced out due to appearing too left wing. Why on earth do you think his replacement will be more neutral? Labour will be under immense pressure to find a candidate who is palatable to the far right, pressure that they will inevitably acquiesce to.

Is there? The new DG will be appointed by Labour, who are under pressure to appoint someone *to the right* of Farage-loving Tory candidate Tim Davie. One name being circulated is GB News cofounder Sir Robbie Gibb.

How does that create a possibility to fight back?

Most of these are pretty standard centrist critiques of left wing policy, but surely Darren knows that his own government has some pretty serious problems with delivery? “Unlike these woke lefties, we actually deliver on policy” isn’t a good criticism because everyone can see that it isn’t true.

A screenshot of a news article discussing a UK judge’s ruling that Islam-critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. The article reports that Patrick Lee, a 61-year-old actuary, was previously found guilty of misconduct and banned from his professional body for posting critical comments about Islam on X (formerly Twitter). The tribunal later ruled that his belief that Islam is problematic and should be criticised is legally protected. The piece notes that this is the first time a court has confirmed protection for “Islam-critical” beliefs, and compares the case to the 2021 ruling that gender-critical beliefs held by Maya Forstater are also protected under the same law.

This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.

This will be used to abuse.

why does kash patel always look like someone has just shaken him awake in the middle of the night

Liddle is a literal pedophile. Even with the UK’s extremely strict laws on defamation, I can comfortably say that, that’s how bad he is.

A little dog way too close to the fireplace

Got to hang with my friends dog Bandit last night, who was constantly preheating himself to 350⁰f

Claim: Mamdani is a communist. False: Any real communist will happily spend six hours explaining why this isn’t true.

Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/

2024 - NFTS 2025 - Al 2026 - STEW

Pointing out racism in books is not an ‘attack’ – it’s a call for industry reform | Monisha Rajesh I was called aggressive for criticising passages in Kate Clanchy’s memoir. But the real problem lies deep in the overwhelmingly white world of publishing

Directing to you all to this piece from 2021 in advance of the BBC and the Times maliciously raking up and rewriting painful history this week

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...

It’s pretty rad. I feel like a dork with my two monitor setup at the coffee shop, but it’s useful.

the ethel cain subreddit is super mad about people farting in the pit so… best of luck with that

Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a “weakness.” “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.

You can't make this up.

So retro that people are bringing up Russian bots again as a reason why people are bigoted dickheads as opposed to accepting that polls show that at least 30% of people are just always like this and always will be

In a just world, she’d be relegated to Facebook comment sections where she’d mouth off about how most left handed people are faking it

The original absolutely does mention Jews and you are making a mistake by erasing that original text in favour of the version sanitised by the same strain of American fascism that threatens you at this moment. I will politely encourage you to reflect on that mistake.

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

The source blaming Ncuti isn’t even vaguely aligned with RTD or Bad Wolf, so I’m not sure what you’re getting at here.

a ginger cat on a windowsill, wearing a black batman mask and a cape.

My friend's cat Gritty, who she adopted when he randomly showed up at her place a few years ago, is going as batman for halloween

if you wondered

Ornately carved pumpkin. Taken from above, showing off a brow line full of patterns akin to eyelashes

Ornately carved pumpkin. This photo focuses on the eyes. It has irises full of patterns and pupils carved out. The waterline of the eye is zigzags with eyelids around it. The upper lip is like a chain link in the centre.

Ornately carved pumpkin.

Ornately carved pumpkin. This photo focuses on its mouth, wide and grinning with big sharp teeth

First one of the year!

Well, 15th. But first one I've hollowed properly ready to go.

So why are you a member of a party that wants to undermine it?

A melancholy looking terrier resting her chin on her front paws.

Tilly isn’t responding well to the clocks changing. Can you believe dinner is nearly an hour late and *nobody* seems to care?

Your Party makes The Independent Group for Change look like a highly professional, well oiled political machine.

i’m genuinely very offended at the idea that miss piggy would be there. it’s a claim that stinks of jealousy.

*strapping on the giant shoes and red nose* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

I think Your Party have already made it quite clear that they aren't the sort of party to care about fringe issues like "disabled people".

Theatrical pioneer Nabil Shaban has died - here is a lengthy interview - his activism change possibilities

www.kaldorcity.com/people/DWnsi...

Floored by this. He was a hero of mine.

A warning has been issued after fake letters were posted through letterboxes, claiming people would have to house refugees if they flew St George's flag. The letter said that "patriotic" households displaying the country's flag will temporarily house refugees because ‘we know you would be proud to assist your country’.

lol.