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I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

FACT FOCUS: Republicans shut down the government to give him more time to hide the #EPSTEIN_Files.

She should be in prison. Making money out of death and other people’s suffering is an abominable crime!

But make her the first and not the last to be brought to account.

I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.

Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.

... and rejoining the Single Market as a first step to rejoining the EU. Never underestimate how popular that is!

Reform say it is "disgusting and libellous" to suggest that Nigel Farage flirted with Hitler Youth when he was young.

Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it

Ed Davey, "It's so frustrating, so infuriating that Nigel Farage gets such an easy ride from the media"

"As he lies, as he divides, the BBC and others given Farage so much time and attention"

"But they never hold him to account for all the damage he has already done"

"The damage of Brexit"

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

My dad was in Patton’s 4th Armored Division … he, and his fellow soldiers, signed up for the duration - meaning the would fight the war against fascism until they won or died trying - we continue that fight

Reform accused of ‘indoctrination’ after Kent school offers Farage shirt as essay prize ‘Well this is grotesque Linden Kemkaran. Reform UK indoctrination in schools.’

Reform warns against so-called 'brainwashing' in schools, but is more than happy to promote itself in classrooms

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The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

Spineless!

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

“Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up.” www.vox.com/politics/461...

I know many people, particularly from London's diverse communities, are feeling extremely worried following the events this weekend. It takes me back to how I felt growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, when far-right political parties marched on our streets. The leaders of the far-right are once again attempting to hijack our flag, with minorities being intimidated and fear, hatred and division being sown. As Londoners, and as proud Brits, we must unite to reject the far-right – just as we have many times before. But it’s going to take a huge effort from us all – from people of all races and backgrounds, who are willing to stand up for our British values of equality, inclusion and mutual respect. As Mayor, I'll continue to do everything I can to challenge the far-right and all those who peddle the politics of fear and division. I urge other politicians and Londoners to do the same. MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

The Mail making it quite clear this week that it hasn't shifted an inch from the days when - alongside many members of the Tory establishment & thousands of 'ordinary people' with 'legitimate concerns' - it came out in full support of Oswald Moseley & his fascist Blackshirts. Owner, editor or both?

If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Always

“A hoax”
“Irrelevant”
“Dead issue”

Call it whatever you want Donald, just know it’s never going away.
https://youtu.be/5TdD8bmSU-g

Hello @fbpech.bsky.social and @justanv-h.bsky.social!

You asked me to send you a reminder about our Campaign Wave on Wednesday 17 September (tomorrow) from 19-21h in the UK and 20-22h in mainland Europe. (see my pinned post).

Our hashtags are:
#TrumpNotWelcome
#BanTrumpNow

See you tomorrow!

This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.

He’s No Good for America

Keir Starmer, "Reform UK have fake solutions"

"They won't work. Haven't been costed. Can't be implemented. The easy answers that will deliver nothing"

"Reform offer fake solutions, and to peddle fake solutions to a worried public is about as unpatriotic as you can get"

Stay focused.

Free speech in the UK !

Trump is coming to the UK to AVOID the EPSTEIN story. Unfortunately the British public just crowdfunded the WORLD’S BIGGEST PHOTO of Donald with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

And here is right outside Windsor Castle, where Trump is staying with the King this week.

@labouruk.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Do something about the rise of these fascist loons !!

Ian Birrell: Opinion Extract: Farage - who resigned from Ukip over its embrace of Robinson and development of an "anti-Muslim fixation" - now has a policy chief demanding a ban on the burka, MPs calling Britain "a fundamentally Christian country" and has shifted position in a year to demand mass deportations. The chairman of Reform UK said Robinson's march showed "the silent majority". At the party's conference, members freely told me they were fans of the far-right activist. I heard a fringe speaker talk about tackling the "insurrectionary religion" of Islam. And the party links crime to migration while focusing hard on Muslim grooming gangs, echoing themes heard last century in bigoted hostility to Jewish refugees and Roman Catholic migrants. When Enoch Powell claimed six decades ago that immigration would bring "rivers of blood", the Tory leadership of the day turned on him and was backed by Labour: Contrast that with today when we see the Conservative Party leader try to outflank Farage over deportations of women and children while her leadership rival, Robert Jenrick, jumps on a stunt over street flags initiated by the far-right. Meanwhile a panicked Labour Government, flailing around to look tougher on illegal migration, says Robinson is tapping into disquiet and that the march was a "klaxon call" to redouble their efforts to tackle public concerns. It is, however, also a klaxon call to political leaders to defend our great multicultural country and all ofits citizens - whatever their colour; gender, race or religion - from an insurgent far-right rabble, which is being aided by unshackled social media, irresponsible technology billionaires and enemy states intent on destroying democracy. Ugly rhetoric leads to ugly events. So silence is no longer an option for true patriots who love the modern reality of their country, in this struggle for the soul of our nation.

Reform would have you believe they’re different from Tommy Robinson and the far right. They’re not. Reform is chock full of Robinson’s fascist fans and the v worst politicians are legitimising them.
Anyone who genuinely cared about our country wouldn’t let their racist rhetoric take hold.
(iPaper)

The private family life of twice divorced Nigel Farage, who had children with both of his ex wives.... and now lives with his girlfriend.... is none of my business... just as the private family lives of everyone else are none of his.