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It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.
Now hear me out, but I’m just beginning to think it may have been an error to appoint a deranged, narcissistic, psychopathic, criminal, sex offender, reality TV star on the run from justice with dementia to the highest political office in the world. Twice.
Apparently not
With international law shredded, the distinction between military and civilian targets has also disappeared.
The trauma and mega-violence inflicted on civilians by all sides in this Middle East war looks like Putin's barbaric assault on Ukrainians.
Tree of the day. Nelson Bay, NSW. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
I do struggle to understand Shabana Mahmood: if this was what she came into politics to do, why was it the Labour Party that attracted her? Throughout most of the last 20 years, the Conservatives would've been a much more obvious fit.
If it's not, why's she doing it so zealously?
@elliechowns.bsky.social : "What we've seen here is the action of an Israeli govt led by a man who is himself a war criminal responsible for a genocide & a US govt led by a man who is a loose cannon... & the risk is that the UK is going to be drawn into this"
I’m afraid this letter shows why so many Labour MPs think Starmer needs to go. His political antenna is non-existent. If you have just been humbled in a by-election it might not be the best idea to slag off the choices of the voters who deserted you in their droves.
So the Telegraph is taking this well
Time to give up the Reform tribute act, Starmer. @wolveswestlabour.org.uk @warinderjussmp.bsky.social
Had a beer in a bar in Sydney, and this fella was in there.
❌ You can’t fight poverty with racism.
❌ And you can’t fix a broken system by scapegoating migrants.
Blame the corporate greed at the top. We’re talking to you, Farage + Musk.
#MarchAgainstFarRight #Together
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
Genocidal bastards.
BBC News - Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian boy and stood around as he bled to death, video shows
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
a year is a long time in politics
Speak for yourself, mate. #NotMyKing
Activists from the anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble on February 19.
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
He is a nutter!
This man is completely unhinged.
There is no hope for the Labour Party ...
Ash Sarkar, "Jim Ratcliffe is a stinking hypocrite"
"He became a tax resident of Monaco to save £4 billion that could have gone towards British schools, the British NHS, towards British defence, instead he decided he wanted that money for his own pocket"
@timbale.bsky.social In Australia and currently watching you on World News! A fine broadcast!
Typographical horror show ...
What the Epstein files reveal more than anything is a gilded elite who believe the rules and laws don't apply to them.
The test of our times is do these bastards end up in jail
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
From Gordon Brown's piece in The Guardian today.
Starmer's Labour promised to clean up politics, promised to ban second jobs for MPs. But has done nothing.
This must change. Cap donations. Ban 2nd jobs. Fines for non- and late declarations.
