Alison Killing

Talk of Badenoch's incompetence is entirely superfluous at this stage. In fact, foregrounding her incompetence and lack of future prospects only detracts from how dangerous she is, right now, as leader of the opposition. That is the real issue. That the leader of the opposition is far right.

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration

ICE is the Sturmabteilung of Trumpian fascism, characterised by racial profiling, flagrant lawlessness, and sadistic violence. The fact that Badenoch wants that for us is a shocking illustration of just how extreme and sinister her politics are.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A lot of very talented people at @hrw.org just got laid off.

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

This xenophobic nonsense illustrates why the government's proposals to restrict settlement rights is not only wrong but politically self-defeating.

Has just encouraged Reform to become even more extreme.

After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde

I wrote for @theguardian.com about the “Unite the Kingdom” rally.

High time to pull head out of the sand and learn from other countries — if only on what NOT to do!

Irony of liberal “populism whisperers” is that, stuck in their coastal liberal bubble, they let far right define “the heartland”, because it is very much in line with their own prejudices (ie white, racist, uneducated, poor).

The only thing they change is the connotation: from bad to “left behind”.

Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist.

The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

Labour would find it easy to campaign against this rank homophobia if they weren’t in the middle of enacting and enforcing a bathroom ban for trans people

This is as good as everyone is saying it is.

That's awful - I'm really sorry to hear that.

Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population.

Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%

How Charlie Kirk practiced politics

This is incredible reporting from @jasonleopold.bsky.social @dmehro.bsky.social and the Bloomberg team.

You and me both.

A woman and man perform gymnastics on an inflatable paddle board in the middle of a lake. The man is lying on his back with his legs at 90 degrees. The woman is in a handstand position, with her shoulders on the man's feet and holding his hands to help balance.

Hackney is Hackneying really hard today.

The Chinese governments committed crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and is trying to cover up. My father included, hundreds and thousands of Uyghurs remain unjustly imprisoned. The UN and others should press for accountability.

My op-ed @thehill.com

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Rachel's great - we're really lucky to have her back.

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

Lol, just coming to post the exact same thing!

Help a refugee into employment by donating - Refugee Council Romia fled Sudan when she felt it was no longer safe for her and her family...

Almost every newspaper and broadcaster in Britain is now waging a racist 24/7 campaign of hatred against migrants on behalf of the ultra rich. In response to this, one small thing you can do is donate to the NGOs supporting refugees.

Delays to Saudi Arabia’s snow mountain put 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk [FREE TO READ] Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort

NEW: Saudi is holding internal discussions about having China or South Korea hold the 2029 Asian Winter Games as it struggles to deliver its desert defying ski resort in Neom. on.ft.com/45qlxtK

They write it as NEOM, FT style is Neom 🤷🏻‍♀️

Delays to Saudi Arabia’s snow mountain put 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort

Delays to Saudi Arabia’s snow mountain put 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk. ‘Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort.’ ⁦‪ by @alisonkilling.bsky.social ‬⁩the FT team.
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NEW: Ski resort in the Saudi mountains? This animation shows how the huge Trojena project which is set to host the Asian winter games in 2029 is falling behind schedule

Great reporting from @alisonkilling.bsky.social Andrew England Joe Leahy and Ahmed Al Omran
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#dataviz

Delays to Saudi Arabia’s snow mountain put 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk [FREE TO READ] Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort

NEW: Saudi is holding internal discussions about having China or South Korea hold the 2029 Asian Winter Games as it struggles to deliver its desert defying ski resort in Neom. on.ft.com/45qlxtK

Yeah, agree. Brexit was similar - it produced one group that insisted the UK was the best country in the world and another that insisted that it was the worst. A really bizarre, solipsistic thing to observe from abroad.

large parts of UK politics are swinging far-right with very, very frightening speed, and racists are getting increasingly open about expressing their bigotry.

These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that.

Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.