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I am a trade unionist and Labour party member. More liberal left, a sign of getting older and wiser. I have views but also the ability to change them with debate and discussion based on facts and evidence. Golf, fishing, walking the dogs and travelling.
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The Trump regime is working to deter dissent. Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list. This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts. It's straight out of the fascist playbook.

Just a reminder…..

Credit to the owner and author of this little nugget! 🤣🤣

Labour’s had a stellar week. While Trump and Musk embarrassed themselves more than we thought possible, there was plenty of good news for progressives. 7 things to celebrate:

Just found out that M&S are advertising on GB News Radio. M&S talk a lot about their 'green' credentials – so do they really want to be spending money with a channel that spreads climate misinformation?

GB News actually aired commentary likening "the LGBT flag" to Nazi imagery (content warning) Is this really a channel that M&S are comfortable to align with? You can take action by leaving a comment on the M&S Facebook page asking them to #StopFundingHate www.facebook.com/MarksandSpen...

James Watt: "Hey, I accidentally fucked the reputation of my brand of hipster piss by acting like a corporate monster. How can I fix this?" Marketing Expert: "Whatever you do, don't copy the incredibly stupid antics of a guy who only 12% of Britons approve of" James Watt 👇

This Byline Times story on Farage pictured with far-right activists has not been picked up by any established media outlet - including liberal/democratic/left publications. Why? Because people like being comfortable in their own power and status. The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

Embarrassing reporting from the Daily Mail. Canada announced this billion dollar border plan almost two months ago

After just over a week we're nearly at *90%* of our crowdfunder target after hundreds of people stepped up to support the campaign! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news Thankyou to everyone who's donated and shared so far!

A daily reminder to myself, hoping I’m not the only one

Please sign, if we all take a few seconds we can push back against these so called news agencies

Opinion | It is patently obvious that the blame for the current situation cannot be laid at the door of Reeves. It’s embarrassingly opportunistic to claim otherwise 🖋 @iandunt.bsky.social https://buff.ly/40ccUPA

NEWS! Nigel Farage's guide to earning seven-figures as an MP and using private planes but not being part of the Establishment elite

'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.

Reeves may well be under pressure at the moment, but that pressure is not emanating from across the aisle. She battered Stride. "Their economic strategy seems to be not to engage with the world's second largest economy, or indeed with our largest trading partner, the EU." ~AA

Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x

⚠️ NEWS: UK Cinemas set to trial shocking new deterrent. Do you think this is a good idea? 👇🏻 The #BrokenNews team have the details. youtu.be/7Ecs_bdBsVs?...

Tories now permanently stuck in Brexit-failure shit creek, demanding they flounce out of every institution with ‘European’ in its name, to avoid the rules and responsibilities that all our neighbours share. The notion that these evil morons should oversee our human rights is sinister in the extreme.

🌎🔥2024 confirmed as hottest year on record globally Global temperatures are rising beyond what modern humans have ever experienced, with 2024 the warmest year on record.

Farage exposed as ‘Nine Jobs Nigel’ trousering a whopping £571,585 from side hustles - on top of his MPs salary, making the most flogging tax-free gold at nearly £8,000 an hour and the least - ironically - as Clacton’s fly-away MP. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Never forget how the Daily Fail have spent years fueling the far-right. This has never been about news. It's about spreading race hate and inciting violence.

Grooming Scandal Latest: "He lured me in, promised me money and then abandoned me" Subscribe to Private Eye: subsonline.co.uk

57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits. The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.

I can’t emphasise this enough: You need to watch 2073 by Asif Kapadia. If you want to be a part of the resistance you will need to be sufficiently horrified as well as informed. It’s in selected cinemas now. youtu.be/hXqvXFR-pSI?...

Me: "Oh yeah, let's change the subject! Everyone can see that you don't want to answer the question." Piers: "They can." I tried multiple times to get Piers Morgan to condemn Donald Trump's assault on the press but, as I say in the clip, like Mark Zuckerberg, he seems "scared" of Trump. Watch:

The Daily Mail has never been pro-British- it has always been pro-fascist. The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy. Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.

In this week's addition of @privateeyenews.bsky.social 'you can't just call everyone you disagree with a facist'

Back in 2010 (Eye 1276), we reported on the appalling child protection failures in Rotherham that allowed grooming gangs to thrive. More articles in Rotten Boroughs since have criticised and kept tabs on the council and police officers who had sought to minimise evidence of large-scale abuse.

It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

I can't qwhite understand why this 'grooming gang' story has little coverage. Is the media suppressing someing Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2469973...

STORY Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far right leader, died today. If you wonder how many French people feel about that, these are the scenes of celebration on the streets of Paris this evening. One sign reads “The dirty racist is dead”. (🎥 Luc Auffret)

Nigel Farage's brief moment of 'doing the right thing' has passed and he has returned to factory settings

Rachel Sylvester, "Alexis Jay who reported on the inquiry in 2022 says there doesn't need to be another one" "Labour have announced practical steps to make a difference, protect children, and stop this kind of thing happening in the future"

Jess Phillips hits back at Elon Musk and says he should ‘crack on with getting to Mars’ as she says his o lie attacks out her jn danger. Much longer conversation on Electoral Dysfunction Thursday news.sky.com/story/jess-p...

This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...

Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today. Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister? Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it. Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA

"there are those who would weaponise our pain for their own ends or political gain ... They should hang their heads in shame". Strong rebuke to Musk and his acolytes from Telford abuse survivors. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Elon Musk supports terrorism & violence now. He objects to 7.5 years for man who created Southport Wake-Up Group, proposed mosque as the target, championed attacking the police their, **took part in the real world violence, carrying a knife**, and promoted the list of 40 targets for violence

In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now

Our tabloid press in the UK are so craven... ...that when a foreign billionaire in a foreign government attacks our national reputation - they make no effort at national defence or balance in reporting, but just eat up and regurgitate the red meat. The British tabloid press is anti-British.