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Human rights should not apply to all humans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #bbclaurak

In 2.5 weeks, Donald Trump has gone from a +38 net favourability rating among Reform UK voters to -8 All Britons Favourable: 15% (-7 from 16-17 Feb) Unfavourable: 80% (+7) Reform UK voters Favourable: 45% (-21) Unfavourable: 53% (+25) yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

The funniest part of Trump's address to congress was that Musk had to wear a suit in an effort to make Republicans seem ever so slightly less hypocritical

So... Trump wants to end aid to Ukraine because they didn't say "thank you" enough times directly for the aid despite Trump disassociating from that aid and saying that Biden was a moron for supplying it... Sounds like he just didn't want to supply aid in the first place, tbh

Starmer's talk of needing a US backstop for a peace deal in Ukraine goes to show that he still hasn't learnt yet that the US is pro-Russia now and that Europe needs to do this without reliance on them, for our own sakes. #bbclaurak

Gee, sure is a shame that Badenoch and her party haven't even been in a position to sway defense spending in the past which would have already achieved this 🙄 Another useless call from her, and only goes to re-enforce my view that the real leader of the opposition is @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

A reminder for these times.

It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

Republicans calling for Zelenskyy to apologise are showing themselves up for how little they understand the situation and how little empathy they have for the head of a state which has been at war for 3 years and who has watched tens of thousands of his own people die

For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...

MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting. Meanwhile:

Americans must feel so ashamed right now. And so they fucking should.

Zelenskyy doesn't get enough credit for being able to tolerate talking to absolute morons who think they know more about what his own country needs than he does

Disappointed to see that Dodds has resigned as minister for women and equalities as well, I had hoped she would keep that role... We'll see where we go from here, I guess

Reminder: "woke" is not an insult, it's a good thing

I just published NHS Fife v Bigots: What the Law Says About Trans-Inclusive Policies medium.com/@notashley/n...

Gee, this transparency thing which Musk was boasting about sure is good... TBF, this is probably because I'm not in the US, but still!

A reminder to those panicked by the latest YouGov results re transphobia. YouGov actively pick who they send their surveys. They can select participants based on previous answers. The recent survey had Sex Matters involvement. In short, they can make the stats say whatever they want.

🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over recent weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

Rewatching old Innuendo Studios videos is really depressing, how were they so right even now If anything they're too optimistic

Nottingham has a proud tradition of solidarity. We look after each other and we don’t fall for con artists playing divide and rule. So, in our hundreds, we showed the small anti-trans march that their views are not welcome. Their movement is a danger to trans people and women.

Watching KJK's little video of herself being moved out of Nottingham city centre by counter-protesters is amazing. Fantastic work by the people who were there

Somehow I'd missed the whole "Wokot" stuff until I saw a video this morning about a group who's forked Godot for being too "woke", and shockingly enough, the criticism seems to just be that Godot was actively inclusive of minorities All the more reason to use Godot, I guess 🤷

Oh Canada! Cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon

Just in case you needed to hear this today….

Sending out a totally non-sarcastic thank you to the United States for not letting the UK be a lone state when it comes to calling for economic sanctions on themselves

What TF is the “right starting point”? 11% think Brexit is a success. Are you waiting until it’s nobody? Until our young people have even less than they have now? FFS Labour. No one will thank you for pandering to the Daily Mail. And certainly not the Daily Mail. Do right by the rest of us.