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Hands up if you wrestled last night with nightmares of horror in the White House, and woke up remembering it was all true.

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Political Science by Randy Newman No one likes us-I don't know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around, even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens

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A reminder. Trump could say nothing about tariffs on the UK today and announce them tomorrow. Or vice versa. There is no logic. Thus reporting success or failure applies to a single moment.

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My radio and podcast choices for this week's Sunday Times Culture. @drmaurice.bsky.social @dminghella.bsky.social @webuyrecords.bsky.social @iainlee.com www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

They're saying on Radio 4 that immigrants should want to integrate and be more British. See also: government saying immigrants should never be British.

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Am listening to this for preview. My God, it's incredible. Bookmark immediately. #AnthonyMinghella @dminghella.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Person who should cease and desist busy screaming cease and desist. (3, 5)

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades

submitted 54 days ago • 513 comments

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Facts are not facts these days, and "free speech" means whatever the billionaire man-children wish it to mean. Be afraid.

submitted 54 days ago • 5 comments

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

submitted 55 days ago • 275 comments

Good grief. 😂

submitted 56 days ago • 185 comments

The late great Anthony Minghella is always in our conversations, in our songs, on our walls and in our hearts. Pardon my French, but it still hurts like f*ck that he's not here in person, and I guess it always will. Today is his would-have-been 71st birthday. Here he is captured by Brigitte Lacombe.

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

At some point someone in the British government has to hit back at Musk. If he was just some rich guy, fine - whatever. Enjoy your drugs. But he is a leading figure in the incoming US administration. Is our policy now that foreign governments can speak this way about us without any consequence?

submitted 59 days ago • 153 comments

Musk wants to give Reform £100m because that’s what they need to blanket the country with lies that let them win the next election. Rich progressives, give us 10% of that and I’ll EASILY make sure they don’t. AND I’ll make sure we get what we need from the non far right government we end up with.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

“2025 will see new Brexit barriers to British passport holders… First to arrive will be the EU Entry/Exit System, known as EES. A few months later…The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). Citizens of 60 nations, including the UK, will be subject to these new procedures.”

submitted 64 days ago • 57 comments

In case you missed it, a Telegraph columnist is calling for the UK to join a federal superstate with a single currency and free movement of people.

submitted 66 days ago • 197 comments

Nigel Farage says Elon Musk is "an absolute hero figure" to young Britons. Simply untrue for most young people YouGov had Musk approval 18-24 approve 10% disapprove 74% 25-49 Approve 20% Disapprove 64%

submitted 65 days ago • 74 comments

I thought @nigella.bsky.social was mad to find pleasure in peeking at a Christmas bird in brine. And yet, here we are.

submitted 68 days ago • 4 comments

My green triangle TASTES OF ORANGE. What kind of cross-contamination fresh hell is this? #ChristmasRuined

submitted 69 days ago • 4 comments

Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm

submitted 72 days ago • 133 comments

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

submitted 71 days ago • 3 comments

Difficult to express how glad I am, that Robert Jenrick is not the leader of one of our major parties. To cast blame on all migrants for the actions of one person is pretty much undiluted racism. White people are - correctly - not collectively blamed for the crimes of individual white people.

submitted 72 days ago • 31 comments

Thank you Pompey for my Christmas present.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

This is the person of the year.

submitted 74 days ago • 142 comments

Musk is reportedly considering a donation around 10x the size of the previous record donation. This is an Armada off Plymouth grade foreign assault on our democracy. We need to act like it.

submitted 74 days ago • 9 comments

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

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Had a 9am zoom meeting this morning and couldn't hide the fact that my eyes were wet from the @MishalHusain farewell on #bbcR4Today.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose @petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors....

submitted 91 days ago • 86 comments

This from the co-owners of GB News says what many have suspected ....GB News is a political project To be an Ofcom regulated broadcaster the station is specifically not allowed to be politically biased. It can have shows which lean one way or another, but the balance must exist across a schedule.

submitted 96 days ago • 115 comments