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Reader, listener, wine drinker. Pro-EU, pro-Ukraine, anti-fascist. Woke twat. Kit man for Esoteric Leeds United. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Bremner R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. Senders of stupid DMs (including invitations to join the Illuminati) will be blocked.
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The MAGA-fication of UK politics continues. We can ill-afford it....Starmer must be more 'Carney' and take this dangerous charlatan on

The new Gestapo wear hoodies and face masks. A young woman is snatched off the street because of her opinions. She wrote in opposition to the genocide of Palestinians. A speech crime, as it is adverse to Donald Trump’s fantasy real estate project.

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

This is the distribution of views on X. It is absolutely dominated by Musk and the pro-Russian accounts he promotes through replies and quote-tweets. It is the Putinist model of the media. The semblance of free speech. The reality of a dictatorship.

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

The Truss/Kwarteng budget (the one which crashed the economy) was essentially an IEA budget. Checking Reem Ibrahim's work profile, and what do you know, she's the Communications Manager and Linda Whetstone Scholar at the Institute of Economic Affairs...

This would - and should be - a clearance-pulling, career-ending scandal in any other administration. At minimum, Waltz has to resign. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This bunch of amateurs proving once and for all, that they are no friends of Europe. #WeAreEuropean #FBPE www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Today's offering from Rupreich Lowe, white supremacist MP for Yarmouth, peculiarly for him is on the left. My response equally peculiarly for me, is on the right ..