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The world is on fire and Kemi Badenoch is giving a speech to a Tory think tank in which she says that "as the world becomes more complicated" it is "pronouns and DEI" that are "the real poison in our society". Sunak has given full support to Starmer on Ukraine. She still has not responded.

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So Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has finally spelled out the quiet part in neon letters for those who hadn’t got it yet. This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger. There’s no pretending you didn’t know.

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Not celebrating Presidents Day until we get the convicted felon out of there, and get a REAL President like Biden or Obama back in office. It's No Kings Day for me.

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⚠️ Content warning: homophobia ⚠️ We delivered over 70, 000 complaints to Ofcom’s doorstep about GB News broadcasting hate. Tag @ofcom.bsky.social in the comments to make sure they see it 👀

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Lots of speculation about the reason for this & why Trump is bothered about it. Remember - 1. Romanian presendential election annulled due to social media and Russian interference. 2. If you accept a link between Trump and techbros and Russia, it makes more sense. 3. Tate is a leverage point

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A US president abusing state power to pressure a sovereign democracy to lift travel restrictions on two people facing rape and human tracking charges - simply because they're political supporters. The White House is fast becoming the global epicentre of moral corruption. www.ft.com/content/3f95...

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Elon will be in your bank accounts, pensions & retirement — and your stock portfolios — by the end of the week. Do you feel safe?

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After months of trawling through multiple sources, we've got the full picture of the current state of MPs' financial interests, from second jobs to gifts & donations. Do join our report launch online on 4 March with @rosewhiff.bsky.social and @chriscook.news : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whofundsth...

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Elon Musk posted these two tweets the same day, just hours apart. Don’t sugarcoat it — he’s not just a far-right authoritarian, he’s an outright fascist. Musk isn’t even trying to hide his true intentions at this point. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM.

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Word of the day is ‘cumber-world’ (14th century): a person or thing that encumbers the planet.

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Trump is an enemy of us all. Europe needs to unite - and the UK needs to rejoin the EU. If you want to see that happen… join European Movement UK right now. We’re driving this. ✊

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View on village of Giverny, 1886

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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

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From next week our X account will close and be archived. We will be solely on BlueSky where we will continue to promote #history, historical practice and the humanities. Please do join us #Skystorians

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Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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So pleased Keir Starmer has accepted this invitation. "Starmer’s involvement also highlights how the UK prime minister is becoming drawn into a European response, despite the UK having left the EU" Europe need Britain; Britain needs Europe. It's time for the grown-ups to take back control.

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Thank goodness for that. Man’s a twonk.

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Free speech "is in retreat" in Britain, says JD Vance, who is part of a Government which is now targeting critical news organisations with politically-motivated investigations, while banning others from the White House for the crime of referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name

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You know you’re in a precarious geopolitical moment when the American Defence Secretary opens his speech with “There’s a new sheriff in town.” #JDVance #USA

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Fiona Bruce referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "Is it ever ok to put things on a CV which are not true?" George Monibot, "No it's not ok, but actually it's a trivial issue. I know it's going to be kicked around by the media" "It's a distraction" #BBCQT

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Valor Danielle Sassoon, Acting U.S. attorney for SDNY - refuses to drop Adams charges and resigns John Keller, Acting head of DOJ Public Integrity Section - refuses and resigns Kevin Driscoll, Acting head of DOJ Criminal Division - refuses and resigns www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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Writing this with a heavy heart: the refugee citizenship ban is the single most unconscionable policy Labour has proposed since it entered power. It’s the moment that I felt my support for this administration begin to crumble inews.co.uk/opinion/colu...

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A woman defending herself against sexual harrassment isn’t a pile on, it’s consequences. I was just minding my business, you chose to try to undermine me by sexually harassing me, so I’ll make you famous for being a creepy prick 🤷🏼‍♀️ Reducing women to shag fodder isn’t funny, it’s rape culture.

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Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failure of journalism A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect.

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This looks like just a typical business meeting with a CEO. Why would anyone think Musk might be representing the USA in some sort of political capacity?

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Imagine the shit a woman would get if she dared bring her toddler, on her shoulders, into the White House Oval Office for a press conference…

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It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.

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In the new print edition of Byline Times, we explore how the established press is making the same mistakes again by elevating Nigel Farage's status without properly holding him to account. Byline Times is independent. Outside the system. Fearless. We will do all we can. subscribe.bylinetimes.com

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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✍️ Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failure of journalism A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect By Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social

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Posting footage of deportations impresses no one. Reform voters don’t think it’s enough hatred and the rest of us turn away from yet more performative cruelty. The Labour vote disintegrates. If Labour can’t decide who it should be talking and listening to, then it ends up without an audience.

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🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs Are Most Boosted UK Politicians on Elon Musk’s X Despite Tiny Parliamentary Presence Analysis shows Reform UK representatives benefit from half of all MP engagement on Twitter despite holding just 3.5% of seats in Parliament bylinetimes.com/2025/02/06/n...

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How Finland’s Left are beating the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers rights. Labour, take notes. This is how it’s done. Not sensible adults in the room centrism. Left wing populism. A good read in the Tribune by @graceblakeley.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...

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Two major events today to make the difference between Labour and the Tories. 1) The Bibby Stockholm has been towed away after Labour said last year it would not renew the lease for this year 2) Legislation was presented to Parliament (1st reading) which will repeal the Safety of Rwanada Act 2024.

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Six things you can thank Brexit for... 1. Airport and port queues 2. Spiralling food prices 3. Small businesses forced to shut down 4. Harder to work or study in EU 5. Artists hit by wave of barriers 6. Jobs chaos in NHS

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America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting. My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️

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If what is happening in America was happening in France, there’d be a general strike and daily protests. Be more French.

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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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The world is on fire and Kemi Badenoch is giving a speech to a Tory think tank in which she says that "as the world becomes more complicated" it is "pronouns and DEI" that are "the real poison in our society". Sunak has given full support to Starmer on Ukraine. She still has not responded.

Not celebrating Presidents Day until we get the convicted felon out of there, and get a REAL President like Biden or Obama back in office. It's No Kings Day for me.

⚠️ Content warning: homophobia ⚠️ We delivered over 70, 000 complaints to Ofcom’s doorstep about GB News broadcasting hate. Tag @ofcom.bsky.social in the comments to make sure they see it 👀

Lots of speculation about the reason for this & why Trump is bothered about it. Remember - 1. Romanian presendential election annulled due to social media and Russian interference. 2. If you accept a link between Trump and techbros and Russia, it makes more sense. 3. Tate is a leverage point

A US president abusing state power to pressure a sovereign democracy to lift travel restrictions on two people facing rape and human tracking charges - simply because they're political supporters. The White House is fast becoming the global epicentre of moral corruption. www.ft.com/content/3f95...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Elon will be in your bank accounts, pensions & retirement — and your stock portfolios — by the end of the week. Do you feel safe?

After months of trawling through multiple sources, we've got the full picture of the current state of MPs' financial interests, from second jobs to gifts & donations. Do join our report launch online on 4 March with @rosewhiff.bsky.social and @chriscook.news : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whofundsth...

Elon Musk posted these two tweets the same day, just hours apart. Don’t sugarcoat it — he’s not just a far-right authoritarian, he’s an outright fascist. Musk isn’t even trying to hide his true intentions at this point. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM.

Word of the day is ‘cumber-world’ (14th century): a person or thing that encumbers the planet.

Trump is an enemy of us all. Europe needs to unite - and the UK needs to rejoin the EU. If you want to see that happen… join European Movement UK right now. We’re driving this. ✊

View on village of Giverny, 1886

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

From next week our X account will close and be archived. We will be solely on BlueSky where we will continue to promote #history, historical practice and the humanities. Please do join us #Skystorians

Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

So pleased Keir Starmer has accepted this invitation. "Starmer’s involvement also highlights how the UK prime minister is becoming drawn into a European response, despite the UK having left the EU" Europe need Britain; Britain needs Europe. It's time for the grown-ups to take back control.

Thank goodness for that. Man’s a twonk.

Free speech "is in retreat" in Britain, says JD Vance, who is part of a Government which is now targeting critical news organisations with politically-motivated investigations, while banning others from the White House for the crime of referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name

You know you’re in a precarious geopolitical moment when the American Defence Secretary opens his speech with “There’s a new sheriff in town.” #JDVance #USA

Fiona Bruce referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "Is it ever ok to put things on a CV which are not true?" George Monibot, "No it's not ok, but actually it's a trivial issue. I know it's going to be kicked around by the media" "It's a distraction" #BBCQT

Valor Danielle Sassoon, Acting U.S. attorney for SDNY - refuses to drop Adams charges and resigns John Keller, Acting head of DOJ Public Integrity Section - refuses and resigns Kevin Driscoll, Acting head of DOJ Criminal Division - refuses and resigns www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Writing this with a heavy heart: the refugee citizenship ban is the single most unconscionable policy Labour has proposed since it entered power. It’s the moment that I felt my support for this administration begin to crumble inews.co.uk/opinion/colu...

Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failure of journalism A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect.

This looks like just a typical business meeting with a CEO. Why would anyone think Musk might be representing the USA in some sort of political capacity?

Imagine the shit a woman would get if she dared bring her toddler, on her shoulders, into the White House Oval Office for a press conference…

It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.

In the new print edition of Byline Times, we explore how the established press is making the same mistakes again by elevating Nigel Farage's status without properly holding him to account. Byline Times is independent. Outside the system. Fearless. We will do all we can. subscribe.bylinetimes.com

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

✍️ Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failure of journalism A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect By Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social

Posting footage of deportations impresses no one. Reform voters don’t think it’s enough hatred and the rest of us turn away from yet more performative cruelty. The Labour vote disintegrates. If Labour can’t decide who it should be talking and listening to, then it ends up without an audience.

🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs Are Most Boosted UK Politicians on Elon Musk’s X Despite Tiny Parliamentary Presence Analysis shows Reform UK representatives benefit from half of all MP engagement on Twitter despite holding just 3.5% of seats in Parliament bylinetimes.com/2025/02/06/n...

How Finland’s Left are beating the far right by rejecting austerity and championing workers rights. Labour, take notes. This is how it’s done. Not sensible adults in the room centrism. Left wing populism. A good read in the Tribune by @graceblakeley.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/how-...

Two major events today to make the difference between Labour and the Tories. 1) The Bibby Stockholm has been towed away after Labour said last year it would not renew the lease for this year 2) Legislation was presented to Parliament (1st reading) which will repeal the Safety of Rwanada Act 2024.

Six things you can thank Brexit for... 1. Airport and port queues 2. Spiralling food prices 3. Small businesses forced to shut down 4. Harder to work or study in EU 5. Artists hit by wave of barriers 6. Jobs chaos in NHS

America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting. My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️

If what is happening in America was happening in France, there’d be a general strike and daily protests. Be more French.

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g... When are they going to be taken off the air?

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