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Woke, do-gooder, snowflake, bleeding heart, gay, old git, democratic socialist, Liverpudlian living in Glasgow since 1993.

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That’s quite an endorsement. Thank you. #StrongMessageHere

13.03.2026 07:56 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of 'highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat' while increasing the power of working-class men."

Remind me again why Labour is shoving vast public contracts down its throat?

13.03.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 924 πŸ” 391 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 44

Meanwhile in AI land the blue ticks of twitter just invented the Darien Scheme... worked so well last time.

12.03.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 3
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Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords Upper chamber accepts final draft of bill, which offers life peerages to some of those who would otherwise be removed

Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords

A step in the right direction…

#AbolishTheLords
#DismantleTheAristocrasy

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

10.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Must-read thread from Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

11.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 939 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

ian huntley is dead. i'll always remember how the british press attempted to incite hatred against the trans community by reporting he was transitioning, then apologised to him for incorrect reporting instead of apologising to trans people

07.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 1017 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8

Oh well, that settles that then.... nothing suspicious thereπŸ€¦β€β™€οΈπŸ€£

07.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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So much for that special relationship..

07.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 33
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I know a bunch of groypers run the administration’s Twitter accounts but just in terms of basic facts: 1) Iran or Iranians didn’t carry out Oct 7, & 2) no babies had their heads cut off on Oct 7. Just total atrocity propaganda that was long ago debunked but still pushed by Trump

08.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 2049 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 8

The enthusiasm of most billionaire media outlets in the US and UK for Trump’s illegal assault on Iran is another reminder of how deranged, perverse and frankly psychopathic these organisations are.

07.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 1264 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 8
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"You don't liberate people at the barrel of a gun. Have we learned nothing from Iraq or Afghanistan? All we seem to have learned is from Gaza. Israel has learned that you can bomb hospitals & schools with impunity."

Me on MSNOW with @chrislhayes.bsky.social

Full intv: youtube.com/watch?v=u7LU...

07.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 3543 πŸ” 976 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 28

This is almost exactly what I said would happen on yesterday’s show. The conflicting & contradictory reasons given for the war, coupled with client journalists & pusillanimous politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, will enable him to claim β€˜success’ when nothing remotely successful has happened.

06.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1140 πŸ” 295 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 16

Trump has all the money, all the power, all the attention, and all the bombs in the world.

But were he to live for a thousand years, he'd never have this.

And it must eat him up.

06.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 883 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 4
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Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate

Well, there's a surprise... and apparently Farage is trying to "woo centre ground voters." The idea of Farage trying to woo anything, is enough to put you off your breakfast.

#ReformUKLtd

04.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
Dozens of graves are excavated by digger in Minab to bury the 165 school victims of the US/Israeli attack.

Dozens of graves are excavated by digger in Minab to bury the 165 school victims of the US/Israeli attack.

The neglect of this story by Western mainstream media is one of the worst examples of whitewashing propaganda this century.

An unforgivable failure of public service.

03.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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Extraordinary crowds as a mass funeral procession begins in Minab, Iran for the 165 school girls & teachers killed in the US/Israeli school strike on Saturday.

Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is now baked in.

(πŸŽ₯ Alireza Akbari)

03.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 746 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 45

No it’s called obfuscation.

03.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Daily Mail headline: 

IRAN WAR: DAY FOUR U.S. lambasts
'hand-wringing, pearl-clutching' Starmer as Kemi says he's 'scared' of his own voters

Daily Mail headline: IRAN WAR: DAY FOUR U.S. lambasts 'hand-wringing, pearl-clutching' Starmer as Kemi says he's 'scared' of his own voters

The Sun:

INACTION THIS DAY
PM wont hit Iran back 
Rift grows with US Prez

The Sun: INACTION THIS DAY PM wont hit Iran back Rift grows with US Prez

Have we woken up in America? The deeply unpatriotic Daily Mail and Sun seem to now be supporting a menace of a foreign leader over our own govt and national security. They are really only loyal to their own vested interests. Which are a direct threat to our own. The routine betrayal is sickening.

03.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 1937 πŸ” 616 πŸ’¬ 160 πŸ“Œ 49
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Imagine an Iranian bomb had slaughtered 165 Israeli school kids.

Imagine the response of the Western media and politicians.

And note the lack of outrage and disgust here.

03.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 841 πŸ” 341 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 23
Reform 23% (-1)
Greens 21% (+4)
Labour 16% (-2)
Tories 16% (-2)
Lib Dems 14% (=)

Reform 23% (-1) Greens 21% (+4) Labour 16% (-2) Tories 16% (-2) Lib Dems 14% (=)

YouGov latest poll. A reminder that over the past year Reform's polling is usually overestimating the final vote in by-elections whereas the Green's polling underestimates it. With everything being so fucking awful you don't need to doomerise about this...enjoy the bar chart, even for a moment.

03.03.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 297 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

I have never seen so much social capital pissed away so quickly by any one. It's extraordinary. All Starmer had to do was be seen to be acting on principles of good will and hope. Instead, he chose appeasement of the far right and cosying up to dictators. And so, he got Chamberlained.

03.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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Trump rebukes Starmer over UK refusal to back strikes on Iran US president says β€˜relationship is not what it was’ after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases

Plus - 50% oppose US using RAF bases to launch attacks on Iran, so long as targets restricted to missile sites, while 32% support policy.

45% of Brits say govt should neither praise nor condemn US for attacks - 21% want UK to condemn US, while 12% want to praise.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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You'd think Iran had started the war!

03.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 485 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 7

This is a defamatory lie @AlecShelbrooke. I am proudly anti-war and anti-racist. I make no apologies for attending a Stop the War protest. That does not mean I support the Iranian regime. I dare you to repeat your libellous statement outside of parliament.

03.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 366 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7
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By Killing Khamenei, the West Created a Martyr – and Mainstream Media Is Ignoring the Muslim Backlash Ali Khamenei was not Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi. Killing him will have religious reverberations throughout the Muslim world for years to come.

"By killing [Khamenei], the US and Israel didn’t just strike Iran’s government. They struck a spiritual leader with transnational religious authority – and created exactly the kind of martyr that galvanizes movements for generations." - fascinating and important piece by Iran scholar Narges Bajoghli

03.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 1194 πŸ” 373 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 16

Mamood and Labour aping the right (again) in claiming that the current strain on public services is caused by excessive migration rather than say 50 yrs of neo-liberal β€˜private is good, public is bad’ policies, austerity and self imposed fiscal rules.

02.03.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pope Leo XIV !
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I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue.
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Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice, be upheld. And let us continue to pray for peace.

Pope Leo XIV ! @Pontifex X.com I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue. 7:33 AM β€’ 3/1/26 β€’ 39K Views 175 L> 455 β€’ 1.9K 953 Relevant v View quotes > Pope Leo XIV & @Pontifex β€’ 18m .... Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice, be upheld. And let us continue to pray for peace.

01.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 978 πŸ” 286 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 4
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Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration β€˜disappointing’, says Alf Dubs Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration β€˜disappointing’, says Alf Dubs

Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

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

01.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 390 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 7
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Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration β€˜disappointing’, says Alf Dubs Labour peer, who was a child refugee, criticises home secretary’s response to Gorton and Denton byelection defeat

Shabana Mahmood’s double down on immigration β€˜disappointing’, says Alf Dubs.

Labour chasing Reform voters, losing progressive vote.

Hospitals struggling to recruit doctors and nurses.

With an ageing society economy can't function without immigration. Need sensible debate.

01.03.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 342 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6
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The lying, racist Mail on Sunday going Full Trump after its Far Right candidate got spanked in the by-election.

We need proper controls on dishonest journalism that peddles racial hatred.

01.03.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 1043 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 27