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A Gen X cynic brewing sarcasm as dark as Turkish coffee. Served from London with dry, surreal wit and a splash of existential dread. Ranting about UK and Turkish politics since before Wi-Fi.

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The PG Morgan report was apparently clear as day, and Starmer read it.
So either he understood it and ignored it, or read it the way he governs: blankly, cautiously, and with all the conviction of a man choosing hummus in Waitrose. Either way, resign.

11.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gen X retirement plan is the same as our childhood dinner plan: whatever’s in the freezer and don’t ask questions.

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Guzel kaleminiz icin ben tesekkur ederim. πŸ₯°

04.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kaya Genç’s portrait of Burhan SΓΆnmez is so beautifully written it reads like a novel, except it is a life. The opening is cinematic, then it turns tender, angry, hopeful. This is political writing with an actual human heart.

03.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the boring, unglamorous revolution: making daily life easier.

Emotional

03.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Jewish politician writing a full-throated solidarity post about a Muslim man in politics.
Sorry, is this Britain or a brief glitch in the culture-war matrix? Someone pinch me.

Oh BTW: Vote Green πŸ’š

03.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are almost as cute as you are Mr. Mayor πŸ’š

02.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK to allow US to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran Keir Starmer says the UK has not been involved in the US-Israeli strikes, but warned that 200,000 British people are in countries being targeted by Iran

They said Zack Polanski was unhinged. He just read the small print while everyone waved flags. He’s been vindicated before, and he’s right again: NATO is a risk we call a virtue. Time to talk about leaving.

Vote Green πŸ’š

Follow Jack: @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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

02.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Strait of Hormuz traffic halts and oil jumps into the high $70s, with whispers of $100 if it drags on. This is the bit where geopolitics stops being a headline and becomes your electricity bill. Markets don’t do morality plays, they do supply chains.

02.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So the plan is: stop kids seeing harmful content by making everyone upload sensitive data into the most leak-prone ecosystem ever invented. Love that. Very β€œset the house on fire to avoid candles.”

02.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How Green Party by-election victory could change British politics
How Green Party by-election victory could change British politics YouTube video by Channel 4 News

Being Gen X, I don’t do political crushes. I don’t do hero worshipping. But watching Zack Polanski on Channel 4 after that win, looking genuinely human for once, I felt something dangerously unfamiliar in my chest: hope. Yes, for the first time in my life too. πŸ’š

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmRK...

28.02.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

So the plan is: buy the parent company, β€œrestructure” the newsroom, and call it β€œmarket efficiency”. Cool cool, totally normal democracy stuff.

28.02.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Collateral damage” is the most evil bit of office jargon ever invented.

28.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I am not sure about the first one" A. Einstein

21.10.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HMRC raiding the accounts of people who can’t afford heating while billionaires enjoy another year of tax yoga: bending the rules and stretching offshore.

20.10.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣🀣🀣

20.10.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are great. Thanks mate. I will check that out.

18.10.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh come on. Obviously it is a joke.
Ps. I am an exmuslim turned atheist πŸ˜‰

18.10.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Come on mate, I am not becoming a Muslim for a t-shirt 🀣🀣🀣

18.10.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To whom do I need to sell my soul to to get one of those?

18.10.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry mate I am a realistic atheist. Bye

18.10.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would you rather suffer and beg to die? I have seen that and no thanks.

18.10.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a stupid thing to say. Ageing is one of the the worst things that can happen to a human.

18.10.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is not just you. This is growing fast. I have not felt hope in politics since 1990s.

15.10.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a Gen X, for the first time in my life I want to hug a politician.πŸ’š

15.10.2025 06:20 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am watching history unfold and it is bloody exciting.

15.10.2025 06:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If my memory serves me right, Shine on you Crazy Dimond was written for him.

07.10.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are extraordinary Zack ✨️

07.10.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t think politics could surprise me anymore. Then the Greens did. I went from existential crisis to actually paying attention β€” and cracking a smile.

06.10.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, Zack reminds us why we believe in him.

Never again for anyone!
πŸ’š

05.10.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0