A.V. Deggar
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The Fourth Estate should not be the Fifth Column. Some analysis on @bylinetimes.bsky.social linktr.ee/avdeggar
Just looking at this photo has reminded me that one of my friends grew up in a house that was in the "flight vortex" of Heathrow. Houses on his street had to have their roof tiles replaced on a regular basis because they were routinely sucked up and into the air. Madness.
15 reasons why Heathrow airport expansion is wrong | Friends of the Earth
Using the government’s own figures, we show why Heathrow expansion would be a disaster.
friendsoftheearth.uk
It's never been so obvious that the Scriveners Guild has their own NATO Article 5—an attack against one is an attack against all. In this case, the response entails forming square around the cadaver of a bloke who repeatedly questioned the illegality of pædophilia & committed domestic violence 🙃.
Not speaking ill of the dead is how Jimmy Saville got something approaching a state funeral.
Absolutely no idea why this could be happening.
NHS staff experiencing 'unconscionable' levels of racist abuse, survey finds
If I were the French government, I would absolutely not pay any attention to—let alone issue a formal response to—a political party chatting shit that has *ONE PERCENT* of the seats in the House of Commons.
I’m sorry, but when someone says another person was “unafraid to be disliked,” it means they were a rude wanker. That should be obvious.
As the Scriveners of Wapping lower the colours to half mast in doleful mourning for Rod Liddle, here's what I will remember him for most xxx
Yay, the SS and the SA are buddies again 🤗! But who's Ernst Röhm?
Happy Monday! Once again Reform UK are hiding behind melanin to say that "fighting/military-aged men" are invading the UK via small boats. This is the white supremacist fantasy called the Kalergi Plan, adjacent to the Great Replacement theory. And that's mainstream British politics now.
Well, it wasn't ever gonna be tax the rich, was it? The wheel spins as it should.
UK's Healey tells ministers to prepare for budget cuts, The Times reports
British finance minister John Healey has told cabinet ministers to make cuts in their budgets to help fund the government's new spending commitments under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, the Times repor...
reuters.com
On the Goodall COVID thing, whenever The News Agents say anything, I check what the Tony Blair Institute has been peddling recently—as all three of them have benefited from Blair's cash at one time or another. Interestingly, the TBI is currently pushing the transformative use of AI for healthcare 🙃
Governments must rethink risk to close health gaps with AI
If AI is to help bridge health-system capacity gaps, governments need to change how they think about risk.
institute.global
If you want to stare into the raw, unfiltered darkness at the heart of the Isræli genocide machine, just hand a microphone to a "Settler" for 30 seconds.
You know you're in a fucked-up country when there's even two-tier justice for grass.
‘It’s all right for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays
theguardian.com
Worth remembering that this government is subsidising a theme park to the tune of £1.3bn. An amount that would go some way to preserving the intellectual and economic footprint of our universities.
According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
Imagine saying these sentences as the Ivy-league educated son of a prominent finance lawyer, to an interviewer whose wife and colleagues have all been paid by Tony Blair at one stage or another. Sensational work.
I'm sure this news will be greeted with sanity across the board.
As a new wave of pensioners is being rounded up and prosecuted as terrorists, it’s worth remembering that no organisation had ever been proscribed solely for damaging property until Palestine Action. And our new progressive saviour PM is absolutely fine with that level of authoritarianism.
Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
Like the slave present at Roman triumphs to remind the general he was a mere mortal, a toff baying at the guy who controls the UK's money: "Remember to pay the Yanks. Pay the Yanks!"
Chancellor wants military officer with him at Treasury
John Healey’s request has sparked fears about the military having too much influence over UK finances
declassifieduk.org
The right-wing mindset is entirely built on victimhood, whining, and hypocrisy. Even if Polanski had apologised in the most effusive, grovelling terms, it would never have been enough for them. So frankly, even if you are sorry, tell them why you aren't going to bother saying so.
Polanski says guillotine re-post was mistake but refuses to apologise
The Green leader re-posted a photo of a man wearing a guillotine t-shirt and the name Nigel.
bbc.co.uk
Nigel Farage: "This fat chick can post about setting fire to migrants, that's legitimate freedom of expression." Also Nigel Farage: "ARREST MY RIVAL FOR POSTING PICTURES OF A HURTY T-SHIRT!" GFY, snowflake.
Farage calls for Polanski arrest after Green leader shares ‘sick’ social media post
The Met Police have confirmed the post has been reported to them and they are ‘conducting enquiries’
standard.co.uk
Since the dawn of metal working, not enough brass has been cast to fashion a neck of sufficient girth for this particular son of a bitch.
Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' and calls ICC war-crimes charges 'bogus'
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested if he visits the city.
apnews.com
Referring to these degenerate ethnosupremacist plug-uglies as "settlers" is a euphemism that paints them as enterprising pioneers of untouched land, rather than what they actually are: cowardly invaders and grave robbers.
Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say
The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
bbc.co.uk
this miserable cretin (Clegg, not hte person im reposting) helped fuck over an entiore generation of kids now adults that grew up being told to go uni and the UK has this great system of uni fees if you even pay them, and fucked us all over.
I can't tell you just how much you should fuck off, Nick. If I screamed "FUCK OFF" like a howler monkey in your face for several hours it wouldn't be sufficient. Not even close.
Absolute fucking brass balls on this cunt who fucked over the country for a second hand suckle at the teat of power and then immediately went running off to a cushy job with that Pervert Glasses Pioneer Zuckerberg, now trying to act all conciliatory towards those he plunged in to life ruining debt.
I can't tell you just how much you should fuck off, Nick. If I screamed "FUCK OFF" like a howler monkey in your face for several hours it wouldn't be sufficient. Not even close.
Politicians should be wary of the policy that defines them: Thatcher and the poll tax, Blair and Iraq, Starmer and winter fuel, Clegg and tuition fees. This is not recoverable.
I can't tell you just how much you should fuck off, Nick. If I screamed "FUCK OFF" like a howler monkey in your face for several hours it wouldn't be sufficient. Not even close.
I can't tell you just how much you should fuck off, Nick. If I screamed "FUCK OFF" like a howler monkey in your face for several hours it wouldn't be sufficient. Not even close.
Let's get this straight: • Knuckle-dragging, Nazi-saluting fascists = patriotic citizens with legitimate concerns • Grannies against genocide = hate marchers, terrorists. Britannia, 2026 ❤️