"And who can blame them for seeking a PIP safety net that protects them from mercurial UC decisions, & provides certainty about their next meal, in a world where ‘if you work your socks off, you’ll gain security’ is a promise that simply never materialised?" By Claire Jones. Full article in link

Welcome to the ‘Youth Hunger Games’: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings

Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing

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Parts of Indiana have been without power for 9–10 days due to storms. Tens of thousands are currently in the dark (peak was over 300,000). Puerto Rico has been rationing water for 13+ days due to severe drought. Trump has not said a word about either crisis. Not a tweet. A “Truth.” Nothing

A political ideology rooted in FEAR:

Claire Jones@claireaj.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Masculism is ultimately pathetic – a grotesque case of pre-adult arrested development. Yet it’s gaining control of much of the planet’s key infrastructure." By Claire Jones. Full article in link

My thoughts on the press that hounded Jason Arday to his death… And my personal message to Julia Hartley-Brewer.

The damage is done. No consolation to be had watching these vile press outlets now grovelling in shame and frantically deleting what they gleefully posted just a few days ago -

I fully recommend using this Newscord site. It provides extracts from Arday's worst mainstream press offenders. They are horrendous. It also has a wide reach & is more powerful than ordinary petitions - it sends a letter from you to multiple mainstream newspapers share.google/yOoIbOECPi6X...

The Mail printed a psychiatrist's guess at Jason Arday's mind. Hours later he was found dead.

A diagnosis-shaped headline at 1:01am on the day he died. His childhood disability interrogated one minute before the ambulance call. A mockery column deleted without a word. File five IPSO complaints...

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Jason Arday's death provides a clear measure of just how far the extreme right has infiltrated UK society & been normalized by our media. The hounding continued even after calls from key figures to stop because amplifying racism was prioritised over protecting a vulnerable young man's life.

Many thanks to The Bear for publishing my latest article -

Welcome to the ‘Youth Hunger Games’: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings

Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing

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You may have seen I broadcast a message to planet Earth from the edge of space. I thought it was equally important to speak to deep space about you and your lovely little planet. But I thought humans might like to see it too, so here it is. #Clacton #VoteBinface

Perhaps Arday did commit plagiarism. But there's nothing in these mainstream media headlines about how this issue was dramatised as part of a truly relentless racist campaign, in this case driven by Nathan Cofnas, to 'disappear blacks from academia'. These unnuanced headlines echo the same racism -

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Inspired by your interview with Helen Lewis -

Masculist pushback: the threatened extinction of the great, white Judeo-Christian male

A political ideology rooted in fear is remaking the world in its own image and dragging us with it

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Left Foot Forward has, amongst other things, been providing detailed daily scrutiny of Reform UK. When Burnham's honeymoon is over, the political rightwing block will gather strength again. There was never a more urgent moment for truthful, insightful independent media. Help keep it alive -

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We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3w ago

And why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?

Reading Omar El Akkad's book, 'One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This' I'm struck by the thought that, since citizens are largely empathic, being forced to tolerate the insane collusion of liberal democracies with crimes against humanity like Gaza takes a huge toll on mental health.

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Inspired by your interview with Helen Lewis -

Masculist pushback: the threatened extinction of the great, white Judeo-Christian male

A political ideology rooted in fear is remaking the world in its own image and dragging us with it

westenglandbylines.co.uk

Is Burnham going to stop the appalling overreach that meant Uygur was banned from entering the UK because he criticized Israel? www.instagram.com/reel/DZCqvhQ...

Left Foot Forward has, amongst other things, been providing detailed daily scrutiny of Reform UK. When Burnham's honeymoon is over, the political rightwing block will gather strength again. There was never a more urgent moment for truthful, insightful independent media. Help keep it alive -

You can help secure LFF’s future

Left Foot Forward's reporting is under threat

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🚨👀👉🏼 🧠 ⁉️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

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Watch out Ohio 😞

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio@acluohio.bsky.social · 4w ago

About 15,000 Haitians live in the Springfield area and another 30,000 live in Central Ohio. We stand with all immigrant communities in Ohio. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/07/sen-husted-casts-doubt-on-reports-of-planned-ice-operations-in-ohio.html

Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org

Essay question? What is the point of Andy Burnham?

Roya News English on Instagram: "🇬🇧 🇵🇸 Britain’s new government under Prime Minister Andy Burnham has rejected calls from dozens of parliamentarians to officially designate ‘Israel’s’ assault on the G...

1,779 likes, 878 comments - royanewsenglish on July 27, 2026: "🇬🇧 🇵🇸 Britain’s new government under Prime Minister Andy Burnham has rejected calls from dozens of parliamentarians to officially designa...

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westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/hum... "Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, argues for tech & state power mergers and fast-track AI expansion. Advantages, he claims, include our ability to build killer robots before our enemies do, & a significant reduction in the power of women." Full article in link

Masculist pushback: the threatened extinction of the great, white Judeo-Christian male

A political ideology rooted in fear is remaking the world in its own image and dragging us with it

westenglandbylines.co.uk

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social Hi Victoria. I don't remember you dragging Farage into the studio to explain himself over this. Is there a reason why you chose to specifically target Zack Polanski over an admitted mistake that was far less inflammatory? I thought better of you.

Wow! This guy isn't just a bin. He really does have a political head on him. He'd make a great MP. Vote Binface to beat Farage - youtu.be/0Vlew9R2s2A?...

Count Binface invades The Oxford Union

YouTube video by Count Binface

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🟡 Print Edition: Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious… Read the full story…

Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed

The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and hard-right and foreign influence at Cambridge University. Why? The post Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed appeared first on Byline Times .

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"Masculism is ultimately pathetic – a grotesque case of pre-adult arrested development. Yet it’s gaining control of much of the planet’s key infrastructure." By (me) Claire Jones. Full article in link -

Masculist pushback: the threatened extinction of the great, white Judeo-Christian male

A political ideology rooted in fear is remaking the world in its own image and dragging us with it

westenglandbylines.co.uk

The UK criminal justice and penal systems are collapsing after years of cutbacks and lousy management. Has Burnham got the will and/or courage to do (and say) what’s necessary ? app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74224/...

We’re addicted to locking people up—but it doesn’t make any of us safer

Does Andy Burnham have the attention span, the will and the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system?

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Again, what right wing Republicans and Democrats call "socialism" is the sort of regulated capitalism that was consensus for much of the 20th century. They pretend it's anti-market when really it's only anti-oligarchy

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · last mo.

The wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Guardian editorial reflects on how Tony Harrison & Shakespeare had a formative impact in shaping Burnham's understanding of politics, society and leadership www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: political poetry must become governing prose | Editorial

Editorial: Larkin, Harrison and Shakespeare shaped Labour’s leader. Now comes the harder task: turning language into lasting change

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