Ever-so convenient of the Daily Mail to neglect to mention that as soon as it became clear that the allegations against him were going to surface, RB reinvented himself as a right wing grifter/Trump fan. Because actually ‘the left’ - with our pesky ‘cancel culture’ - are less forgiving of SA.
Rick Dove
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Poet | UK Poetry Slam Champion 2021 | Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator | Activist 🏳️🌈♿️ ☮️ | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/rickdove |
We've waited patiently for a plan to end neoliberalism. We won't wait anymore. We need rent controls We need a wealth tax We need *serious* cuts to energy bills Instead it's a few pence off gherkins & a payout which the experts say won't touch the sides on energy bills.
If you believe Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, you're the reason "DO NOT EAT" labels are put on soap. If you believe Donald Trump is going to give you a check for $5,000 if Republicans win, you're the reason irons have "NEVER IRON CLOTHES WHILE BEING WORN" warnings.
Normalise a colleague who you've not heard from for 11 years sending you a message saying they enjoyed your most recent poetry collection.
You’re telling me the organisation founded by Toby Young, who was discovered to have deep connections to a secret white supremacist conference held at UCL and have made numerous sexually inappropriate remarks about women, was hit by allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks?
Another item to put in the file on: what do people who say "we're not allowed to say what we really think" frequently say and really think? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Mothin Ali was defamed and those responsible will be paying significant damages. Swathes of the media are jumping on the Greens, particularly deputy leader Mothin Ali and leader Zack Polanski. Please share to counter the lies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Damages for Green Party deputy leader over Harehills disorder claims
Mothin Ali is handed damages over claims made by a TV presenter and a social media commentator.
bbc.co.uk
"We did win elections in greater numbers than ever before. But more than that, we changed this country. You did this. We made this happen.” In his speech at Conference, Zack Polanski reflects on a historic year for the Green Party.
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
me and my friends will kill it with hammers i can tell you that much
“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”
If an internationally-wanted war criminal (whose forces have killed Americans) comes to US soil, attacks Americans (including the mayor of the largest city), and then says "Remember the beepers" in reference to a terrorist attack he committed — how can that be taken as anything other than a threat?
Bibi Netanyahu at the UNGA, in front of a half-empty chamber: "Do you remember the beepers? Remember? Remember them?!" [pulls out a beeper from his pocket] "Well, I can tell you this. Hezbollah certainly remembers them!"
Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you.
Netanyahu directly attacks Zohran Mamdani (and his wife) from the UNGA podium, calling him the "antisemitic mayor of New York City," parroting The Free Press's stories about Rama Duwaji, tying Mamdani to Hasan Piker, and claiming the mayor is "buddies" with Hamas.
Damn, socialism seems pretty fucking cool if you ask me
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
Me: "No serial killer will ever lure me into their murder van. I'm way too smart for that." Serial Killer:
In the confusion I also left my lovely Kaweco Sport fountain pen behind. Green case. On the off chance someone spots it; was in carriage D seat 5, on the 14.33 that was due to go from Platform 3 at Kings Cross.
Nathan Cofnas (racist pseudoscientific eugenicist) is fuelled by a hilarious gripe about not getting into Harvard. So I wrote an extremely silly little ditty about it. #NathanCofnas
Did he then take it with him, download it to his system, and then have it shredded
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
Slurs derive their injurious force from a history of violence and dehumanization that folks are at least implicitly aware of. YOU CANNOT DEHUMANIZE A MACHINE IN THIS WAY. THERE IS NO HISTORY OF VIOLENCE THAT ENABLES "CLANKER" TO FUNCTION IN THIS WAY.
A lot will be said about Dolly's musical legacy, love for home, refusal to let anyone make her feel less, her charity work, the covid vaccine, her razor wit. Learn this from her: success gives you the chance to make other people's lives easier. Use every gift you're given to do good in the world.
This Emergency Alert could have been an e-mail/TV advert/comprehensive policy framework for avoiding the worst effects of climate catastrophe and adapting to the inevitable ones.
This was a shitty emergency alert all round. Wordy, not urgent, unhelpful, NOT ACTUALLY AN EMERGENCY
What more fitting way to remember Rod Liddle’s life and work than by making nasty jokes about someone who can’t answer back
Tonight London stood with Berlin. I joined thousands of Londoners in Soho Square to send a message of togetherness with LGBTQIA+ people in the capital and around the world.
When the community note proves that the reason the initial post made him sound like a piece of shit is because he's a bigger piece of shit than the initial post made him out to be.🤷♂️