Rupert Lowe being an outright fascist on #r4today He calls his ignorant, Islamophobic white-nostalgia bile “common sense thought” (“not rightwing thought”). With an ego bloated by Musk’s support of him on X, it seems unlikely that he and Farage would be able to make a pact. Small mercies… (iPaper)

"The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it." Einstein was labeled radical left and was under FBI surveillance for his anti-racist political views. This is something I have only recently learned.

But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Minority communities in the UK have assimilated themselves into powerlessness. There seem to be no media platform for us, or representation in public life. If black and brown politicians & journalists cannot speak up for us when these things happen, what’s the point of them being in such positions?

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 2d ago

I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.

Imagine owning a cafe and trying to understand what you are being asked to do here. It's simply not possible.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 13h ago

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

"Hitler made the bins run on time."

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · yesterday

This is *such* a revealing line about Kemi's world view and contempt for those who do the day to day work of keeping our society functioning

I know she's incapable of ever admitting she's wrong about anything, but even I'm surprised that Kemi Badenoch has chosen this particular hill to die on

The world burns and climate conferences resemble award ceremonies, where they roll out the red carpet and invite princes and actors, nothing has ever achieved, it’s just a jolly at the expense of the taxpayer. While those affected and those who really want change, are not invited.

This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?

This is great fun. Worth a listen.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 4d ago

💥 LIVE SHOW part two feat. COUNT BINFACE is out now 💥 We discuss what the UK can learn from the US to avoid "Temu Trump" with @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social, hosted by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social. 🎧👇 🔊 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🍏 open.spotify.com/episode/2KKZ...

Sad to see LibDems jump on the prison panic bandwagon. "We know some prisoners must be released earlier, but not them, or them, or him, or her, or them, etc..." is an infinite loop that destroys public trust. Also potentially dangerous, as it throttles arrest/prosecution/sentencing at the other end.

Or people like Trevor Phillips, who is a non practicing Black person, is invited to offer his opinion, with producers who invited him, knowing full well he will answer all questions reasonably well, so as not to make white Britain feel uncomfortable. Voices like mine, are never considered 2/2

100% spot on. If you read Malcom X, he wanted to unite the world in this very way. It sent shockwaves through the corridors of power, so they got rid of him. The world has never been the same since.

Badenoch flailing around now on #r4today trying to defend this idiocy. Babbling incoherent nonsense. Truly woeful that this deeply unpleasant and thoroughly mediocre person is now Tory leader. And a better journalist than Justin Webb would have made that very clear. (Article from iPaper)

So Badenoch would recruit a neo-Nazi but *not* someone who didn’t want to leave the ECHR or someone who supported our NetZero commitments. Second chances for this guy but not Dominic Grieve. The Tory party is truly wretched. It’s screwed the country, betrayed its own and lost its tiny mind.

Reminder that the Tories believe any non-British person who commits more than a minor parking or traffic offence should be automatically deported. They “believe in second chances”, apparently, but only for literal Nazis.

Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened

Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset

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It’s insane. It’s the perfect distillation of how Brexit has epically fucked the Tory party. 10 years on and they’ve binned off every sane and thoughtful member and replaced them with simpletons, liars and lunatics. All to keep the Brexit/far right myths alive.

Somewhat incredibly Badenoch has just been defending this man on the Today programme

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d ago

Joshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... This cannot be allowed to continue. Come on Andy, do something!

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss

theguardian.com

There is a danger that by arguing the amount, we end up conceding the framing. Britain's welfare is ungenerous, the spend in total is mid-to-low table, and below past peaks. Benefits need reforming because they're unfit for purpose and trap, instead of enabling people. Not to make fantasy savings.

Here’s a fun hypothetical for u (wait for the payoff) Imagine you’re a Polish software engineer & u come to work in London. You apply for a visa. You pay thousands in fees. The process gets harder the longer u stay because of successive Govts obsession with “bringing down net migration!”…

The NHS is not obliged to treat these people. It has a policy of Zero Tolerance of abuse directed at staff, which includes racism. It’s not a ‘50% Tolerance’ policy or even a ‘95% Tolerance’ policy. It’s zero. news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...

Patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff as NHS reports shocking rise in racism

Paul Awah, a Bedfordshire-based diagnostic radiographer originally from Nigeria, said: "It's definitely got worse – people are more expressive."

news.sky.com

byronbay_daily Tina Maree O'Donell Photographer "Watching this tiny calf burst out of the water in Byron Bay, then race straight back to mum, was unforgettable. This is my sixth newborn Humpback calf I’ve been lucky to see, and I’ve never witnessed one this confident, playful and cheeky 🐋🐋"

Pretending that the Navy taking back migrants would be a humanitarian mission and therefore legal, is a bit like pretending that a £5 million bribe is nothing to do with politics and therefore doesn't need to be declared.

Have to say… when Jenrick thought he needed to be a one-nation Tory to make it in Cameron’s govt, he went for it. Then a firm remainer. Then a Brexit evangelist to catch Johnson’s eye. And now full fash to creep up to his new far right gang. The needy little twat really wants to belong, doesn’t he…

The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.

Prick.

The Ceuta crisis & its exploitation by the MAGA Right. We have to get used to the idea that hybrid warfare will come from MAGA US as well as putin’s Russia.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3d ago

House GOP said Spanish territory 'belongs' to Morocco. Two weeks later, tens of thousands of Moroccan migrants stormed the border.

Dear people of Clacton, considering the poverty in your area, considering Nigel Farage has done absolutely fuck all to help you, considering you have better alternatives to change your town, if 73% of you choose for more of the same with a proven liar, you deserve all you get. Washes hands...

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 3d ago

Clacton By-Election Voting Intention: ➡️ RFM: 73% (+27) 🗑️ CBF: 20% (New) 🟥 REC: 2% (New) ⚫ Others: 5% (-49) Via @survation.bsky.social, 16-24 Jul. Changes w/ GE2024.

How the hell have journalists allowed Farage and Yusuf to pretend that their Royal Navy idea is a ‘humanitarian’ mission if ‘innocent’ immigrants are taken back to France, but a full-scale war-like ‘invasion’ of ‘illegals’ if coming our way? I mean, seriously. Please don’t be this hopeless…