Labour is building one of the cruellest systems for migrants and refugees in Europe. Forget the talk of U-turns. That's the central truth. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The court has now finished for the day and is back at 10.30 tomorrow. Most of Thursday's hearing is closed to the public for secret (intelligence) evidence
Big shout out to the students at Queen Mary University London who are watching the live stream of these proceedings. A reflection of the widespread public interest in the outcome
📢 More than 900 academics urge UK to reverse decision to bar Andreas Malm! It is very heartening to see that more than 1,600 people have signed our open letter, including over 900 academics from more than 280 academic institutions and more than 25 countries. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
More than 900 academics urge UK to reverse decision to bar Andreas Malm
Blocking Swedish writer’s entry for event with Palestine Action co-founder is attack on free expression, letter says
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i do think it cost republicans: they're really ideologically committed to this being a winning issue for them, but poll after poll was showing it wasn't
Heather Small@heathersmall.bsky.social · 16h agoWe should be talking about how Dems overperformed against anti-trans ads
WAIT HOLY SHIT WE CAN KILL THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE PA: 19 Wi: 10 AZ: 11 MI: 15 That’s 55 electoral votes. 48 needed to ratify the NPVIC! www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 23h agoHISTORIC WIN: Democrats are on track to fully control government in states with 52% of the population—their first majority since the 1978 elections. Republicans will drop to just 24%. Dems may fall just short in the GA, NC, and TX senates due to gerrymandering—these would have added another 16%
Made it inside the Supreme Court of the Palestine Action appeal. Henry Blaxland KC is opening for Huda Ammori
Today is not one of those days... Introducing Telegraph columnist, Annabel Denham, formerly of the Institute of Economic Affairs. She last appeared on the show 29 days ago. Journalists representing other newspapers are theoretically available. #politicslive
I note this doesn’t say what the “simple question” was and indeed, I have been searching for five minutes and I can’t find out myself. I see a lot of British journos huffing and hooting, but I can’t find that.
I went to Mauritius to look at what happened during indenture period for Empireworld. Labourers might start at 4 am, moving boulders in punishing heat, and were used for ploughing and hauling, work better suited to animals. Women got up at 3.30 to cook for families before doing the same labour...
Richard Carr@richardcarr.bsky.social · yesterdayIncredible stuff this
A vital read, but also a stark reminder of how uninterested our media and politicians generally are in hearing the voices of actual refugees in this debate
These cruel new plans to ‘stop the boats’ show the government completely misunderstands refugees like me | Anonymous
Harsher settlement rules wouldn’t have stopped me fleeing hell in Syria to reach the UK. Now I’m here, they will just pile trauma on top of trauma, says a Syrian refugee living in the UK
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Fine thread from Molly White on how this is also a defeat for crypto.
Molly White@molly.wiki · 20h agoLooks like this is more or less all we’ll get for a while, so I’m going to call it a night and check back in in the morning (and send out a quick recap of tonight’s events for my newsletter subscribers: www.citationneeded.news/signup/) All I can say is: what a wipeout for crypto & AI.
Its not just Farage but many, many others in Fleet St and Westminster who are so wedded to the idea of the reactionary/far right as the authentic voice of the volk that they are incapable of making sense of what is happening in front of us.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h ago"I think we're in for a big surprise tonight..."
Very much worth noting that among the biggest losers in this landslide so far: data centers, AI industry PAC recipients, and Elon Musk.
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Fetishists for Bombing: Resuming the Attacks on Iran | Countercurrents
Tenured insanity is set to return after the midterm elections in the United States. In October, US President Donald Trump seemed to ice the ongoing conflict against Iran with the dismissive promise…
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"they pointed to my name & my faith, as if to say he's a little different.. we all know that my name & my faith aren't the reason you can't afford your gas" Abdul El-Sayed, the new senator for Michigan, speaking a moment ago.
Even when Miliband is speaking of research he was given about Britain’s complicity, he limits it to the slave trade. There was also the matter of 250 years of Black captives born on British plantations. Miliband says slavery apology will not bring cost for UK taxpayers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Miliband says slavery apology will not bring cost for UK taxpayers
Speaking to BBC's Newscast, the foreign secretary says Britain cannot sweep its past "under the carpet".
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It has been nice to see some actual good news coming out of politics in other countries. In Britain, the best we ever get is the 2024 election: basically David Brent explaining that there’s bad news - you’re getting fired - but also there’s also good news, because he’s got a promotion.
The interaction between Sky News’ US correspondent and the newly-elected senator Abdul El-Sayed says more about the British media’s egos than it does the politician. Of course he got fed up with being chased by someone whose audience isn’t in Michigan, who kept asking “jihadi” questions.
Meanwhile in Paris, the protests continue, with students in Paris kettled by police for several hours partying the time away. Sound ON 📢 (lyrics and translation in alt) via Luc Auffret
A child born on the day that the bank run on Northern Rock began is 19 years old, now.
Claire Ainsley isn't an independent thinker (ex-SWP, US think-tank). Her fundamental premise is that the working class failed as a class and must now seek salvation at an individual level. It's what you could have read in Marxism Today in the 1980s, but with added Protestantism.
Another classic from Gaby Hinsliff as she continues her campaign to convince us that Burnhamism is just continuity Starmerism + vibes, and why we should be thankful for such sensible politics. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘The world is out of control’: how political strategist Claire Ainsley is challenging the left to take it back
From children struggling with their mental health to adults worried about AI, many of us feel neglected and ignored by politicians. How would Keir Starmer’s former director of policy fix that?
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📢 How's that vetting process going, Farridge🐸? In case you had any remaining doubts, Reform are comprised of the very worst people this country has to offer...🤮 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape
George Madgwick of Hampshire county council has been charged with a total of 35 offences
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You have to remember that they added 300 ish new MPs. And starmer centralized vetting for them. Mandelson, luke akehurst and mcsweeney were responsible for vetting for suitability. This is the result.