“The smear campaign against the Greens will now reach unprecedented heights. It will come from an unholy alliance of Reform, Conservatives, Blairites and large swathes of the media. And much of it will be racist” Great analysis by @owenjones.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I saw how the Greens channelled voters’ anger – and fused it with hope. That’s why they won in Gorton and Denton | Owen Jones

Starmer called the byelection a battle for the nation’s soul. This result shows Labour has lost that – and I think it will lose much more, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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NEW: this is how the US press would report on this if it was happening in a ‘shithole country’. It’s an execution. But it also reveals how weak Trump really is open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Death Squads Execute Second Dissident

Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas

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Board of Peace - Season 1

Have you ever been mocked because of how you sound? Did you ever get mocked at university because of the way you speak? Our research on accents and social mobility features testimonials from students and professionals who have experienced accent bias ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

Speaking Up - The Sutton Trust

How does accent impact social mobility?

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24m Britons live below minimum socially acceptable living standards. Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis. Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich. Need more working class people in parliament.

What has Labour ever done for us!? Charlotte Nichols column

What has Labour ever done for us!? Charlotte Nichols column

Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols shares her views in her first column of the year for us.

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The story behind the striking depiction of Trump as Hitler published by a Slovenian news magazine www.newsweek.com/trump-depict...

Got to feel for Thomas Frank He says he can get to the big roundabout on the North Circular and is more than happy to pay your petrol money…

Wonder how many more club staff will have to be sacked now to fund Ruben Amorim’s payoff and the shocking waste/incompetence of Ratcliffe & the other Man United high-ups… www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Man Utd redundancies: Up to 200 staff to be made redundant

After 250 members of staff were made redundant last year, Manchester United announce up to 200 more redundancies to

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Steven Knight & Stephen Graham on class and acting/writing 👊🏼 “It takes 20 years to recover from a working-class upbringing,” says Knight “It took me ages to get rid of that imposter syndrome,” adds Graham. “It’s only dissipated completely in the past 5 years” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘I’ve seen a lot of great pissheads’: Stephen Graham on booze, Baftas and the return of his bone-crunching boxing thriller

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight had an astonishing 2025. As A Thousand Blows explodes back, they talk about taking decades to become overnight sensations, the Peaky Blinders movie – and why it could ...

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Also 54 years ago today, I was born an Evertonian The very day #EFC left fans devastated by selling resident World Cup winner Alan Ball to Arsenal for a British transfer record fee

FANSCAPES@fanscapes1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

54 years ago today, #EFC made me cry

Great that this bullshit is being called out more now.

Jamie Fahey@jamiefahey.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It was pathetic. Embarrassing. And shameful for Arsenal But it just gives EFC a chance to reaffirm the huge commitment to all the vital work @sfoodbanks.bsky.social does

It was pathetic. Embarrassing. And shameful for Arsenal But it just gives EFC a chance to reaffirm the huge commitment to all the vital work @sfoodbanks.bsky.social does

Sachin Nakrani@sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Only now become aware, via Andy Hunter’s report for @sport.theguardian.com, that this occurred at Hill Dickinson Stadium last night. Really thought Arsenal fans were better than that. Clearly not. A shame.

Hillsborough: the scandal of police lies and political/institutional/scumbag tabloid cover-ups that seemingly never ends Yet still the perpetrators go unpunished www.theguardian.com/football/202...

12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog

None of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired

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To all the people who love to explain that this is not in fact a make or break budget, you're wrong. Hopefully this week's episode will show why.

Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨Our latest podcast - we discuss Rachel Reeves’s high stakes budget moment... Plus @kiranstacey.bsky.social behind the scenes of his G20 trip to South Africa with Keir Starmer www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

Think indoor soccer. Then make it 5v5, switch the ball, change some rules, and amp up the speed. Now it's futsal, a game "born in Uruguay and raised in Brazil" per @jamiefahey.bsky.social. The first FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup is on now. My story for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...

So two non economists on BBC radio 4 flagship news programme to answer the question on how fiscal choices shape growth. Ridiculous. “Only business creates wealth” says businessman. “Cut welfare” says political adviser. That’s the inane debate chaired by who else Amol Rajan !

Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Malik

Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Malik

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s

Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch

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AI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment? Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

AI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment?

Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people

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“Starmerism was always devoid of principle & purpose. Its original sin was deceiving the membership by offering Corbynism without Corbyn, only to cynically ditch all that in an attempt to drive the left into permanent oblivion” @owenjones.bsky.social on Labour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour is standing on a precipice: if it breaks its election promise on tax, it will never be trusted again | Owen Jones

Ruling out tax rises in its 2024 manifesto was utterly reckless and will fan the flames of the far right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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“Welcome to Britain in 2025, where musicians angry at genocide are dragged through the justice system, while politicians facilitating genocide walk free” @owenjones.bsky.social on the campaign of deflection from Britain’s complicity in the crime of the century www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones

The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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About time… And the sort of mass action that should have been instinctive last year to support the seven Labour MPs suspended for daring to oppose the despicable two-child benefit cap. It would have sent a clear message of defiance and prevented this continuing austerity shitshow

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Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill

Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jones

Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jones

He has used clear messaging to redirect anger from the disenfranchised to the economic elites. That the wealthy are worried shows it’s working, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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💬 "The Trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the most privileged segment of the population." Our research on class diversity in the creative sector cited @uk.theconversation.com‬ ⬇️

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem

The narrowness of this field is bad news for diversity – we need greater breadth and depth when it comes to British culture and those who produce it.

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This is a barn-stormer. The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · last yr.

On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power. Well said.

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder for 2022 attack that left writer blind in his right eye

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What a loss. Duncan was a hero to so many of us. A great journalist and a great man. Bullshit free, loved by all, supremely fair, incredibly wise and so effortlessly cool. A unique combo. God, he'll be missed. ❤️❤️❤️ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80

Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ journalist who covered police corruption, Rosemary West trial and Hatton Garden heist

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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

The Boss: telling it like it is Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸