Matt Carr

@mattcarr.substack.com

Writer, author, journalist, cat lover, walker, traveller. X Exile. No tolerance for fascists,racists, liars, or making your country great again…wherever it is. Weekly newsletter at: mattcarr.substack.com

Even by his own detestable standards, Farage’s self-serving attempts to use Ann Widdecombe's murder politically, despite a police request not to, are a shocking new low.

There is too much focus on Musk and too little focus on how British politics and media have created the conditions for the pogroms in Belfast. Yes, Musk and X should face consequences but it‘s too easy the externalize the reasons for an empowered far right.

Trump gets the "FIFA Peace Prize." Months later his DOJ drops a bribery case involving FIFA officials. FIFA "leases" office space at Trump Tower NYC that reportedly sits empty. Meanwhile, federal regulators look the other way as FIFA price gouges fans. Where's the red card when you need it?

One thing about the bully: he (it's usually a he) is always the victim of intolerable wrong. This belief enables him to torment, beat up and even kill the weak and feel justified doing it. A rule that applies equally to Nazis, Israelis and the Belfast pogroms.