The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Pretty much what most people think.. he's a cowardly man afraid of change or upsetting tech bosses and private interests. Also stop this "fundamentally a good man".. no he isn't at all.

Cat Neilan@catneilan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jess Phillips has quit

Sums up the state and bias of the British media that ITV's This Morning has on RW Brexiter Camilla Tominay of GB News & the Telegraph and ex-Tory Gyles Brandreth to talk about politics.

This is called Dearborn syndrome. This is a brain injury that causes you to cut your nose off to spite your face.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

More fun times on Twitter

Plaid Cymru are dominating so far and Reform are underperforming expectations.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This sums up the hypocrisy of the British media and how through the looking glass we are... Phillips - a man with a long history of writing anti-Muslim screeds & far right sympathising in the Times, prodding the chest of a Jewish man, trying to lecturing him about anti-semitism.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Trevor Phillips, who has a history of Islamophobia & is hosting Melanie Phillips on his program this morning, asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if Falkners comments blaming Muslims are accurate Zack is spot on, Falkners comments were inflammatory. Why didn't Heidi Alexander condemn them too?

The comparison is also fked up as the manosphere freaks seek to manipulate & subjugate women, whereas the "angry young women" are protecting themselves from these men by simply ignoring them.

Andy Burnham Accepter@jorisbinned.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sorry but it is genuinely creepy that this (engaged,36yearold) guy spends his time getting angry that Gen Z women are "intolerant" for not wanting to date someone who supports a sexually abusive, racist misogynist who is destroying the fucking world and making it more expensive to live as we speak

Inviting serious economic, logistical and political pain upon yourself all because you could not say "No" when the fascist manchild demanded to use your airspace, military bases & logistic hubs to prosecute his stupid fkin war in Iran and crash the world economy and inflict rampant inflation. Bravo.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Europe has only six weeks’ supply of jet fuel left due to Iran war, says energy chief

Never ceases to amaze me what desperate slop journalists try to elevate to a scandal for politicians on the Left compared to RW politicians. Farage with a rap sheet x10 worse than this just glides through political life without scrutiny & Badenoch's skeletons warranted about 5 mins discussion.

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When I asked Zack Polanski about his brief if memorable career as a breast size-enhancing hypnotherapist, he told me that it was never about actual breast size, just body image. This was not the case, and this new BBC article - and audio clip – makes that plainer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Curious how when Reform's Matt Goodwin is posting up white supremacist rhetoric & trying to incite civil wars it's not considered nasty or sectarian by the British media.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Charlie Stayt, "A lot of people think those leaflets are the nasty side of politics" Zack Polanski, "Genocide is quite nasty"

I'm astonished a party leading the polls has a campaign manager for a huge by-election spouting holocaust denialism, indulging in overt anti-semitism & freely using the N-word on X... and there is utter silence from the British media, not a single article or comment anywhere .. wtf is going on!?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Manchester Mill find the small group of Reform activists includes several with v overt prejudices. They fairly note that Goodwin can't be expected to vet them all in advance. To date, the site report he is not willing to criticise ant of it once revealed either manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...

"Removed himself from the community" here means simply refusing to unequivocally back Israel's far right, genocidal Govt of ethnic cleansers and participate in the charade of weaponising anti-semitism against your opponents to prop up said regime.

Francis Sedgemore@hesgen.com · 6mo ago

I suspect that David Hirsh has had enough of Zack Polanski dining out on his Jewish heritage while having largely removed himself from the community. John Mann is perfectly capable of recognising antisemitism, and he is a respected friend of the Jewish community. @davidhirsh.bsky.social

How anyone thinks a Trump-led NATO keeps EUR safe is baffling, he's currently trying to sell out UKR to Putin, rewarding dictator & has no problem undermining EUR security. A sovereign, EUR defence alliance should be the ultimate goal, you can't rely on a fascist who loves dictators to protect us.

Tamar@heartinamber.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One third of my feed is people going after Zack Polanski for saying leave NATO and one third everyone gaping in horror at the Trump-Ukraine shitshow

Some good news this morning. Wales does not need more Austerity delivered by a Thatcherite-loving, English nationalist bigot. Labour also deservedly put on their arse. Big momentum now going forward into the Senedd elections for PC, let's make it happen. Dewch ymlaen, Cymru!

Whilst @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is one of the better interviewers out there. I still find there's such a disparity with how mainstream presenters treat pro-green energy/net zero advocates & the anti net-zero/fossil fuelists. Ed M challenged on every claim, the Tory barely pulled up on any of hers.

Invertebrate centrism in a nutshell. Spends half the article complaining about the Green leader not believing violent Israeli thugs chanting about rape & death to Arabs should be welcome, then lies about them having no form for hooliganism. No one would have blinked if it was a non-Israeli club.

Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · 10mo ago

Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is a terrible decision – and a depressing one | Barney Ronay

The populist Right (and Far Right) simply have absolutely nothing to offer but fear and endless culture wars to divide us. Their politics exist only to serve theor billionaire class masters and their ever expanding accumulation of our wealth and assets.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening. But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again. join.greenparty.org.uk

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

It's startling that Adil is the only British broadcaster/journalist willing to call out far right extremism and pose the questions the Govt & Media are far too spineless to ask. It's left to him to ask why this Govt refuses to condemn racist, fascist mobs or why they won't protect people from them.

Adil Ray@adilray.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?

Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain? bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?

The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov

bylinetimes.com

What I've been saying. You can't rely on US "security guarantees" expecting Trump to protect UKR, esp. when he was out there y'day blaming them for this war! If Putin attacks & breaks his shitty deal, Trump sure as shit won't bring US military might down on RUS, he'll blame EUR/UKR before Putin.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Any US security guarantees to Ukraine would not be credible if Trump is president, sorry. Right idea in theory—Russia already broke multiple deals, already attacked aggressively twice, only US can really scare them—but even if Europe got US to agree, it won’t be credible, and therefore cannot work.

Amazing how in a week we've gone from "I'm gonna seriously punish Russia if they don't stop!" to "hey let's meet up Putin & attempt to divide up Ukraine again as a reward". Almost like this was the plan all along. Utterly idiotic & self-defeating from a geopolitics POV for the US.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12mo ago

For those who were hopeful that Trump “pivoted” on Ukraine, the meeting in Alaska will sell Ukraine down the river. Trump is scared to death of Putin. Taco

At this point of her self-humiliation she's probably a few months away from saying she doesn't identify as black anymore either. Might as well just come out & say "please vote for me white supremacists and racists who despise my ethnicity"

There is a growing violent movement which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but actively encouraging. Why it's time for politicians to instead start standing up to the wholly illegitimate concerns of the far right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...

Illegitimate Concerns

There is a growing violent far-right movement in the UK which senior politicians and media organisations are now not only seeking to justify, but are actively encouraging

adambienkov.co.uk

Famously working class white men on the Left like myself don't actually exist, everyone on the Left is actually posh & privileged living in the London bubble. These tropes were lazy in 2016 when every RW outlet/pundit was punting it to exhaustion but sorry those latter points are pure bullshit.

Kenan Malik@kenanmalik.bsky.social · last yr.

Not vibes, just the story of recent years, from dismissal of Brexit voters as “racist” to derision for “white van man”, from job ads for the “benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass” to portrayals of people on benefits as “lazy” and gaming the system.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

We have so many talentless, pieces of shit in Govt right now, genocidal freaks that are clutching their pearls over the most inane bollocks going. They should be going after BBC bosses but they're far too cowardly & afraid of upsetting the establishment by sacking these Tories in charge.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Lisa Nandy questions lack of BBC sackings over Gaza war documentary

Ian Dunt pointing out here that no person could possibly have won an election w/ 34% vote share but McCummings. With his purging of all dissenting voices being good politics, as clearly all were nasty antisemites. Nor apparently is there any middle ground between Stalinism & BlackRock Blue Labour.

Don’t give up. That’s the trick. Even when the news is all bad, even when it feels rigged and empty. Hopelessness is a product too,don’t buy it. Keep going. That’s the rebellion.

Blue Labour makes as much sense as Green Reform or Socialist Conservatives. A load of deluded weirdos who enjoy sniffing their own farts, that have little substance behind the rhetoric nor any serious answers to our many problems.

What’s wrong with the new Blue Labour?

How the delusions of Brexit and Maga have alienated the ideological movement from ordinary people

prospectmagazine.co.uk