These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · yesterday

Basingstoke police station.

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

BBC report fails to mention "Tommo" slashing a dinghy (!) Not beating the Reform Party propaganda allegations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea

Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.

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He got fined. He did it again anyway. 🫡

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

Vote Green on October 8th in Holborn & St Pancras 💚

They all knew ahead of time who he is...

Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

Tax the rich. Break up big banks. Primary corporate Democrats. Get Big Money out of politics. The message of the Occupy Movement is as important today as it was 15 years ago.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Hey, Supreme Court. It's time to explain the meaning of the first amendment to this asshole.

that's the kind of reporting that will drive the Turd crazy ...

#Sheeran is trying to save his reputation & money. But wanting his shows to be about “unity and humanity, not politics”, is like saying he wants to talk about love but not feelings. It’s ignorant and disingenuous, you can’t separate them #Gaza #FreePalestine www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza ‘unjustifiable’ in first show since tour plunged into turmoil

Pop star has faced boycott calls after rapper Macklemore was removed from tour after shouting ‘free Palestine’ at concert

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🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...

Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool

Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.

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Remember when Jake Tapper dug in his heels to defend Fox News when Obama dared to move them to the second row of the press room? Well, now that the roles have reversed, I'm sure that Fox News will -- come on, stop laughing, let me finish

Polanski made his view known and said: “What we’re seeing from Andy Burnham is more and more rhetoric. “We are putting pressure on the Labour government to move in a better direction (and actually take action.)" www.nwlondoner.co.uk/news/1809202...

Zack Polanski speaks to Zeteo UK to mark its launch

Green Party leader Zack Polanski held a conversation with journalist Mehdi Hasan for over an hour on Monday to celebrate Zeteo UK’s launch.

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"No single hour a child is glued to a screen seems catastrophic—until we step back & see the displacement of real life as a whole. Because a teenager scrolling at midnight isn't sleeping, a child watching videos isn't outside playing & a family watching TV during dinner isn’t talking to one another"

Reclaiming your kid's childhood from their screens starts here | Opinion

There is a particular kind of silence parents know well: a room full of children, together but apart, each looking down at a screen.

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A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...

The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network

A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group

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Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing. Voter suppression is.

Just Zia Yusuf having a pop at his parents.

Don't be fooled into thinking that a "free market" only exists when corporations get to "self-regulate" and do whatever they want. And don't be led to think that the government is "intruding" into the market when it crafts laws to protect the public. The real issue is power — and who has it.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

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Statement from RNLI Chief Executive Peter Sparkes

Watch a video message from the RNLI's Chief Executive Peter Sparkes on our work in the Channel and our commitment to save lives

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🛢️🚫 STOP ROSEBANK. STOP NEW OIL & GAS! Today we took our message to Poole Quay. 🥁📣🪧🎨 XR BCP joined Greenpeace and BCP Green Party to say: Stop Rosebank. Stop Jackdaw. No new oil & gas. After a summer of climate chaos, we need renewables, justice and a liveable future — not more fossil fuels 🌱✊

Israeli forces opened fire on municipal workers trying to pump water in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia.