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Historic Lib Dem voter who is apparently now hard left without changing my views (I now vote Green). Cat lover. Passionate about justice and the rule of law.

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Vittorio didn't hold back. That was really biting. Doubt he is going to get booked again...

06.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh dear, you really are still more at the Sun level.

06.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: β€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: β€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

06.03.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 460 πŸ” 316 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 62

But in criticising a critic of it, you are certainly carrying water for Labour in getting it through.

06.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you prefer to read something written in simpler language, there are plenty of options out there for you.

06.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just the Greens shaking off the fleas.

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The source of shame is that obviously insane people like this are left uncared for in the House of Lords instead of getting the care they so obviously need in a secure hospital.

06.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Yes it has.

06.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No.

Everyone: try using TikTok in a way that doesn’t make my sphincter clench so tight my next πŸ’© comes out as a diamond.

06.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And stop so many cases coming into the system. For example by legalising drugs.

06.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is completely at odds with the assertion that all we are doing is the minimum needed to defend British bases.

06.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"For the parties of the centre, the sensible response would be to offer policies to boost growth"

But that means Keynsianism, which the centre has rejected like Dracula rejecting garlic. The Greens do offer growth. Nobody else does.

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder who would be more offended by that picture. Farage at the implication that he is gay, or Zack at the implication that he might fancy Farage. That aside, what an utter πŸ‚πŸ’© take.

06.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete

A few years ago I went to a brilliant little museum in Ramsgate called This Museum is Not Obsolete. Hours of fun playing the amazing gizmos he has created. It's him. this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com

06.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Most businesses of any size would collapse. Because middle managers constantly have to lie about how great the latest idiocies from the bosses are as they try to implement crap they know will never work.

06.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Journalism - at least as currently practised in the UK.

06.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that's got a reasonable prospect of avoiding the dreaded nul points. I really liked last year's song, but I get the criticism that it was too complex to capture people in three minutes. This should do the trick.

06.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The false narrative is that there is any meaningful dividing line between defensive and offensive when your allies are committing the gravest war crime against the country you are β€œdefending” against.

06.03.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always credited Jim Murphy with calling Scotland right. He said he wouldn’t lose a single seat, and he was right. There was one single seat that he didn’t lose.

06.03.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2024 saw the lowest ever collective vote for the legacy parties, and the polls show it is only getting worse. The more Labour relies on β€œyou must vote for us”, the more people ask, β€œwhy?” And there is no good answer when the Greens are offering better policies and are winning elections.

06.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think for the last 20 years, both Lab and Con have been coasting on historic loyalty to one of the big parties, and failed to notice that that loyalty has been fractured. We’ve now reached the point where it is only retirees who have that tribal loyalty, and you simply can’t win on that alone.

06.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s one hell of an acceleration since the by-election. No doubt helped by Mahmood and by the war crime against Iran.

06.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did wonder if someone in the military was thinking "sod this for a game of soldiers" and deliberately sabotaged the false flag to try to stop us getting dragged into this mess.

06.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Putin is and always was a monster. The only thing that has changed is that back then the Sensibles thought he could be a useful monster. It is beyond absurd to pretend it wasn’t a disgrace that Putin was being treated as a normal politician by the Sensibles.

06.03.2026 07:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If there is something real here, post something solid about it. Otherwise, get in the bin.

05.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not my job. I’m just a rando on the internet. All I know is that you’ve posted something that does not set out what the claims are, does not set out any evidence of wrongdoing, and makes an unsubstantiated assertion that somehow the party is responsible for whatever the hell this is supposed to be.

05.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The danger of Putin has not changed. Merely the willingness of Serious People to treat him as one of their inner circle.

05.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeremy Corbyn was right about Putin from the start Peter Oborne looks back at the vilification of Jeremy Corbyn and highlights that he was one of the first to…

Time to remind people of this article yet again. Why do people still lose their ability to reason and act as if Russia is the Soviet Union and nominally left wing? www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/jere...

05.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greens deputy leader calls for apology from Starmer over false claims that led to death threats Mothin Ali fears for his life after anti-war protest was wrongly described as being in support of Iranian regime

What, you mean like β€œseen by the Guardian”? Why are you accusing him of not producing evidence when he has? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When you launch a criminal war of aggression, you don’t get to complain when your target fights back.

05.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0