Marcus Chown

"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening." - Rosa Luxemburg

The biggest irony is that the oft-stated reason for the right to bear arms in the US is so people can stop an autocrat ever taking control of the country Well done, guys, for stopping that Another lie exposed We all know the real reason for the proliferation of guns is profit for the gun industry

Justin Webb is one of a number of presenters - Evan Davis also comes to mind - who use a supercilious, faintly mocking, amused tone which has no place in the transmission of news. It's obviously a characteristic that gets you promoted at the BBC. But it is grating for listeners.

Justin Webb is a regular presenter on #BBC Radio4 #Today programme:

Still ageing like milk

The full moon via Western, MA

🚨 BREAKING: Harry Kane wins the Men's Ballon d'Or.🏆

Of all the bbc presenters, Webb’s politics are the easiest to read - because he puts them in newspapers and doesn’t even try to hide them in broadcasts His politics are also mind numbingly predictable

The BBC needs to provide an explanation for this.

The short-beaked echidna is nature’s little bulldozer; churning up around 260 tons of soil every year foraging for insects: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

The allegations against Donald Trump for sexual assault seem to have a common denominator: He is physically violent and intentionally inflicts pain on his victims. He likes to slam women and girls up against doors and walls as he roughly manhandles them. Donald Trump is a sick and twisted person.

Cities are defined by the choices they make about space. Today, London chose people. Oxford Street's transformation is under way.

The biggest irony is that the oft-stated reason for the right to bear arms in the US is so people can stop an autocrat ever taking control of the country Well done, guys, for stopping that Another lie exposed We all know the real reason for the proliferation of guns is profit for the gun industry

"Another example of people power overcoming an autocrat’s determined and systematic efforts to stack the electoral system in his favour..." www.ft.com/content/dde6...

He took it quite personally and said the Sunday Times wasn’t like that and that he could assure me the proprietor had no influence over what the paper covered. Of course, if he had thought any diferently, he would never have got the job of editor of the Sunday Times.

At the Cheltenham Literature Festival, I asked this question of editor of The Sunday Times: “I’m looking at the government website and I can see the amount of uncollected tax last year was £46.8 billion. Could it be that the media focus on welfare rather than tax avoidance because of their owners?”

Many Iranians are bracing for a return to all-out war as elections in Israel and the United States heighten uncertainty.

WOOOHOOOO!! Serbia, now Brazil. Next? USA and Israel!

Fascists lose in Brazil, Serbia, and Hungary. Rising protests in Albania, France, and other European countries against billionaires and corruption. Very encouraging...

Hungary Serbia Brazil Please let us be next

#VoteBlue #America is next!! 💙💙💙

This is why the right loves to demonize student- protests and left-wing movements. Because they know they can topple oligarchs.

‼️Putin's ally Vučić conceded defeat after a big election loss in Serbia. The opposition won an outright majority after record voter turnout. Magyar, commenting on the similarity to Hungary's election, offered his support to the incoming Serbian government. Good to see this.

Another dictator goes down as Vučiċ falls to the student movement in Serbia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Lula's win means so much, for rights, geopolitics, the Amazon and climate and more. But it also blocks the US from gaining a new partner in its expanding and unchecked war in Latin america where it has been killing people without charge or public evidence.

Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

Historic comeback in Brazil! And perhaps, more importantly, the emergence of a new playbook for beating the far right: Challenge social media algorithms in the courts, reclaim the flag, call out extractivist fascism and fill the streets and the networks.

#Belgrade Serbia 10/22/26

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Serbia votes out their pro-Putin authoritarian government. Ending strongman Vucic after 14 yrs. Students, educators & farmers rallied together to reclaim their democracy by voting in historic numbers. See America, it's all on us. We vote. We win. Fascist fade share.google/MpOmcEDB2o1n...

Elon Musk says the limit on Ukraine’s drones came from “ultimately POTUS.” Trump says he has no idea who did it. One of them is lying.

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

A letter sent to Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles by several House members, incl. Ro Khanna, demanded “an immediate, govt-wide investigation into the decision to restrict SpaceX's Starshield satellite-based intelligence & military support services in Ukraine.” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...

Twelve U.S. bishops prayed over Trump in the Oval Office 12 days before the election. I signed the petition asking them to apologize to Pope Leo XIV. standwithpopeleo.com/bishops/

NEW: A group of Catholic bishops prayed over President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, 12 days before the midterm elections, at a meeting organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation. A senior Vatican official called it “a highly inappropriate meeting and an insult to Pope Leo XIV.”

One of the many reasons Catholics are leaving the church. And don’t hand me the bull that we all deserve prayers. This president is evil and those religious leaders should be in the streets helping the poor and tending to the deported.

Preferred party to handle Britain's future relationship with EU? Labour 30% LibDems 7% Greens 7% Reform 15% Conservatives 10% None/Don't Know 31% @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social (15th-22nd October 2026)

Angela Rayner, "We're 10 years on from Brexit, we now need to look at what the next 10 years will look like" "We've seen a 20% reduction in exports with the EU" "That's 16,000 businesses no longer exporting to the EU because of Brexit red tape"

He took it quite personally and said the Sunday Times wasn’t like that and that he could assure me the proprietor had no influence over what the paper covered. Of course, if he had thought any diferently, he would never have got the job of editor of the Sunday Times.

At the Cheltenham Literature Festival, I asked this question of editor of The Sunday Times: “I’m looking at the government website and I can see the amount of uncollected tax last year was £46.8 billion. Could it be that the media focus on welfare rather than tax avoidance because of their owners?”