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Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it
"Roads are all blocked. They are never going to be allowed to leave". The news reports do not yet include if any arrests were made or not in Portsmouth last night. A couple of police cars had their windows smashed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don’t make me tap the sign again
A year ago I wrote one of my most popular posts: "the financial crisis theory of everything". It looks at how the 2008 crash led to Trump, the rise of the radical right, Brexit, the war in Ukraine etc... I've taken off the paywall so it's now free to read. samf.substack.com/p/the-financ...
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Don’t expect much summer spending from Everton this summer. Looks like most of the transfer budget is going to Burnley. Dont worry though; the PL will change the rules now to protect everyone else & Everton will be the only club that pays out. That’s how it usually works.
No comment just this www.thelawyer.com/everton-to-p...
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One of the most tone deaf campaigns for “justice” you will ever come across
I’ve joined over 100 MPs calling on the Government to finally do the right thing for WASPI women. Women born in the 1950s were harmed by pension changes made without proper notice. Despite the Ombudsman’s findings, ministers are still delaying fair compensation. I will keep pushing for justice.
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I was saying this recently after spending time with a family member who is just permanently glued to their phone. Remember the FAST campaign for strokes? We need something similar for this and we needed it 3 years ago.
Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.
Even today I would wager the majority of the UK thinks the BNP are bad guys. The fact we’ve slept walk to this point of policy parity without any real scrutiny or comparison is a huge indictment on journalistic and political scrutiny in this country. Add it to the skills shortage!
David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here. Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.
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Remember when anti-Brexit marches pulled these numbers *consistently* and absolutely nobody thought ‘hmm let’s maybe give these guys the keys to public discourse for the next few years’
Deeply disturbed to see today's 'Unite the Kingdom' march in London with 100,000+ attendees. This was likely the largest far-right protest in British history and was led by Tommy Robinson and addressed by Elon Musk. The far right are emboldened like never before. But, here's the good news... 🧵