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had to stay in a mixed sex emergency ward with my trans friend because there was a Labour MP and her rancid mum in there.
God isn’t it great having a labour government, labour MPs are so great if you ignore the unwillingness to nationalise anything, blaming migrants, attacking the disabled community and the constant unrelenting transphobia
October 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
had to stay in a mixed sex emergency ward with my trans friend because there was a Labour MP and her rancid mum in there.
If Chancellor Polanski said "we must increase disability payments for growth" there would be 700 furious pieces, half in the BBC, about "economic illiteracy of the greens" but you can always spout the right nonsense even when it is contradicted by your own studies
Well, he’s right in the sense there’d be economic growth - 0.05% according to UK govt’s impact assessment. Not much
Same assessment also said the cost-benefit analysis, accounting for pollution, health impacts of noise etc would be negative by tens of billions of ££
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Same assessment also said the cost-benefit analysis, accounting for pollution, health impacts of noise etc would be negative by tens of billions of ££
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expansion of Heathrow Airport would drive growth, chancellor Healey says
It comes after the prime minister refused to say whether he backed expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
If Chancellor Polanski said "we must increase disability payments for growth" there would be 700 furious pieces, half in the BBC, about "economic illiteracy of the greens" but you can always spout the right nonsense even when it is contradicted by your own studies
lol someone brought this up about the MP of the day
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How baseless fears over 5G rollout created a health scare
Misconceptions about the technology and lack of consultation with local communities may have boosted conspiracy theories
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
lol someone brought this up about the MP of the day
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A political and media class that has gone insane. None of this shit came from the public, it is entirely our leaders and media friends who did this.
October 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A political and media class that has gone insane. None of this shit came from the public, it is entirely our leaders and media friends who did this.
a thing to remember about british MPs is many of them love to drink and post, and it is often very obvious when they do
October 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM
a thing to remember about british MPs is many of them love to drink and post, and it is often very obvious when they do
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It would IMO be better if MPs had not utterly deranged their own brains on Twitter dot com, wildly radicalising themselves and each other.
![This is an absolutely disgusting tweet.
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Pah really? Being int the correct sex ward makes sure you get the right healthcare.
Easy rhetoric, jump on a bandwagon, call me names... actually... bore off
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October 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
It would IMO be better if MPs had not utterly deranged their own brains on Twitter dot com, wildly radicalising themselves and each other.
he is a scam artist who correctly figured out a) journalists will hype anything he says and b) no one will stop him, at least not until important people lose too much money
I’ve come full circle on this question.
Elons just not a genius in the way he wants you to believe (engineering)
he is a genius at fundraising
Elons just not a genius in the way he wants you to believe (engineering)
he is a genius at fundraising
October 17, 2026 at 8:35 AM
he is a scam artist who correctly figured out a) journalists will hype anything he says and b) no one will stop him, at least not until important people lose too much money
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Another reason why I'm increasing tuning out of BBC Newsnight
Left: Winston Marshall. Guitarist. Father, Sir Paul Marshall, co-owns GB News. On Fox News suggested a mine-laden ‘floating wall’ in the Channel to stop small-boat crossings
Right: Dr. Faiza Shaheen, an economist
Left: Winston Marshall. Guitarist. Father, Sir Paul Marshall, co-owns GB News. On Fox News suggested a mine-laden ‘floating wall’ in the Channel to stop small-boat crossings
Right: Dr. Faiza Shaheen, an economist
October 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Another reason why I'm increasing tuning out of BBC Newsnight
Left: Winston Marshall. Guitarist. Father, Sir Paul Marshall, co-owns GB News. On Fox News suggested a mine-laden ‘floating wall’ in the Channel to stop small-boat crossings
Right: Dr. Faiza Shaheen, an economist
Left: Winston Marshall. Guitarist. Father, Sir Paul Marshall, co-owns GB News. On Fox News suggested a mine-laden ‘floating wall’ in the Channel to stop small-boat crossings
Right: Dr. Faiza Shaheen, an economist
as Mr. Moxon says, choices will lose votes and you do not gain them back by yelling at people on social media. This is is just a factual observation and is not an endorsement of anyone's personal voting decisions, which they will make whether or not you yell at them online
You want to know if throwing trans people under the bus will lose my vote? I bet you do. But I only tell my plans to those I trust.
It will lose *some* people’s votes, and you knew that. That’s the chance you decided to take. Don’t play dice with people’s lives if you want to know my plans.
It will lose *some* people’s votes, and you knew that. That’s the chance you decided to take. Don’t play dice with people’s lives if you want to know my plans.
October 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
as Mr. Moxon says, choices will lose votes and you do not gain them back by yelling at people on social media. This is is just a factual observation and is not an endorsement of anyone's personal voting decisions, which they will make whether or not you yell at them online
i can believe it's great but also can't imagine anything less fun than an elizabeth holmes documentary. maybe i just need some 'pew pew pew' in my movies these days
October 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM
i can believe it's great but also can't imagine anything less fun than an elizabeth holmes documentary. maybe i just need some 'pew pew pew' in my movies these days
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shit and nasty government run by the most vile ppl in british politics.
don't let @lucympowell.bsky.social and her bestie fool you.
our country is being run behind closed doors by maurice glasman and his little cabal of national socialists.
don't let @lucympowell.bsky.social and her bestie fool you.
our country is being run behind closed doors by maurice glasman and his little cabal of national socialists.
Home Office denies British baby living in Thailand chance to meet great-grandfather in UK
Home Office denies British baby living in Thailand chance to meet great-grandfather in UK
British father would like to take his family to Lancashire to see ill relative but officials refused visa for his partner, a refugee from Myanmar
The Home Office has denied a great-grandfather from Lancashire the chance of meeting his five-month-old British great-grandson, who lives abroad.
William Cross was born in Thailand on 30 April to parents Matthew Cross, 31, who is from Burnley in Lancashire, and Khin Thant Zin, known as Jue Jue, also 31, a refugee who fled persecution in Myanmar to Thailand. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
shit and nasty government run by the most vile ppl in british politics.
don't let @lucympowell.bsky.social and her bestie fool you.
our country is being run behind closed doors by maurice glasman and his little cabal of national socialists.
don't let @lucympowell.bsky.social and her bestie fool you.
our country is being run behind closed doors by maurice glasman and his little cabal of national socialists.
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October 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Trump says don’t buy US weapons or technology.
Q: If it wasn't you, then who gave the order for Starlink to go down in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I don't know
TRUMP: I don't know
October 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trump says don’t buy US weapons or technology.
beatles movies cast is interesting
October 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
beatles movies cast is interesting
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Ofcom the people that do nothing about GB News have been busy ranking racist slurs! It’s gone about as well as you’d expect.
Just in case you thought it was just LGBT stuff, Ofcom has also deemed calling someone a Nazi approximately as offensive as calling them a "Chinaman", "Gippo" or "Honky".
October 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ofcom the people that do nothing about GB News have been busy ranking racist slurs! It’s gone about as well as you’d expect.
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Guys it’s 2026 can we please stop falling for his BS.
October 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Guys it’s 2026 can we please stop falling for his BS.
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The big Burnham PR blitz was about assuring people they are nice actually and won’t do that stuff any more but you can see this week that all of the worst shit is still fully in force, and the most depraved culture warring cranks are still in full control of the Labour Party.
October 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The big Burnham PR blitz was about assuring people they are nice actually and won’t do that stuff any more but you can see this week that all of the worst shit is still fully in force, and the most depraved culture warring cranks are still in full control of the Labour Party.
A labour government
So basically, yeah you can come out as trans but you will be harassed, discriminated against, and barred from using the toilet, and it's all on you. The persistent slide into an ongoing dystopian nightmare continues for trans and non-binary individuals.
Civil servant transgender guidelines leak just dropped:
October 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
A labour government
The labour party is nothing but monstrous bigots
Civil servant transgender guidelines leak just dropped:
October 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The labour party is nothing but monstrous bigots
Price of slurp juice soaring due to iran war
Porsche shuts down its NFT project with the floor price down 96%
October 1, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=porsche-nft-shutdown
October 1, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=porsche-nft-shutdown
October 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Price of slurp juice soaring due to iran war
Kurt vonnegut had a little essay about translations in one of his collections, built around the difficulty of translating a novel called "deadeye dick" when no linguistic equivalent existed
The work of literary translators is so important & essential. Replacing literary translators is like replacing original authors: You lose the compelling human choices that give art its meaning.
If Michael can't see that, that devalues my trust in @europaeditions.bsky.social (which I handsell often)
If Michael can't see that, that devalues my trust in @europaeditions.bsky.social (which I handsell often)
oh my God. this is all so fucking dystopian. this bit in particular really got me:
October 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Kurt vonnegut had a little essay about translations in one of his collections, built around the difficulty of translating a novel called "deadeye dick" when no linguistic equivalent existed
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how did she even know the woman was trans. 'i saw a woman i thought looked weird and panicked' okay!!!!!! that is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to know where we are with transphobia, this is a *Labour MP* whose mum was *in hospital for a medical emergency* and she's still more worried about a trans person *in a mixed-sex ward* than about, for example, her mum
October 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
how did she even know the woman was trans. 'i saw a woman i thought looked weird and panicked' okay!!!!!! that is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your opinion of musk in 2022 was a pretty good indicator of whether or not you were a dipshit
October 16, 2026 at 6:41 AM
your opinion of musk in 2022 was a pretty good indicator of whether or not you were a dipshit
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If they actually try to do mass enforcement of this there's going to be mileage in forming a "Destroy the BBC Party" and running on that single issue.
October 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
If they actually try to do mass enforcement of this there's going to be mileage in forming a "Destroy the BBC Party" and running on that single issue.
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Strikes me that when the hacks all went to Reform conferences and declared it very professional and detoxified, either the UK’s largest grouping of pub uncles somehow maintained best behaviour for a whole weekend, or the UK’s finest political journalists just weren’t very observant
“We're not f****** stupid enough to p*** off the entire woke south or centrist south really of the country,”
“You need to seem palatable to everyone...We just need to get f****** elected, that’s all that really matters. We won't necessarily say what we are doing, part of the point is to not [say].”
“You need to seem palatable to everyone...We just need to get f****** elected, that’s all that really matters. We won't necessarily say what we are doing, part of the point is to not [say].”
www.itv.com
October 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Strikes me that when the hacks all went to Reform conferences and declared it very professional and detoxified, either the UK’s largest grouping of pub uncles somehow maintained best behaviour for a whole weekend, or the UK’s finest political journalists just weren’t very observant