Conor Walker
@cavanconor.bsky.social
Father, rugby fan, aspiring mountain climber. Will go to my grave as an angry old man…
@mrjamesob.bsky.social if you’re occupied there’s no guarantee you’d survive…
March 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social if you’re occupied there’s no guarantee you’d survive…
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Have you checked out the Brick Lane mural? A passing glance saw you before I realised it was Vance! 😲 I now can’t unsee it! Sorry 🤦🏻♂️🤣
March 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Have you checked out the Brick Lane mural? A passing glance saw you before I realised it was Vance! 😲 I now can’t unsee it! Sorry 🤦🏻♂️🤣
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So, Trump forcibly deports hundreds of immigrants who have no criminal record and welcomes in Andrew Tate - a toxic misogynist on trial for rape, child-trafficking and money-laundering.
Sums up what this repulsive US regime is all about.
Moral depravity and money. Nothing else. Nothing good.
Sums up what this repulsive US regime is all about.
Moral depravity and money. Nothing else. Nothing good.
February 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So, Trump forcibly deports hundreds of immigrants who have no criminal record and welcomes in Andrew Tate - a toxic misogynist on trial for rape, child-trafficking and money-laundering.
Sums up what this repulsive US regime is all about.
Moral depravity and money. Nothing else. Nothing good.
Sums up what this repulsive US regime is all about.
Moral depravity and money. Nothing else. Nothing good.
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I started planning this column a while ago, but I kept imagining it wouldn't be necessary, as many other journalists would surely get there first. I've been scratching my head ever since, wondering "where is everyone?" Is this not a huge and obvious issue?
This week's column asks a question that should be in everyone's minds, as Trump reshapes the world's alliances:
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How, given that our defence and security capacities are completely infiltrated by the US state, do we defend ourselves if the US becomes our opponent? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot
So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I started planning this column a while ago, but I kept imagining it wouldn't be necessary, as many other journalists would surely get there first. I've been scratching my head ever since, wondering "where is everyone?" Is this not a huge and obvious issue?
Obligatory racist on #BBCQT 🙄 … obligatory pseudo Yank saying “some people may have to die” 🙄 … thank god for the guys pointing towards tax evasion, and employers paying shite wages as the Govt subsidise directors profit!!
February 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Obligatory racist on #BBCQT 🙄 … obligatory pseudo Yank saying “some people may have to die” 🙄 … thank god for the guys pointing towards tax evasion, and employers paying shite wages as the Govt subsidise directors profit!!
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Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Question Time, 2025, 13/02/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Northwich in Cheshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Of course our risible rightwing reports Vance’s speech as a warning to us and a defence of free speech, rather than the excruciatingly demented diplomatic incontinence that it was. Happy to take this shit from a fellow authoritarian rather than face up to their own descent into ruinous madness.
February 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Of course our risible rightwing reports Vance’s speech as a warning to us and a defence of free speech, rather than the excruciatingly demented diplomatic incontinence that it was. Happy to take this shit from a fellow authoritarian rather than face up to their own descent into ruinous madness.
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People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!
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Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...
Defending The Truth About Jan 6th
We must be relentless and never ceasing to fight the lies
adamkinzinger.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...
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If 2025 is anything like 2024, I’ll be back on the Baileys | Stewart Lee
If 2025 is anything like 2024, I’ll be back on the Baileys | Stewart Lee
With environmental protesters in UK jails while convicted rioters sing the US national anthem for Mar-a-Largo guests, I’m bracing myself for another 12 months of despair
Christ was born in a barn. This proves that he came for all humankind, as well as…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If 2025 is anything like 2024, I’ll be back on the Baileys | Stewart Lee
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Words matter. By not calling it what it is, we minimize the experiences of survivors everywhere. It’s rape. And those who perpetrate it are rapist. And it is unacceptable.
The notion that we have a rapist in line to be potus is disgusting. I will never own that.
#DemCast
The notion that we have a rapist in line to be potus is disgusting. I will never own that.
#DemCast
January 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Words matter. By not calling it what it is, we minimize the experiences of survivors everywhere. It’s rape. And those who perpetrate it are rapist. And it is unacceptable.
The notion that we have a rapist in line to be potus is disgusting. I will never own that.
#DemCast
The notion that we have a rapist in line to be potus is disgusting. I will never own that.
#DemCast
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“The only effective measure is to ban all political donations, and the giving and receiving of such donations a criminal offence. Such a ban would force political parties to compete and develop publicly acceptable policies”
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
leftfootforward.org
January 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“The only effective measure is to ban all political donations, and the giving and receiving of such donations a criminal offence. Such a ban would force political parties to compete and develop publicly acceptable policies”
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people & institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job..I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning.. “Democracy dies in darkness” 👏
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact
January 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
@iaindale.bsky.social did Alan Shatter declare his Jewish heritage before his bias diatribe on LBC?
December 23, 2024 at 2:24 PM
@iaindale.bsky.social did Alan Shatter declare his Jewish heritage before his bias diatribe on LBC?
Nothing to see here it would seem…
Fifa’s Infantino and Saudi Arabia 1, Football and human decency 0
Fifa’s Infantino and Saudi Arabia 1, Football and human decency 0
December 7, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Nothing to see here it would seem…
Fifa’s Infantino and Saudi Arabia 1, Football and human decency 0
Fifa’s Infantino and Saudi Arabia 1, Football and human decency 0