Simone
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On 7 October, a video shared by Stand Up to Racism Scotland, with the caption This is what happens when you keep telling racists that they have "legitimate concerns"... appeared to show a group of black-clad men ‘patrolling’ the streets of Glasgow while making racist threats.
October 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
On 7 October, a video shared by Stand Up to Racism Scotland, with the caption This is what happens when you keep telling racists that they have "legitimate concerns"... appeared to show a group of black-clad men ‘patrolling’ the streets of Glasgow while making racist threats.
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When this young man was one of the greatest players in the world, his country rewarded him with racism and double standards. Then Chelsea bought him, and benched him, at his career peak.
This is all that needs to be written about him
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is all that needs to be written about him
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Decline and fall: who will believe in Raheem Sterling now?
The former England winger could face a prison term next month and his career collapse raises many questions
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
When this young man was one of the greatest players in the world, his country rewarded him with racism and double standards. Then Chelsea bought him, and benched him, at his career peak.
This is all that needs to be written about him
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is all that needs to be written about him
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Govt minister Josh MacAlister claims unemployed young people are paid with PIP to be out of work.
Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people.
Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people.
September 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Govt minister Josh MacAlister claims unemployed young people are paid with PIP to be out of work.
Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people.
Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people.
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It’s much much harder now to be an anti racist than it is to be a racist. That’s one of the things I learned from talking to Rachel Marsh, who has been doxxed and abused for standing up to the far right. www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...
‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm
Natasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats
www.thenerve.news
September 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM
It’s much much harder now to be an anti racist than it is to be a racist. That’s one of the things I learned from talking to Rachel Marsh, who has been doxxed and abused for standing up to the far right. www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...
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People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/
September 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/
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"Proscribe the extreme far right groups before it's too late"
via The UK Against Hate
via The UK Against Hate
September 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
"Proscribe the extreme far right groups before it's too late"
via The UK Against Hate
via The UK Against Hate
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I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion.
Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post.
nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post.
nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
nicolakelly.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion.
Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post.
nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post.
nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of.
But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists.
If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
September 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of.
But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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“There’s an unwritten rule that says disabled people should just be grateful for what we’re given by the state, lest be scroungers or burdens. I say unwritten. It’s written in newspapers most weeks.”
My col. on the care users fighting for the right to go abroad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on the care users fighting for the right to go abroad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances Ryan
This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“There’s an unwritten rule that says disabled people should just be grateful for what we’re given by the state, lest be scroungers or burdens. I say unwritten. It’s written in newspapers most weeks.”
My col. on the care users fighting for the right to go abroad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on the care users fighting for the right to go abroad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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The snobbishness about this comes in part from the fact you can no longer pay all your bills doing a minimum wage job. If you work 35hrs a week you should be able to pay rent, pay utilities, buy food & have a little left over for a few beers on a Friday. This never used to be a controversial view.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with working a minimum wage retail job no matter your age. A job is a job. And this performative, ignorant gatekeeping by those saying it's not a "proper job" can get in the bin. Work is work.
September 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The snobbishness about this comes in part from the fact you can no longer pay all your bills doing a minimum wage job. If you work 35hrs a week you should be able to pay rent, pay utilities, buy food & have a little left over for a few beers on a Friday. This never used to be a controversial view.
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"His hilariously controversial opinions, that he has every week, to a deadline...it's almost as if they weren't real."
September 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"His hilariously controversial opinions, that he has every week, to a deadline...it's almost as if they weren't real."
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It would be no surprise if we saw more black clad far right thugs making threats this weekend. Likes of BBC actively giving them a prominent platform, and Labour Ministers and MPs spouting tripe about "legitimate concerns", is giving them what they want and helping "normalise" this racism. #r4today
September 12, 2026 at 6:24 AM
It would be no surprise if we saw more black clad far right thugs making threats this weekend. Likes of BBC actively giving them a prominent platform, and Labour Ministers and MPs spouting tripe about "legitimate concerns", is giving them what they want and helping "normalise" this racism. #r4today
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The BBC is doing a bit of PR for Danny Thomas
September 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The BBC is doing a bit of PR for Danny Thomas
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I’m on Opinion newsletter duty this morning and I wanted to start with a few words on The Telegraph’s toxic “How having a disability became cool” article.
September 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I’m on Opinion newsletter duty this morning and I wanted to start with a few words on The Telegraph’s toxic “How having a disability became cool” article.
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PM: Pharmacy First makes a huge difference "especially for... those who are vulnerable".
CVF welcomes it, but has concerns:
e.g. You take methotrexate and get a sore throat. It might be a sign of a dangerous drop in white blood cells.
111 suggests Pharmacy First, so you go.
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CVF welcomes it, but has concerns:
e.g. You take methotrexate and get a sore throat. It might be a sign of a dangerous drop in white blood cells.
111 suggests Pharmacy First, so you go.
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‘A better Britain’: PM hails five new Pharmacy First conditions
NHS England has confirmed the five new Pharmacy First conditions that were promised in the 2026/27 pharmacy contract.
www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
PM: Pharmacy First makes a huge difference "especially for... those who are vulnerable".
CVF welcomes it, but has concerns:
e.g. You take methotrexate and get a sore throat. It might be a sign of a dangerous drop in white blood cells.
111 suggests Pharmacy First, so you go.
1/
CVF welcomes it, but has concerns:
e.g. You take methotrexate and get a sore throat. It might be a sign of a dangerous drop in white blood cells.
111 suggests Pharmacy First, so you go.
1/
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RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so.
That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year.
They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year.
They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so.
That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year.
They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year.
They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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Remember you all to watch Channel 4's 'Dispatches' at 10pm on Wednesday in which an investigative team spent a year investigating the finances of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, raising serious questions about the high-profile right-wing campaigner.
Fascist paramilitaries in England, with Tommy Robinson supporting them on social media.
Tommy Robinson, the 'English patriot' who went for a meeting with Elon Musk's dad in Russia a few weeks ago.
How far would one have to dig to find the hand of foreign agents funding these fascists?
Tommy Robinson, the 'English patriot' who went for a meeting with Elon Musk's dad in Russia a few weeks ago.
How far would one have to dig to find the hand of foreign agents funding these fascists?
Masked thugs in Portsmouth attacked police and damaged vehicles, say police www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
September 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Remember you all to watch Channel 4's 'Dispatches' at 10pm on Wednesday in which an investigative team spent a year investigating the finances of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, raising serious questions about the high-profile right-wing campaigner.
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On what would have been his 80th birthday 🎂
With thanks to the talented @happytoast.co.uk for this treasured art.
#ReadyFreddie
With thanks to the talented @happytoast.co.uk for this treasured art.
#ReadyFreddie
September 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
On what would have been his 80th birthday 🎂
With thanks to the talented @happytoast.co.uk for this treasured art.
#ReadyFreddie
With thanks to the talented @happytoast.co.uk for this treasured art.
#ReadyFreddie
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You’d never know that White British men are responsible for the vast majority of crime in the UK
Search for “asylum seekers” and I’m still in 2026
September 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
You’d never know that White British men are responsible for the vast majority of crime in the UK
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A thoughtful return to @thenerve.news by Stewart Lee, for some bizarre reason, Ofcom has decided to uphold a complaint against, from the Tufton Street mafia. How about GBnews or the nazi Hellsite known as X? www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Ofcom won’t touch GB News. But now it’s demanding a right of reply for jokes
The regulator has ruled against me over a mistake I made about an ex-Tufton Street campaign manager on a comedy show. The consequences seem like bad news for off-the-cuff banter
www.thenerve.news
August 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
A thoughtful return to @thenerve.news by Stewart Lee, for some bizarre reason, Ofcom has decided to uphold a complaint against, from the Tufton Street mafia. How about GBnews or the nazi Hellsite known as X? www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social Hi! Was wandering down memory lane as a result of this pub thread and found out (from Wikipedia) you had studied at Ridge Danyers College in Marple - I worked there until October 1998 so did our paths cross? 😁 @owenjones.bsky.social went there too!!
This has sparked some lovely memories for me - I used to work in Marple (1997/98) and I think we drank in the Bull’s Head. From their website, it looks fancy now but I remember going in for the first time, asking for a bottle of Bud and having to blow the dust off it!! 😂
August 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social Hi! Was wandering down memory lane as a result of this pub thread and found out (from Wikipedia) you had studied at Ridge Danyers College in Marple - I worked there until October 1998 so did our paths cross? 😁 @owenjones.bsky.social went there too!!
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(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own.
Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own.
Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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When a journalist wrote something heinous on X and I challenged them not once did they say actually I apologise that was wrong. The final straw was Marina Hyde’s article about Jeremy Clarkson singing the n-word was no big deal. She said I didn’t speak for all Black people and many agreed with her
The logic of this is that over on X people debate and duke things out and their views change, at least occasionally, in the direction of the people they are debating with.
Which, as we all know, is absolute horseshit. Instead they tend to get more entrenched and more extreme, left or right.
Which, as we all know, is absolute horseshit. Instead they tend to get more entrenched and more extreme, left or right.
Lmao.
August 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
When a journalist wrote something heinous on X and I challenged them not once did they say actually I apologise that was wrong. The final straw was Marina Hyde’s article about Jeremy Clarkson singing the n-word was no big deal. She said I didn’t speak for all Black people and many agreed with her