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Do you have citation for this claim? How do you know that run times haven’t significantly changed?

Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Yes, this!

Trump says re: Greenland belonging to Denmark: “why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago”

Sounds like the founding story of another country.

Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago | Aditya Chakrabortty The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living through now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

We need a new JG Ballard. What will the next 20 years bring?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges as Trump pushes to prosecute political enemies Comey, one of Trump’s frequent targets, indicted on counts of making false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding

Trumps accusing someone of making “false statements” 😳
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump news at a glance: JD Vance vows vengeance after Charlie Kirk killing US vice-president says administration will work to ‘dismantle institutions that promote violence and terrorism’ – key US politics stories from 15 September 2025

"This is a God-given signal! If this fire, as I believe, turns out to be the handiwork of Communists, then there is nothing that shall stop us now crushing out this murder pest with an iron fist.”
Hitler on the Reichstag fire in 1933

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The times they are a changing.

Thames Water hit with record fine over sewage breaches After Ofwat imposes total fine of £123m, environment secretary says ‘era of profiting from failure is over’

Can’t we just re-nationalise them FFS

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster” Nietzsche

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

I think we need a head-to-head TV debate: Sanchez v Starmer

Leadership Elections: Labour Party This briefing describes the current rules for the election of the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

Bed time reading for all Labour MPs. FFS is this what you worked for years to achieve? Starmer’s got to go!

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"Conservatives have created this hostile environment.. we should welcome people wherever they come from.. the UK is better because of immigration.. Lab has been a bit scared of making the positive case for immigration.. we need to turn that round"

The most duplicitous politician in my lifetime

Israel is starving Gaza. It’s a cheap, silent and brutal way to kill | Ahmed Moor Starvation is a slow, painful way to die. And unlike bombs and tanks, it’s easy for western leaders to ignore

Pure evil going on and it barely makes page 5 of the papers. Israel is starving Gaza. It’s a cheap, silent and brutal way to kill www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Surely it’s time the Scottish government puts 100% tariff on golf courses owned by people from “foreign lands”.

Israel has dropped more bombs in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden & Hamburg combined during WWII [𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴].

Read that & consider that Gaza is, on average, only 5 miles wide & 25 miles in length.

Life expectancy has dropped from 75.5 years in 2023 to 40.6 years now [𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘵].

Genocide.

David Reviews: Andy Lambert's 'Mute' quartet.' For those new to Andy Lambert's long-running series of short films, the rules of 'Mute' are simple: no dialogue; no camera moves; and only one shot. With us so far? Good.

In the mood for radically ascetic, absurdist-minimalist comedy snacks? Could be just the antidote we need for these times. Check out four new episodes in "The MUTE Series" www.muteseries.com

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Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales Reckless cycling is currently prosecuted under legislation from the 1860s, with a maximum two-year jail sentence

Having attacked the disabled, Labour is coming after cyclists now. #WhatIsLabourFor

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

Trump defeated by the radical-left woke stock market.

Most encouraging news of the day. Trump implies it’s possible that a “radical far left” President could come to power! Here’s hoping..

‘Everything is political’: how film can guide us through difficult times As Trump’s divisive second term threatens the liberties of many Americans, movies from Z to Spartacus to V for Vendetta have become more and more relevant

This somewhat random article cites a few films with political themes and storylines, but as Jean-Luc Godard said: "The problem is not to make political films, but to make films politically“. Time for a Groupe Dziga Vertov revival? www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreement

This is the whole point. Trump's only raison d'être is to send America back into the PAST – when the Great Powers jostled each other for dominance, when the white man was in total control, when there was no such thing as LGBTQ+, when women had lots of babies...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns… not an Extinction Rebellion activist but the mainstream insurance company Allianz. When the capitalists are worried…

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump announces harshest package of sanctions yet on the US.

I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values

A coloured depiction of Trump where is looks like the painting has all been smeared down the way. His mouth looks like it has sharper, small teeth and his face looks smeared with blood as it blends into his red tie. It has an evil zombie look to it as though Trump is a figure from hell. Credit to artist WeFail

Many caricatures capture Trump the moron. Few capture his evil as brilliantly as this.

This has been shared a lot recently, but mostly without crediting the artist.

The artist goes by the name of WeFail. Based in Manchester, UK, here’s a link to his incredible work
👉 wefail.art

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The thing is, what exactly would a US President who was secretly a Russian asset and had been given the mission of “destroying the west” do any differently to the current President?

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