Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
“A weak parent who couldn’t report their child to the police? A mood seems to be growing on the right of politics to deport the relatives of serious criminals. But of course they don’t mean in every case”: Stewart Lee on Elizabeth II
NEW STEWART LEE column
"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."
"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...
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Yes, Farage gets quite tetchy, doesn’t he? 🤣
A lot of national government promises for the local elections here 😜 #Bromley
I remember also the “back to school” themed discos where people were encouraged to dress like school girls etc. Doesn’t sit quite right with me.
Crop tops and thongs: how Epstein's friend Les Wexner sexualised children's fashion. Image: Men and women, some of them models, hold a demonstration outside of lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret on February 14, 2020 in New York City. A woman holds up a heart-shaped placard that reads “Victoria’s Silence”
“We moved from shoulder pads and power suits to baby-doll tops and heroin chic. With each passing year, we were asked to look smaller, thinner and younger”: Deborah Frances-White remembers a dark, Lolita-like period in fashion
www.thenerve.news/p/deborah-fr...
So it turns out Nigel Farage's widely-reported claims that 'Boriswave' migrants will cost every household £20,000 are based on dodgy figures and inflated assumptions.
Reform have simply invented their own numbers…” say experts.
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We should start removing the citizenship of weasels like this. If you don’t like paying your taxes and want to live in another country, fine, go, but you won’t be getting back in
NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC.
Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.
Claims and ideas which happen to favour the ruling class don't dominate public life by accident. They're paid for by oligarchs and corporations then promoted by media outlets other oligarchs and corporations own. Once they've been drummed into our ears enough, they're internalised as "common sense".
It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.
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His views are clear.
Seems they’ve scraped him back off the bottom of the barrel to stand. Seems Reform UK don't have a problem welcoming far-right nationalists in to their party.
Wonder what his colleagues at Newcastle University make of his political career.
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James Bembridge on X: Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.
Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.
Fantastic 👏
Erica Payne, founder of @patrioticmillionaires.org: "Doing it around the edges is what got us this freak show in the WH sending out memes about him being Jesus & getting in a fight with the Pope in a country that prides itself on the separation of church and state. For heaven's sake! Enough already"
NEW Hungary’s new PM has described Viktor Orbán’s funding of propaganda bodies as criminal and vowed to investigate.
Bad news for ultraconservatives in the UK!
Alice McCool's deep dive into Orban, his propaganda college MCC – and its links to the British right ⏬
www.thenerve.news/p/viktor-orb...
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕
*All four astronauts went to public schools!
Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?
📌 ICYMI — Reform UK Energy Prize Winners Had Nominated Party’s Own Branch Chair
As Greater Manchester Police confirm they are reviewing a complaint into the prize draw, can reveal that the party's Wigan branch chair – nominated by the winners – was present at the doorstep prize ceremony
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
(I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)
🔴GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters
The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/g...
More accurate: bsky.app/profile/cold...
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
