A billboard outside St Leonard's Hospital in London

What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism

“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”

My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.

Sorry, but it has to be said:

Incredible.

one of the most thorough skewerings I’ve ever seen during PMQs

Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch in eight years as an MP never mentioned grooming gangs in the House of Commons - not once - even when she was children’s minister

Badenoch insists she has raised the issue “in speeches” but is unable to deny the charge #pmqs

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed”
Prime minister Keir Starmer

There are 3.4 million girls 14 and under in England.

Elon Musk just wrote that 1 out of every 13 such girls is right now being “systematically raped by migrant gangs.”

The man has gone utterly insane. He’s a sociopath. His latest post is—unambiguously—neo-Nazi rhetoric intended to incite violence.

The simplest statements are often the best…

If only there’d been some sort of clue that Musk was supremely comfortable with racist grifters, conspiracy theories & liars…

(Good scoop, though.)

Musk is ignorant, insane - and extremely dangerous.

The only good billionaire, is a former billionaire.

Lets make them all into good billionaires.

I’ve wondered why super-rich owners keep pushing right-wing bias in their papers, since they no longer reflect or drive public opinion (if they did, the Tories would have won the last election). I think it’s that they’re still paid attention by MPs/journos/BBC. And maybe they’re a comfort blanket

Mail front page: PM'S 'REWARD FOR FAILURE' AS SADIQ KHAN IS KNIGHTED

sports quiz of the year - Howto de-age your brain w The Daily Eelegraphy INSIDE Swing into action Ten biopics that monkeyed around ArtH The Secret Prisoner Life inside is turning me into a criminal Features Save your skin How to fix 'wine face', 'sugar face' and 'cheese face' Features PM knights Southgate wins a title Khan in 'reward for failure'

this kind of obviously biased headline is so frustrating when MSM is fighting for credibility

1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders

2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure

Adrian Dittmann revealed.

Make America Great by deporting him back to South Africa.

The Brexit backlash – does it signal a progressive future? Starmer fears ‘betraying Brexit’. Yet with polls showing a majority for moving closer to Europe, can the progressive majority find its voice?

“Brexit made the UK an early victim of this reactionary politics which, instead of making this country great again, has already made it poorer and lonelier. Who knows what further damage may be awaiting our younger generations.”

I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I thought this might be worth sharing on Bluesky!!

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation shows

Thames Water diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups to pay bonuses & dividends

187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.

Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?

Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.

Imagine

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

How did the King of South Africa get elected in America.

Russia is buying all the Kings, Elon. Haven’t you been paying attention?