People are always like “the German word for this, the German word for that” but the Chinese don’t get enough credit for coming up with the phrase ”the garbage time of history” to describe the present.
There's a Reform candidate for Abbey ward in Greenwich called Austin Powers who will be accompanied by his suggestively named comrades Ruth Handyside and Greg Rodwell. greenwichwire.co.uk/greenwich-coun…
Dessin d'actualité d'Allan BARTE faisant référence au meme Drakeposting - Hotline Bling Titre : François Hollande clarifie sa position En haut à gauche, François Hollande, visage sévère, main devant lui comme s'il refusait quelque chose. A côté, écrit dans une case noire :« FAIRE ALLIANCE AVEC LFI ? JAMAIS DE LA VIE ! » En bas à gauche, François Hollande, détendu et souriant, les yeux fermés, approuvant d'un signe de la main. A côté, écrit dans une case noire « Sauf pour être député ou pour garder ma ville »
"Après les municipales viendra le moment de la clarification." - F. Hollande
Traduction : Une fois que j’aurai sauvé ma ville grâce aux insoumis, je dirai à nouveau qu’ils sont infréquentables.
#Municipales2026
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Source : www.lopinion.fr/politique/vi...
Further to your deleted replies.
Bournazel fused his list with Dati, even if he's doing this bizarre thing of not standing on himself. Knafo has stood down to try and oust the PS. I'm not saying Gregoire can't squeeze some of Chikirou/ Bournazel's vote + win, but it's by not a foregone conclusion.
The piece explains how 2 parties left of centre could make it thru to the 2nd round and that if the right forms alliances, that creates a difficult situation for the left ahead of the 2nd round. Exactly what's happened. I'm not making a prediction, but the headline's Q won't be answered till Sunday.
📌 ICYMI — Is Paris About to Swing to the Right?
As voters prepare to go to the polls in the 'City of Light', Olly Haynes examines whether growing unity between the right and far-right in the French capital could be about to take it on a dark turn
How is it a clear no?
📌 ICYMI — How Palestinians Really Feel About Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
Palestinians accuse the President of attempting to "pacify the victim" while overseeing a "slow genocide" in Gaza
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/18/how-palestini...
🔴How YouTube’s Algorithm Pushed People Into Neo-Nazism
A new study reveals how the video sharing platform helped radicalise leading figures on the far right
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/27/h...
🔎 NEW
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
O'tacos! partout! maintenant!
Congratulations!
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
🔴Reform UK Builds Towards £40 Million Election War Chest as ‘Billionaires Wait in the Wings’ to Back Nigel Farage for PM
The self-proclaimed ‘anti-establishment’ party took almost four times more from big money donors last quarter than any of their rivals
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/r...
The only time Macron has ever made a concession that wasn't to the politics of the RN was to the Gilets Jaunes. A concession obtained by force, not through negotiation.
🔴 Bankrupt Firm of Reform UK’s Waste-Busting Local Government Chief Owes Taxpayer £36,000
EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Jaymey McIvor declared his company insolvent months before becoming party’s director tasked with stamping out council waste. Taxpayers are likely to pick up the tab. Olly Haynes reports
My piece on a couple of transparency loopholes in the APPG rules.
The number of PLGs, APPGs by another name which evade the rules, has doubled since their existence was first reported last year.
🔴The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch To Dodge Scrutiny
‘MPs engaging with these groups may have no idea whose interests dominate the funding… allowing wealthy interests to quietly steer policy’
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
🔴‘House of the People’ Citizens’ Assembly Provides Alternative to UK’s Far-Right Descent’
The first sitting of the assembly recommended a ‘People’s Charter’, backed a wealth tax and an arms embargo on Israel
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
Think this is the purest and most open distillation of what is an increasingly influential among elites, strain of thought on the British Christian right which goes “I oppose Islam because it is hostile to mainstream modern British thought, which I am explicitly hostile towards”.
My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement.
Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.
My piece on the far right billionaires funding the NatCon movement.
Thanks to @jasonaw.bsky.social who I spoke to for it.
Congratulations Josiah!!
🔴‘A Warning From Europe on Why Keir Starmer’s ‘Blue Labour’ Strategy Is Such a Dangerous Dead End’
Attempts by centre left parties to mimic the right on immigration almost always ends up strengthening the far right parties they hope to defeat, reports Olly Haynes
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/e...
Everywhere we look there are new tripwires being laid, actions by the Trump Administration that could easily serve as the proximate cause or trigger of a financial crisis that could cause a chain reaction ending in a great crash. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/a-grea...
"The blame for the civilian dead lies with Hamas.. When this war began, I said with confidence that Israeli forces would never target children."
Finkelstein's line is that only *now* has it become obvious that Israel is committing systematic war crimes against civilians.
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Alright Candace 🙄
