In the battle between the predators and the human rights lawyers must the liberals always lose? open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
In the battle between the predators and the human rights lawyers must the liberals always lose? open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would βreceive immediate access to welfare and social housingβ if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje
Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".
Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.
Judith Leyster self portrait
And look at this fabulously confident self portrait by Leyster
Young Woman Being Harassed by a Man
This is Judith Leyster's amazing 1631 painting βYoung Woman Being Harassed by a Manβ.
She was well known in her day but SURPRISE! her works were later misattributed either to Frans Hals, her local contemporary, or her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer.
www.thetimes.com/article/f41d...
In the battle between the predators and the human rights lawyers must the liberals always lose? open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Our latest issue is out today! With excellent writing from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social, @philtinline.bsky.social, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social, @imaanirfan.bsky.social and so many others. Please read!
It may be his way of making up to them after forcing them to go to Epstein's Island when they were little
A very good question. The stats are beginning to suggest not
How America voted for Epstein. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
How America voted for Epstein. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
The untold story that is told constantly and isnβt really true
A personal view of the Mandelson scandal open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
A personal view of the Mandelson scandal open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
No thanks Mr Trump. A free post open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Are there any powers that Donald Trump thinks he doesn't have?
Worth noting - "Both Lipsky and Lincicome [respected US trade policy folk] said that they think itβs unlikely, with the Supreme Court case and other factors, that the tariffs actually kick in Feb. 1."
One big reason Europe chooses not to over-react. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Welcome to Trumpezuela! A free introduction to a country like no other open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Welcome to Trumpezuela! A free introduction to a country like no other open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
That Venezuela thing. What was it really all about? Whos running the place? Is it an oil bonanza? And who's next? All in 28 minutes www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
"Maddeningly, voters want contradictory things: low prices when they shop, high wages for themselves; not many immigrants but lots of cheap labour; rising house prices when they own and lower ones when their children want to buy"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
From The Economist
Free post on entitlement to murder open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
To liven up the perineum of the holidays, a feature length piece on the New Right's domestic crusade open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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