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Unemployable philosopher Interested in threat models for: energy, food and society Resources: https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint https://www.transparency.org/en/library/ https://www.eff.org/wp/surveillance-self-defense-international
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<summary> If you 'materially aid' Don and Bibi to do war crimes, knowing that’s their intent, then you are responsible for those war crimes too </summary>
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We will send our polite letter to
Keir Starmer asking if a quarter of a million members sounds a lot to him before March is out.
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Ed Milliband? 😂
What Is Trump Trying To Achieve In Iran? Politics Politics Unpacked > 25m W Donald Trump has demanded the "unconditional surrender" of Iran and says he wants to choose its next leader. But does he have any idea of how to achieve that? Guto Harri unpacks the news and politics of the day with Alys Denby and Michael Binyon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
And as you say, this Tim Shipman piece made it very clear that his instinct was to be with America, and Ed Miliband and other members of the cabinet strongly opposed, I think was a great quote, it was a petulant, legalistic, and deeply political. And let's not forget, this comes right off the back of this Gordon and Denton by-election, which Labour spectacularly lost. A safe seat for hundreds of years, lost to the Greens by forming a coalition of Muslim voters and rainbow open borders lefties that handed this seat to the Greens. So Keir Starmer does have political difficulties at home that are influencing his decision making, whatever you think. So I don't think this is a sign of strength, I think it's weakness. And I think Ed Miliband is the secret linchpin behind all of this. There's something I like to call the Ed Miliband theory of everything.
I have a funny feeling we need a long lunch to discuss that. But there is, you know, I was just thinking Ed Miliband opposed, you know, the last full on Gulf War. His brother didn't, he was part of the Tony Blair government that backed the Americans. When it came to the leadership that should have been David Miliband's, Ed Miliband, his own younger brother stood against him and beat him. Lot of people have said, had that gone the other way, David Miliband had won, Labour would have won the election, and Ed Miliband won, Labour lost the election, and the history of Britain was different, and whether we'd be out of the EU and all kinds of other things, all go down to Ed Miliband being fratricidal.
At the Times podcast, the lads are discussing Britain’s disastrously fucked domestic and international state. Former foreign correspondent Michael Binyon, who appears to be authentically deranged, identifies the true culprit.
I would say the shenanigans and bullshit of 2018-19 did not stop for years: they continued at astonishing, unrelenting intensity until late 2025, when Morgan McSweeney and Peter Mandelson made the entire press pack look like a right bunch of throbbing wallopers in front of the Americans.
As well as seeing that the Great Tory/Labour Nosedive began with the shenanigans and bullshit of 2018-19 and has not relented since, I cite this one: see how the dive begins the very moment that Sunak calls the election? That’s because the public started paying attention to what was going on.
richards reposted Nick Cohen @NickCohen4 • 6h The sight of the British right cheering on the half-mad, semi-senile leader of a quasi-hostile foreign power shows that conservatives have lost their patriotism - and with it whatever common sense they once possessed
Oh for the days of wise, careful and pragmatic American presidents that British newspaper columnists could place their trust, faith and professional reputations in, like George Bush II
Look, fair enough: if scary stories about Russia and China eating Donald Trump’s homework are what it takes to call off this shitshow and take his navy home, then I am all for that
Mark Chadbourn • @chadbourn.bsky.social US Intelligence believes China could be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts, and missile components, CNN reports. 17:39 • 6 Mar 2026 102 reposts 52 quotes 334 likes 6 saves 23 154 334 Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky... • 4h So that's both Russia and China providing assistance to Iran. 24 10 68 )
Seems like somebody fucked up here
Seems wild that the dominant political/economic philosophy of the era has been quite ruthlessly enforced my entire life, and that pushback against this collapsing, cratering system has in recent years has been met with for real 1950s style all-media McCarthyism by press and government, hand in hand
I'm starting to get a sense this part of the equation wasn't planned out or workshopped in advance. "under every rock" lol.
Luckily the Trumpers have not been loudly signalling what the best way to defeat them in this war is
Damn, remember Sir Keir, the guy that deliberately made petrol too expensive to buy, and now everything is expensive as fuck. Because of socialism, but that’s the left for you. What’s for fucking breakfast.
When was the last time you were called to appear at court to account for your malicious conduct?
If you want to know who Nicole is, by the way: this is what she was doing on Wednesday this week. I imagine you were just at work, as usual.
Nicole Lampert O @nicolelampert X.com Fascinating lunchtime talk between former PM Tony Blair and Robert Peston for the @JewishNewsUK The contents of the conversation are subject to Chatham House rules but was fascinating on his thoughts about Iran and Gaza. He also said such moving words about the Jewish community that I felt quite tearful.
Tony Blair in his own biography says it was his crackpot enthusiasm for Israel bombing fuck out of Lebanon for no sane reason that cost him his job, and that he has no regrets. Make of that what you will.
I mean, it is Slobodan Milosevic stuff, is it not. Happening in public but never admitted to.
I would ask: why is ITV’s head politics guy interviewing the second most compromised New Labour man - a three time Prime Minister - on a weekday, off camera and under commonly understood conditions of secrecy, in front of an audience of rabid Israel wingnuts who are just fine with genocide?
Hoo boy, we would be *so fucked* if the press had simply imposed these horrible swine that everyone hates upon the public, because they themselves wanted it and they could impose it, and Fuck You if you didn’t want it! Can you imagine how bad it might be, if the government had no legitimacy.
Luckily we have a government everyone loves and the whole populace is right behind them through this new disaster, because both politicians and media outlets sought public consent for this project rather than simply imposing it upon everyone, by shouting idiotic drivel at them over several years.
Why, it’s almost like it might be in Iran’s direct interest to inflict damage so bad
and globally destructive, in such a critical area of the world, that America could not dream of ever attacking it again
Jeremy Corbyn • @jeremycorbyn • 1d $ ... We cannot let Keir Starmer drag this country into another illegal war. That's why I tabled a Bill to require Parliamentary approval for the foreign use of British bases. Today, I urged the Prime Minister to fulfill the promise he made in 2020 and pass this legalisation, now.
They were terrified of this guy because of the social forces he unlocked, quite accidentally. But he’s a letter-writing, petition collecting kind of politician, he thinks he’s there to enable others. A proper populist monster would lay waste to the British political landscape.
Deliberately encouraging violent racists to murder the deputy leader of a party that’s overtaking you in the polls is disgusting behaviour, 1930s stuff
Both Alec Shelbrooke and Keir Starmer must apologise publicly for promoting these dangerous smears.
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Greens aren't (at the moment) owned by lobbyists for spiteful ultra-rich cranks who want a government that promotes AI-surveillance-fascism, complicity in genocide and violent racism
While Labour come out with policies that
* are cruel towards refugees - no child should ever be in hand cuffs!
* When Students are being clobbered with ridiculous interests rates
* To penalising disabled people & the elderly.
Why would we vote for them🤷🏻♀️
Labour is dead, for some time now. #VoteGreen 🗳️
They know they’re beyond recovery so they’re trying to deliver as much AI-surveillance-fascism, genocide industry profit and brutal naked looting for their spiteful billionaire crank sponsors as they can
We saw this with the Tories too in their "clearly hopelessly doomed" phase
Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London
Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May
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