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The Greens are the Only Anti-Establishment Party
The Green Party is increasingly seen as the only viable alternative to the establishment parties in today’s political landscape. From the Canary: "Polling shows public see the Green Party as the anti-establishment party”.
Polling indicates that …
UKPolitics
The Reform Party is similar to Labour, in that they are big on generalisations of policy (or just ignoring their manifesto). They have no answers, just rhetoric.
Transgender
Reflection
SocialMedia
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Religion
The Death of the Open Internet in the Upside Down
I posted yesterday about Bluesky suspending #transgender authors. This type of nonsense will continue as long as people insist on algorithm based, centralized (no, Bluesky isn’t decentralised) social media. I feel like a grumpy old person …
Humour
UKPolitics
Healthcare
Alice Thomson on Class and Society
After the shooting of United Health's CEO, this image has gone viral. Like most people, I saw it, and laughed and moved on. But after seeing a remix today of it, and I was curious about what the underlying context of it was. Alice Thomson is a …
Elections
SocialMedia
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The Rise of Far-Right Leaders in Western Democracies: British Politics is Driving me Crazy Edition
Hi, my name is Marti Abernathey and I’m an American that’s settled in the UK. I’m happy here, but lately British politics and the thinking around it from the general public is gas-lighting me. From Davie Moo’s TikTok:
Transgender
Elections
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USPolitics
The Labour Party's Unseen Influence on Trump's Win
I haven’t seen too many people talk about one angle of the Donald Trump win. They did awfully after getting advice from the Labour Party. You can never tell how much advice they actually listened to Labour advisors like Jonathan Ashworth, but the …
Elections
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USPolitics
What Trump’s Election Tells Us About Global Politics
I’m an American living in the UK, and my wife is Brazilian. in both the UK and in Brazil, I’m seeing people say they can’t believe that Trump won the election. This is an extremely myopic view.
Fourteen million voters picked the …
Racism
Podcast
Elections
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The Dilemma at the Center of the UK Labour and USA's Democratic Party
I'm an American living in the UK for the last six years. When I lived in the United States, I was involved with Democratic politics on a state and national level. Reflecting on that experience has made me conclude that the Labour Party and the …
Media
Podcast
Elections
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James O'Brien on Jeremy Corbyn:
Listening to the podcast of the Thursday edition of LBC's James O'Brien's radio show, I was surprised that he'd admit that he might be wrong about The Labour Party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Previously, he'd said that Corbyn supporters were akin to …
Media
SocialMedia
UKPolitics
Why I'm Angry at Conservative, Corporate Media
In a Twitter discussion with LBC radio presenter, Julia Hartley-Brewer asked me:
@Martiabernathey that's a LOT of money and a BIG %. What are you so angry about? — Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) October 29, 2014I AM angry. I'm angry because …
Media
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Healthcare
Scroungers, Benefit Cuts, and the Tory Media
This morning I was listening to LBC radio and the radio presenter, John Stapleton (who was sitting in for James O’Brien), took a call from someone that said the Tories don’t care about benefit cuts and people in poverty: [soundcloud …
