Those asking if ‘The Thick of It’ is writing this election may want to note that today’s Tory immigration plan -shunt it off to an independent body to decide, so ministers can avoid talking specifics in interviews- is the main plot of 2009’s special ‘The Rise of the Nutters.’

NEW: The Papua New Guinea Courier's view of a nation gripped by election fever.

REVEALED: the campaigners who dreamed up the contents of Liz Truss’s mini-budget have given the Conservative Party £35m (Location: 55 Tufton St. Collaboration with Democracy for Sale. Narration by @CarolVorders)

2024 Election Specials: 3. Reform.

Major parties are promising cuts in public spending. None ask questions about corporate welfare spending. Billions handed in subsidies, tax reliefs with little in return. Shareholders/Execs, companies enriched. Why the silence about corporate welfare? leftfootforward.org/2024/06/why-th…

Says the newspaper that has spent the past 14 years actively encouraging and gleefully celebrating the wrecking of almost everything that matters in this country. The Mail and The Mail on Sunday are without conscience or shame.

Newsletter: The Shareholder Supremacy has eaten the world, turning the tech industry into the playground of do-nothing management dictators that see human beings as assets and the customer as subordinate to growth - all inspired by GE’s Jack Welch. wheresyoured.at/tss/

'Slow-walk' protests banned at 1,200 locations - 400 demonstrators are named in court orders. Where would we be without protest/dissent? No right to vote No women's rights No trade unions, worker rights No equality laws No NHS No environmental laws bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

Oh shit, the Tories have now reached the ‘puppies and kittens will die!’ stage of panic

When you watched Johnson lie every fucking day, you had no power. When you found out the Tories gave billions to their mates, you had no power. When your mortgage increased because of that useless twat Truss, you had no power. Tomorrow you have power. Use it #GeneralElection

So to summarise that's: - One man forced out of Parliament for repeatedly lying to MPs - Two men who helped to force him out, while declaring him unfit to be PM - Another man restored to office after being at the centre of the biggest lobbying scandal of the past ten years

Starmer’s ‘Supermajority’: A Product of Conservative Propaganda and Client Journalism How a Conservative campaign line became the weaponised mantra of the Daily Mail – and infected the entire general election campaign Byline Times #GTTO #Election2024 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/03/sta…

Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (Elon Musk and Donald J. Trump among others) A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods. And I explain what I loved. 🧵

It's the utter shamelessness of it.

Newsletter: The DeepSeek situation is a moment that should fill Silicon Valley with shame, a monument to the lack of vision and herd mentality of the American tech industry. OpenAI and Anthropic have no moat, no innovation, and I believe no future. wheresyoured.at/deep-impact/

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