Thinking about the future of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education, whose minister from the radical Shia Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Bloc is an avid advocate for Wilayat al-Faqih, not to mention his questionable educational background. Tough & scary times ahead, esp for women.

The day after a migrant processing centre was fire-bombed, the BBC gets Farage out of the crypt. How very, very stupid.

Today is as good a day as any to learn about the concept of stochastic terrorism.

Blaming and scapegoating migrants for the all ills of the land is what politicians resort to when they have run out of ideas. It’s all a sad and worrying distraction. It will not bring about prosperity, better education, opportunities or reduce the costs of living.

“Some people might say…” is a rhetorical trick which allows presenters to push grotesque lines while distancing themselves from them. That was in full effect on the Today programme this morning.

In a BBC article about the migrant centre firebombing…

Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in Dover which detectives suspect was sparked by “some form of hate filled grievance” ✍️: Katie Boyden salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/national/…

The newsletter is out. I break down two Sun stories to show how lies are constructed: FIVE-STAR PROPAGANDA AND VIGILANTE EXCUSES A study in demonology from The Sun; how 'news' makes monsters of asylum seekers. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/five-star-pr…

Bloody hell this is really magnificent from Asda Chairman Stuart Rose (formerly M&S) More of this. Much more. It’s vital that business leaders speak out in this way. Bravo. 👏

Different angle of Charles getting eggs launched at him.

While Matt Hancock licks his wounds in public, it is worth remembering that his neighbour Alex Bourne's company, Hinpack, obtained £50 million worth of NHS contracts following several WhatsApp conversations with Hancock while he was Health Secretary. There is a word for it.

To any journalist covering this today, please remember that "giving away your fortune to charity" often means "putting your money in a charity trust you and your family controls" which is an effective way to avoid inheritance tax! nytimes.com/2022/11/14/bus…

If David Baddiel mocked footballer Jason Lee by wearing black face and a pineapple on his head regularly on the BBC, thus encouraging the racist bullying of Lee by thousands, then waited 25 years to apologise on his own documentary, maybe Baddiel isn't actually an anti-racist?

Some folks didn't get the significance of me presenting the news with my dreadlocks. In my lifetime, TV was a place where the BBC, a public funding media, paid David Baddiel to do racist Blackface whilst mocking footballer Jason Lee's locks. This dehumanised all black people 1/4

Whenever anyone tells you that they're "neither left nor right" they're right, every time

The entire movie is a series of oil paintings but this particular shot from Barry Lyndon is ridiculous, doesn’t feel real at all