Good morning to this man, & this man only. #bbcqt

Aha, others have started to notice! x.com/LesserFeat/sta…

It is tempting to dismiss entirely the centrist bore who says the “far left” and “far right” are, in some fundamental sense, "the same." But we should resist the urge to deny all common ground. Both left and right recognise—correctly—that the system is failing. What

This guy on TikTok does the best Christopher Moltisanti I've ever heard. It's dead-on. The rest of his impressions are almost as flawless.

Something you’d stare at for hours at your Gradparents house in a pre iPhone era

Genuinely asking here. Amongst all the talk of increasing defence spending and the austerity, cuts, 'belt-tightening' etc, has a single media pundit or politician suggested there should be tax rises on the rich to pay for it? Even as a question? Because I haven't seen one.

remember when liberals said Kamala Harris lost because Latinos are too macho to support women in politics

Jeremy Corbyn is again being smeared for being pro-Putin. The fact is that no politician has been more consistent or prescient about Putin. Corbyn warned against him when others didn’t. This article first published three years ago in Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia…

This line will be quoted ad nauseam for decades in history and politics books. Agree with him or not (and correctly or not), it will be the go-to way of articulating Labour's return to aping the Tories.

Beyond parody

I'm not entirely certain what the definitional boundaries of the "fan cam" are, but... ...did David Lammy just post a fan cam of himself?

Palestinian communism dates back to the 1920s under British colonial rule. At its peak, the country's left-wing movement was one of the strongest in the Arab world. “Red Star Over Palestine,” Jacobin's latest podcast series, explores that history.

In 2021, Eric Adams was hailed as the “future of the Democratic Party” after it took 8 whole rounds for him to win by less than 1 point. What does that make Zohran Mamdani, if he won in 3 quick rounds by 12?

leftwing populism is popular. neoliberal centrist dems can’t make a compelling message because they stand for nothing. not complicated.

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I am shocked - shocked! - to discover the entire “exodus” story was nothing more than lobbying on behalf of the mega-rich. Wealth tax now!

I like how he says “Labour MPs put their careers on the line to stop (Old Jezza) becoming Prime Minister”, a thing that up until last year was an absolutely deranged conspiracy theory, but has somehow become an obvious fact, without anyone having been wrong about it at any point

As a parent what would you do if you couldn’t feed your children? Watching them starve, crying for food, as your own empty stomach gnaws at you. HELP: chuffed.org/project/113222…. Children in Gaza are still malnourished, still starving, a famine still underway. Aid trucks are still