Why are we hearing so much about the 4% of people who are landlords, and 7% who go to private school, rather than the more than 9 in 10 of us who do not? How coverage of the Budget has been heavily slanted towards the interests of a wealthy minority adambienkov.co.uk/p/you-want-to-…

Reminder today that Yaxley again crowd-funded his “defence fund“, then pleaded guilty. So that cash? Yeah, that’s his now. This is what he does for a living.

Belgian Workers Party Belgian MP Nabil Boukili confronted the Israeli ambassador to Belgium, Idit Rosenzweig Abu, in a heated exchange in the Belgian parliament on 22 October.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is wrong when he implies that the legal definition of genocide is dependent on how many people from an ethnic group are killed. Numbers are irrelevant - it’s the intent plus the acts of the perpetrator that matter. See:Art II, UN Genocide Convention

Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable Queen but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞

Lord Walney suggested that people should have to pay to protest. All while getting paid by lobbyists for oil & gas and arms companies. Protest him – for free – and sign our petition calling for his removal: goodlaw.social/bv6o

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

We appear to be actively losing Janey Godley, as her daughter seems to be taking over her twitter account. I’m so sad. She’s been such a joy for so long. She will forever be known for this, one of the best things, ever.

The Country Land and Business Association says the new £1m cap on agricultural inheritance tax relief will "harm 70,000 farms". That's 1/3 of all farms. What does the actual data show? Less than 500 farms/year will be pay more tax as a result of this change every year. Possibly

That's my car looking the worse for wear. ☹️ Reported on the Mywilts App.

The woman who died in Texas came from an anti-choice family and was supposedly pro-abortion ban herself. After her avoidable death, her mother is quoted as asking “why didn’t they help the miscarriage along?” They never think the leopards are going to eat their face.

This is a dark, dark day for people around the globe. The world’s largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue.

Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7001…

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How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We at Hacked Off are calling for Leveson Part Two. 📷 Over a decade ago, lies turned into a tangled web of corruption: 'one rogue reporter' became an entire industry crisis, implicating newspapers, police, and even politicians. The Leveson Inquiry was split, and Part One exposed