The Yellow Shirts are at it again, aiming to disrupt and provoke military coup even though it is barely a democracy - the only protestors I'm aware of that turn up with their domestic servants to attend their needs and organize parking for their BMWs and SUVs #Thailand Pravit Rojanaphruk

My lovely friend Marianne Faithfull has shed this mortal coil, we loved her. I had lunch with her and her grandson Oscar last summer. They were working on her new song, "Love Is". It is finished. Oscar sent it to me yesterday. It is very beautiful. Fitting last words from a great

What happens to life expectancy at birth during genocides? Oscar Leo visualizes the most horrific events in human history in a simple chart. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/life-expecta…

Theodor Adorno: There's laughter because there's nothing to laugh about. Bertolt Brecht: The man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible news. Walter Benjamin: There's no better trigger for thinking than laughter. Hannah Arendt: Laughter is a form of self-sovereignty.

Congratulations to Zohran Kwame Mamdani on your incredible victory. Your campaign proves what can happen when a grassroots movement stands up to corporate greed, defends the humanity of Palestinians, and makes no apology for its belief in a more equal & affordable society for all.

Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won My latest for ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The War Economy: the merger of #UK foreign and domestic policy #globalpolitics #internationalrelations

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The collapse of the two main parties is the story, not Reform.

Even under PR Farage would have first dibs at being PM. This is a historic failure by Starmer and McSweeny to get to this stage, even if they can row back. Rowing back from here is now a huge mountain to climb.

One key root of the 2 party collapse is the manifest major corruption under the Tories 2010-24, & Labour’s sleaze & utter failure to combat malversation (legalized corruption) since. When will Labour accept the need to counter Reform with real reform? blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

The Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. New entries will be accepted until 5pm, 3rd November 2025. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18-30 inclusive, the prize invites new writing that connects with Hall’s ideas and impacts broad public discourse.

They think 'In the thick of it' is a training manual #Labour #ideology #discourse

Media representations of New York I recall from my childhood. Is the line from these guys that it used to have no migrants? New York?! 🤣

Just to clarify as some people are unclear. I will be voting against the Disability Cuts Bill.

This is utterly grotesque. Labour is now introducing a completely indefensible two tier system, where the support you get doesn’t depend on your needs, but the time you applied for liability benefits. Labour MPs, with some brilliant exceptions, are amoral cowardly hacks.

This idea is an abomination.

"Man who repeatedly takes people for fools now accuses opponent of taking people for fools" #labour #ideology #discourse