My latest: Is it already too late to say goodbye? Because those independent voices in the new media you so value will wither and decay like autumn leaves once they have no audience jonathan-cook.net/blog/2022-01-2…

The French people own their energy. Why don't we?

Amen to all of this. gawker.com/politics/i-hat…

“It is worse than a crime, it is a mistake.” —Talleyrand A few thoughts on Starmer’s positioning of @uklabour on the cost of living crisis and the wave of industrial action. 🧵👇🏼

Today it's been revealed that the energy price cap is set to rise to £4,266 in January. We’re not going to accept corporations making record profits from the misery of millions. It’s time to build a campaign to fight back: wesayenough.co.uk

Our new polling Survation. 📢 💧69% want publicly owned water 🚌65% want publicly owned buses 🚄67% want publicly owned rail 🏥78% want a publicly owned NHS 💡66% want publicly owned energy 📮68% want a publicly owned Royal Mail morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/most…

"We’ve had it up to here with a government that says we can go on treating people like shit." Labour's Barry Gardiner MP breaks down over the cost of living crisis Enough is Enough

Recently uncovered documents show Don't Pay. caused an 'existential' crisis for the energy market and force the government into a price cap. This in turn led the Tories into an existential crisis of their own. I explain how Hunt's U-turn opens a path to defeat coming austerity.

"I was violated on so many levels in those David Baddiel sketches. I'm not a clown. It was bullying. But I wasn't going to fold. I had mouths to feed." Jason Lee interview. AbsoluteLee - Podcast youtube.com/@absoluteleepo… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0TDcdpd6K… thetimes.co.uk/article/jason-…

To use their own language, Rishii Sunak and his ministers hate Britain, despise British values and everything we stand for. They, not Palestine Action, are the true extremists. My new column for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel…

Goosebumps.

Damn right I'm obsessed with this, and rightly so. Your Institute of Economic Affairs poses as independent, while refusing to reveal who funds you. That's bad for democracy, which depends on transparency. By all means speak, but we should be allowed to know on whose behalf.

My dads an incredibly smart man. •Great leader •Can fix anything •Socially strong & networks well •Read a book a week for 30 years He NEVER moved up in his company. I asked him WHY & the answer he gave me brought me to tears. Here’s THE BEST LESSON my dad ever taught me.

🏁 FT: Brackley Town 1-2 Boston United Boston United are #killrecky 🍾 📺 TNT Sports & discovery+ UK

OK HERE WE GO reverendandthemakers.lnk.to/lnphonecall I’ve always wanted to do the Jon Lewis ad but no one asked me so I kinda made my own 3 minute one in Sheffield More importantly it’s to raise awareness and money for @samaritanscharity who are there for people 365 days a year . Nobody

Twenty years of inept governance from the Glazers seems to have continued with the new investors. Redundancies and ticket hikes seem the easy targets for Sir Jim and his team to cover catastrophic incompetence from his fellow shareholders. If fans have to pay for poor club

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a hugely successful entrepreneur and a Manchester United fan who grew up near Old Trafford. He should be a good co-owner. But comments like “I don't think it makes sense for a Manchester United ticket to cost less than a ticket to see Fulham” via United We Stand are

A longer post on what Britain's interests are in the current Israel-Iran conflict. The United Kingdom has four main interests in Iran. First, that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons and thereby further damage the cause of nuclear non-proliferation. Second, that a crisis

Someone made Avengers 1989 TV show intro.. and it couldn’t be better! Nic Cage as Loki is perfection.

Roger Wade, founder of Boxfresh, has been banned from Brighton & Hove Albion for 5 games for wearing a Palestine football kit. A ST holder for 10 years, he was pulled out mid-game with no explanation. Instead of dialogue, the club sent him a ban letter. Brighton & Hove Albion