Dan W

Dan W

@dcwinter.bsky.social

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it's odd to me that the resistance to all this seems to be a one-man operation, and that one man is Sunder, but I thank him for his service. I just don't get how all this is allowed to fester, it's not like we can't guess the consequences

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

There needs to be more urgency from the police to investigate + prosecute this clear incitement to xenophobic violence against asylum seekers, the platform + the online regulator Ofcom & ministers to cut off & prevent this malicious & unlawful content inews.co.uk/news/vigilan...

I want Simon Calder's job. Just gets wheeled out every time there's some travel disruption, stands outside Euston, says the same thing to all the news channels, presumably writes something for the Independent, then disappears 'til the next time.

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What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:

#BBCradio2 doing a Michael Jackson mega mix as part of Sounds of the 80s but removing Scott Mills from Breakfast over an allegation for a very similar thing makes me wonder where the consistency is.

Probably Boris. But never forget Major has a dirty side...

David Whitley@mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social

One horrific game you should definitely not play is ranking them in order of likelihood. Because once you've crossed off Brown and May, the mental images start getting really bad

I was going to put a joke about how hard men have it for #internationalmensday2025 but the reality is too many men are dying by suicide. Remember, #itsoktotalk.

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You shouldn't be able to claim you're following any sort of "responsible" alcohol industry "code of practice", if you're selling beer advent calendars.

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if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future

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After praising Zack Polanski's communication skills, deputy leader of the Green Party Rachel Millward says, "I remember how I felt on the morning of Brexit" "We just literally let Farage's lies write history"

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My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad. Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/

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Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

This is astonishing.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Question for #bbcradio2. Would you play Rolf Harris? No? Then why the hell are you still playing Michael Jackson when those kids were able to clearly describe how he looked naked? Double standards. You'd stop playing artists now at the mere mention of bad behaviour.

A self proclaimed patriot wants to give up our sovereignty .

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

The Daily Mail has never been pro-British- it has always been pro-fascist. The Daily Mail is owned by the 4th Viscount Rothermere, passed on from 3rd, 2nd & 1st Viscounts. It’s been a tool of hereditary power & privilege undermining our democracy. Musk & Trump excite them to take their mask off.

What a time to be alive.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Some women across the U.S. are stocking up on emergency contraceptives, abortion pills or both. Interviews with numerous providers of the pills point to a surge in demand in the immediate aftermath of the election.

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