Monday, 2 March 2026
mr nobody against putin
I watched this documentary a couple of weeks ago and can highly recommend it. Very pleased indeed it has just won a Bafta, but it highlights how quickly events and dictators can utilise all the propaganda methods at their disposal, and should be a warning for Britain regarding the rise of Reform with the backing of the right wing press and tech bosses.
More from The Guardian here.
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how newspapers frame their narrative
One of my most memorable lessons at school (many years ago) was looking at different newspapers covering the same story and how they reacted to it it, whether supporting or criticising the event in question, depending upon who their paymaster was (and therefore their political stance). Here's a couple of recent examples from The New York Times of how newspapers still frame their headlines to support or throw doubt.
march together against the far right - march 28th in central london
A date for your calendar.
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dubai emergency alerts in a foreign language
Imagine the fuss this nasty right wing mouthpiece would be kicking up if the UK issued emergency alerts in other languages for 'foreigners who haven't accumulated and learnt the language of the country they've moved to'. I bet that pretty soon if the bombing continue she'll be looking at fleeing a war zone for safety, hopefully in her case to 'the nearest safe country', but l also suspect the tax avoiding putting the UK down twats will expect us taxpayers to come to their rescue (and they'll still complain).
more boat refugees spotted (tice and oakeshott)
As Tice plays the hero and comes to the rescue, what to do with this war fleeing couple of lovebirds?
In this instance I'd ask the French to take the tax avoiding hate mongering right wing twats back (or send them to Rwanda). It's what they have been insisting should happen to others.
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when footballers were normal men - the great dixie dean
At one time footballers were men of the people and lived alongside their fans, probably buying a pub after they retire. I do think they should have been paid a lot more years ago, as it's such a short career, and there was a lot of money floating about, but it's also heartwarming to see the likes of the great Dixie (60 goals in a season) Dean of Everton pulling pints in his pub, The Dublin Packet in Cheshire, 1950. It's apparently still called 'Dixies' bye the older folk around there.
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laura loomer tries to stir up more hatred
This is an advisor to President Trump. Now replace 'Muslims' with 'Blacks', 'Irish' or 'Protestants' (or any other religious belief) and see how wrong this is. This is all about division and hatred, and leads to some very dark places.
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Sunday, 1 March 2026
def leppard at the fforde green hotel, leeds.
Oh to be young again. I already had Def Leppard's first independently pressed single and hitch hiked to see them at Leeds Fforde Green hotel on this tour, met them afterwards, got on famously, and should really have stayed in touch, especially after they became so successful in America, but l foolishly rebuked their offers of being put on the guest lists etc. I did get an ultra rare t-shirt which l ended up giving to my sister but hey ho such is life. Also saw them at the Newcastle Mayfair gig at the end of the tour and supporting Sammy Hagar and others around that time. They were great, and obviously heavily influenced by Thin Lizzy (from what l remember).
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trump - to rape or kill kids cartoon
If he's bombing Iran to deflect from The Epstein files, he knows killing kids is worse? Doesn't he?
Saturday, 28 February 2026
you're telling me the white house might be lying?
This is from June last year. They were lying then, or they are lying now (or both).
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old t. rex tickets
These old tickets for T. Rex shows are not mine, but by God l wish they were and l had gone to all of them.
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the allister heath headline generator
Take your mind off world events and have a go ion the Allister Heath Headline Generator. The trouble is, he's so deranged that it's hard to tell the spoof ones from his normal ramblings.
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donald trump another war - iran
My memory isn't that special, but even l remember as far back as last summer when America attacked Iran and said that had destroyed all their nuclear capabilities. Please don't tell me Trump was lying? This makes me think the FIFA Peace Prize was a mistake, and this could escalate badly.
Also......
maybe this is part of the reason reform didn't win
It's one thing being a flagshagging racist knucklehead who wants Reform in to revitalise the country and take it back to a mythological (white) 1950's Britain, but not if the party is made up of the worst of The Conservatives that helped cause most of the mess you are rebelling against, no matter how racist some of them are. Plus (I would like to think) a lot of people voted for hope, not hate. Which is to be applauded.
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being prosecuted for past ecstasy use
This sounds pretty damn suspect and it's another reason to hate the far right. If they start prosecuting everyone who took ecstasy back in the day, myself and most of my nates and acquaintances are in deep trouble (plus l would assume a lot of Guardian journalists), but trust me, it was well worth it. Happy days indeed.
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labour head down the wrong path (again)
FFS - This is depressing. When will it dawn on Labour that their immigration policies only make them a bad version of Reform (if that's possible). The Green party just won because Labour voters deserted in droves and voted Green (check the figures) for socialist policies. Angels Raynor is correct that Labour have to change course, but it sure looks like they are not going to any time soon. That will be political suicide as they are not just 'alienating Muslim voters', they are alienating socialists like myself who usually always vote Labour. Also, barring Andy Burnham from standing and then losing the seat just strengthens his position and a future leader, as he would probably have scaped Labour home to victory. What a shitshow.
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israel and america attack iran
There are a few things about this attack that l'd like to know, such as how they can justify the war at this present time, and what is the exit strategy, conditions for victory and political gains afterwards, long term plans for use of force (and how much), plans for escalation with other countries and what was the immediate threat from Iran (after supposedly destroying their nuclear capabilities last summer), plus where's the legal justification? Escalation this time (on whatever scale) will be inevitable. Also - see James O'Brian below.
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Friday, 27 February 2026
hillary clinton's statement to the house oversight and government reform committee
Whether you like Hillary Clinton or not, it's a sign of how insane America has become that someone who has never met Epstein is testifying, while Trump is not being held to account.
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