Two charts that explain why Reform isnât being dented by its scandals: Correlations between Reform vote share and either 1) count of spoiled ballots or 2) how many people self-identify as English.
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2025-05-12
2025-05-11
How the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption: ‘…his personal wealth has more than doubled to $5.1bn in the past year.’
âItâs an illogical jobâ: Why driving a train isnât as cushy as it might seem: A lot more training, exams and hours worked than one might have imagined.
Kashmir: how a mountain paradise became a nuclear tinderbox: Key points in the history of Kashmir from 1846 onwards.
9 Rules for New Technology: Wendell Berry’s list of what new technologies should provide for us.
The World’s Largest Search Engine Doesn’t Want You to Search: Google would just love you to stay on its own site.
2025-05-10
The Big Winner of Trumpâs Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is … Not the U.S.: Did the UK finally manage to negotiate something worth having?
2025-05-09
âOutdated and unjustâ: can we reform global capitalism?: There is little hope if not.
The Guardian view on Labour and immigration debate: time to change the frame: ‘The way to win an argument with Reform is to bring economic reality and positive stories of migrant contribution back into the picture.’
2025-05-07
Moderation.txt: Some rules for moderating communities.
2025-05-06
This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza: How will the world handle the ever-increasing humanitarian catastrophe?
2025-05-03
Farage claims Reform UK local election gains âbeginning of the endâ for Tories: The election results were pretty horrific in many ways.
2025-05-01
A judge just blew up Appleâs control of the App Store: They aren’t allowed to stop apps offering non-app store commission ways of paying elsewhere.
2025-04-27
Government will ban trans employees from toilets that reflect their gender, minister says: Implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling.
Was it the courts, the cops, or The Sun who killed Just Stop Oil?: ‘…the hammer of the state had simply flattened the organisation.’ - certainly some of the prison sentences activists got are pretty outrageous.
âThe message is clear. Trump and Putin want to destroy Europeâ: ‘Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a worldview where “mighty” powers get to carve up the ďťżglobe at will.’
2025-04-26
Trump lets the press know exactly what kind of questions he considers âgoodâ: ‘He has certain expectations about what quality journalism looks like, and it involves asking him how awesome his awesomeness is’
ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says: ‘…anyone labeled an âAlien Enemyâ is ânot entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review.â’ - plus all police officers are basically immigration officers now.