historian of Victorian culture & politics (esp w material culture); curator & public historian; education advocate. Obsessed with 1884. Otherwise, on a bicycle. he/him
These spineless, privileged, wealthy, cishet white men with their "liberal" bullshit can fuck off, quite frankly.
Ben GoldacreSad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.
He won't, of course, because he will be joining in. #racistLabour
Paul BernalWhat I really want to hear Burnham say is that awful, evil politicians have been fearmongering and weaponising the whole issue of immigration, in a way that causes everyone harm. He doesn’t even need to mention that Starmer was one of them.
2 days ago, @amnestyuk.bsky.social posted an apology for calling a number of anti-rights organisations "anti-rights organisations". In response, many, many people who care about human rights expressed their anger at this capitulation to hate-fuelled bigots. Their response in the last 2 days? Silence
Happy with this, @amnestyuk.bsky.social @amnesty.org ? Did you honestly believe that groveling to these horrific people was going to work? Idiots. You've given license to all manner of scum to go after you, and you *still* fucked it over this specific case. Appeasement with fascists never works.
Holl🌞This is why you dont try to compromise or concede anything to these horrors
In 2017, under Theresa May, the Tories got 22.7%. In 2021, under Boris Johnson, they got 19.6%. In 2024, under Rishi Sunak, they got 10.4%. Surely they couldn't do worse than under Sunak? #KemiBadenoch: Let's go!
Owen WinterManchester mayoral results, first round Bev Craig - Labour 47% (+24 vs local elections) Reform 21% (-10) Green 12% (-7) Restore 9% (new) Conservative 8% (-3) Lib Dem 3% (-7)
Telling, this, isn't it? They wouldn't (apparently) fold to racists, for example. And they have been very strong on Palestine despite the Israeli State's lawfare. Why 'fold' to the transphobes' lawfare? Because they are transphobes themselves.
Tristan GrayfordIn the past few days: - Transphobes have lost two further court cases, extending their streak of majority losses over the past year - Amnesty International UK folded in the face of legal threats anyway