Monday 26th January 2026

[refitman]

Morning all.

[Frog222]

" We'll have our home again . " Join ICE !

How ICE is using far-right subculture to recruit

[Frog222]

Remembered that there was an article in the G calling for a U-turn , so I finally got around to Saturday's Neal Lawson --
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... dy-burnham

"" By emphasising place before party he brings everyone except the national populist right with him. Rarely if ever do the Greater Manchester combined authorities have votes, because everything is consensually agreed. And it works. This openness has allowed Burnham and his team to plan for the long term with a greater level of certainty.
...
if Starmer reverses this decision and lets Burnham run, it would signal the biggest and best possible reset for Labour. Thousands of people energised by the ideas around Burnham may stay on as Labour members, and many more could rejoin or join for the first time. A big and energetic byelection can take place in which the forces of progressivism go head to head with the forces of regressivism. The tide of Reform UK could be turned back. ""

Some hope ...???

[gilsey]

Good morning.

[refitman]

Another one

[Frog222]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Burnham

RE this one, above -- " “This is undemocratic.” He’s mayor of Greater Manchester. That comes with responsibilities, like don’t abandon your job two years in. ""

Well, he's been GM mayor since May 2017, it's not as tho he were newly elected two years ago .

[Frog222]

Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online.

The latest campaign has targeted efforts by the U.K. and the EU to regulate X (formerly Twitter), even as the platform remains blocked in Russia, alongside Facebook, Instagram, and others.

https://kyivindependent.com/fact-check- ... in-europe/

While keeping a straight face

[Frog222]

Cruella -- I'll never forget her describing hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators as 'Hate Marchers ', very similar language to her friends currently in the US government . .

[Frog222]

[gilsey]

Another one

I think she may have missed her moment, read the room Sue Ellen.

[refitman]

Oh no, how's he going to manage without twitter?


I guess they were really unhappy with what he was posting.