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British person here, I can state that using the military against your own citizens does not end well (see: Northern Ireland 1968–1998).

Similar is almost certainly going to happen in many other countries with Trumpish governments too, unfortunately. In fact all that would need to happen in Britain is for Reform to say they’d introduce a British ICE when in power, and you’d have the ‘Labour’ government scrabbling to announce the...

Only belatedly read this post of yours, and yes, it is a shame all this has mostly been forgotten! I wish I had kept my original zines from the ‘95 to ‘05 golden age of TMUK. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the CD-ROMs I have of their material currently are or whether the discs are still...

Sounds exactly like our “Labour” government elected last July. All they’ve done is enacted austerity on economics and authoritarianism in the social sphere (including all that horrific transphobia); in practice they’re more right wing than the last Tory government.

#politicalsubtext

I really don't like flat, G1 cartoon-style minimal details. Think of that a combination of 1. I didn't see the G1 cartoon much as in my formative years, it barely being broadcast on UK television, so I have no real connection to it 2. It's just visually boring. Earlier I saw over on another TF...

Blue Labour’s been around at least fifteen years, they seen themselves as ‘proper’ socialists who are in tune with the social conservatism of native white working class British people. The sort who think people like me who care about issues like racial equality and LGBTQ rights and so on are...

Yeah, sorry about that. I deleted the post – basically I read the article I linked to more throughly and it turned out it was a conservative internal faction/pressure group within Labour called Blue Labour who were pushing the idea of abolishing “DEI”, rather than it being official party policy...

Polish presidential election looks close (Trzakowski = centre-right, pro-European; Nawrocki = far-right, pro-Russia).

https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethjacobs.bsky.social/post/3lqivkw52h225

Huh, he did it bilingual too. In rather shaky French. Nice he made the effort? (Unless it’s a mandatory requirement in the Canadian House of Commons, even for monarchs.)

See, in Britain at least we stick all our worn-out geriatric politicians in the House of Lords. They get to sit round looking absolutely ridiculous while being paid to feel that they are still somewhat powerful and important.

FFS, why is that dreadful man re-emerging now? One of our worst politicians of the last quarter-century, among a lot of competition.

https://bsky.app/profile/pinknews.bsky.social/post/3lpxzdohdwb2m My country’s government is terrible. Wonder where this all ends – next is government censorship of books, films and television series I imagine.

Is Doubledealer placed there because like me you have a vague theory that DD was initially designed as a Powermaster Soundwave? Serious question!

hug me, I dodged a bullet by buying a new Mac last month. At least 6 months earlier than I intended. Which is not ideal. Can we all agree that sabotaging one of America’s biggest global brands is insanity?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/netanyahu-accuses-leaders-of-britain-france-and-canada-of-emboldening-hamas Labelling the most pro-Israel British prime minister in decades some kind of Hamas supporter? Netanyahu’s lost the plot.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/19/gary-lineker-to-leave-the-bbc-next-week-after-antisemitism-row So, a former footballer turned TV presenter reposted a post containing an old antisemitic trope, namely the comparing of Jewish people to rats. He’s resigning early from the BBC to...

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/police-could-search-homes-and-seize-phones-after-sudden-pregnancy-loss Reproductive rights are now under threat in the UK…

An attempt at getting less-bad cooperation and trading arrangements with the EU, while also refusing to undo Brexit in any minor way, or accept any sensible offers from the EU. It’s basically the UK government picking a fight with the EU they know that they can’t win, and going off in a huff and...