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We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.
The UK government claims they need to stay on X because thats where people get information, but when that platform encourages violence and the creation of non-consensual pornography, their presence crosses the line into complicity.
Keep an eye out for politicians who provide political cover for thuggery. For them, it's a political opportunity to consolidate their power; for you and your community, it's the cost of their ambition.
Sam Freedman
The UK and other Western countries should prepare for "remigration" to become the right's new buzzword this summer and beyond, repackaged, softened, and steadily mainstreamed as a more respectable and politically palatable idea.
Elon is no friend of the UK. As leaders urge calm, he amplifies those calling for mass expulsions. Foreign and domestic agitators have long used racial unrest to advance their own agendas. For them, the local community is but cannon fodder for their crusade.
How long before the headline will say attacks instead of alerts?
"Drone alerts are the new reality on Nato's eastern flank" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Trump administration officials have asked a government artificial-intelligence testing unit to stop issuing public reports, the latest signal that the White House is tightening control over AI models as national-security concerns increase." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"New Zealand poll shows US seen as more of a threat than China."
It takes a lot to dislodge China as the boogeyman in that part of the world www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Eliot Higgins
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Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors.
This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night – with some police officers acting as if it wasn’t safe to intervene
