The centre-Right immigration/integration position via the pastel de nata telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…
10/10. Would recommend
A good day of parachuting for some of our soldiers. Beautiful blue sky, hardly any wind and the relative calm of jumping SkyVan 😀👌versus the usual manic exit from ‘Fat Albert’😳🥺 #anotherdayinparadise #welcometomyoffice
Told to study Russian or told there's a free top mark GCSE if you just sit the exam?
The Government has apologised to young Ukrainian refugees who were told to learn Russian at English schools, after they had been forced to flee Russia's war in their homeland.
The Schools minister Georgia Gould said a new Ukrainian language GCSE was now being developed and would be ready across England by 2028.
It follows years of lobbying by Ukraine on behalf of around 30,000 children who have fled to the UK.
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Christopher Caldwell back in March teapaw.org/edwest/status/20345355…
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Israel has gained the support of Boy George but lost JD Vance.
It's a poor trade for the embattled state that is stuck in political crisis and potentially returning to a war with Iran that its allies cannot tolerate.
‘I stand with the Jews’ and ‘support Israel in its fight against terrorism.’
@CDP1882 reflects on his GB News exclusive with Boy George in Israel, as Trump threatens to cut US military aid and Netanyahu faces political deadlock.
See also Mike Leigh's Naked vs his terrible Peterloo 25 years later
I think a lot about this scene in 24 Hour Party People where a homeless guy talks about Boethius and the Wheel of Fortune; it's contrived for the film, I know, but it represents something lost now; the strand of working-class intellectualism, where poor men were proud of going to the library and learning for learning's sake, Rita studying her bewks, Plays For Today, a time when references to ancient philosophy could be freely inserted into popular media without commissioners quashing them under the patronising assumption that 'ordinary people might not get it'; instead of the crab-mentality false consciousness instilled during the 00s and 10s - the Shameless On C4, Benefits Britain, Footie And Love Island Middle Aisle of B&M coding - where intellectual aspirations are seen as stupid and unbefitting of one's caste. Mutabiliteh is are Tragedeh but it's also are Ope.
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'I would be glad to have a debate about Ukraine in parliament, in which both sides were for once fairly represented, but there is none. Dissent is dismissed as treachery. Parliament, the BBC and almost all the print media are deserts of conformity on this topic.' spectator.com/article/genera…
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I'm glad they're taking steps but "watch videos quietly" is an unbelievably terrible form of messaging.
I can already see how this goes:
- "Can you use headphones please?"
- "No, I'm watching videos quietly like the sign says"
- "But I can hear it, it's annoying"
- "I don't care, it's quiet"
Genuinely can't believe they've fumbled this so badly. It's an official acceptance that antisocial behaviour is ok, and therefore could actually be worse than the current situation.
It should say 'don't play videos out loud', that's much clearer and better.
Questionable how receptive junior ranks are to this kind of stuff
🇬🇧 Are Britons ready for the sacrifices needed to strengthen national security?
Speaking to soldiers in Catterick Garrison the head of the British Army warns Britons must face a “frank conversation” about the sacrifices needed for defence and security🔗forcesnews.com/services/army…
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Like quite a few on here I thought this photo op was ill judged. The soldiers are unarmed and look like they were turned out in a hurry (in what sense is this an ‘honour guard’?). Theme park Britain
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Very good essay, on a topic that is now a live political issue, in which British political commentators seem to flaunt their total misapprehension of basic terminology
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The whole world is on the move teapaw.org/HCH_Hill/status/210456…
