Policy, Copywriting, Community, Employment Rights, Chess
Crook, England
Joined June 2019
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Viktor was patently paranoid. However, that was hardly surprising given that a million or so Nazi stormtroopers had actually been trying to exterminate him and the entire population of Leningrad during the siege. I went into the job of seconding him with my eyes open and I expected to be rejected if he lost to Karpov in 1978. But we did come very close to victory in the end ‼️
@GM_RayKeene Dear Ray, how was the legendary Viktor "the Terrible" Korchnoi as a person? You worked closely with him and knew him probably very well. Korchnoi had a reputation of being a very difficult man, is that correct? Thanks for your answers and have a super weekend!
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PASSION, ATTITUDE, TEAMWORK. Wonderful victory 👊🏻 🔴⚪️
#TOTOUTARD
#SUNDERLANDAFC – at Sunderland, England
Just had a slight hunch today that we'd do the business Chelsea's recent record against us was a definite psychological edge.
These people have to be wilfully obtuse because I refuse to believe that anyone is this fucking dim. Do they seriously go through their lives believing that every wrongun with whom they happen to share the same worldview is the victim of a miscarriage of justice 🤨
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"Niall Ferguson and the emptying of the right-wing mind" As we witness the overdue collapse of the MAGA movement, here is a piece of mine on how supposedly civilised British conservatives rushed to endorse the corrupt leader of a hostile foreign power
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In literslly every workplace disciplinary letter, you are advised not to speak about the case publicly or among colleagues. I wonder what it is about pub gobshite Farage that makes him think that he should be the exception to this practice...
“This is the farce of it”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticises rules around MPs speaking publicly on investigations into their conduct and confirms he has been interviewed by the Standards Commissioner
#BBCLauraK
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…
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It’s fascinating to see Reform UK politicians burning bridges with @LordAshcroft , someone they’ve been cordial with, over an unfavorable poll. Unnecessary and foolish.
The right response, of course, is to see what you can learn from a poll. If the poll is wrong you don’t need to worry too much and if it’s right you are ignoring truth. Whenever in my political life people have started denying what research is telling them, it always ends badly.
Plus his polls are good. Trump’s people thought the polls were an establishment fiction, but they ended up underestimating the Democrats.
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🪔 Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali! ✨
As we celebrate the Festival of Lights, let us reflect on the values of hope, unity, kindness and the power of bringing people together.
Diwali reminds us that light triumphs over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and hope over adversity.
The future is brighter when we make room for everyone to succeed.
May this special occasion inspire us to build a more inclusive, compassionate and prosperous society, where opportunities are shared, communities are strengthened and every individual has the chance to thrive.
Wishing everyone celebrating Diwali a wonderful time filled with peace, happiness, good health and prosperity.
Raymond Keene OBE
Patron, Labour Asians Society International Chess Grandmaster
#HappyDiwali #Diwali2026 #FestivalOfLights #RaymondKeene
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TV viewers find secret message hidden in Aldi Christmas advert trib.al/W4kL91W
The Right to Confrontation (in the physical sense) has no legal meaning in the UK thankfully. The right is to 'examine witnesses'. You'd have thought that an American would have checked this first before mouthing off and making a twat of themselves.
Great album, though the 'sound' was clearly a further development from the previous two albums (The Swing and Listen Like Thieves). Original Sin from The Swing and What You Need from LLT would both have fitted in perfectly on Kick as well.
INXS turned ‘Kick’ into a global phenomenon with “Need You Tonight,” “New Sensation” and “Never Tear Us Apart.” From its unforgettable sound to the stories behind its creation, discover 5 surprising facts: zurl.co/4Dn1k
I mean, most of his films have really not dated well tbh, but Snake Eyes should be in any 'Worst Movies of the 90s' chart. Anyway, I'm going with 'other' and Body Double, because the incidental music and Frankie Goes to Hollywood on the soundtrack were perfect.
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Worried AI is coming for your job? Then it's probably not the time to ask for a raise.
My literal advice to friends and family: become the best AI person at your company. You'll be the last one fired. newsletter.platypuseconomics…
Journalist? Or incel oddball who has watched too many true crime programmes and sits in his grundies posting from his mum's basement? The very online American Right should perhaps focus on their own shit show at home rather than on something they know fuck all about.
There's just no serious doubt that the "rape" prosecution of Russell Brand, for which he has now been convicted and jailed, was first precipitated by his very public turn toward vaguely right-wing (and admittedly often wacky) political and religious commentary.
In 2022, the Times (UK) published a big feature lambasting him for his purported transformation into some sort of dodgy right-wing "conspiracy guru."
Then in 2023 comes the big expose about Brand's allegedly sordid history of "sexual assault" and "abuse." The Times claimed they first started hearing of such allegations in 2019, but apparently had little urgency to follow up for several years.
Then all of the sudden, in "autumn 2022, Channel 4’s Dispatches formally began collaborating with The Sunday Times to investigate Brand."
Another notable event that occurred in "autumn 2022": Russell Brand was announced as a featured broadcaster on the right-wing (ish) video platform Rumble, alongside the likes of Donald Trump Jr. and Dan Bongino.
Soon enough, boom — here comes the newly frenzied "investigative" activity by the joint Times/Channel 4 task force — eventually yielding the big splashy 2023 "documentary" (more like "slopumentary”) which today they are bragging "led to" Brand's conviction in London for various sexual assault and rape offenses.
(He was also acquitted on multiple counts, in a very curious mixed verdict. NONE of the allegations aired in that 2023 propagandocumentary were ultimately charged at trial.)
Really makes U think...
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At this point we're one announcement away from appointing the winner of a Call of Duty tournament as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Dumb as a fucking bag of hammers...
Simon Danczuk, the voice of moral authority...grubby fucker blocked me, most probably for highlighting his moral degeneracy in the past I suspect.
I'm not convinced that it has done anything of the sort. We've always had a proportion of pub gobshites who think they're lawyers and opine about this shit endlessly but they're in the minority, dim cunts that they are. Social media had just given them a bigger platform.
