Surely the protestors were the ones exercising free speech. (View Post)

Interesting polling on Trump around the world: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/european-jitters-about-trump-20-not-shared-by-much-of-world-poll-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Despit… (View Post)

I see the Hegseth Senate Confirmation hearings are as farcical as anticipated. MAGA has real contempt for all norms. Trump 47 is starting as it means to go on. It's the end of the American centu… (View Post)

Though as I pointed out last night, to turn around a Labour Party from it's worst defeat in years to a massive majority and 200 year record defeat for the Tories demonstrates real capability. Su… (View Post)

I think the big boost to the Civil Rights movement in the USA in the Fifties and Sixties was the Cold War and Decolonisation. Increasingly Communist propaganda in the newly independent world was abou… (View Post)