In a piece of symmetry one of the tweets made by Alaa Abd El-Fattah was during the 2011 riots where he suggested rioters should attack the police and Downing Street instead of high streets. If he… (View Post)

I expect FIFA to rotate the subject of the prize. Since the 2034 competition is to be hosted by Saudi Arabia, I am expecting FIFA to award MBS a prize for services to journalism in 2033. (View Post)

I am kinda amused that we picked out the same paragraph from the Guardian article. (View Post)

I would propose another subgroup. People are capable of change and shouldn't necessarily have past actions held against them in perpetuity. AAF has apologised for his tweets from ~10 years ago, … (View Post)

There was a lot of excited commentary following a purge of senior military figures before a significant Party meeting earlier in the year (5th Plenum or something) which people interpreted as a sign … (View Post)