Mostly not particularly well informed comment and moral outrage. I don’t like fascists. South London. “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.” — Mahatma Gandhi #PAFChttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvl4s2b5qs2gYour regular reminder that far right politics is a magnet for bullies, misfits and thugs. It’s a feature, not a bug. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/15/leader-of-reform-uk-wales-dan-thomas-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other15 Sep 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl4s2b5qs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvi3ojdxmc2vThe more I think about it, the more I conclude that, at the personal level, this kind of obsessive, all consuming racism is a form of mental illness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi3ojdxmc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvd5fgah4k2rIt angers me that these unaccountable billionaire donors, whose political opinions are, for the most part, reactionary, ignorant and uninformed, still think they have the right, in a democracy, to impose them on the rest of us, purely by virtue of their wealth. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/12/christopher-harborne-matches-36m-reform-donation-of-ben-zelo?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 Sep 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd5fgah4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvd4ofxnsk2rDemocracy under threat on so many fronts: right wing populists, masked fascists, foreign interference, online disinformation, dark money donations, apocalyptic tech oligarchs… and yet the government and main opposition aren’t just failing to act, but don’t seem to even realise there’s a problem. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd4ofxnsk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvczor7sok2r“… they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven. And they have all the money to make sure they get there.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist12 Sep 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvczor7sok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvcz2jqxqs2rDemocracy for sale. Do we all just have sit and watch this happen in horror or is it too much to ask that someone, you know, like our elected government for example, does something about it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcz2jqxqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvcj27wndk2qThe BBC thinks that Danny Tommo and his masked thugs have a ‘Christian message’. Please tell me how you can explain reporting like this without concluding that there are editors, reporters and managers within the BBC who are sympathetic to, if not not paid up supporters of, the violent far right. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcj27wndk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvbgqmqqpk2tAre we all happy with billionaires buying our elections? Because that’s what happening. The very opposite of democracy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbgqmqqpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mvanb7a7xs2lSame for UK Labour. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvanb7a7xs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mv7y6u7ss22q“These outbursts are not the cries of a long-neglected bit of respectable opinion, but bog-standard thugs who have found a WhatsApp group and an excuse for a scrap…” https://www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/stop-the-louts11 Sep 2026 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7y6u7ss22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mv72ra4je22yThe UK doesn’t have an immigration problem. It has a racism problem.10 Sep 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv72ra4je22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mv6yj4varc2yHere’s one for your blocking pleasure.10 Sep 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6yj4varc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mv6ki4uywc2sHaving now watched last night’s C4 documentary about Stephen Yaxley Lennon, I can safely say that his concern for the survivors of grooming gangs is precisely zero. Worse, he’s willing to exploit them for his own personal gain. A piece of despicable human trash. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tommy-robinson-wheres-the-money-gone?cntsrc=social_share_ios_tommy_robinson_wheres_the_money_gone10 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ki4uywc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pwrussell.bsky.social/post/3mv5pqxrex22xFor years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? https://secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/petition/110 Sep 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:hqm7dau72hkfdvxpbcwschbv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5pqxrex22x