Marley’s Ghost

In Britain everything is policed except crime.

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@RadioGenoa I hope she never utters the immortal question most women do at some point - “does my bum look big in this?” - because she probably won’t like the answer . . .

[David Betz @DavidBe31099196]

The British government would be foolish to ban or restrict X. Fear, not wisdom, drives such impulses, and the move would backfire on multiple levels.

The obvious objections are strong: technical workarounds and platform migration would simply push users toward less monitored, often angrier spaces. Legal challenges would be fierce, while Britain’s reputation would slide toward that of an openly repressive state.

History confirms the futility. Soviet efforts to control information collapsed under samizdat and “bone music” pressed onto X-rays; ideas, as Victor Hugo noted, cannot be stopped by armies once their time has come.

Yet the deeper, more important reason lies in the long tail of online activism. In commerce, the long tail shows how the internet aggregates niche demand into surprising total power.

In politics, it is double-edged. The tail—narrow but immensely long—allows obscure grievances and movements to find adherents cheaply. At the same time, it dissipates energy.

Outrage is satisfied by likes, retweets, and performative fury that require no real sacrifice or coordination. This is classic clicktivism: the urge to act is spent without meaningful mobilisation.

The thick head of the curve, by contrast, is where trusted networks form, resources are committed, and durable organisation occurs. Social media keeps discontent visible, fragmented, and easily monitored by intelligence services.

Far from fuelling revolution, platforms like X often act as a pressure-release valve, containing more revolutionary potential than they unleash. Banning it would likely drive the most serious actors offline, where real results are forged.

On balance, X serves stability more than it threatens it. The smart course is to absorb the embarrassment and tolerate open discourse. Ultimately, though, the platform is not the cause.

Thirty years of elite policies—mass low-trust migration, economic stagnation for natives, and eroded social cohesion—have produced a brittle, ungovernable system. Suppression merely manages symptoms.

The explosion, when it comes, will be shaped by timing and severity, not by whether one app is throttled.

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And did the police arrest the victim and put him in handcuffs quite possibly hastening his demise? Just asking . . .

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

I await Nigel Farage calling for “pure, cold, rage?” .

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@Enezator 21

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@NoContextHumans Ugly as f*** - I wouldn’t ghive £2-50 for it . . .

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@webster_et69120 @NatureUnedited Nah, if it was from Oz it would flat out kill you (like everything else from there)

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@TheBardOfAnlaby @rhysrmann 9

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@NotAnXpertHere @SawyerMerritt What? To be a target? No thanks . . .

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Karma? . . .

[AlfredRex @alfred_rex1]

@HantsPolice One of your officers has been receiving death threats?

I don't think he has, mate.

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@NotAnXpertHere @SawyerMerritt For 0.1 sec quicker to 60 and less range? I don’t think so - not for that much extra moolah . . .

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@goddek Seems a fair point . . .

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That had to sting a bit . . .

[Censored Leak @CensoredLeak]

He didn’t know he had to let go over the water ??

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

The only thing that stops violent men from raping you and your society are other men who are equally willing to be violent in stopping the rapists. The West has decided that the highest virtue is to quietly comply with the destruction of your civilization because to do otherwise is bigoted toward the rapists. It really is that simple.

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My view exactly! I think that believing that WE can significantly affect the climate is an act of monumental hubris on our part (as the human race) . . .

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE

Professor Tim Ball, PhD in Climatology:
"When people say we don't believe in global warming, I say no, I believe in global warming, I don't believe that human CO2 is causing that warming."

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@GaryJBurns @currys The only reason I would have for entering their stores would be to physically look at something I wanted to buy. I would then purchase online from someone else. This is solely due to my last interaction with them 🤯

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If that’s true, then a .22 bullet would be very small - kinda like a needle - I mean .22 of a mm is a very small size. A .45 isn’t much better - though it is nearly half a mm . . .

[Shine @shineloaded]

@NoContextHumans

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What is the point? . . .

[Worship The Pig @worshipthepig]

The turkey bacon of all mods

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@Only9built Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

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@JokersWildUK I’ve always referred to them as ‘Breakfast Bars’ . . .