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The delusion of woke was treating groups as individuals and individuals as groups. It is not “woke right” to treat groups as groups as long as you also treat individuals as individuals.
Nathan Cofnas may have helped to expose Jason Arday’s shoddy scholarship, but that doesn’t mean his own ideas have any merit. His claims about race and intelligence are as batty as the woke nonsense he rails against, says Albie Amankona
spiked-online.com/2026/08/29…
Consider that the relentless war and stockpiling talk may be very sophisticated psyops designed to tip a % of people towards “safety” and “continuity” in that crucial moment at the ballot box.
Important, when they are so easily overlooked.
Tonight, Cardiff Castle will light up green to mark Dwarfism Awareness Day. 💚
The illumination celebrates diversity and helps raise awareness and understanding of dwarfism. orlo.uk/S4Qel
ALT Cardiff Castle illuminated at night by bright green floodlights against a dark sky. Caer Castell Caerdydd wedi'i oleuo wrth nos gan fflachlysau gwyrdd disglair yn erbyn awyr dywyll.
This sort of Starmerist simp-writing exposes the core defect of the associated worldview. Percy keeps the correspondence to show… to whom? Some as yet identified greater authority? Who isn’t also corrupt? Who gets their authority how?
Percy Weasley becomes Umbridge’s assistant and accidentally destroys her entire regime through administrative incompetence. Except he thinks he’s doing an excellent job.
Umbridge hands him a decree banning students from gathering in groups of more than three.
Percy reads it, frowns, and returns it with corrections.
“Professor, I’m afraid this is poorly worded. Surely you mean unsupervised gatherings during class hours? Otherwise, how are students supposed to attend lessons?”
Umbridge stares at him.
“Mr Weasley, I mean exactly what I wrote.”
“Ah. Then I’m afraid the wording is still ambiguous. I’ve rewritten it to avoid unnecessary confusion.”
The next decree bans students from discussing Ministry policy.
Percy crosses it out.
“Freedom of discussion is essential to a healthy educational environment. I’ve changed it to prohibit deliberate disruption of lessons. Much more reasonable, don’t you think?”
Umbridge’s smile twitches.
Then comes the bribery.
“Mr Weasley, loyal assistants are often rewarded with opportunities for advancement.”
“How wonderful! I’m sure the Ministry’s promotion process will be transparent and merit-based.”
The threats follow.
“You would do well to remember who has the power to make or break your career.”
“Of course, Professor! That’s why I’ve kept copies of all our correspondence. Proper documentation protects everyone.”
Umbridge looks as though she might swallow her own teacup.
When she complains about anti-Ministry dissidents at Hogwarts, Percy assumes she means a few unruly students.
“Goodness, Professor. Have you spoken to their Head of House? I’m sure this can be resolved through the appropriate channels.”
“And what about the girl who publishes lies about me?”
“Rita Skeeter? I wouldn’t worry. The public tends to lose interest in these things eventually.”
By the end of the month, Percy has rewritten half her decrees, discarded the ones he considers legally indefensible, and accidentally ensured that the Inquisitorial Squad needs three separate authorisations to confiscate a student’s quill.
The D.A. continues meeting.
The teachers continue teaching.
The students continue breathing.
And Umbridge is slowly losing her mind.
Meanwhile, Percy writes home to his parents:
Dear Mum and Dad,
My new position is going exceptionally well. Professor Umbridge values my attention to detail, and I believe I've made a meaningful contribution to improving Hogwarts' administrative efficiency.
She does seem rather stressed lately. I suspect she's having difficulty adjusting to the demands of senior management.
Love, Percy.
Somewhere in Hogwarts, Umbridge is screaming into a cushion.
Percy is already drafting a proposal for a more efficient complaints procedure.
So this is a fair take and as something of a prepper myself not something I’d argue against. But it ignores the question of “why push this now”, and the answer to that is either govt incompetence or malfeasance.
“We get to maintain our social status with a hiking boot on the neck of the poor. We can look unconcerned by filthy things such as money, trade and growth by just keeping everyone else down. You may not have houses or shops. The exact correct number of houses includes ours”
Oliver Fisk retweeted
At your wedding, there would be a few random +1’s you’d never met but you could reasonably refer to the ensemble as friends and family.
If the wedding was crashed by hundreds of strangers you absolutely would not.
This is my take on the Englishness debate.
Watching Andeh B, on Goggly B with their picky tea. And the world implodes due to an excess of cringe.
The pubs are empty, kids are kept indoors like pets, every shop has a security guard. Crime stats being down and society being safer are not the same thing.
UK crime was four times higher when Oasis first played Knebworth than at last year’s reunion gigs.
The collapse of crime and safer streets is one of the biggest stories of our time.
But one almost never told - or believed.
My take on today’s figures: comment.press/lawless
The idea that a British wealth fund would have made it past Gordon Brown unspent is laughable.
‘We'd have a British sovereign wealth fund now that will be worth probably a trillion pounds’
Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP suggests what Britain could have gained if it had set up an energy wealth fund like Norway’s back in the 1980s
#Peston
Oliver Fisk retweeted
Absolutely stunning essay by @DouglasKMurray about the crisis in France. It includes this quote.
thefp.com/p/douglas-murray-f…
This is a consequence of boomer money making the market prices. Old duffers have cash and can’t climb ladders so trades can charge what they like.
Just been quoted £1850 to paint a 7 meter by 4 meter living room.
15 litres of paint necessary to do the job costs £44 for Dulux, or £26 for Screwfix own brand.
This is not a particularly skilled job.
You've been to college, not medical school.
You own a paint brush & a roller.
Stop taking the Mickey, tradesmen.
The best thing about discovering a bat in your conservatory is that if you call the bat helpline they ask you if you want to report a “Batcrime”.
