Alastair Edwards

@oldbean111 @CarrieHef @danielgoyal @Henriklubo We know.

@CarrieHef @danielgoyal @Henriklubo Nothing is free . IT'S ALL TAXPAYER FUNDED .

She won’t be invited back on BBC debates

@JirkaSabol @milionchvilek Tolik otázek... A tady je otázka pro vás – proč pro něj hlasovalo přes 3,3 milionu lidí?

@milionchvilek Proč se k Pávkovi vyjadřuje kladně pouze opoziční milión sraček a opoziční partaje? Proč se ještě ani jednou kladně k Pávkovi nevyjádřili vládnoucí uskupení? Opravdu tím chcete říct, že je rezident nadstranický? Když jeho manželka chodí podpořit vaše opoziční demonstrade?

Prezident Pavel opět na komoru: "Už jste přemýšlel třeba i se svými spolupracovníky o tom, jak byste se vypořádal s nálepkou, kterou vám dávají vládní politici? A sice, že jste lídrem opozice? Někteří ve vládě to opakují skoro každý den." Petr Pavel: "Je to velice pohodlná nálepka. Věřím tomu, že se mnohým představitelům dnešní vlády může hodit. Na druhou stranu je to praktický nesmysl. Já jsem nekandidoval za opozici, já jsem kandidoval jako občanský kandidát. Ve volbách jsem dostal 3 360 tisíc hlasů od občanů, ne od politické strany. Podpisy jsem sbíral mezi občany, ne mezi poslanci kterékoliv strany nebo senátory. A jako občanský kandidát se stále ještě cítím. A pokud jsem proti něčemu v opozici, tak je to oslabování základů demokracie, oslabování naší pozice jako zodpovědného člena NATO, oslabování naší role v Evropské unii, ale taky v opozici proti lhaní, překrucování, urážkám. Tady proti těmto věcem budu v opozici vždycky. A pokud se vláda nebo někteří její představitelé cítí být nositeli těchto věcí, o kterých jsem mluvil, pak ano, nejspíš asi budu v opozici i proti nim. Ale věřím, že se tak necítí." Precizně, sebevědomě a s lehkostí. Na člověka, který umí takto nenuceně formulovat myšlenky si rétoři typu pana Turka jen tak nepřijdou. 😎 Zdroj: rozhovor s @MarieBastlova pro @SeznamZpravy

Seconds, days, and years are flying by so fast... In the end, all we have left are the beautiful memories we’ve gathered. So, I’m leaving you with the greatest rock song of all time. Please, sit back and enjoy! :)

A máme tady další anketu, kterou se snaží ovládnout tentokrát Motoristi. Tak co, rozkopeme jim taky bábovičky?😉 Odkaz na anketu here👇🏽 #anketa-progress-A20260408_jan_323" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">idnes.cz/zpravy/ankety/…

Marco Rubio exits, with commentary from One Man and his Dog.

Nie lubię reklam, ale muszę wam powiedzieć, że ta jest wyjątkowa. Nie spodziewałem się, że może powstać coś tak uroczego. 19.05.2026. #Metallica Chorzów. Stadion Śląski. Zresztą zobaczcie sami.

@Resetasylum @ABridgen You could have answered in a polite fashion. People like you fascinate me. If you don't like being asked questions, don't put your head above the parapet.

@cranachancream @ABridgen What the fucks it got to do with you?

🚨COVID JABBED NO LONGER HUMAN The U.S. Supreme Court have outlined that the Covid-19 mRNA ‘vaccinated’ are no longer human, but ‘trans human’ and patent eligible. The source referenced: web.archive.org/web/2013062301… supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/ 12-398_17d.pdf

@Resetasylum @ABridgen We are all answerable for our actions. If you post slop, or things which are simply lies, you will be called out.

@cranachancream @ABridgen I'm not answerable to anyone, never have been. You have to manifest what you want in this realm. Put some practice in or follow the script other people make you follow.

@Resetasylum @ABridgen Conspiracy theories aside, what do you do for a living? You claim to live off-grid in Plymouth. How does that work?

@cranachancream @ABridgen Said Alastair the vaxed.

@PMitzfatrick @RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret I am sure that if you watch the interview you will find out. If not, do an interview yourself.

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret Hope you asked him about the phone call of Victoria Nuland in 2014 as regards to democracy and interference. Also hoping you find the time to ask him about his backing of a genocidal government (Israel) … I’m sure you’ll find the time…

One of our biggest interviews yet. Tomorrow. 6pm.

Ten konec je šílený 😭😭😭

@ABridgen is thicker than a whole lot more than two short planks.

Na Babišovu reakci jsem opravdu zvědavý.

@awgaffney She has more than one account. This one looks like a bot:

@naomirwolf12 Are you mad? BTW, you look suspiciously like a Nigerian bot.

⚠️⚠️⚠️#ALERT !! World War III has started. THIS MARCH WILL BE REMEMBERED. It had to be this way. - PANIC MODE !! UPCOMING: STATE OF EMERGENCY #everyone #maga #emergency #war

@KrepinskiL @PolicieCZ Ne, nikolv. Je to jeden debil.

@PolicieCZ je to cimdal horsi, frustrace napric spolecnosti narusta. vetsinou cim vetsi looser tim vetsi ochota to resit takto. preji cajtum at ho brzo lapi jako exemplarni pripad (i kdyz tady to vypada ze se znaji) a poskozenemu at se da do kupy.

@darleenclick @dicentra33 @dieworkwear @Michaeldudufudu I partially agree with you both, though I maintain there is more to it. While I do not like the painting of the woman, art frequently reflects the uncomfortable realities of life (Picasso, Shostakovich, etc.).

“A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist — and that is what Auguste Rodin was — can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is… and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be… and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply imprisoned inside her ruined body. He can make you feel the quiet, endless tragedy that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart… no matter what the merciless hours have done to her. Look at her, Ben. Growing old doesn’t matter to you and me; we were never meant to be admired — but it does to them” ~~ excerpt from Stanger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

Grok found these examples: Here is a single, unified chronological list of philosophers and artists who touted **beauty** as the primary (or central) purpose of art: - **Plato** (ancient Greece) — Beauty as reflection of eternal Forms; art at its highest aspires to ideal beauty linked to truth and goodness. - **Aristotle** (ancient Greece) — Beauty through harmony, proportion, order, and structured imitation that reveals universal truths. - **Plotinus** (Neoplatonist, 3rd century) — Beauty as an ascent toward the divine One; art participates in higher spiritual beauty. - **Shaftesbury** (18th century) — Beauty as harmony and inner moral sense; art should embody proportion and aesthetic-moral unity. - **Immanuel Kant** (18th century) — Beauty as “purposive without purpose”; disinterested aesthetic pleasure as the core of art’s value, separate from morality or utility. - **Friedrich Schiller** (18th–19th century) — Beauty and the play-drive in art restore human wholeness and freedom. - **G.W.F. Hegel** (19th century) — The purpose of art is the sensuous expression of the Idea through beautiful forms; artistic beauty surpasses natural beauty as a manifestation of spirit. - **Victor Cousin** (19th century, French) — Promoter of “l’art pour l’art”; beauty as the autonomous goal of art, independent of moral or didactic aims. - **Théophile Gautier** (19th century, French writer and critic) — Early champion of “art for art’s sake”; art exists for its own beauty, free from utilitarian or moral demands. - **Walter Pater** (19th century, English critic) — Art’s value lies in intense, beautiful sensory moments; one should live for beauty. - **Dante Gabriel Rossetti** and the **Pre-Raphaelites** (e.g., Edward Burne-Jones, 19th century) — Pursuit of ideal, sensual, and detailed beauty drawn from nature and medieval sources, prioritizing aesthetic emotion over moral instruction. - **Algernon Charles Swinburne** (19th century, English poet) — Celebration of pure beauty, sensuality, and formal perfection in poetry. - **Oscar Wilde** (19th century, Irish writer) — Art exists for beauty alone; “all art is quite useless” except as a vehicle for beautiful form and expression. - **James McNeill Whistler** (19th century, American painter) — Art as harmonious arrangement of color, form, and tone for its own sake (“art for art’s sake”). - **Frederic Leighton** (19th century, British painter) — Emphasis on classical ideal beauty, elegant form, and aesthetic perfection. This consolidated list focuses strictly on figures active primarily before 1900 who explicitly or strongly elevated **beauty** as art’s core purpose, often in opposition to didactic, moral, or utilitarian views of art. Many were central to the development of **Aestheticism** (“art for art’s sake”) in the 19th century.

@dicentra33 @dieworkwear @Michaeldudufudu I see your point, and I do not think any of the works you mention are boring in the slightest. As a performer all music extremely challenging - Mozart especially so. The Rite of Spring is exhilarating, the works of Schoenberg, Berg, Birtwhistle and others are sublime.

"All the arts are in fact uncompromising, and as such should challenge the viewer" That's ONE approach to art. But only one. Mozart's Requiem is -- and is intended to be -- sublime. It is written to elevate the soul to experience the glory of the Divine. I know some people find it boring, but they're simply missing out. It's not a statement on the music itself. The "Ode to Joy" is likewise soul-elevating. Chopin's Nocturnes are achingly beautiful. Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Concerto in F" are sheer delight. All of them aimed not to "challenge" the audience but to delight it. Some music was considered radical in its day by those who weren't used to it yet, but that doesn't negate the aspiration to beauty. Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" caused riots (I'd have joined in), but "Firebird" has some of the most beautiful passages in 20th century music. Again, the OP was reacting to a painting that showed a woman urinating on the street. He was lamenting that something so crude would be elevated to the status of "art," and wished there were more aspirations to beauty.

Why does modern art attempts to evoke disgust whereas classic art attempted to evoke beauty?

@pinchen_mi25106 @DaddyCoffee73 @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk You have not answered my question. Insulting and shooting are rather different. Do you support shooting people on the spot?

@cranachancream @DaddyCoffee73 @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk Off course we insulted people at school, we are awful at school to everyone.

Expelled from the Tory party twice, for using hideous racist language and inciting the murder of other humans… And yet @Nigel_Farage welcomes him into @reformparty_uk. If you are a decent, moderate Reform supporter, why aren’t you up in arms? Oh… 🙄