Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here. Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.

How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action? I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.

Could someone please point this piece of news out to Kier Starmer and Shabana Mahmood, please.

Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference" Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin" "We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"

If I started a petition to Parliament requesting them to debate telling Donald Trump to go and do one, do you think I’d get 100k signatures? It’s tempting.

“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”

This is quite clearly full fat racism and needs to be called out as such by all other political parties and all the media, starting with the BBC. nb the Tories will not call this out as they clearly agree with these abhorrent extremist views.

Oh look... that's two weeks in a row GB News has done that, with similar results :)

Yes indeed! Why aren’t Chris Mason and other so-called political journalists deluging Fartage with questions about his very obvious ties to the odious Russian regime?

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia. I disagree. RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year. The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...

Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives? Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course

The party on the left has 72 MPs - more than any liberal party has had for 100yrs. party on right has been around a tiny fraction of that time & has just 4 seats. Greens also have 4 - more than ever 72 v 4 v 4 Demand fairer coverage now Sign and pass on.. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

This is my flag.

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why isn’t Kier Starmer making this speech? Why is it down to the LibDems to fight Fascist Farage and his goons alone?

This! 👇👇

Imagine if people as articulate and intelligent as Alex were on TV making these points in roughly equal measure to those on the other side. Roughly equal. Nothing more than that.

At least 365 arrests at Palestine Action ban protest This is insane. No Labour government, however right wing it may be, should be shutting down freedom of speech in this way. This belittles and demeans terrorism legislation which is (rightly) designed to deal with threats to life.

I’m actually not sure now whether posting this is legal or not? As Ian Hislop said on last week’s Private Eye podcast, just because something has been published in the mag doesn’t mean that the anti-terrorism squad won’t come knocking on your door……. 😬

Spot on! BBC domestic news reporting and analysis has never been worse than it is today.

Legitimate Concerns?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I totally respect George Monbiot and all his reporting, particularly of environmental outrages, but this seems extreme. If true it is prima facie evidence not only of corporate capture, but of indifference, if not outright hostility, to closer ties with the EU.

Unknowns and incompetents to be replaced by other unknowns and incompetents. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This just looks like a rearrangement of the deck chairs…… renationalusation of the UK water industry is the only rational and acceptable solution to this Tory-inspired disaster.

www.forbes.com/sites/andyjs... Hopefully this will be recognised as a Trump-inspired hammer blow to the US tourist industry…..

I find it difficult to understand how a fundamentally decent human being, and a former human rights lawyer, can possibly justify this sort of Faragist scapegoating of immigrants. Starmer’s tenure as PM has been a very mixed bag so far, but this is unforgivable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Your periodic reminder that Trainline are mere brokers - their profits come from charging a commission for a service you can get for free: 📰 Rail fares are surging as Trainline makes £86m profits - up 56% in a year www.msn.com/en-nz/news/o...

Here's JSO's short cut of my protest rant on Politics Live. www.youtube.com/shorts/L_93v...

So the Trump administration is not just ignorant, incompetent, nasty, bullying, vengeful and evil-clownish, but also racist and misogynistic….. well, who could have predicted this?

Trump seems to be becoming increasingly mentally unstable, if that were possible…..

And this is only going to get worse. Speaking from a UK perspective, Trump is destroying the US tourist industry. Canada and Japan are on my radar for big upcoming holidays, definitely NOT the US.

Day 1 of the first home game of the 2025 cricket season at the Oval. The world seems back in balance, at least for a few hours!

A real benefit of the Trump catastrophe is going to be closer global trading relationships between all countries except for the US…..and Russia of course, and North Korea.

The Dow Jones Index has just jumped by c. 7% in the few minutes since Trump’s announcement of a suspension of most tariffs. Some in the administration (and family) could be making huge amounts of money trading off insider information - are there any controls in place? (I’m betting the answer is NO).

I sincerely hope that these talks will be more successful than those Trump has held on Ukraine and Gaza, but I’m not holding my breath…..

Stop press! Post Brexit UK no longer rated as the most stupid country in the world!

youtu.be/RYGrXrPlrFg?... A 1962 classic BBC Radiophonic Workshop early techno number, courtesy of my aunt Maddalena Fagandini and a certain George Martin……

‘The Economist’ saying it like it is. More of this from the serious US media, please, and much less forelock tugging!

The Trump tariffs are madness - they will lead to higher inflation, shortages of goods and materials, job losses, and will destabilise the global economy. Yes, they will be remembered, but as a total disaster!

George Monbiot right on the money as he usually is….

🤣🤣 These people are so totally incompetent and ridiculous!

This is the sort of thing you do when you’re drunk. Heads should be rolling already, but they won’t because these people are ignorant and simply don’t care…..

Yes, this! ⬇️

A fine away win for Quins against the hated Sarries! (well, I say ‘hated’, but this is rugby and they’re not exactly Millwall, so ‘mildly disliked’ probably works better……)

On a lighter note, the Mighty Eagles are now safe from relegation a full 2 months before the end of the season. This is so bizarre! 🦅🦅😎

Does anyone in the UK still think that Boris Johnson is anything other than a ridiculous clown? How did this idiot ever become Prime Minister of this country? And then we got Mad Liz Truss, what in heavens name were we thinking?!