Absolutely thrilled to be able to share this world exclusive with Sarah Ferguson. I'm told that micro payments are accepted... as she needs all the help she can get subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/80/o...

At what point will Labour politicians, locally and nationally, really start to push back against the endless underfunding of local authorities? We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures. How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?

“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government

Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...

Starmer has been in power for 500 days of Labour chaos, including:- ⚡️ Rising energy bills (£200) 🪓 Axing winter fuel payments 💴 Budget indecision ❌ Failing to protect energy jobs 🥊 Labour infighting 500 days of Keir has been 500 days of Labour failure & chaos.

BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.

Would be fun if the BBC sued Trump in Florida

Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would This week’s column by Stewart Lee www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Big birthday celebrations for the Glasgow University Union last night. We presented the wee silver trophy in the foreground to commemorate our 1983 World Student Debating Championship win at @Princeton Frank McKirgan & I persuaded the US audience to ‘regret’ their Declaration of Independence….

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

Labour drops back yet further as Greens surge in England. Reform still well out in front. Graphics: @LeftieStats Polling: @Ipsos_in_the_UK

Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.

Rush to build artificial intelligence data centres is a “bubble”. #AI bull market at risk of collapse, according to stark report by Centre for Public Enterprise. www.thenational.scot/news/2562395...

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When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die

It’s easy to dismiss LGBTQ ppl when they describe a govt as fascist, or far right. After all, as one Irish paper put it, we’re always ‘dramatic’. Is it as easy when the UK’s most infamous far right criminal says it*? UK Labour = Fascism

Shameful

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Labour government's proposals on temporary protection seem very close indeed to Priti Patel's 2022 proposals in analysis, in spirit and content. Where Mahmood and Starmer go harder than Patel and Johnson is by arguing 10 years is too short; could return refugees after 10-19 years in Britain

‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Keir Starmer is the most unpopular UK Prime Minister on record with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. Starmer’s net satisfaction rating is a -66%. Worse even than Liz Truss, Sunak, Boris Johnson, Brown, Blair, John Major & Margaret Thatcher. How long has he got in office?

@gregorpoynton.bsky.social @imogenwalker.bsky.social Any comment? www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers. Not a word about cutting profit margins, ever rising profits, gobbling previous stamp duty support, building substandard homes, builders secretly exchanging data to hike prices.

☢️ is utter lunacy

A right wing clique in Starmer's inner circle? What's new. Unelected McSweeney and his newly promoted MP wife (parachuted into a Scottish seat last year) both close mates of Mandelson? Nothing to see. Move along now. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

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The Labour government has released to the media more details of its asylum reforms - to be released on Monday. Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that. There is a lot of overspinning from this govt www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

GB News are asking Trump the tough questions, like "why are you so amazing?"

MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms. Quite right. Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit. Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.

Do you think Andrew Windsor will be one of the contestants in this year's "I'm a Celebrity?"

Why! Sorry, but why? Labour's anti-asylum, anti-immigration, policies are the antithesis of anything anyone who genuinely supports human rights should be defending. They're absolutely inhumane and condemnable. Anyone supporting them can't claim to be "progressive" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What this article doesn't point out - because it's not news - is the fact that our Scottish Government is at no point consulted or informed about British budget planning. It finds out when we do. And then has little time to re-plan its own budget to fit. Here's how it works...

Hi everyone it would be fantastic as we build our case for a #SNP landslide majority in the #May #election in 2026 in #Scotland that you #follow me. This ensures our #message of #change and #hope is spread far and wide .

I ENTIRELY understand why a party way to the left of Labour needs to exist. I have NO IDEA why it needs to be Your Party, other than ego. The Greens are RIGHT THERE. Corbyn will be 78 at the next election. And it's a shambles. Give up, lads. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An SNP led government in an independent Scotland simply wouldn’t be this evil. Everyone knows it. Labour are cunts, the union is shit. Fuck the UK.

I have a simple test: Would you have sent my Jewish Grandma back to Nazi Germany? Seems that pretty much all Con/Ref & many Lab politicians fail this test. LibDem/Green/Plaid/SNP as a rule, do not. Labour are not only reprehensible, but also inconsistent (integration?) & electorally stupid.

So very, deeply tired of people trying to establish a false narrative that the SNP have a ‘record of failure’. The bottom line is that the voters disagree.

📍Great support in Alford today! 🟡 Only the SNP will defend pensioners, fight WASPI injustice, and protect free healthcare, prescriptions & tuition. 🗳️ Hearing your priorities was inspiring - I’ll work tirelessly for the fairer future you deserve. #VoteSNP #BothVotesSNP

Labour Lies and U turns . Time for change. #snp #independence #Scotland #labourout #vote #election #indy2

No, they sold your water, not ours in Scotland, same with health data. Our SNHS was protected by the SNP from unionist data grabs, and you wonder why they are so universally detested in Westminster, they can`t have English citizens learning how badly they are treated. www.ft.com/content/cf41...

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to follow the rules. Hold the BBC to account 👇 https://bit.ly/4oJd6B0..

I think someone has kidnapped the Labour Party. #Immigration

Rip-off Britain. 'Bereavement penalty’: people who lost partners hit by insurance premium rises. Newly bereaved customers pay more as many insurers regard a single policyholder as higher risk. Divorced and separated couples are also affected.

"Why don’t we fight back? Because land is power. Every single piece of credible research says that Scots overwhelmingly do want to fight back. Land reform is wildly popular, supported by overwhelming majorities. Yet still it doesn’t happen. Why?" #LandReform #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You might need a vest this week.