another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated

Farage is clearly misleading the public. The main reason that net migration fell by 445,000 (year to June 2025 it was 205k, having been 649k a year before) is that immigration fell by 401,000. The BBC should fact-check/verify and report that this was untrue.

Ratcliffe demonstrating yet again that you can disregard anything that comes before the “but”. So, in no sense an apology. He’s fully entitled to dislike this nation. Just ask him to mail us his passport and we’ll say no more about it.

There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.

No, he's not "playing into the hands of" racists. He is the racist.

(Outburst prompted by this piece: thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d... )

Anne Frank stuff, all of this. Link to the full ProPublica piece is here: www.propublica.org/article/life... America, 2026

Just beyond parody at this point

Rate bit of good news here for Labour.

The Home Office tweet here - referring to asylum seekers legally here and legally supported by the government as “illegal migrants” - is a deliberate attempt to stir up resentment and racial hatred. I can’t see how else you describe it.

@sallyann.bsky.social sorry to add to the horror but....

The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting. A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!

@roberthutton.co.uk Is this on your list?

Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.

For the love of God Epstein sent woman to British anti-trafficking charity boss www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

Heads up...Trump just posted a video on Truth Social that shows the Obamas as monkeys at the very end. Not sure if you reported on this already.

Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister. Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed

it's not great when the consultation landing page continues the labour habit of just making things up where immigration rules are concerned. SETTLEMENT IS NOT GRANTED AUTOMATICALLY. absolute joke of a government

Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.

You have to admire Peter Mandelson's capacity to deliver surprises. thecritic.co.uk/pete...

What's that? Peter Mandelson resigning from something again? FIRE UP THE (OLD) SKETCH! thecritic.co.uk/oh-m...

Oh cmon!!! The author of this season of Humanity is tripping.

Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein - who then helped him pursue a $4m job The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...

Who leaked this Number 10 discussion to Jeffrey Epstein? And are there consequences for the leaker? It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.

Libre ⤵️

@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social nice little roundup of Prosper UK and its launch - thanks

I guess "white wealthy British and American grooming gangs" doesn't have the same ring to it

the brexits will continue until morale improves

“You didn’t break my legs properly the first time.”

I would argue that raising the salience of Brexit - which is seen to have failed, and where people want a closer relationship with the EU - would be helpful to Labour and not at all helpful to the Conservatives or Reform.

The public really aren't buying this anymore...

This is good. "Perhaps Goodwin was always like this… Or perhaps he… was gradually radicalised by the thing he was studying. Who knows? Who cares? Life is short and we must not squander it wandering in the psychological wastelands of deeply average people." iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-goodw...

John Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts

If only

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

The forgotten victims of lockdown: hard-working murderers

The more I think about Matt Goodwin's candidacy, the more I think it's a mistake for Reform. He is enthusiastic about political positions that many Reform-curious voters think are beyond the pale. Reeks of overconfidence

It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.

This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.

If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.

Jesus

Liz Truss's real legacy

My great pleasure to speak to @samirpuri.bsky.social of @chathamhouse.org about how the world is moving on from Trump. open.spotify.com/episode/6zWO...

Thought the whole point was you were irredeemably marked as being from the place you were born, not somewhere you migrated to for personal advantage?

Police Ask For Public’s Help In Falsifying Report

JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled