Could we stop treating Farage like a PM-in-waiting? Latest from IPSOS:

Reform Tory Robert Jenrick has just told #GMB that the Southport, Nottingham, and now Southampton, murders were all due to police and other authorities being "scared of being called racist". This is simply false, and a far right lie. Why is everyone just accepting that it must be true? #r4today

Spot on! @bjennings90.bsky.social Farage continues to avoid scrutiny. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jun/03/ben-jennings-nigel-farage-response-henry-nowak-cartoon

so a vast territory of British media, from print to broadcast, is now firing out far-right theories and treating them as ‘legitimate concerns’ when they are nothing of the sort and do not apply to what has taken place. A total collapse of standards which legitimises the far-right

The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming

@lbc.co.uk Imagine if Nick hectored Farage in the same way he does Labour, particularly female Labour ministers. Especially with his number gotcha fetish, perhaps start with the 5 million pounds. Imagine obviously because it's never going to happen.

@lbc.co.uk If you can't conceptualise "two-tier policing" and can't provide credible examples and statistics proving its existence then perhaps admit you're using a tragic death for a political agenda. And enjoying it.

The best time to leave X was two years ago, the next best time is now.

FFS @lbc.co.uk leading the bulletin with Farage's pitiful clickbait is appalling.

Nigel Farage seen smirking and chuckling as Keir Starmer condemns him for exploiting the murder of Henry Nowak for his own political ends, against the wishes of Nowak's family

Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading.

Rioters, not protestors.

This is demonstrably true.

the failure to stand up to his racism and inflammatory words is shameful

The #r4today headlines report on the thuggish protests in Southampton with no reference to the “pure, cold rage” Nigel Farage called for earlier the same day. Instead, in their next item, they report on him writing in The Telegraph about a “two-tier culture” in policing. Why is he treated like this?

I hope Prostate Cancer make a statement about this, 1 in 4 black men suffer, double the amount of any other men, the risk increases as you reach over 45 years old. A simple PSA blood test diagnoses it. You can check if you’re at risk here : prostatecanceruk.org/risk-checker

Has Farage been arrested yet?

@lbc.co.uk Perhaps someone at LBC can refer Ferrari to the words of a grieving father. Perhaps he can interrupt his Farage riot promotion and read them. Or is he satisfied with his part in thuggery incitement?

When the same/similar mob, certainly incited by the same people, turned up in Epsom they were characterised as "local residents with legitimate concerns" despite many not being local. It's just racist thuggery.

Well today has been just fucking wonderful. Farage has popped up to demand race riots and and the media have replied “Gosh! What a marvellous idea!” Pricks. And the usual idiots are agitating to put him in power because they “hate Starmer innit”. Also pricks. Christ. Life is hard enough.

I have a student son Henry Nowak’s age & I can’t imagine what it took for his family to respond outside court with the grace they did, asking that their son’s death not be used for division and hate. That Reform & Restore chose to throw that back in their faces makes me feel sick.

I do hope someone has explained to Nigel's boy why. Absolutely shameful from @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social

And still the British government not only tolerates this site, but uses it for communications.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Labour, the Lib-Dems and if the Tories become decent should put this brilliant 80 year old caller Sarah on every election poster.

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Farage is "addressing the nation" even though he's permanently awol from his constituency and parliament. Burnham is talking about his government and practically buying furniture for number 10 despite not being an MP. Does no-one in the media know the phrase "wind your neck in" because seriously.

So the latest Mandelson revelations aren't "the end" for Starmer and seemingly change nothing. Therefore, the giddy excitement of political media yesterday is embarrassing. Plus team-Burnham showing more premature arrogance by going in two footed. The damp squib matches the weather.

Giddy excitement from political editors/correspondents is tacky and demeans them.

@privateeyenews.bsky.social nails it again.

Please, please start putting iced buns on lampposts

How far back does “indigenous” go - does it exclude the royal family, anyone of Norman or Viking descent, famous scientists, scholars, artists and athletes descended from refugees or immigrants, immigrants from the former “colonies - or just, basically, anyone not “pureblood white?

This will not save a single visit. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Polanski and Badenoch are too online while Starmer is not online at all. The future belongs to the party leader who's exactly the right amount of online.

You worry it's just you. You read something and worry you're going mad. Classic gaslighting. But fortunately the comments show people aren't goldfish, aren't stupid and haven't forgotten. Pathological delusion and memory deficits from Badenoch.

Your regular reminder that PoliticsUK is a fake account owned by a Reform councillor Bailey Nash-Gardner who also works for Reform MP Andrew Rosindell. ***Stop following and sharing their stuff***

White person here👋 This is utter bollox! #Reform #5MillNige #Farage #Makerfield

It's all kicking off in Canterbury.

Following the acceptance of an episode using AI guests, Question Time evolves to its final form.

On another note, it turns out the London Stadium deal Boris Johnson did with West Ham is every bit as brilliant as the Brexit deal he did with the EU. I feel cheated that I have never had the chance to sell him anything.

The UK is likely going to see its hottest spring day on record by some margin in the next few days. The climate we built for no longer exists. The climate we’re in isn’t even well-defined, as things continue to change faster than we observe the extremes. We are underprepared.

Rank arrogance and uncontrolled ego.

It is extremely clear that Reform capped out a year ago at 30% have fumbled their way back down to the low 20s because they cannot be normal and are eminently beatable by whichever of Labour or the Conservatives remembers that the average voter does not have a Klan hood first.

This story of how we’ve allowed profit to become the driving force in children’s care homes makes me sick. Children only allowed outside for 15 minutes a day. 15 year olds discouraged from going to school because it doesn’t suit ‘carers’ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Anyway here's an idea for @ledbydonkeys.org The queues at Dover are massive. Maybe put a poster of a smiling Nigel Farage looking down on it all for the rest of the summer.

DSM-6 needs a new category criteria for amnesia in politicians. Like Badenoch and the post 2024 tories, Burnham seems to have forgotten he was in government and the cabinet. Bizarre stuff.

@lbc.co.uk Whilst the removed/withdrawn Green candidate's ugly and ridiculous tweets should be discussed. There is however a Nigel shaped elephant in the room. Why was his previous antisemitism ignored between 7-10? 30 classmates were wrong? Unlikely.

The reality after the local elections, not the bias situation spun by the news media.

@lbc.co.uk That wasn't a "heckle" directed towards Rachel Reeves it was abuse. It would be shameful to minimise and play down especially when it has the potential to escalate as the desperation for social media clicks increases.