The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise

I'm asking John - and indeed all journalists - as a new year resolution to stop comparisons with a national economy and a household budget. How many years have to go by until we can have coherent conversations in the media about the economy? t.co/jIObxTAoeL

Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again. ‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no. We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources. www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...

Some people do my head in. This arse is one of them. Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally. No. He can absolutely do one.

Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in. A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.

I've never seen fear of the other stated so clearly than I have seen it in Kemi Badenoch. It's more than I've seen in Patel or Braverman, even Farage. The way she leans into the staple untruths that uphold white supremacy is breathtaking

As soon as the racist bunting went up and St George crosses were being daubed everywhere, we knew. This was a far-right funded migrant-intimidation campaign, pretending to be about national pride. Never felt less proud. And many have never felt less safe. Disgusting of politicians to endorse it.

Beautifully said: “They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness [and] empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn’t pamper myself with the luxury of silence.” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d....

You’re forgetting Sharon Davies. A long history of anti-trans campaigning but not forced to resign. Even ennobled the same week for campaigning over many years. The problem was not that Robin expressed views on (the same) “contentious topic”. It’s that he expressed the wrong one.

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

When the common denominator here is you, it’s time to have a snack, have a nap, and sit & ask yourself why this is. (Hint: it’s because you’re being a hateful knob.)

Stockport witnesses rise in ‘racial incidents’ since Union Jack and England flags went up: "We need to make a stand and we need to show that any form of racism is unacceptable, even when dressed up as patriotism." leftfootforward.org/2025/12/stoc...

If Starmer had a choice between Farage and Polanski we all know he'd pick Farage. He's not been put in power to challenge the establishment and his party won't be changing however bad the polls get.

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel" a former schoolfriend has claimed. news.sky.com/story/nigel-...

it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying

With so much abuse from cis men still covered up , with so much misogyny rife , with anti trans activists starting to turn towards abortion rights - well done to all the bigots who decided relentless abuse of trans kids was the solution #translives

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

Can you lovely lot song and share this around please @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.change.org/p/allow-tran...

I was directly involved in briefing Labour on just how bad the situation is REPEATEDLY for YEARS before the election. This is the most blatant dishonesty. If Labour is seriously claiming they didn't know how bad the situation was, it is wilful ignorance on their part and utter political malpractice.

"There are a thousand and one legitimate reasons why people are on benefits - and many of those people are already working hard to afford to live, or use food banks because they can't afford to feed and heat themselves. As this post says, 'stop judging'!" via Stevie Burrows

"Ordinary people are going to see their income tax bills increase" @adrianramsay.bsky.social explains how Labour's budget fails to address unprecedented cost of living pressures- and how a wealth tax would raise revenues to fund our infrastructure and public services.

Whoever wrote this letter was extremely prescient. It gave me chills.

"Raise the Colours" Ryan Bridge being sung out of Brum after Stirchley proved resistant to his toxic flag measles

Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly* people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!! *hitting you on the forehead with the spoon* STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...

Oh, look. That thing that was always going to be a total disaster turns out to have been a total disaster. I will never not be angry about this.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Whow. Congratulations. Look at that swing. If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As soon as a UK government of any party appoints a brown female politician as a Home Secretary my heart sinks because I know the only way she has reached that position is a willingness to cheerlead the most racist , cruel inhumane policies that no senior white male MP would dare to announce.

Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

...or, and hear me out now...they could try something radical like...telling the truth about the scale of this minute "problem" instead of aping Reform & thus pissing off what's left of their base. And maybe lob in some facts about how this country needs inwards migration to function.

Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way

Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.

If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot. You absolute moron.

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UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood: “On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times “ I never thought I’d reach the point where I dread an announcement like this from Labour.

the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us. Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

Who owns Press Gazette and why have they not filed accounts since 2023? "At the year end the company reported an operating loss of £989,243 (2022: Profit £10,695,823) and net current liabilities of £13,174,939 (2022: £12,287,116) which gives rise to a going concern risk." Sort your own house out.

This might be of interest to a few people The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc Apply by 30 November www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund

This story. Bloody hell. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

This is a cracking piece of investigative journalism. And it's the kind of thing that mainstream, centralised outfits don't do enough of now. Get off X, get into the details, people. manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...