“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising” Daisy Cooper

this story isn’t going away www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There’s a lot of this, this morning.

Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia to boycott Eurovision. 65% voted in favour of changes to public voting system to be enough to address disquiet over Israeli "public" support. So there was no vote on opposition on the grounds of war in Gaza www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Strange how all of these Reform characters keep turning out to be racists. Of course, it’s too early to say if there’s a pattern developing. Just bad luck I suppose.

I can guarantee that your life will not be made one iota happier, richer or safer by being beastly to trans people.

Absolutely gorgeous blue skies over Canary Wharf today. No filter applied here as no filter is needed. All natural, all blue. And shot on an iPhone too! ☀️ #BlueSkies #London #CanaryWharf #EastLondon #WinterSun #HighriseBuilding #HighriseLife #ShotOniPhone

Another of these fuckers finally getting his comeuppance. Decades too late, of course. www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

Chat-gpt offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, warn psychologists www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Reform UK's Lancashire leader takes trip paid for by Israeli government The first cabinet meeting cancelled at County Hall in quite some time raises eyebrows in opposition ranks He and many others missed Remembrance Day because of the trip lancashire.thelead.uk/p/reform-uks...

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

The Mail once again mocking what it doesn't understand. It's a stain on the UK. A source of nothing but negativity, bigotry and smears.

The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.

Muscular Christianity. “Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”

Another excellent benefit to spending Christmas in #Tokyo: I won't have to choose between the absolutely dire selection of Christmas TV here. 24 days until we jet off... ✈️

Just realised that the reason I'm checking social media while I blearily make my first coffee each morning is to check if that orange bastard is dead yet. Hoping for something painful and messy like a strangulated bowel obstruction. A massive coronary or aneurism is too quick and easy for him.

Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Oh.

A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’ Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going

Our annual reminder, as we slide into the festive season, is that small businesses are run by humans & have feelings to match.

On the one hand, this is the perfect end to an amazingly chaotic Budget process. On the other, it makes it much easier to cover than having to actually listen to the speech.

guys, guys, it's fine. the obr has taken the pdf offline. damage completely controlled

Just love the people who push their way onto the train as everyone else is trying to get off. The nicest Londoners of all! 🙄

Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

Getting rid of trial by jury is a bit on the nose, lads

🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics. And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.

If you don’t want to be called racist, don’t be racist. If you don’t want to be called a Russian asset, don’t be a Russian asset. If you don’t want to be called evil, stop being bloody evil. This is free advice. You’re welcome.

Popped into Tesco for some bread. Somehow… emerged with these in my bag.

These are the "voters" Martin, O'Callaghan, Harris and the rest of them are pivoting to racism to please. If ever two groups needed reminding that Twitter and Facebook are not real life, it's journalists and politicians.

Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin. We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.

They've finally named a beer after me!

A total dereliction of duty. And I’m not one bit surprised. Lazy, entitled buffoon that he is. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

This is the smiling face of Reform's bigotry. Softly spoken, with a posh accent. But no less threatening, no less bigoted. And frankly, a lot scarier than Farage. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I was kinda hoping Mamdani would pull an Assassins Creed: do the whole “requiescat in pace” bit, maybe backflip off the roof of the White House into a freshly raked pile of leaves, and then exfiltrate hidden among a group of shambling monks

The American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead... Of 65 anti-rights groups in the UK, including anti-abortion orgs, ‘conversion therapy’ promoters, UK branches of powerful US-based orgs, and ultra-conservative Christian groups, 32 spent £106m between 2019-2023! 😬

Cal Roscow, campaigns director at Best for Britain, said: ⚠️“Foreign influence at all levels of our politics must be rooted out - it’s right to ask what Reform UK knew of his actions, and how anyone so morally bankrupt was permitted to represent them” https://bit.ly/4oTHLLT

📸 I love how the sunset reflects in the building across the street #sunset #London #CanaryWharf #riverside

📸 Loving the light at this time of day…

So I was at the Miffy exhibition yesterday and can I say, watching Dick Bruna draw Miffy (on video) was quite the revelation, zen like patience with more brush strokes than you can possibly imagine youtu.be/V52ZBZb1Rsc?...

So many well-educated people I know are unaware of this about chiropractors and I’m always too embarrassed / polite / English to mention it. Like when I bite my tongue when people talk about “alternative” medicine for serious, terminal illness

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

*sigh* newly renovated €7m park in Cork and they do this. "Where should we put the screws?". "Into the Irish text, be grand".