A general view of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6's headquarters at Vauxhall Cross in London, United Kingdom on January 21, 2016. | Tolga Akmen/Anadolu Ag...

Also LITERALLY everyone needs to understand why especially the USA Far Right, & increasingly UK Tories and Farage keep using these specific insults again and again. For unknowable reasons, absolutely bizarrely, horribly hilariously the recipient often BECOMES THEM MORE while thinking they're winning

Many royal correspondents have said it would be difficult for Brian to strip Andrew of his titles, as it would require a huge amount of parliamentary time. But Britain managed to de-king Edward VIII... and it only took a morning. Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.

What US media should have done.

Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

We bet many people wished they hadn't voted for #Reform as a vote for them now means a vote for no school meals for kids. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?* Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote. *waits until end of time www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

I'll start, what the hell is happening in Reform led councils, what's happened to the story about Farage's girlfriend being investigated by the EU and where did she get £800,000 in cash.

The Epstein emails also confirm that Masha Drukova networked for Epstein, both as a press lobbyist, and organising conversations with Moscow. See my piece on her subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/77/j...

Tired of the same old Christmas cards? Want something a bit different? Get your #Christmas cards and wrap here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...

A first-of-its-kind nuclear power station is to be built on Anglesey, bringing up to 3,000 jobs & billions of pounds of investment. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the UK's first three small modular reactors

Such an imaginative lead for heritage in Scotland. I saw similar graphic novel artists used to illustrate the Ad Gefrin Anglo Saxon museum in Northumberland in May. A hugely effective new way to communicate archaeology 👏👏 www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...

🌄 Simple things. A bit of light and warmth to counteract the wet and dark days. I think this is my all time favourite photo that I've taken of Beverley Minster - soft and nuanced, mist over Westwood Common, a cuticle sunrise and a simple silhouette.

The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country. Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.

🔺 BREAKING: Emails show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor telling Jeffrey Epstein he ‘can’t take any more of this’ as the scandal began to engulf the royal family

Also: m.youtube.com/watch?v=DGsc...

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

Epstein on a Trump meeting with the Russians: "“I'm sure his view is that it went super well. he thinks he has charmed his adversary.. Admittedly he has no idea of the symbolism. He has no idea of most things.”

Starving children is the Reform way.

The deadly impacts of heat in Europe www.channel4.com/news/the-dea...

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “Ukraine is planning for a three-year war, and these colonial wars usually take about a decade. “I don’t think Putin can sustain it for another three years.”

I’ve just been asked by Waitrose to give feedback on my recent purchase of a loose lemon. It’s sitting in the fruit drawer in the fridge. Doesn’t seem to be bothered by the nearby apples and satsumas. Any other ideas for feedback? Is this normal behaviour by a supermarket?

The November colour palette. 🍂 What treasures have you seen this week?

Top work from the boffins at Exeter University’s Department of the Bloody Obvious.

£10bn to WASPI women? As a WASPI woman i would prefer it went to young people. AND pension credits to help those Pensioners that need the help. Male or Female.

i just want to stress that this isnt about trump anymore, its about the entire republican party and maga movement covering for a child sex trafficking ring

How much press/media coverage did any of this get? Clue: maybe 10% and that's being generous.

‘Captain Chaos’ Linden Kemkaran, Row erupts over Kent fire authority

More here. Some info is possibly outdated and inaccurate now, but vote Green get Reform Vote anything other than Labour or Tactical, get Reform. skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

This'll be my new pinned post. This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs. The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!

To anybody building up to outrage about Rachel Reeves maybe breaking a manifesto pledge, here's a handy list of the pledges the Tories broke. I don't remember a media frenzy about any of these broken promise.

Measures include + Using data to set bespoke attendance targets + Schools with low attendance linked to those with similar circumstances but are performing better + 36 Attendance & Behaviour Hubs previously announced launching today + A best practice toolkit + More enrichment opportunities 2/2

School attendance In their 1st year, Labour efforts saw school attendance in England increase by 5.3m days, with 140k fewer persistently absent pupils. The state of attendance they inherited was abysmal. It has improved. But it's not enough. So they are launching a new attendance roadmap. 1/2

A win

One is some guy from Twatter days. Daily, sometimes HOURLY banging on about how we need to rejoin the EU LaBoUr aRe MeAniEs. Oh look he had a book to sell. I want to as well, but I also know: The EU holds all the cards. We've a wet tissue. The majority of UK want to keep the £ It'll take many years.

Choose your fighter! Hypnotits vs AnCap Pepe!

Selfish gits of the "Left" and Right online are talking constant negativity with no nuance. Constantly ignoring the plenty of positives. Not explaining issues even a bit. All for outrage bait to boost algorithms in their favour for attention & their own personal gain. Often, they have books to sell.

Eric Kennington's career as a War Artist began in the latter half of WW1. 'Sleeping Soldier,' was included in an exhibition of chalk drawings at the Leicester Galleries in London in an exhibition titled 'The British Soldier,' during the summer of 1918.

Oh look… Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fun fact: Today is the 1 year anniversary of Farage's foreign national girlfriend Ferrari buying his house. With unexplained wealth. That should be investigated...

Meanwhile the the under-reported story of Russians paying Farage associate Nathan Gill, goes even more quiet. 🤔

However, Lammy is clear the staff do a very good job, but in very difficult circumstances. And in terms of scale, in the year to March 2025, less than 1 in 200 releases were affected. So it may seem a lot, but it's a tiny percentage of overall releases. 2/2

Cleaning up local politics The government's new standards regime will tackle widespread concerns about standards in local government. Measure include: + Tougher sanctions for councillors & mayors who break rules + Includes option for local authorities to suspend them or withhold allowances 1/2

In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel! www.bbc.com/news/article...

OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.

And also how in Grangemouth how they are supporting workers & communities there, after the announced refinery closure, and also working to secure a long term industrial future for the site. Industry changes. But it's how you support the transition which counts. And Labour are doing it well. 3/3