What kind of person endures 14 yrs of Tory incompetence & corruption, votes to oust them, & is then hoodwinked by a master grifter to vote the very worst of them back in again for more of the same. It’d be lunacy on a grand scale. Turquoise Tories. Careful what you wish for.

The Truth about Venezuela.

Maybe don't chase Starc outside the off stump? Just a thought...

The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research has published a paper on the impact of Brexit siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130

We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel. Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵

A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans. (Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form). www.worldofmoose.com

Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country. It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.

a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax? The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

Just had time to properly read this brilliant piece by @benansell.bsky.social. It left me even more convinced than I already was that what he calls Labour's (and indeed the Conservative's) "prole-whisperers" are horribly mistaken if they genuinely think chasing after Reform voters is the way to go.

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...

Look, this is not a new issue, but people really need to get a grip and grow up. If you think an additional 73 people per 10,000 are why services are fecked you are living in a fantasy world. It isn't people coming to the UK seeking safety who are the issue. news.sky.com/story/home-o...

Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit

Immigration is absolutely plunging, falling off a cliff to the extent I think policy will overcorrect and the UK may end up with very little inflow at all. Yet the public are being told, and seem to think, they're being hit with endless higher 'waves' of migrants. In those circs you can't do much.

Every time I'm offered a new improved version of something or other with a whizzy built-in AI assistant my heart sinks... I'd much rather rely on CH. (Competent Humans).

There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff

Couldn’t have said it better

When a government designates groups as terrorists when they are clearly not and have never participated in anything remotely resembling terrorism, then the legitimacy of that government has to be seriously questioned. We are reaching an inflection point.

Shouldn't 'Show Less Like This' be 'Show Fewer Like This?'

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

As widely predicted. These poorly thought through populist moves by centrist governments do more damage to liberal democracies than anything else. I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.

Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈

Media - ‘we are in no way exaggerating Farage and Reform’s popularity, we just keep platforming them endlessly because the public like them’. The polls -

The thing about tenderstem broccoli is, you mustn’t expect the stems to be tender.

now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):

The Tories are In danger of irrelevance. My @newstatesman.com piece on the local election results. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...

STARMER’S RED LINES, JUST SO STUPID. Five years of hard Labour. Not much fun, is it?

LOCAL & MAYORAL ELECTIONS: If you'd like to vote tactically, the Movement Forward @mvtfwd.bsky.social have published their advice for all councils and regions at stopreformuk.vote

I love him I must marry him.

This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...

Not sure how high a bar this is: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

The question to be asking of these firms is: how many of you are prepared to settle for making a more modest profit while the Government tries to fix all of the country's problems? Any of you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

But is a model of UK alignment with EU regulations leading to Mutual Recognition negotiable, I am repeatedly asked? Answer is, it doesn't cross anyone's red lines, so is plausible. But right now as for any other big move from the status quo the UK and EU politics would need considerable change.

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

We've watched westerns. We know what's going on in the US. The bad guys, fuelled by greed, robbery and unscrupulous ranchers, are shooting up the town. The wealthy town elders are panicked and hapless. But has anyone cast the incorruptible heroes with the unswerving sense of moral justice?

Natural history program this evening, Channel 4 (UK); the enthusiastic presenter described the woolly mammoth as 'iconic'. Am I the only one annoyed by the absurdity of such language?

🔴Twenty Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

Now that's a headline.

Campaign to pronounce AI the Yorkshire way, as a mash-up of Ay-up and Eye-eye. That’ll bring it down to size.

It’s quite extraordinary that Newscorp papers are publishing front page stories, pushing gas, which are being sponsored by Santos, Tamboran, Jemena, and Australia Energy Producers, without attribution. The Newscorp media are utterly compromised.