Any journalist or commentator who writes a wrap-up of this speech that suggests that any of it was normal, worthy of respect, not absolutely deranged, not an insult to the audience, not an embarrassment for the US, should be relieved of their jobs.

spokesperson for Sadiq Khan: “We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response. “London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

Fair play to Sadiq Khan. To live rent-free inside the head of the president of the USA is a massive achievement for any Mayor of London.

These agents should never know a moment’s peace. I think what is uniquely sadistic about them is how much fun they are having.

Having pondered it all morning, I'm still incredulous that all that Today programme coverage of migrant hotels at no point (unless I missed it) mentioned why people were here, what they might be fleeing from etc.

Not so long ago the Conservative Party would have seized upon the notion of deporting Ukrainians and Hong Kongers and extracted a heavy political price for it. Instead the position yesterday from CCHQ was that Farage is "once again copying Conservative ideas."

Ayer no comentamos esto, pero esta balleta humana ha prometido deportar a inmigrantes *con residencia permanente*. Calculan que "remigrarían" a cientos de miles de inmigrantes extracomunicatorios. Creo que lo dije una vez aquí: El problema nunca ha sido la inmigración ilegal: Es el extranjero.

The President sounds like this all the time these days and is clearly non compos mentis but it just gets a pass from Congress, from the courts, from the media, from Wall Street, from every institution, because it's Trump.

Tomorrow night will be Jimmy Kimmel's most watched show in history - and MAGA are inadvertently responsible for that. But most importantly, Kimmel's First Amendment rights triumphed because of public pressure against Disney. Civic resistance matters. It delivers results. Keep it up, America.

Good news about Jimmy Kimmel but it shows that you have to push back *because the shitty people get scared more easily than you might think*

Last one on Farage setting the terms of debate atm: he's by all accounts *the* major face of the primary policy change of the last five decades in the UK (we were told without a doubt that even if you don't like it, you have to respect his role in it) and he's never asked to stand for how that went

I went out for a walk in Bridport earlier on and it is jarring how *friendly* and *nice* passers-by/joggers/dog walkers are compared to the poisonous political discourse we have at the moment. It should not be beyond Labour's ability to be both assertive *and* empathetic in order to be engaged

I do *not* think that Mitt Romney was unfairly maligned: he ran for president, politics is a contact sport, & he gave as good as he got. But I do think that a certain kind of relatively low-info person on both the right & left doesn’t grasp just how big the gap between someone like him & Trump

Let's not forget it's not so long since Labour were grandstanding about how they were going to take a Milei chainsaw to everything. Talk about picking all the wrong role models

Reform’s call to deport ALL people who legally make a life here - paying taxes, forming families, volunteering and even being elected - needs calling out. Contrary to Farage, ILR doesn’t = criminal. They ARE net contributors to our economy. An expensive, hateful & stupid plan.

Might be an idea to boost as many Labour MPs saying the right thing as possible to try and get the message across to leadership

Tommy Robinson is now driving Nigel Farage’s policies and Labour needs to be pointing that out at every possible opportunity

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

This. Labour should not be so slow off the mark

GROW A PAIR AND DO YOUR JOB AND STAND UP FOR MORALITY AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY. This is not what millions of us voted Labour for last year. I am getting really fucking fed up now.

Really think we should lean into the UAE comparisons that Reform is making. Does Britain want to be a dictatorship dependent on slave labour, that combines shiny skyscrapers with shantytowns? Is that the pitch?

Retrospective removal of Indefinite Leave to Remain from "hundreds of thousands of people" in the Reform plans is obscene. They talk about "preventing disruption to businesses" but have no regard for what this means for the people themselves, their families and communities which will be torn apart.

The fact that Reform hates the United Kingdom really does need to be made more forcefully by its political opponents.

It would just be nice to hear a senior politician, government or otherwise, say that Farage's policies would result in the country being a grotty dystopia and use *those exact terms*. Firstly, because it's true, and secondly because you then take the likes of Farage on at their own verbal game

“This policy is a fucking disgrace and will do harm to the people it affects, our economy, our services, and it’s morally reprehensible” is the correct response not “haha your numbers are wrong and it may not even be legal”

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage? BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country. Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right? BBC: Lib Dems: Right?

Ed Davey says regulator should go after Musk due to crime www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes. That’s what this is.

I am skeptical this will change Israel’s position in the short or medium term. But the signal it sends about America’s loss of leadership is immediate.

The most useful UK intervention is to Make X Lawful Again on all fronts. Both Ofcom (illegal content) and the EHRC (the platform's proactive defence of unlawful abuse & harassment - racism & rape threats - in breach of Equality Act duties) need to intervene on their core responsibilities

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.

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All those preparing to vote in order to allow a Reform U.K. Ltd government in. You have been warned. #dictatorship

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

@nationwideuk.bsky.social As a loyal customer of #Nationwide, this is disappointing news. I'm sure other customers will have similar feelings. Did Nationwide use savers' money? If so, how much went to support #Farage #ReformUK?

The Republican Party as it is currently constituted will destroy the United States — politically, economically, socially and culturally. The democratic reform of our federal system isn't only justified in itself, but necessary to force its moderation into a party compatible with liberal democracy.

Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.

No. - The EHRC has powers right now to investigate whether X is offering users with a protected characteristic an equal service. - Ofcom has powers from November. - Making X Executives account in person would work - Mystery shopping by regulators would prove what I can prove

This is not sustainable and X is not fit for purpose. It might have to take a lot of telling the govt this relentlessly but I'm here for the long haul. It is hate speech and spiteful bigotry plain and simple

Calling Jeffrey Epstein ‘the paedophile financier’ makes him sound like something from Patisserie Valerie

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Labour are in trouble, but the Conservatives are in even deeper shit

Really hoping someone can pull off a miracle and help Toby out here. Fingers crossed.

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