A crucial article, but one quibble. I've been arguing since 1997 that Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and the rest of the gruesome "Revolutionary Communist Party" goons were NEVER on the left: the RCP was a far-right front from the outset. No surprise when they started working for Orbán, Farage & Johnson🧵

Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has said that there may be a case in the future for us to be open-minded about rejoining the EU. It is in our national interest to work with Europe, and we hope the Government continues to prioritise rebuilding our relationship.

Just checked and this is real - Scottish Labour’s manifesto refers to trans people using slurs and commits to a policy of explicit segregation in public life

Nigel and his nasty authoritarian pals want us, and the EU, weaker out. But as the world becomes more uncertain, and our traditional alliances crumble, the UK is clearly stronger in.

Lindsey Graham in 2018: "You could be the pope and criticize Trump. It doesn't matter. He'll go after the pope. You could be Putin and say nice things, and he'll like you. It's not the content of your character, it's whether or not you show him respect and like him."

Pope Leo criticises President Trump for abusing the gospels adding, "I will continue to speak out against war and to promote peace"

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

Nothing to see here.. Just orthopaedic surgeon Zsolt Hegedus who is tipped to be Hungary's new Health Minister Grooving on stage, after Viktor Orban was voted out So happy for the people of Hungary ☺️

I was thinking this morning how both Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan would have been delighted to see a Westward-looking, centre-right party defeat a pro-Russian autocrat in a former Eastern Bloc country.

Alongside these unexpected costs, it has also been reported that on one occasion, no-one had arrived at the departure gate at the time it was meant to close for a flight. There's a simple solution to this: rejoin the single market, and restore freedom of movement.

Judge in Trump v BBC case should make same decision.

I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.

The danger in ousting populist authoritarian crooks is in thinking the battle is finally over. It's never over, and the battle begins again the very next day.

“It’s deeply shocking that Reform has developed such close ties with Orbán’s regime, an authoritarian govt with an appalling record of rolling back democracy and civic rights” Where ‘deeply shocking’ = entirely on brand. Hungary shows us we must never give them power. www.desmog.com/2026/04/08/m...

This is pretty funny in a Doctor Strangelove kind of way.

This does seem to be quite a sensible idea, doesn’t it? Baffling that some people think otherwise.

This picture is giving huge “congratulations, you’ve just won… consequences” vibes.

the urge to prevent young people from making any decision the parent or authority figure disagrees with is not about protecting children

modern business practices seem designed in a lab to make American workers constantly nervous and jumpy, yes.

I see we're letting Epstein defender Richard Stallman back into society to talk about age verification of all things; perhaps he could develop one that lets him tell the difference between those under and over the age of consent?

The World Aquatics Bureau lifted sanctions on Russia and Belarus in water sports on April 13, allowing athletes from these countries to compete under their national flags, despite ongoing Moscow's full-scale war against Ukraine.

Goodwin is due to speak TONIGHT at an MCC event in Budapest. It may be his last for some time...

If you want an audio version of that article about government abdicating governance to a hallucinating woo woo machine controlled by a tiny gaggle of Silicon Valley crackpots, then it is here

Prior to 2021, around 20,000 young Brits got the chance to travel around Europe for free, but since Brexit, they've been excluded. Hear from Chloe, Social Media Officer for European Movement UK, on her experience on the DiscoverEU programme, and the impact it had on her.

Jesus fucking Christ. 10k a month? Next time you have imposter just remember Matt Goodwin has been accepting ten grand a month to gargle Ozempic and babble on about Family Voting.

Bloody hell. How did I miss this? I’m going to have to subscribe to Byline Times again. @bylinetimes.bsky.social This is a small part of an email from Bannon to Epstein (yes, him!) in 2018. “I’ve gotten pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg.”

Comparing Easter messages

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”

Brexit diehards raging at the EU marmalade renaming is both hilarious and exposing… CITRUS SPREAD Citrus spread is all they’ve managed to get angry about after years of hunting for outrage …and then they even got that wrong Imbeciles.

This is why the 25th Amendment exists. This is the purpose of having the 25th Amendment. To not use this power to remove the president is not a passive act, a mere option: it is a positive decision to misuse the constitution.

Noem and Bondi need to lawyer up and save their documents. www.rawstory.com/trump-inform...

So as Reform UK announce their plans for the "biggest benefit cuts ever", whilst cutting taxes for the wealthiest, their Treasurer has just sold his Chelsea Mansion for a record £275million www.ft.com/content/8daf...

'We've taken a different view from the US,' says Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper 'We're clear we need the diplomatic pressure, the economic pressure and also the work being done by military planners on how to keep shipping safe for the long term'

Imagine this scenario... 1) Labour depose Starmer 2) The new leader calls a snap election with "negotiate to rejoin the Single Market and a Customs Union" and "introduce proportional representation" as their two headline manifesto promises Do you think Labour could win under those circumstances?

Mum hospitalised in 1st wave, Dad died; she never came home, got decanted to care home, put in solitary confinement. Unspeakable misery. Boris and crew made terrible decisions, fuelled by hubris and a desire to party. I'm incandescent with rage. (Thank you Christina for making sure we don't forget).

Wandered into a random bar here in Bremen four hours ago. It had a "NO FASCISTS. EVERYONE ELSE WELCOME" sign outside. Spent the time since then sat at the bar in the antifash, cash-only German punk boozer drinking and reading scifi. And that, my friends, is all i have ever wanted out of life.

A young Iranian child plays on a swing on a beach in the city of Bandar Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz, while plumes of smoke rise in the background from reported attacks on an Iranian naval base.

NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC? I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive. The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...

central government isn't always the blocker for getting to renewables

Good. Even I knew about the meth when I wrote Decade In Tory, and I live 180 miles from Westminster. It wasn't exactly a secret, but the lawyers wouldn't let me include it in the book.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to limit an energy bill bailout to people claiming benefits after warning that giving support to every household because of the Iran war would be irresponsible and unaffordable www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The exact same election rules are now in place when Republicans won the presidency, house and senate in 2024. But now suddenly Republicans are unable to win another election without the SAVE Act because everyone has been cheating. Makes sense.

Met Police have just released a log of Morgan McSweeney's call after his phone was stolen in October, in which he doesn't mention that he works in Downing St or for the PM undermines the idea that police were "too busy" to properly investigate the theft McSweeney failed to explain why it mattered

His surname is literally Holland.

Great opening par. "The Trump administration, which definitely carefully planned its war on Iran and thought through all the potential implications, seems to be getting increasingly worried about the completely unforeseeable rise in gas prices." www.ft.com/content/2b00...

one reason why I'm always banging on about sources is that you can just assume that when GB News is the source that the story is bigotry

Spotted Phoebe Boswell’s new piece on the Tube? It’s a stunning reminder that access to water is a matter of social justice. I’m dedicated to making London’s waterways truly accessible so every Londoner can enjoy our city’s blue spaces.

So the net impact of this war will have been to *lift* sanctions on Russia and Iran, having pushed oil prices through the roof.