British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right… What a grim betrayal of our democracy. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

@samcoatessky.bsky.social hi Sam, this morning you stated “…the main opposition parties, the Cons and Reform UK…” Unless I missed 67 Parliamentary by-elections since July, the Lib Dems are very much the main opposition party with the Cons, not Reform. Do we have to keep doing this?

Beg pardon?

The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

The piano on You Are My World. @richardcoles.bsky.social. phenomenal 😍

So, arrived home from holiday today and three Union Flags have randomly appeared on lampposts in my street. Question is, do I take them down?? 🤔

Here's a fact for you all. Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK. Not ONE. This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit. But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.

Same 🙌

Fantasy world of Farage adviser: UK should not have fought Nazi Germany. Could “regain” former colonies. Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador. Should not support Ukraine. Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.

This is the best one yet... "Columbus" - Because of the maps! 🤣🤣🤣 Nearly choked on my coffee!

I'm in Carlisle (UK). It's too hot. We're not used to this. Send help!

Letter of the day (in the Times)

I thought Conservatives wanted to deport foreign criminals? What do they actually want? Just to be a cynical wrecking ball, in Chalk's case it seems...

Gosh, Chancellor Rachel Reeves needs to find £40 billion to maintain her fiscal rules Labour keeping the UK out of the EU Single Market costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax revenues

It just never ends. Pam Bondi has convened a grand jury to look into claims that members of the Obama administration may have violated federal law during their investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

This didn’t age well .

They moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security prison camp. In order to qualify living in such a posh prison: Federal inmate must be within 10 yrs of release date. Federal inmate must not have a documented history of violence or sex offense over a. prescribed period of time (at least 10 yrs).

University tuition fees in England and Wales rise to £9,535. Student debt £267bn. Most European nations don't charge uni tuition fees, England does. People penalised for education, upskilling; can't start family, business; buy home. Must abolish uni fees.

What's the Telegraph up to today ? What's the significance of "white" and why is in a UK Newspaper ? Isn't this adjacent to stirring up racial disharmony, or am I missing something?

Fabulous evening at Talkin Tarn watching @thepantaloons.bsky.social production of Hamlet. I was skeptical that they could pull it off in two hours with four actors, but they bloody well did! 👏👏👑💐💀⚔️☣️

I don't know what's for tea, alright? Can somebody else please decide what's for tea? And preferably make it!

Bob Geldof on Trevor Phillips, magnificently and articulately cutting through the crap and destroying all equivocation on the starvation happening in Gaza. "Stop it, now! who even are we?"

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

Incredulous this morning that the main media concern re the MoD leak seems to be the number of Afghans coming in as a result - not that the lives of our allies, those who gave us crucial help on the inside, were put needlessly at risk by massive (Conservative) govt incompetence!

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story. The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

Gregg Wallace friends claiming his autism meant he couldn't wear tight clothing / underwear... didn't stop him on this episode of Shooting Stars back in the day...🤔🤢 youtube.com/watch?v=CDrA...

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

Typical authoritarian regime tactics. Get the population to inform on each other. There will always be some pathetic losers who will do it. DHS/ICE/CBP = Stasi / Gestapo of the MAGA Regime

The orange felon’s illegal bombing of Iran failed to destroy the nuclear facility that he said was obliterated. He literally lies about everything and what’s worse is that he put the entire United States in danger in order to make himself feel powerful. Monstrous dickhead.

He was humiliated on No Kings Day, so he bombed a country to self-soothe.

Librarians are both the custodians and conduits of vast repositories of knowledge #Libraries

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

And they say the Germans don't have a sense of humour.

Galling as ever to see BBC turn victory by Labour into limp only just “squeaked through on a thin margin” headline👇🏼 If Reform had won their headline would be “Reform continue to gather momentum with yet another win” Their right wing bias is paid for by licence payers & makes Reform seem powerful

Nigel Farage is to give up his £73,000 EU pension! Sorry - my mistake - he just wants to stop other people having a decent pension.

When you want Americans to be arrested for helping America's allies fight America's enemy, that can only mean one thing: You are one of America's enemies.

Labour should be tacking left a) because austerity is a morally and economically bankrupt policy and b) it's a sensible strategy for them electorally. Tory voters are heading for Reform far far more than Labour voters are.

The last Conservative government, in which Kemi Badenoch was happily a minister for most of her time in parliament, passed multiple laws restricting freedom of speech (especially online), assembly and protest – without any objection from her.

The second and third largest parties in Holyrood are the Tories and Labour. Yet the BBC excuses them from it's election candidates debate in favour of Reform. Which has no MSPs. Remarkable bias from the British national public broadcaster. www.thenational.scot/news/2519963...

@privateeyenews.bsky.social lookalike? Brandon Flowers (left) and Robert Jenrick. Would prefer never to have noticed this, but here we are. Separated at birth?

I... I want to tear my eyes out. Why am I seeing this? Is it me? Tell me it's not just me?

Stop. He has 5 MPs He polls the lowest of all leaders. He is unelected as leader - unlike all of his counterparts. He promises what he doesn't deliver . His credibility is what should be under scrutiny from all members of the media.

Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country. Otherwise, it’s just racism.