Get rid of peak travels times entirely it’s a tax on people who need to get to work.

Is a brutally honest revaluation of why Labour won in 2024 necessary to revive its fortunes? Great weekend read by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

They noticed!

Tea for the win

Trump sub bottom confirmed

This is something I had wanted to write for ages, but 10 years on from the Brexit vote made the most sense. What would Britain still inside the EU look like? Incredibly powerful, is the answer. www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-t...

Today is the Day of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. We honor those who gave their lives so that we could live as a free nation. ​In February 2014, when it became clear that the Revolution of Dignity would prevail, Putin and Yanukovych orchestrated a brutal massacre in

Scenes from Trump's visit to the steel mill

So faced with a winnable election in a previously safe Labour seat Nigel Farage picked: - A Tommy Robinson-backed oddball, with a history of racism and alleged sexual harassment - A holocaust-denying campaign manager who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman" Reform is not a serious operation

The Supreme Court:

The question may not be "why are British students taking so many useless degrees?" so much as "why can't the British economy generate enough graduate vacancies?"

The British right buggering about on Diego Garcia are acting against some pretty major strategic interests. Some of them don't know that. Some know and just don't care.

Dan's work mate came round this morning with her six year old son. He asked me if I was a grown up. I am certified youthful TM from a reliable source.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Literally Liverpool tonight . So fucking weird .

"Had Brexit not happened, the modern politics of Europe and the wider world would have left London as potentially the most important capital on the continent." www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-t...

Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

The USA men's curling uniform is so preppy it makes me wanna vom

How many white working class have lost out because they were white and working class, and how many have got jobs because they were Black, gay, etc.? I suspect it’s close to zero. It’s a useful grievance myth. The irony is that he is almost certainly where he is in Reform because of his ethnicity.

Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy. A masterclass in quality journalism.

We do have an issue with white working class children. It’s not that they aren’t being appointed because they are white or working class; it’s about low ambition and aspiration. It’s generational. I see it every day. Reform and others are tapping into that and exploiting it. Look over there.

And we did with a cracking last shot

Come on girls, beat these Yanks #curling

I know it can seem like a silly comment from Farage when he dismisses and belittles journalists, but look at the US right now and remember that's where Trump started. Respect for truth and accountability should be paramount.

Seriously who is doing this? Take their internet away.

Billionaires are so dumb?

I can't believe that even our President has to spell it out, but pressure must be applied to the aggressor, not the victim.

A reminder to UK broadcasters, just because Reform UK are holding a press conference, it does not mean you need to dedicate so much of your day’s news to it

You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different? Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long". Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years. Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from comments made by the Reform UK's Gorton and Denton candidate after he suggested those without children should be taxed in a bid to tackle falling birth rates www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...

Trumpian nonsense

Scrapping equality law could trigger EU trade retaliation - as this would breach the standstill clause on equality and employment law under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (As regards Northern Ireland, it also would breach the withdrawal agreement)

We need to confront people with these things. Voting for Reform is a vote for discrimination, division, and hate.

Oh I take it back, Suella Braverman is there now

Not sure people will love these announcements

The only thing worse than seeing Farage on the TV in the morning is seeing Jenrick as well

My column in today's paper: on banning the under-16s from social media, the trade-offs and assumptions that the ban makes:

The only question worth asking at these incredibly flash Reform press conferences that take place every week now, is who is paying for all of this and what do they want in return bsky.app/profile/pete...

Employment rates for non-EU born are now *above* those for the UK born. Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points. A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years. Something government should celebrate..

Only 46% of Brits now identify as Christian according to the last census.

“Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed. It has entered the “death zone” — surviving by consuming its own future. Growth at 1%. Budget deficit rising. Military sector expands while civilian industry shrinks. Interest payments > education + healthcare. No climber survives this altitude forever.”

I don't think keeping an eye on British politics and fixing my mental health are compatible at the moment. Good grief - I'm going to bet the incentives benefit male partners and penalties fall on the women.

Great proposal this. Continues to be incredibly funny and incredibly stupid that for years we've *banned* bus and rail operators "colluding" to make their timetables integrate with each other.

My broad view is that fascism is the politics of nilhism and, well, these guys are proving that the case.

I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.

As Clare Balding just pointed out on BBC Two, this is the first time Team GB has won three gold medals at the same Winter Olympics.

I plead to those like them to just not vote for Reform

I have in the past suggested that "find out now" is not a reliable polling source. May I politely now out right state anyone trusting it is a bloody idiot. Majority of voters won't even know who Lowe is or that he has even set up a party at this stage.

Latest in the series of “literally every poll question you can think of shows how dumb and fatally flawed the strategy that the McSweeneyites have pursued is”.

Feel like there might have been some drama on the Canadian curling team. Zero communication in this morning's game with GB.