Coming to groundwater near you if Farage and Friends get their way #FrackOff

A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced the idea as “madness” and “extortion” North Northamptonshire is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday, in plans seen by PolHome @cjayanetti.bsky.social reports

Just tuned into #BBCQT How do people expect services to be paid for given that public services were underfunded by the Tories for 14 years? Spoiler alert. The Tories raised NI after running on a manifesto promise not to raise NI.

This is nice. Essentially a RAG chart for the Starmer government. He’s doing a lot better than the MSM would have you believe… https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/

A fascinating look at the things Vermeer owned, and very close to my own research on Italian artists (now just wishing I knew Dutch)

Stirling University, 8 November from 9:30-3:30 pm, GMT. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sath-confe... . Be there, and be enlightened.

@eicathomefinn.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US ambassador to UK now trying to dictate our energy policy! Need to drill more to prove ourselves good allies. Interesting that’s “diplomat” should interfere in UK politics.

Has farage made clear in his policy statement that he would be a PM for the rich, austerity on a scale the tories never dreamed of - so who will vote for that?? No NHS, no benefits, no road maintenance, no police, etc, if there is much reduced taxation then services go - the economics of tax cuts.

Richard Tice appears to have broken rank and suggested the triple lock is not safe under a Reform government So that’s young workers, welfare claimants and now the old all thrown under the bus in the space of about six hours #LBC

NB Farage campaigned for and still supports #Brexit #Brexit is the biggest self inflicted disaster this country has ever experienced. Farage is not fucking prudent about anything related to economics

Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut £90bn of taxes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Tories seem to have decided to have a day off for the Hillsborough Law second reading.

Nigel Farage‘s claim today that Reform will be the most pro-business party ever would be a lot more persuasive if there wasn‘t overwhelming evidence that populist parties are terrible for economies. Unless those business are disaster capitalists, he’s lying. www.ft.com/content/727d...

Breaking: Lettings agency takes blame in Rachel Reeves licence row Starmer appears to have escaped the huge political damage of potentially losing his chancellor... Via The Guardian #Reeves #Chancellor #Reeves What's your take on this?

Keir Starmer: "While Reform are focused on talking down our country, this Labour government is getting on with the mission of national renewal."

The Tories broke the economy. This Labour government is fixing it.

Keir Starmer: "Renewal means handing power back to people with skin in the game - people who know what their communities need most."

Massive win for our near neighbours and a crushing defeat for Reform and the Tories!

It's been talked about amongst the left, and left of centre but this has come from the Speaker of The House. X is a cesspit owned by a racist troublemaker billionaire who has called for the overthrow of the UK government on multiple occasions. No good person in politics should be anywhere near it.

youtu.be/DzCW8F4wBUA Nigel Farage Gets RATTLED Defending Pochin YouTube video by Bona Fide

Please help Mr Farage by not spreading this message from @ledbydonkeys.org about how he acquires a £Million+ a year from his many side hustles around the world when he should be representing his Clacton constants.

MIrage Farage

The reason why Farage will not remove the whip from Pochin - This time last year Farage was told he could not lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday because you need six MPs. Will he reinstate James McMurdock to get to six?

We all put in for PMQ weekly ballot - and if unsuccessful & have an urgent issue we can “bob” - that’s how it works. He knows that but he assumes that the public don’t. It makes me angry that Farage barely turns up for debates, takes little interest in most issues & then bleats he’s hard done by

Ahh, #BBCQT. Your reminder that the Tories pushed up government debt from £900 billion to £2.7 trillion, and raised inflation by 39%, so pardon me if I don’t give a shit about your complaints about Labour.

Tories Arrogance Incompetence

From the 3 mins clip: “We don’t exactly what these arms were or who the end-user was”… That’s because from Sept 2024 the UK Labour govt has had an arms embargo on anything that could be used by Israel in Gaza. NB: No embargo by Sunak before July 2024.

Kemi Badenoch wants to run the country, but can't even spell Britain correctly.

Oh dear. How sad. #ReformUK find that Kent county council are so well run that they can't make cuts and will have to put council tax up by 5%. That's a surprise to no one except Farage's crowd.

Jeez the Tories really are dead. Epochal shifts are rare - the clue is in the name - but this really feels like one. The key thing is what’s happening to their financial and institutional infrastructure, about which I have no clue, but it can’t be good.

@newyorkstateag.bsky.social 2 (or is it 3 but not counting rejected appeals) Drumpf 0

Oliver Cromwell, Peter Stent, first in 1642 & altered 1651. "Invictissimi Brittannarum archistrategi" (British Museum)

Full program for 2025-6 for the IHR Low Countries Seminar. All meetings both in person and online. To register for any session, go to www.history.ac.uk/seminars/low...

RECALL: this is the right-wing influencer who wrote the book about the left titled "Unhumans"

"My mother always says that Farage has two principal difficulties..." From our first podcast 'Is Welsh Politics on the Cusp of Chaos?' Lauren shares some top family insight about the leader of Reform UK.

Ian Hislop on Have I Got News for You @hignfy.bsky.social about the dilemma of Farage. “Do you address what he's saying, because it seems to be either wrong or in need of correction or dangerous or incitement or hypocritical or whatever…” + @privateeyenews.bsky.social looked into a few things.

Remember how #r4today made such a fuss about Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves receiving legitimate and declaring stuff? Will they notice this? #wato #bbcpm #bbcaq Tory chair accepted £2k hospitality from developer of HMOs for asylum seekers www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi... Just in case reform supporters not knowing the Reform party intended to scrap NHS...

#FarageBrexitBoats is trending! #PlasticPatriot is also trending as is #FarageRiots Farage is a c**t is not trending…..it’s just fact.

But this image will have a longer life!

just for reference, Swan Theft is a crime against the British crown because the King was presumed to own every swan in the land since before Henry VIII. By contrast, Farage and his do-nothing party of sleazes have defrauded the taxpayer by cosplaying as members of parliament.

Credit where its due for the BBC here highlighting Farage’s bullshit today. Nicely done, @vicderbyshire.bsky.social & @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social #Newsnight

Surely that's his agenda, crash the country. Destroy the NHS and sell it to big pharma. He's poison. #BrexitBrokeBritain and Farage engineered Brexit.

Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on #Corbyn #Sultana #yourpartyuk @thetimes - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Loved this! James O’Brien v Farage. Farage gets mauled as O’Brien shows what a hypocrite he really is! youtu.be/838XYZD5d9g?...

Across all ages, Reform UK and the Conservatives have increased their combined vote share by 8pts. Among the under 30s, they have only increased 5pts

Britain is now one of very few countries where Gen Z are firmly left-of-centre

What Gen am I in if I can never remember what Gen Z refers to?