Today is Falkner's last day at the EHRC and no matter who is replacing her, that's worth taking a moment to appreciate.

Important reading for anyone in Wales.

I adored his 69s/70s plays. In my early teens I would get the 68 bus from Croydon all the way to the Old Vic to see matinees, and buy the scripts to read on the way home.

I am unfeasibly cheered up by the thought that in two days time I can start opening my Bonne Maman advent calendar and this year it will be all weird and tasty jams rather than being interspersed with weird and healthy tisanes. Small pleasures are good.

So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get. Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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If he did this for free, as he claims, it makes him even more stupid than the ones that got paid.

Come meet the author and find out the (rather more complex) historical reality behind Oscar winner The Favourite on the 3rd. Historic lesbians and stroppy women who refuse to be erased from the historical record ftw.

There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?

If stories like this don't completely radicalise you against the very structure of our immigration system you're a fucking monster tbh

Truly it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to pay more tax on their dividends

Right-wing men love testosterone replacement therapy for when their hormones aren't quite reich

I just spent £800k on advertising in an attempt to distract attention from the fact that I was a teenage Nazi, one of my Reform mates was a Russian asset and I bought a house in a dodgy deal.

The power of Crufts compels you

A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

Ofcom has bowed to pressure... It has withdrawn its decision... It's 11 decisions... To refuse to investigate Talk TV over it's continued transphobic campaign. “Ofcom has decided, exceptionally, to withdraw the 11 decisions and to consider afresh" goodlawproject.org/talktv-ofcom...

🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history" 🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"

I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are

Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves "But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"

Just in time for World AIDS Day (which the US has pulled out of, in addition to wrecking the global AIDS response). #RFKJr is an AIDS denialist. Yes. A la Peter Duesberg. Thabo Mbeki. Just mind-boggling.

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Join us in Cardiff on 29th November for our World AIDS day editathon where we’ll be adding and updating Wikipedia articles about AIDS. Brand new and experienced editors welcome. For more information or to register visit tinyurl.com/ytb367hy

It seems that 'donations' from energy company lobbyists to MPs and Ministers is being repaid with interest via Marguerita Brunt Seymour

This Administration’s policies will spur millions of new infections and deaths from AIDS. Today’s announcement is simply to rub all of our noses in this. It is to say: we know what we’re doing; we don’t care. It is pure sadism. It’s a descent into barbarism once again.

Best understood, Labour's attack on juries, as a further lurch towards authoritarianism. Who, now, will stand in the way of a State that wants to imprison its opponents?

just to be safe, download this picture and send me back your username and password and i'll put you on the safe sender list so you don't get phished

The military not being the president’s Praetorian Guard is good news for Trump, actually. I'm pretty sure the Praetorian Guard would have deposed him already.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for

Most genocidal dictators never 'directly' killed countless innocent people, but we still consider them to be guilty.

Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Asylum seeker - who dislikes asylum seekers - seeks asylum in a country cracking down on asylum seekers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/09/germany-far-right-seibt-asylum/

Reform UK's entire representation in the Senedd faces suspension.

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country. Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

An Independent councillor who is chairman of a football club and says he wants to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Parliament was jailed for three and a half years for his involvement in a gang that grew cannabis plants worth £14m ✍️Martin Shipton

I love the comedy of Wes Streeting’s narcissism. Yeah, the most right wing member of the Cabinet, on a wafer thin majority in his constituency, is the guy to lead Labour and win back disenchanted progressive supporters and voters… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Labour FFS you have to take some positive decisions. Some investment in positive things. You’re just the delay for reform otherwise.

A group of powerful national journalists choosing to single out the healthcare of a vulnerable minority for a campaign of intense laser-like scrutiny would, in an humane society, be described as an insane radicalised pogrom. But on Normal Island, that's a Wednesday.

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

😮 Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China! The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more. www.focus.de/panorama/wel...

I'm not a fan of BBC News; since the death of Dr David Kelly in 2003, the corporation has been too cautious about opposing the govt that manages its funding. But the current political interference is anti-truth. Anyone who thinks it's pro-Gaza and pro-trans is deluded observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.

We seem to have collectively decided to disregard the fact that the US President, assisted by Elon Musk, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths, a number that will grow over time. But hey, "one trillion dollars" www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5