People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children. This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Well colour me surprised will ya 😱

This is Starmer normalising departure from the ECHR—that’s not his argument, but his take will give Farage the space he needs to push that. Starmer would do well to remember what happened when Cameron normalised the idea of an EU referendum and gave Farage that space ... www.bbc.com/news/article...

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Have you ever heard of GUGI? Russia’s directorate of deep sea “research”? Military Unit 40056 I hadn’t, but I have been aware of the threat of aggression by cutting of undersea cables. There has been a resurgence of activity of GUGI - including over areas where UK-US intelligence cables lie

TPfT 2.0 That’ll work.

Tanja says it all for me, always has done since the first time I noticed during the Brexit debate (sic) until now. As I have said recently the inhumanity of labour’s position is staggering and my red line. I’m not sure of what to do next but it certainly will not be to comply in advance.

Superb thread. "Anti-immigration policies constitute a *double negative* - they prevent addressing the real issues by providing the wrong focus and they likely make the real issue worse." ~AA

Burnham at fringe #Lab25 event: "Look at the last decade we've had. Shouldn't we start calling out the disaster that #Brexit has been, more directly? They are the people who took us down this path. That's their doing. And we've got to absolutely hold them accountable for that." ~AA

As heroic Moldovans ignored threats of violence and huge financial inducements to vote for being European, one of Farage’s closest political allies pleads guilty to taking Kremlin money for political interference. A reminder of what is at stake.

This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest. @peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring… www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

This government wants to reintroduce disastrous PFI in our NHS. We've already had 24 MPs sign our pledge to ensure the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded. But it should be way more than that because this was a manifesto pledge! Tag your Labour MP in the comments below.

There has been some confusion regarding PPDA 6 seats in 🇲🇩 election. They used the EU flag in their logo, nominally said they were pro-EU but they were completely backed by Russian troll farms, their financing is shady and they got millions of engagements out of nowhere from Tik Tok 🧵 1/

Every single one of the former Soviet republics would rather sink into the Earth's core than be annexed by the Russian Federation. Yet here we are, on the brink of electing Nigel Farage, Putin's towel boy.

Delegates arriving in Liverpool for Labour conference this week will be greeted by the message: “Just tax billionaires you absolute numpty.” The billboard on St Anne Street has been unveiled by campaign group Everyone Hates Elon to demand "Labour finally commits to fair taxation of the super rich."

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social would do well to do realise that mutual mobility helps British people too in so many different ways. Any steps closer to Freedom of Movement would be progress. Not more steps in the other direction.

European Ryder Cup Team: Are you watching Donald Trump? Donald Trump: Yes, I am. Congratulations! (mutters) Despatch ICE to their location

This is a red line for me. Along with all the others ffs. A decade of uncertainty and a requirement to ‘contribute’ measured by who? This is indentured slavery by any other name. It’s inhumane it’s abhorrent in every aspect, it shows little or no understanding of the meaning of life. #NotInMyName

Nescio Bridge in Amsterdam allows people to cycle over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal to the new housing distrcit IJburg. It cost €16.5m and was designed by British architects. The garden bridge in London cost £43m and was never built. The Thames cable car cost £60m. Silvertown tunnel was £2.2 billion.

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Anti-racist demonstrators blocking Tommy Robinson’s fascists from marching through the centre of Newcastle - successfully so far But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right

Reform UK’s Danny Kruger is a liar, and is putting out dangerous language like this. There’s no evidence supporting this. Comments like this lead to at best division and at worst violence against Muslims.

If, like us, you're frustrated with vapid MSM never tackling the real issues with authentic voices - - then do back the Bylines Network to bring a new type of grassroots media into the landscape, with 300,000-400,000 article reads & millions of social media + search engine impressions each month.

Adviser to UK minister claimed AI firms would never have to compensate creatives

In case you missed it ... The Brexit ref was neither fair nor democratic. Non-UK citizens from Ireland or the Commonwealth could vote in the ref if they lived in Britain. Yet EU citizens who were long-time residents in the UK and UK citizens who were long-time residents in the EU were denied a vote.

Outsourcing critical IT services on the basis of cost savings is nearly always a disaster. JLR may be too big to be allowed to fail but they need to be made to pay and at the individual level as well as the corporate. doublepulsar.com/the-elephant...

“End this 73 year scandal” Alan Owen Labrats campaign #BBCBreakfast were joined by 8 victims of the British nuclear tests in the 1950s, who are demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer The nuked blood scandal is one of the greatest injustices of our time

The thing is, those who oppose #FloatingBusStops will continue to do so whatever the design guidance says. Meanwhile, not a word about how most side road junctions are hard to cross for many people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

Reform are filth. They represent hatred, extremism, ignorance and irresponsibility. They'd make us a wretched vicious hateful little island. If people don't stand up to this, they won't stand up to anything.

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

💯. Progressives have to stop franchising out their consciences to the courts. Politics is about moral choices. The problem with Reform's proposal isn't that "the courts won't allow it". It's that it's grotesque and inhuman. If we're democrats, we must believe that this argument can be won.

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money". Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions. Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Newcastle and Gateshead need strategic, place-based leadership focused on delivery - on the ground, in the city, and in the real projects that will shape the future of the region | Nick Kemp

Deep sigh... Okay, for those at the back who missed out on the whole fact that asylum seekers and other migrants already have arduous ID checks, or that, by the very nature of people being undocumented additional, id's are irrelevant in this context. 1/3 www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/star...

No longer funny. The crackdown on free speech in US is deadly serious, and emulates other authoritarian regimes. Great piece here. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I think this is as relevant as it ever was. Oatmeal on religion theoatmeal.com/comics/relig...

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

TREK BATH IS THE BEST BIKE SHOP IN THE WORLD. Claire recognised my bike on the way in to work and said “that’s not meant to be there” and TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP!! They called me and refused any sort of finders fee. I do not deserve people like this.

Sounds like the guy who allegedly had a tractor battery wired up to his garden shed handle that would deliver a sharp shock to someone who didn't know where the kill switch was. Fairly sure you'd do time if you electrocuted someone. Blasting cap is a neat idea. You'd shit yourself for certain.

BILLY ELLIOT 2 (2028) -Da, I wanna be an offshore welder -No son o' mine is gonna weld! Look, lad, just study finite element modelling. It's not fancy, but it's an honest life -It's over, da. Keir Thatcher's closin' all t'unis -You'll feel different once your first grant-- -THERE ARE NO GRANTS!

Let me be clear. When I am out on my Road bike and I am exercising, I wear a helmet because the speed that I’m going plays a part. However, if I am riding to the shops on my 3m long cargo bike, I am not dressing for battle. If you can’t see that, no helmet is going to save me.

Thank you all very much for participating in our Campaign Wave tonight! I would also like to thank all other members of Team #FBPE who helped with the preparations and posted texts. It was wonderful to come together and speak out for the same cause: #BanTrumpNow #TrumpNotWelcome Till next time!

Striesland effect in full flow… please share far and wide.

They won't stifle our protests. Join in the #FBPE & #FBR Campaign Wave (aka Twitter Storm), if you can, please. It begins in about an hour or so. Time: 20-22 CET/19-21 BST/11-13 PST Our hashtags: #TrumpNotWelcome #BanTrumpNow Join us and make clear why he is not welcome!

This is the best yet 😹😹😹

And some more. #TrumpNotWelcome #BanTrumpNow