Like father, like son. In so many ways.

So the first day of getting his old age pension. Just when we thought the State had finally stopped paying for him.

Grim. One can only imagine what passes for ‘banter’ or ‘locker room talk’ when these ghouls converse in private.

At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?

#ITVYouthTracker EU referendum voting intention for 16-25 year olds ✅🇪🇺 Join the EU: 83% ❌🇪🇺 Stay out of the EU: 17% Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that “we are overthrowing May right now” as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office #AdamBienkov #PeterJukes #BylineTimes bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

"We need a new settlement between the British people and Westminster." @billybragg.bsky.social is on point here 💯🔥 Fixing the deep crises that our country is facing starts with giving people agency - a system where their voices are truly heard. It's called Proportional Representation.

Ironic the Welsh have rightly been so committed to speaking the Welsh language, having signs in them etc.. And yet there’s plenty who’d vote for Reform which hates anything other than English being used 🤦🏼‍♂️ It’d be like a Muslim in Medieval Jerusalem saying “well actually I backing the Crusaders”❗️🙄

Billy Bragg explains why he's supporting The Green Party "To get to a place where we have affordable housing, affordable energy, affordable transport - we need a new settlement between the British people and Westminster" And calls for proportional representation

The UK was declared measles free in 2017. Vaccine programs completely eliminated it. Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.

Green MP Ellie Chowns @elliechowns.bsky.social challenged the thrust of #Reform’s entire game on BBC Question Time. “It’s #inequality” #VoteGreen in #Gorton&Denton #VoteHannahSpencer #JoinGreenParty> join.greenparty.org.uk www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

This ruling shows that proscribing Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws. Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money on suppressing civil liberties.

By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe. Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather

Excuse me, what kind of utter horseshite is that? So aside from the usual hollow - one fits all - soundbites, what does Starmer actually plan to deliver? The 🇬🇧 UK is stuck economically, politically and strategically. Empty promises won’t fix that.

Three more years is way too long for most people. As a Canadian with relatives in the United States, I want to see the Trump administration impeached and prosecuted. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... #palantir #stoppalantir

Who can blame him? https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-councillor-in-sunderland-quits-just-76-days-after-being-elected/

Dear Gorton & Denton, Something you might want to hear...

Trevor Philips, "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for the things that they say" Zack Polanski, "We're spiralling down that road. 2,700 arrested for opposing a genocide"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Whenever Farage says jump, [Labour] say how high. You will never appease the right by doing that. They will just get more and more extreme" Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.

Phillips "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for things they say" @zackpolanski.bsky.social points out 2,700 people have been arrested for holding signs And well done to Zack for challenging Phillips smear that 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic

'... 60% of donations received by Mr Streeting since 2015 have come from private healthcare companies or those with financial interests in the sector' "Streeting urged to release messages with private healthcare-linked donors" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #SocialistSunday @weownit.org.uk

Calling all socialist in Manchester If you want to stop Reform Ltd in Gorton & Denton canvass, leaflet, support, vote for Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer #SocialistSunday "Ellie Chowns wins applause on BBC QT, exposing Reform UK immigration myths" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Keir Starmer: “We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore. Because we know that, in dangerous times, we would not take control by turning inward — we would surrender it. And I won’t let that happen." https://www.ft.com/content/beee83f7-6e88-4e49-87c4-802d9dff9053

Well said! @elliechowns.bsky.social: "Reform, and before it the Brexit Party, and before it UKIP have been busy for many years fomenting his idea that immigration is the problem in this country. "It's completely untrue."

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining. This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.

This morning I posted our petition to get Palantir out of our NHS and our public services. Over 40,000 people have now signed it - thank you. Please do keep sharing! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Trump has some of the lowest approval ratings for a president in decades. Why would Gallup suddenly stop tracking presidential approval rates? 🤔 https://newrepublic.com/post/206495/gallup-ends-presidential-approval-polls-trump

You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes

In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax. In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax. That says it all.

It's depressing that ministers ever thought this was proportionate, and disgusting that they haven't immediately accepted the judgement. I expected such levels of knee-jerk stupidity from Braverman. But we voted Labour because we wanted better. Be better. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

BBC Verify fact-checked Farage’s claim that a million people in UK don’t speak English, he claimed came from the last census It’s utter BS.. 161,000 in England & Wales “could not speak English at all” -circa 0.3% of the population No surprise Chris Mason didn’t challenge him on it in an interview🙄

Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company. Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.

High Court rules that you can't pretend retired vicars and disabled people are terrorists! open.substack.com/pub/councile...

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Labour front benchers scratch their heads and wonder why their base has collapsed, why so many people are disillusioned, frustrated, furious. I mean, what is it about pissing on every value and principle your party once upheld that alienates the electorate? Beats me. 🤔

They promised not to raise the council tax. Now they did. This is what Reform UK in government looks like. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/reform-uk-kent-council-extreme-risk-pass-first-budget

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

I guess the point is that when the BBC has an official statement from Russia, or Iran, or North Korea, they are (rightly) sceptical of the 'official' line. It feels like they haven't yet fully adjusted to the fact that the official US line is now equally unreliable.

Why the fuck are we bailing out Jim Ratcliffe’s business? £120 million. He’s worth £17 BILLION This is the man complaining that immigrants (wrongly) are costing this country??

"I can't be bought" Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.

If, as is likely, the Republic of Ireland are forced to play against Israel in the Nations League in Dublin, then not a single Irish fan should go. Send a message to both UEFA and the Irish government - if you insist, we will boycott. Pass the Occupied Territories Bill. Now.

This brave woman speaks for millions of British people. Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.

🚨BREAKING: The new Representation of the People Bill is here. The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented. 60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post. Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️

Just going to leave this here

Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social

Peter Thiel, the talk: "I’m sort of always in favor of maximal free speech." Palantir, the walk: sues Republik Magazine after it publishes an investigation into Palantir's activities in Switzerland.

"I have a hunch more Brits would say they prefer people, immigrants or not, who pay their taxes, rather than billionaires who bugger off to Monaco and don’t," says Emily Maitlis. Jim Ratcliffe, she adds, is "out of his depth" with his 'colonisation' claims www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...