🚨 Systematic looting by greedy shareholders and kleptocratic senior management while building no reservoirs in 30 years; how the privatised water companies have reduced us to almost perma-drought conditions. Public ownership is the only viable solution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."

I’m so upset with our govt. A 3 line whip (😮) to stop a brick being put into new buildings. Please don’t let the swifts die

Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.

Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.

My massive inner child loves that the baddest word there is (apparently) is now so commonplace it was on HIGNFY last night. The adult in me is sad we now all use it on the daily

Don’t know if I feel better or worse for going over there and swearing a lot. It’s so depressing how loud those voices are. Waa waa waa. Sorry but who’s the snowflake here?

Just telling the racists to eff off now. Damn I hate that I’ve been dragged down to that level but it does feel kind of good to hop in their - call them all wankers - and then leave again. Sometimes you just have to vent.

As of today (by my count) Sen. Blumenthal has sent letters to all 43 donors to Trump's ballroom project who were previously anonymous but now public—plus 3 firms contracted by the White House—seeking info on the terms of contributions and why they were not previously disclosed

This is an excellent idea!!!

▪️ If it's an immigrant... "See!" ▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)... "See! Next generation of immigrants!" ▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name... "See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"

Gotta say that if I saw a woman hold my partner in this way I would be righteously indignant. Quite how Usha is managing to keep a smile on her face through this is astonishing

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation. Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs. Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.

This shit IS coming for for the UK (and the rest of Europe) if Reform and the rest of the far right keep being platformed. I miss the days of old conservatism. Exceptionalist isolationist politics never works out for ordinary people

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

Lily Allen stayed quiet for 2yrs then did the best mike drop in the history of bu-bye. I ❤️ her with every fibre of my Lily Stan being. Give me tickets to that tour or I might die of melodrama

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

Good grief - the Elon algorithm is really gunning for ‘aunties’ today. Lack of social village is a construct and consequence of capitalism and generally mostly felt by the white demographic. The ones who are isolated because they moved for work and separated from fam. This is Yr7 social studies

With all the milestones, how extraordinary this is can get lost! Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members. That's +26,000 members in the last week. Hope is feeling normal again....

Mick and now Eddie have done exactly what their jobs were and frankly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ❤️❤️❤️

Never, and I mean NEVER let a Tory ever claim again they are fiscally responsible and safe at managing public money. Time & again they have been proven to waste billions of public money without a 2nd thought. Latest is the inadequacies in the contracts asylum seeker temporary accommodation.

TwatterX - making racism safe again

I’m really concerned for the nhs. So much of it is held up by our extremely diverse workforce and they are being made to feel unwanted. No one wants to look after Grandma then they sneer at those who do. This is not going to end wel

Pretty sure this isn’t news to most of the people I follow, but do share. I worked in a lot of healthcare areas over those 3 years and the mismanagement was appalling. As a nurse with a business background - was hard to watch & be part of

Stuff like this: “The report found that the use of hotels grew because the deal handed to three companies responsible for providing asylum accommodation state that they can keep up to 5% of the cost.“ It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that this incentivises high cost v low cost accom

Worth noting that Jenrick - a solicitor - was a minister for housing, communities and local Gov from July 2019 to Sept 2022 (Johnson PM) …and for Immigration Oct 2022 - Dec 2023 (Sunak PM) so what did he do to prepare accommodation for asylum seekers and tackle the contract oversight problems?

Catching up on Slow Horses and just want to put out there that I recognise the irony of filming a ‘Britain first’ rally in Conway Hall (the ethical society) because I want to show off how cool and interesting I used to be (still a ranty socialist - just not so cool or interesting)

Very good from @bearlypolitics.co.uk on Tory MP Katie Lam's immigration bill. It removes human rights from those legally in the UK & can deport them for not earning enough. The right is sending up this ballloon to normalise taking YOUR rights away. Be afraid. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/they-will-...

Absolutely no one spends $350 million on a remodel to a house they plan on leaving in three years. No one!!!

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

Cuomo thinks he won.

BREAKING: Rep. Sara Jacobs TORCHES her Republicans colleague for defending Trump’s shutdown: “The government’s closed, families can’t afford healthcare - and the White House is negotiating by AI meme videos.” The only thing still working in this administration is the Wi-Fi.

The uneducated, who are basically upset that people think they’re uneducated, getting kicked off a basic course for being uneducated, then blaming brown people for their not putting any effort into getting educated

Oh no how sad.

I love how people like Liz seem to think that justifying their bigotry and overt xenophobia through dodgy stats and pseudo-intellectual ramblings make them seem less bigoted and xenophobic. (It really, really doesn’t).

Anna Turley MP, Labour Party Chair condemns Tories like Katie Lam wanting to deport legally settled people, No doubt for some on here, it wasn’t quick enough, wasn’t detailed enough, wasn’t strong enough, wasn’t good enough.

The rhetoric from the tories is now decidedly fascist. I had never heard of Lam before this week and now here we are with ‘deport people who aren’t the right shade of pale or don’t worship the male sky fairy in the right way’

The russian army struck a kindergarten in Kharkiv. One person was killed and 7 others were injured. As of now, all children have been evacuated from the kindergarten. Help protect Ukrainians from russian terror. u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

I ❤️ Derek 👇🏼

Israel bombed Gaza today killing dozens of Palestinians, claiming Hamas violated the ceasefire (despite reports Israel ran over an unexploded IED themselves)… and Trump appears to have no idea it happened.

So Biden got 135 hostages released and Trump got 20! Good on both of them, as long as Trump "ceasefire" stays in effect! I thought I saw/heard something tonight about that not being true? I SURE COULD BE MISTAKEN and hope I am!

Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

I am so gobsmacked that a leader of a country would post this. I’m guessing everyone saw his diarrhoea plane posting too. What on earth is wrong with ‘them’? The school bullies are running the country. Grim

not much to argue about on this one, I guess