This, it seems, is what the BBC had in mind when it drew up plans in March to alter “story selection” to win over Reform voters.

The Labour Party has a tradition of antiracism campaigning. It’s supposed to be in the party’s DNA. That they cannot say it’s just straightforwardly wrong to alarm families who choose Britain to live, work and raise children in is a total moral failure.

Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people. 🧵1/3

The government is stuck running a 20th century news operation – focused on traditional media – 25 years into the 21st century. But even worse, it’s even losing at that, not because of “comms” but because the government seemingly has absolutely nothing of its own to say.

Reform hold a press conference every Monday, for which they trail a policy announcement in that morning’s papers. Given Monday is a slow news day, that often means they lead the papers – and so the breakfast shows, and so they set the agenda for the week. It’s a good trick, but easy to counter!

"When our country faced one of its darkest hours, certain people in charge saw not a crisis, but an opportunity." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Absurd. How little does this Government care about the climate? Squeezing out 100k more flights a year won’t improve people’s daily lives. Investing in a growing green economy to lower bills, create high-paid jobs and cut deadly air pollution will! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The juxtaposition this morning of a report showing planned fossil fuel production through to 2030 is far in excess of that needed to stop warming spiralling above 2C and the UK government approving Gatwick expansion is quite the thing.

Exactly this. The UK Labour government can’t recognise the state of Palestines and leave it there. It requires action now to defend that state and their right to be. Starmer and Labour need to stop enabling the genocide and actively take steps against Israel to stop it. Otherwise, what’s the point?

We agree with Ed Davey. And we are working with lawyers on possible action against Elon Musk and/or X for terrorism act offences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

With the Lib Dems reportedly considering dropping opposition to ID cards, our most recent tracker poll found that 57% of Britons would support them, including 56% of Lib Dem voters yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

The US Dept of Justice has removed a report from its website showing that right-wing extremists have killed more Americans than any other domestic terrorist group. Deleting the report doesn’t change the facts: claims by the president and his allies that left-leaning Americans are more violent aren’

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Everyone has friends, neighbours, colleagues and people we rely on who Farage and Reform want to deport.

Yesterday in Brittany a woman was found dead in her car after she tried to drive on a flooded road through a heavy downpour and got trapped. 16,5000 out of 24,000 excess heat-related deaths in Europe this summer have been attributed to man-made climate change: it's unfolding right here, right now!

I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes.

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Anyhow I saw the best garden hedge in London today A+++ no regrets

You know you're 'cutting through' when the Telegraph is complaining about you

Bravo, Portugal. ✊ Joining France, UK, Canada & Australia who, in turn, now join about 75% of the UN's 193 member states which recognise Palestine. It's overwhelming. Now *DO SOMETHING* to protect this country we all recognise.

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People are starting to boycott Disney theme parks.

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"The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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When Dyson started espousing his Brexit bollocks I gave our Dyson hoover away and bought a Shark. He and his ilk are absolute cunts.

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From 1994-2018 Question Time was run by David Dimbleby. Then Fiona Bruce took over, and it died. #bbcqt

This guy.

Israel has declared Greta Thunberg a terrorist and plans to detain her indefinately in one of their torture camps if she dares to come near Israel in her Freedom Flotilla. Do you stand with Greta Thunberg against the monsterous Israel?

As fossil fuel power stations fade away their grid connections are cannibalised by renewables. Cheaper energy rises from the ashes. Map from The Economist infographics.economist.com/2025/2025082...

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I feel like this should pop up on everyone's computer screen or phone when they're about to start an argument online.

It’s at utter farce that such research is funded or even carried out when we can’t even effectively conserve many declining species on this diseased rock of ours. Leave what’s gone, gone. Use your research skills for something that’s actually going to make a positive difference to real problems.

Five cops were shot in Pennsylvania yesterday. Three died. Haven't heard a thing about if from the "back the blue" team that was so upset about last week's school shooting. Maybe it's because the shooter looked like this.

Towards the end of taking questions he joked: "Fly safely. You know why I say that? Because I'm on the flight ... otherwise I wouldn't care", to the Air Force One press as he is headed back to the U.S. from his second state trip to the U.K. That’s not a joke. It’s how a narcissist/sociopath thinks.

"The historic precedent of effective artist action during apartheid South Africa and the apartheid, war crimes and genocide now being committed by the state of Israel renders the No Music for Genocide campaign imperative." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

The UK spends proportionately less on HE than many comparable countries. And yet it has internationally excellent universities that yearly attract 100s of 1000s of students from around the world. Meanwhile, government treats the sector with a mix of indifference and hostility. I don't get it.

This is a disgrace they need to fire the person at the BBC who is charge of the News, they are clearly biased.

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I feel like this should be on some kind of loop.

This is misinformation, pure and simple, from Shabana Mahmood. To grant the injunction the judge had to decide whether the claim was vexatious and he decided that it wasn't. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...