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Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.

A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers. "Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns." It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...

CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)

Mamdani is obviously a prodigious political talent; so charismatic he just turned Trump into a parasocial pal. Katie Wilson in Seattle seems like an interesting control group: Same basic agenda, but without being an electrifying campaigner. Still won. It's the message, not just the messenger.

Nobody in this country seems to know that immigrants, and in particular EU citizens in Britain contribute a lot more in taxes than take in public services. Whereas local Brits pay a lot fewer taxes than take in public services. Without immigrants, UK will be bankrupt.

Donald Trump left on two blue ticks after Zohran goes back to New York 😢

Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU

Has Nigel Farage or Zia Yusuf remembered who Nathan Gill is yet? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed. But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people. 1/8🧵

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes" "If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business" "And actually be a huge benefit to our society"

This stuff is honestly so far gone now, it would take a political generation to rebuild. And none of the incentives in British politics are taking us that way.

Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation. We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

“I am truly glad to have formed my point of view on culture and society at a time when there was a peer-based expectation of having values, and of holding each other to them.” - @anildash.com Yes! Sometimes worrying “what would my friends think if I did this?” is good. bsky.app/profile/anil...

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

There is absolutely clear and compelling evidence that X is in breach of its legal obligations in the UK, under both the Online Safety Act and the Equality Act, because This point landed well with the Women & Equalities Select Committee today

Ireland's media regulator has launched an investigation into X It has good reasons to suspect X is not meeting its legal obligations to run a legally compliant complaints system in Ireland. It is not giving users who report unlawful content the chance to appeal www.cnam.ie/coimisiun-na...

Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: "A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/

Saying Brexit harms our economy is quite an abstract statement. Let me make it real. Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need. 1/x

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

In amongst all of the commentary that Zohran Mamdani’s win is just good communication or campaigning, this piece from @anildash.com captures, for me at least, the real substance behind ZM’s victory. anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...

If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country. Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned. We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

“¿Señorías del PP, que es lo que tienen ustedes que esconder, por qué no quieren que se sepa cómo están funcionando los cribados de cáncer de mama (..) Será que Andalucía solo es la punta del iceberg de un escándalo mayúsculo nacional? Entregen los informes o nos vemos en los tribunales”

If R4 think Zohran’s policies are radical leftism they’re going to lose their shit when they hear about the NHS

The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime. It's simply untrue. Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs? What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation? The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.

Credit to Ed Davey for absolutely hammering that odious shit Farage in Parliament today.

UK must reform drug pricing to become life sciences superpower, says GSK boss. This is big pharma doublespeak. They want 25% hike in NHS drugs prices to boost their profits. Govt ready to capitulate. People will pay higher taxes, or forego treatment. Govt must manufacture generic drugs.

Powell: "Higher tariffs are pushing up prices in some categories of goods, resulting in higher overall inflation."

Ket man risk. on.ft.com/47tQ7T8

This is why pushback matters. When forced to actually defend racism they get into a muddle. (See also Tory ILR plans).

Grasping at straws: “Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him” - Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Privatisation was the experiment — and it’s failed. We have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege.” Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.

More of this please: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A story in three parts

"Sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did I get here—sitting in Saudi Arabia, listening to Louis C.K. do jokes about Barely Legal magazine?" I went to Riyadh to see the transformation of a country with the world's biggest cultural chequebook. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Labour Party have spent no time at all criticising Nigel Farage and Reform. When I took Reform on - Labour sat their silently. They're now spending their time attacking me and the Green Party. Lower bills. Tax billionaires. (And rebuild European alliances.) Join.greenparty.org.uk

This is a perfect episode of Song Exploder: A-ha - Take On Me songexploder.net/a-ha

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

We need a government that cares. One that tackles real issues and makes sure every child gets the opportunities they deserve. If the Government rolls back children’s rights and damages the SEND system, it will be yet another attack on the most vulnerable.