Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

Interesting from Sir John Curtice, the UKs top polling expert on Englands council election and the Reform surge

The words "I take responsibility" are not some magical incantation. Uttering them is not actually taking responsibility. "Taking responsibility" for Starmer must mean standing down, and letting someone else try to rescue something from the historic opportunity he was given in 2024 and has wasted.

England's election results are exposing a divided nation youtu.be/olftG8g-IDU?...

So far results looking bleak for Labour in the North East but overall not quite as bad nationally as some forecasts predicted. Reform gains largely in line with national poll share. Tories doing least badly in London. Greens making significant gains but not yet the big breakthrough some predicted

Groundhog Day. How utterly depressing that these dismal people get to fail us all over again. Big hand to the media for their starring role in this hellcycle of corruption, dishonesty and betrayal.

“Keir Starmer will stay the course” Defence Secretary John Healey tells Sky News

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

By now, 12 years after the referendum, Scotland could have been a successfully independent country in the EU, trading & engaging with rest of the world on equal terms, and governed by a coalition of new and old parties focussed on Scotland's welfare and future. Instead we're shackled to this . . ☹️☹️

Good. Grief. Only 1/3 count completed, but looking horrific. What are you doing, England? Hope Scotland's figures today show better sense. Otherwise miniMAGA UK here we come. #WeGottaGetOutaThisPlace

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

England moves to far right . Scotland needs out ASAP.

David Lammy: "We will have to pick up pace" The Labour right are going with the line that voters love demonising refugees, outsourcing, attacking disabled people, backing genocide & siding with the super rich & the profiteering utility companies, they just want it all faster

The UK is facing a ‘constitutional shock’ in key elections in Scotland and Wales this week that could see Sir Keir Starmer unseated as Prime Minister, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has warned

Here's Nigel Farage's "Tiktok guru" and adviser, Jack Anderton, telling GB News that he would be "worried" if the Jewish population was growing in the UK. When do we start seeing all the coverage about the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?

Again, this is not some random Reform activist, this is an established figure in Reform who was profiled in the press as a key person in Farage's operation

BREAKING: Police have made four arrests after a 'neo-Nazi-linked protest' tried and failed to target First Minister John Swinney

#Trump #Epstein #Netanyahu #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #Gaza

Lawyer and campaigner Aamer Anwar speaks on the rise of Islamophobia and racism in the UK 'The most dangerous problem we have in this country is young white men being radicalised by the far right'

Labour at their disgusting best trying to rip down a Green candidate who made a mistake as a youngster and totally turned their lives around.

But if Israel…surely the USA too?

If you've not voted yet you still have just over 5 hours left to vote. Do it. It'll only take you a few minutes and it's **important**. #SNP1SGP2 indyposterboy.scot/answer-to-sc...

Starmer under pressure: 'Many Labour MPs can’t see UK PM leading them into next general election' f24.my/BuMc.BS

A human rights group has called for the owner of Manchester City to be investigated for his links to the genocide in Sudan By @joejglenton.bsky.social

Establishment media are desperate to catch @zackpolanski.bsky.social out but he's correct - no state has a 'right' to exist; only humans have a right to exist

Across Scotland, National readers have the opportunity to elect the biggest pro-independence majority our Parliament has ever seen and to halt the hateful and racist politics of Reform UK and their wealthy friends, writes Gillian Mackay✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...

Remember when you vote, white liberals: Shabana Mahmood told you to "fuck off". Thanks to @blayneydeborah.bsky.social for the reminder.

This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.

Reform's Matt Goodwin is a far-right gobshite with a history of schmoozing the establishment dinner circuit, so this gig is perfect for him By @willem-moore.bsky.social

Referendum promises broken by the Better Together 1. The Vow 2. EU membership 3. Pensions safer in UK 4. The pound 5. Investors 6. NHS privatisation 7. Peterhead carbon capture 8. Renewable energy subsidies 9. Lost jobs 10. Defence. They will keep doing it again and again See less

Hilarious video that shows none of the Reform voters know any of Reform's policies.

After my initial excitement at this headline I saw this “Starmer will stick to his 'red lines' - that UK will not rejoin single market or customs union, or return to free movement of people”

The surge of the Green party has emphasised an iron rule of British politics: those on the left cannot be treated as legitimate political actors. A case in point came at the weekend, when the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, was interviewed by Trevor Phillips, who barely concealed his contempt.

Today is the day for we in Cymru - and our friends in Scotland - to vote as if we live in the early days of a better nation. A nation whose best days are yet to come, if we take the chance. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland- remember to to GET YOUR VOTE OUT! Scots DONT need any special ID. And don't vote fash by mistake ( that Independent Green Voice is a bunch of actual out and put fascists who use the name to fool people because they know that their own sad little

Labour deletes smear against Green candidate after police involved www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Yes, Scotland DOES need change. Change away from Westminster politics, Change away from unionist parties who are holding Scotland back from realising our full potential of being an Independent nation who could take our seat #AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #VoteForIndependence

Everything you need to know on election day in 60 seconds, with our Digital Editor Laura Pollock 🗳️ Polls are now open until 10pm and you do not need ID to vote 🚨

Arguably the most untrustworthy party in Scottish politics. The other 3 unionist parties are upfront with their SNP bad agenda but the Scottish LibDems are utterly slippery & disingenuous, all things to all people, who get voted in not on the strength of their policies but on being not Lab or Con!

Whoever you vote for today remember: Labour came to power in 2024 with an enormous majority promising change, then scraped and bowed to the worst people in the country, and pitch-rolled for Reform. They had a chance to change Britain for the better and flushed it down the toilet. So vote for hope.

Labour deserve 3rd or 4th place. They have attacked SNP much more than Reform. Its like #bettertogether all over again. This is Indy V Union weather you like it or not and, every election will remaine the sametill we get out of this shambolick UK. #votesnp

The beautiful River Coe, Scottish Highlands💙😍

Who loves this place???? A little bit gloomy. Isle of Skye , Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

OK. Tea and toast, then off out to vote. Let's make it a good one, everybody. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2 indyposterboy.scot/triple-whammy/

Higher bills, NHS changes and your rights removed: Here's what Reform will really mean for you - The Mirror apple.news/ALQLGKeKEQYG...

You either want to end Tory austerity or you are quite happy to continue with it. Either way it won't end by voting for a unionist party in Scotland because they have to do what London tells them to do. The only way to stop it is to vote for INDEPENDENCE parties at Holyrood. #AreYouYesYet

My final blog piece before the Scottish Parliament election. With polling pointing to an SNP victory and a record pro-independence majority, the British media in Scotland is getting its excuses in early. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/t...

Scots are being urged to 'slam shut' the door on Reform UK in Thursday’s Holyrood election – with SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn insisting Nigel Farage is 'dangerous'

'The last two reviews of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended in failure to reach any agreement at all. A third failure would be disastrous for the one remaining treaty that attempts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.' Timmon Wallis, CND, via The National archive.is/O8Wnj

NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...