At least Starmer's Labour are consistent picking a professional privatiser as their candidate for Gorton and Denton meme via Stuart Waterman #SocialistSunday

So Kemi Badenoch says about China “we should not be relying on an authoritarian power that does not share our values’’ Erm, does she mean Tories when she says ‘’our’’ or the UK’s values? Anyone now what she’s said about Trump and his public executions of US citizens?

Reform UK doesn’t do democracy. Leader: unelected Board: 3/7 elected (one is leader with deciding vote) Candidates: selected, and approved centrally, not elected Chair / Deputy: unelected Policies: undebated, unvoted The example of Zia Yusuf shows that money buys positions.

BBC News - Greens take Reform UK seat in first of its kind win in Derbyshire - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester. We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote. A new Green MP representing the community. Let's go! Join.greenparty.org.uk

It feels wrong that an MP can get elected on one platform and then just... swap? 🤷‍♀️ I’ve signed this to demand a by-election when MPs cross the floor. Let's make sure our votes actually count. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

The #NHS faces the worst crisis in its 80-year history. This is result of deliberate #Tory under-funding (now continuing under #Labour) that’s seen the NHS undermined & at risk of collapse paving the way for further #privatisation JoinGreens join.greenparty.org.uk greenparty.org.uk/about/our-ma...

Everyone wants a life that can move forward. But right now, thousands of people up and down the UK are forced to wait 10 years for the right to permanently stay in the place they already call home. Scrap the Barriers. Join me and sign the petition now. act.praxis.org.uk/scrap-the-ba...

You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

The UK cannot build our security on unpredictability - our safest and most stable path forward lies with our European neighbours. Full statement is linked below.

Keir Starmer refuses to criticise President Trump But he does criticise 'angry social media posts" Twice he mentions respecting international law, yet still not a peep about Trump repeatedly breaking international law Keir Starmer talks about leadership, but he reflects cowardice

Excellent graphic showing exactly what’s at play here.

Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Tariffs it is then.

Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS. Why are you voting for Farage?

@rory-stewart.bsky.social any thoughts on Zahawi joining Reform, or are you saving it for the podcast!

EU wants ‘Farage clause’ in #Brexit ‘reset’ talks with UK Move would mean Brussels would receive compensation if future government reneged on deal Starmer is negotiating www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Do you want to start the new year off by doing something positive? - Think of the three worst people you know, then buy them this 📕 below. The main “characters” are apparently SO jaw-droppingly awful and entitled, that it’s guaranteed that they’ll make anyone look good.

“Wait! What?” Every First Nation/Native American when they hear this gem from Trump👇🏼

243 years since the American revolution ended and a British dictator’s hold over American citizens ended. Shame they’ve decided to embrace a new dictator after all those years. It would have been nice for them to get to celebrate 250 Years of Independence.

Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same. Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Hey Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, Beruit called and they’d like their Santa Fe back please #MusicSky

If I knew how to use photoshop, I’d design an image littered with images of Farage and one hidden @zackpolanski.bsky.social You know, like Where’s Wally, I’m thinking as a metaphor for the MSM exposure Zack gets proportionate to that racist wide mouth frog. @greenparty.org.uk deserve more coverage

Will crying into the internet stop Putin, Trump, or Netanyahu? No it will not. A strong united Europe would at least have a voice. Yet another consequence of Brexit.

Molly has discovered dragon combat can be a bit tricksy @joe-hill.bsky.social would admire her skills though. #KingSorrow is a cracking read too.

Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! #NotOnePenny #BBC 38d.gs/2auv

#NotOnePenny #BBC Help keep the Orange Shitgibbon at bay! 38d.gs/dhdu

Sounds about right. He’s like a reverse Midas where everything he touches turns to shit.

Imagine how cold and dead you’d have to be inside to think this could land well with anyone with an ounce of common decency. #Trump #Narcissist

Bit of a heads up for Royal Mail: now I’m not a logistics expert but Christmas looks like it will happen every year, ditto Black Friday. So you might want to consider gearing up for it. You know? extra staff and transport capacity. Just a thought. ‘48 Hour’ service now several days late.

Bang on! Mid Yorks BHS Trust is still paying through the nose for their new hospitals from PFI 1.0 as far as I can tell. Another dose of PFI would be a disaster.

Nice comment about the debt burden and payment of interest from Rachel Reeves. I hope they remember that and scrap PFI 2.0. #Budget

🚨 PFI was scrapped for a reason. Yet tomorrow's budget may confirm the revival of private partnerships in the NHS. The evidence is damning: 💷 Cost taxpayers billions 🏥Hospitals too small with dangerous flaws ⚠️Public left with risk Here's more on why PFI failed👇 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...

You can see why the BBC are being ‘cautious’ in light of the Panorama backlash from Trump. However, the BBC should be braver; it should not bend to Trump’s threats when he holds no legal powers over it in its home domain.

You entered a dance contest pick your partner

Greasy Gove on BBC Radio 4’s Today, talking about the findings of the Covid Inquiry (covid19.public-inquiry.uk) telling us how Johnson wrestled with decisions. I don’t remember him wrestling, I remember this 👇🏼

I suppose it depends if you’re pro or anti-Trump, but from where I’m standing it looks like he does a pretty good job of defamation of his own character.

'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.' h/t @cocacolakid

I’d say “just how low can he go?” but I reckon Trump isn’t even trying. This sort of shit is just him getting warmed up.

We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…

The right wing approach now is to put me in a box with an incredibly successful politician who just won a stunning victory. This is Pure Cope Exhibit A Join.greenparty.org.uk

If we insisted on same day hair appts many of us would be disappointed. But do GP surgeries need to offer same day? If there's a UTC isn't that where we should go? I'm struggling to think of anything that might need 'same day' that isn't catered for in a UTC except maybe gynae.

A percentage of UK asylum seamers claim to be under 18 because if they are deemed to be an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) they qualify for support and education that an adult does not. Rather than the £9 a week an adult gets, UASCs get housed by the local council.

Tree of The Day with Molly dog photobombing! 🌱

If it will shut the orange shit-gibbon up, I’ll gladly stump up $10 by way of compensation for any harm done by @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Panorama’s dodgy editing of speech (which arguably was actually inciting violence). Not sure about US prices but surely that would get him a Big Mac?

So true, needless deaths with people already dying from Measles as an example. Sadly my trust levels in Streeting are very low. Creeping privatisation continues with multiple private providers taking money away from patient care.

These Reform grifters really do take us for idiots. Just how deranged* would you have to be to let them near government? *With apologies to the one or two sane people in Ashfield, Clacton, East Wiltshire, Runcorn and Helsby, not forgetting Boston and Skegness.

I’m as sad about BBC director general Tim Davie, and CEO of News Deborah Turness, losing their jobs as I would be if any other Tory did. Also looking forward to hearing much less about Reform and more about the Green Party. Tomorrow will do, once the news isn’t the news. #BBCBias