Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill. Farage is still silent. It’s deafening. #ReformRussianBribes

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: PJ Harvey - Down By The Water. . youtu.be/lbq4G1TjKYg?... #MusicThreads

Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: The Monkees - Porpoise Song. youtu.be/2eHOUNCdbcU?... #MusicThreads

What's your sign?

Kemi Badenoch's refusal to even mildly criticise a convicted far-right criminal and his billionaire mate, openly calling for violence on our streets, tells you everything you need to know about her leadership

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‘Five Houses’ Farage has a certain ring. And he owns, or has claimed to own, all of them. Which is four more than Angela Rayner does… www.bbc.com/news/article...

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

We've gone f*cking mental.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor. youtu.be/fPPDehYZkoE?... #MusicThreads

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Vinicio Capossela - Le Sirene. youtu.be/_HzS5VW1F8U?... #MusicThreads

Surely ‘Presenter of the Year’ belongs to @GaryLineker at this year's National Television Awards? He’s hosted his last MOTD Lovely followers, you know what to do: 👉 Vote here: nationaltvawards.com/vote 🗓️ Deadline: 12th September

Michael Gove's pitch for the Tory lunatic crown.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Patti Smith - Gloria youtu.be/bPO0bTaWcFQ?... #MusicThreads

People convicted and imprisoned for saying or writing things that stir up racial hatred. • Abu Hamza • Abdullah el-Faisal • Lucy Connolly Guess which conviction made the right wing suddenly decide writing or saying things that stir up hatred is okay, actually.

Danish activists have been painting their flag on roundabouts. Either that or British 'patriots' are a bunch of thick twats, which I find hard to believe.

The issue isn’t that Maxwell lied throughout her entire proffer. She has been lying, deceiving and manipulating people her entire life. I expect it from her. The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues youtu.be/1GWsdqCYvgw?... #MusicThreads

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Ala.Ni - Ol' Fashioned Kiss youtu.be/cKLVHyQjkow?... #MusicThreads

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Alabama 3 - Ain't Goin' To Goa youtu.be/AVHebpbe4RQ?... #MusicThreads

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

Birds of a feather….. This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.

Turns out the claims made by Zia Yusuf about Kent council spending were actually total bullsh*t, and the party knows it 👇🏻

Nothing says climate policy like skipping brunch and hoping the sky notices.

UNISON (my union) Gen Sec Christina McAnea is standing for re-election. I know Christina: she's honest, capable, determined, + independent. She's a forward-looking, sensible leader, + not beholden to any factions. If you're a UNISON member please check out her website at votechristina.org.uk

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: J.J. Cale - Call Me The Breeze youtu.be/m8-NEYx-evg?... #MusicThreads

Extraordinary how much of the media is essentially trying to incite rioting now. Not just legitimise or normalise but actively encourage. It is, of course, unlikely to kick off anywhere near them.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Georges Brassens - Les Copains D'Abord. youtu.be/PT7U_GzRIv0?... #MusicThreads

In the Isle of Man we gave the vote to 16+ in local and national elections in 2006. The sky did not fall in and naysayers caved immediately. Just normal now. (We also gave the vote to women in 1881 decades before the rest of the world and the U.K.) That worked too.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's, in memory of Dave Cousins: Strawbs - Grave New World. youtu.be/eGrrW4npO3s?... #MusicThreads

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Rather late in the day for Lettuce Liz to be worrying about losing marbles. Her ship sailed long since.

If Trump doesn't win a Nobel prize, he'll create his own award, probably call it the Noble prize, and will win it every year in perpetuity, (to be nominated and awarded annually after his death under a constitutional amendment).

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WTF! A Republican Congressman just celebrated this crap... They are evil.

Reform UK's Darren Grimes tells constituents he can't hold surgeries with them because he's been advised by the police not to do so for "security reasons". The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...

It’s amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: “Alligator Alcatraz”— but they can’t manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.

#Music is a big part of my life so once a week I'm posting one of my favourite songs. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Desmond Dekker - Fu Man Chu. youtu.be/L1z0XWgqFjg?... #MusicThreads

🚨🚨"For Dan’s unique ability is to be wrong about almost everything, all the time. Failing is his niche talent and his fans applaud his every disaster... For Dan has long since been rewarded for being the dimmest man alive with a peerage." Stellar work by @mrjohncrace.bsky.social on #danielhannan

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ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.

#Music is a big part of my life, so once a week I'm going to share a favourite #song on here. Hope you enjoy them. Here's this week's: Singera String Band #MusicThreads youtu.be/DDZEwnLtiOI?...