If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?

In the light of Trump's renewed threat to sue the #BBC, the government line that it's a problem for the Corporation alone is increasingly threadbare. Time to tell Trump to get back in his box.

The most important thing is that it is OUR money he is trying to take. It is OUR BBC. We must defend it with all our might. I also suggest doing what Canada is and boycot as many American products as possible.

“Sir, if there’s nothing incriminating in the files, sir, why not – ” a reporter tried to ask, before Trump cut her off saying, “Quiet! Quiet!” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... I'm not owned! I'm not owned!

Operation Change The Topic From Epstein

Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?

Well he can’t be in the East Wing

This is the point. Policy *should not* be adjusted or fine-tuned in response to minor forecasting judgements. Decisions about whether or not to break a prominent manifesto promise *should not* depend on minor forecasting judgements. This stuff matters. We've got to do better than this.

But this is the past. I agree with the analysis but not the conclusion. Should that mistake bind all future actions? By this logic Labour doomed themselves at the last election and should therefore… do nothing for 5 years? Successful governments deal with what’s in front of them and explain why

Republican men are absolutely obsessed with masculinity - is eating edamame feminine?? Is it gay to please your wife in bed??? Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress & played a girl bunny???? Then they say things out loud like “I’m a Grok guy”

Bigger picture of Labour's tax shenanigans is to delay once again, possibly beyond the next election, the point at which UK politics makes some attempt to compromise with reality.

This shambolic approach to a budget is getting increasingly ridiculous. Is there no-one on the Labour front bench capable of doing politics?

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But think of the positives. You get all the popularity that comes with announcing an income tax rise, all the credibility that comes with a screeching U-turn, and all the revenue that comes with tinkering with the cycle to work scheme, all rolled into one.

Well done to the BBC for standing up to Donald Trump and refusing to pay him compensation.

If you know anyone who is still a staunch Trump supporter, even after all this, I would keep them away from any kids this Thanksgiving.

Of course, we all remember that period when Bundeskanzler Adenauer said of the allies "They need us more than we need them" and said that Germany should only pay half of France's contribution to the Coal and Steel Community, because it is "exceptional" Unglaublich. 1 @andrewbrook.bsky.social

Sometimes the truth escapes like a cat out a door you thought was closed.

he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.

We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.

Taco Trump's game plan is always "create a crisis, blame the democrats, reverse position, claim to have solved the crisis." So pathetic. So predictable. So in the Epstein files.

"The populist thrives in an environment where people act on their intuitions; so does the scammer. This doesn’t mean every populist is a con artist, but it does mean that they are likely to package their message in a similar way" on.ft.com/49j3ND2 By @timharford.ft.com Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/

One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

every woman acutely understands this face.

Indeed. For those unaware of the particular case 👇

The BBC can retrieve something from this mess (and show US broadcasters what a spine is) by sending Donald Trump a four letter response: “See you in court!” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Excellent piece from Behr

It will never not be hilarious that over 300 insurrectionists were turned in by their ex-wives. These women are true patriots. Insurrectionindex.org Click on Records Fascinating stuff

The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power. No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality. The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.

What if anything has our Prime Minister said about Trump's attempted shakedown of the BBC?

I’m going to start a running thread to catalogue the examples of the Government refusing to use power to safeguard itself, and British democracy from the obvious right wing populist threat. Call it #WeimarStarmer 1/n

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I don't think there's any chance of a meaningful challenge to Starmer right now, just some hopeful stirring it in the press. This doesn't mean he's off the hook. Reform lite has been a disaster & he needs to ask why the Greens are articulating Labour values & policies better than Labour are.

‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?

Looks like the BBC has lost the Kremlin 👀

This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)

NHS staff should simply refuse to work in areas controlled by Nazi gangs.

@davidallengreen.bsky.social says Trump’s litigation letter against the BBC is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak davidallengreen.com/2025/11/a-cl...

These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.

If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour

Oh, so he totally stole the money

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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.

Is anyone else also internally screaming about this BBC nonsense? I feel like someone's pumping hallucinogenic gas into my house. Nothing makes sense

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump. Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader