Direct foreign interference in British politics - we have rules against foreign governments funding parliamentary groups, but this is fine?? Seriously?? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Mood:

🔴 Yesterday @lucasamin.bsky.social and I revealed numerous concerns about Palantir's £330m NHS software, and the lobbying campaign behind the contract Today Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs have all told us that government should end Palantir's contract democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ditch-pala...

The half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game

🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I work with historians and archaeologists to reconstruct our nation's built heritage assets using archaeological and measured survey data and by developing detailed 3D models. Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

It seems a bit unfair, but under rules dating back to 1066 England now have to walk from Miami to Atlanta for their next match.

Britain has no cap on political donations. None. @stellacreasy.bsky.social has proposed capping them at £100,000. MPs - and everyone else - should back it when the Elections Bill returns to Parliament next week. New by me on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...

Caring for the Bayeux Tapestry now v. the early nineteenth century.

I get that Macron wants to make the case for European unity, but the fact is we do know how this particular story ended, and the next chapter was the Normans laying waste to northern England and over 100,000 people starving to death. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Caring for the Bayeux Tapestry now v. the early nineteenth century.

Presumably we should also accept that Jimmy Savile raised a lot of money for charity.

Quite so. As soon as I read this, I thought 'Cnut'.

Microsoft Word is absolutely insistent that '200 armed men' requires a hyphen, as if I am writing about an indeterminate number of men with 200 arms each.

If he doesn't want to accept our laws and customs, why doesn't he go and live in America? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Microsoft Word is absolutely insistent that '200 armed men' requires a hyphen, as if I am writing about an indeterminate number of men with 200 arms each.

A reminder that he once both-sided a Nazi rally.

I don't know how many Americans realize the consequences of letting this convicted sex offender run his mouth from one day to the next, but they are profound. This stain doesn't disappear when he goes. It will be indelible.

NEW: The Greens won’t stand in Clacton either. That’s a clean sweep. It’s essentially Nigel Farage versus a bin.

Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?

Farage's whine reminds me of my near-namesake Mark Morrison. When accused of doing crimes, he released an EP called 'Only God Can Judge Me'. The courts disagreed.

Live footage of Farage trying to find Clacton.

Ah, I see the massive plate of victimhood with a side order of whiny petulance has just arrived.

Well, I hope you're pleased with yourselves, Sky News. You asked Nigel about his undeclared bungs and now he's crying.

“After it ended, the Belgian team’s social media account had a message to the U.S. on Twitter: “Overturn this.” Perfect. #WellPlayed #Belgium

So presumably King Charles now phones FIFA and insists that the England-Norway match is moved to Stamford Bridge?

A reminder that the historian's most essential role is to call out bullshit.

So presumably King Charles now phones FIFA and insists that the England-Norway match is moved to Stamford Bridge?

NEW: Before cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne gave £5m to @nigel_farage, he gave £1m to Boris Johnson. For what?? Today @thenerve.news news reveals new evidence that tracks Harborne's investments in defence firm QinetiQ...to key defence announcements from Boris Johnson. 1/

Liz Truss set up CPAC Great Britain with a lawyer who used to work with sanctioned pro-Russian oligarch Firtash Many of guests at Truss’s gathering have also parroted Kremlin talking points New by me on Democracy for Sale open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Hi! I’m doing a FREE family event in #Chester Town Hall on Saturday at noon — I’ll be talking about Roman Britain and signing books, so please do come along if you’re nearby! festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/chaos-...

An extremely positive sign, along with recent briefing from Burnham camp about breaking UK reliance on US tech giants. This, not clinging to a hardline Brexit, is how you build real British sovereignty. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Today's Guardian (1/2)

Brussels police confirm to the Brussels Times that they were told by the US Embassy to eject two journalists from Sunday's 🇺🇸 "Freedom 250" event. The journalists say they had asked Ambassador Bill White a question he didn't like. The embassy told the police they had made "threatening behaviour"...🧵

Today's Guardian (1/2)

She wanted to be in this war and argued that the only reason Keir Starmer didn't want to is that he was in hoc to British Muslims. Not a serious person.

US ambassador to Belgium celebrates freedom by [checks notes] getting police to expel journalists from a public space because they asked him a question he didn't like. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...

US ambassador to Belgium celebrates freedom by [checks notes] getting police to expel journalists from a public space because they asked him a question he didn't like. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...

So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story

NEW Boris Johnson and the billionaire Leaked documents appear to reveal a previously undeclared trip made by Boris Johnson with crypto and defence billionaire Christopher Harborne to the heart of war-torn Ukraine Report by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @charlienotold.bsky.social 🔗 Link ⤵️

And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...

WTAF Belgium? davekeating.substack.com/p/sundays-tr...

This is remarkable.

"Hey, remember when actions had consequences? Crazy times."

It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zero