Breaking: Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor Chris Madel drops out of the race. “I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of the skin... I did not sign up for that.”

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

Another Tory rat jumps from the sinking ship. It’s clearer than ever, vote Reform - get Tory failures.

This is insane. She, and a Native American woman, were physically hurt and scared for their lives.

Araujo was magnificent. End of message.

Hearts have a set piece coach. Every free kick targets our back post. We said this between the three of us watching the game in Leeds. Absolutely obvious, but our coaches did nothing to fix it .

I’d change to 4-4-2 at half time. We need an extra man in midfield to provide more width. He might have to bring Hatate on. I wouldn’t have said those words after Thursday but that’s where we are.

Not sure about Nygren in a game like this. Other than that, quite happy with the team.

💚❤ Remembering Wim Jansen, who sadly passed away four years ago today.

Andy Burnham blocked by NEC from standing at the coming by-election. This decision is cowardly, weak and undemocratic.

"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

Now is the perfect time to change the British law enforcement system to one based on the American model. 👀😬

Absofuckinglutely no chance of me going to the USA under this, increasingly obvious, fascist regime. The yanks gotta sort this shit out man. This is the their democratically elected government. Fucking hell.

Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire

Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of cost cuts The Bank of England is accelerating the expansion of its Leeds operation as part of a wider drive to cut costs, reduce headcount and overhaul its London assets. Under new plans approved by the Bank's Court of Directors, half of all…

Heathrow's new scanners end dreaded rummage for liquids and laptops reut.rs/45sG9RF

leader of red wall group of MPs @jowhitemp.bsky.social suggests Andy Burnham should be allowed to stand in by-election 👇

"This is just old fashioned corruption." - Brian Eno, Patriotic Millionaire The super-wealthy are buying our politicians, our media and our democracies. It's time to win back our futures and #TaxTheSuperRich

Absolutely magnificent performance. Proud of that display. 🍀

Hatate sold the shirt there. That should be him finished at the club.

“If you can tell me the difference between these two descriptions, then you are a wiser person than me.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social reads out two excerpts, written 82 years apart.

Good quality polling to show that @andyburnham.bsky.social, more than any other senior Labour politician, wins voters back from Reform, so this is significant and to be welcomed. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I’m in Tenerife for a week with Celine, my wife. Have just spent the afternoon with old friends from Jersey in the 80s, Donna and Bernie. They live in Dublin now. Such great company and great stories, but frightening how quickly the years pass by. Live your life kids.

“Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing. Sometimes we are inclined to forget that. The only chance of bringing them into stadiums is if they are entertained by what happens on the football field.” 🍀JOCK STEIN

Wow this is a terrifying story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Ebook version of 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' currently on offer from bookshop.org for just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nort...

As if I couldn’t love Eddie Gray any more than I do. The sign behind him 😂🍀💚

This is genuinely amazing. A cow has mastered the use of data analytics to recruit new players for a football team. So much for the #Celtic board to learn from this breakthrough. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I know they share an airport, but Leeds and Bradford are still technically two different places.

Irish Statement

Andy Burnham: Britain is still "in hock to the bond markets" The Greater Manchester mayor sets out his case for "business friendly socialism" www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Going to Cheltenham for a couple of days/nights this year and cannot feckin wait.

It's time for closer ties with Europe. "If Greenland marks the end of the world looking to the US for leadership, it has also become the moment for Europe (...) to lift their heads out of the sand." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/20/donald-trump-greenland-world-plan-leadership

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

As we honour this day, it’s a reminder that in the current climate of hate and division, too many good people are staying silent. Silence is not neutral. It allows injustice to continue, and it always stands on the side of the oppressor. “The time is always right to do what is right.”

Morning Bid: US picks a fight with its biggest creditor reut.rs/3NtrorF

It beggars belief that American Republicans are prepared to watch this fucking lunatic dictator burn down the alliances built to keep peace for the last 90 years. It’s crass, idiotic and highly dangerous. Now is the time for someone to take a fucking stand and do whatever is necessary to end this.

Bruce Springsteen speaks up for Renee Good, "Gestapo tactic against American citizens" "ICE should get the f*uck out of MPLS"

Make the call Celtic.

BREAKING: Just posted by Labour MP Anneliese Midgley

Man Gets Into Mess Usually Reserved For Stars Of Silent Film Era https://theonion.com/man-gets-into-mess-usually-reserved-for-stars-of-silent-1819570481/

This is where you are, America. 😢

"It feels lazy or glib to refer to ICE agents as the Gestapo - but it's not." As more footage emerges of ICE agents having violent clashes with the public in Minnesota, is it fair for Joe Rogan to compare them to the Nazi Gestapo? @jonsopel1.bsky.social| @lewisgoodall.com

So Robert Jenrick was a self-promoting, egotistical and duplicitous bastard. Who knew? 😂😂

Awful performance. Araujo looks a good player which makes me wonder: what’s wrong with him? 😂😂

Strong agree.

On this day in 1983 we released the single 'The Cutter' 🐰