🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏 LET’S KEEP GOING! If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again. #sciencematters

Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent - and very real - racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from the process.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵

Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

One for @ronniebarbour.bsky.social, I think! 🤣🤣

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Look, can we get a clue about these Reform people before it's too late.

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!

I think you're right, Ronnie.

Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country: 1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech. 2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.

Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)

Trump appears in the Epstein files more than anyone else. More than ANYONE ELSE.

In the same week a news hurricane engulfs the BBC in the UK, the NYT: hold my beer. To be fair, I believe the NYT deserves a shitstorm: it does brilliant journalism. It’s also untransparent & unaccountable

The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

The problem after 14 years of damage wreaked by the Tories is that we now have a f***ed up BBC and a f***ed up NHS. But, remember, the f***ing up has come from outside. It is not intrinsic We desperately need a properly functioning BBC and properly functioning NHS DEFEND THEM!

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Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses Right: What Donald Trump actually said. Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. Join me and 280,000 others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...

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www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n... This is absolutely an attack on our BBC. Gibb should be shown the door.

Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News. GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

£40k = reported fee for each Celebrity Traitors player x 19 players = £760k total £1.5m = Nigel Farage's reported fee for I'm a Celebrity 2023 so £Balding+Beaumont+Bonnar+Burns+Carr+Church+Codd+Daley+Empson+Faith+Fry+Garraway+Imrie+Marler+Mohammed+Omilana+Olusoga+Ross+Wilkinson = 1/2 £Farage

👏👏👏 @banxtoons.bsky.social hitting the nail squarely on the head again. Every politician should be made to look at this drawing every single day. 👇

Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.

From today's @financialtimes.com #foreverchemicals

What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP. Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people ...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business" It's £10ph FFS! Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger DO YOU SEE IT NOW? Spread far & wide. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance… 345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities 50 still missing Likely to traffickers How could this have happened? Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Bylines Scotland Radio. Ronnie Barbour and Professor Sir John Curtice discuss the latest political polling and what it means for Scotland ahead of the Holyrood Elections in May 2026.

Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?

#Halloween book no. 2: Sticky Ends, illustrated by the fabulous @banxtoons.bsky.social. Comedy poems about the work of the Grim Reaper. Possessed gnashers, crossword fanatics, serial killer brides,a lonely school reunion, a bunch of drunks and the world’s worst outing to Blackpool. bit.ly/49qumGg

As it's #Halloween, I'm duty bound to tell you about my books that chime with the spooky season. Firstly: #SPFBO 9 Semi-finalist, Twicetime. Inspired by #Frankenstein, Twicetime has laughs, drama, intrigue, deception, resurrection, inventions and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews. Read more at bit.ly/47DcMfO

Farage: epic grifter

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Read 'em and weep. And not a flag-waver in sight.

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I don't have a dog, but this is a great thread. Especially the deer antler photo🤣🤣🤣

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"In the UK today, the NHS is underperforming due to a lack of doctors and nurses. At the same time, doctors and nurses around the country cannot find employment in the NHS due to poor workforce management and budget restrictions." #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Wellbeing #NHS #Care

“Andrew - you have been banished. Before you leave my castle forever, please tell the world: are you a faithful, or are you a…”

From Friday’s @financialtimes.com #chinathreat #espionage

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