A very embarrassing day for the world

Oh hullo....

Here I am… X is not a healthy place to be!!

67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?

interesting to see if Jenrick still believes this

Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard. If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.

This press conference is like an episode of “Would I lie to you” 👀 Answer, yes you would, both of you.

After mauling his former colleagues in the Conservative Party, Jenrick can't possibly be part of a pact with them in future, nor they with him. It's now a fight to the death and I think Farage's gang will lose, not least because these latest defections are short-term opportunistic - for him & them

So the message of this press conference is that Robert Jenrick thinks the Tory party killed Britain, but he might have stayed in it had Kemi Badenoch not read his secret speech.

Glad Jenrick has been booted out in disgrace, rather than being able to saunter over to Reform whenever he felt it would benefit him most. But honest to god. These dismal, dismal people. All conniving to screw the county over for their own power and enrichment. Repulsively corrupt and inadequate.

Jenrick was plotting to defect??? SHUT. UP. This is more shocking than when George S Michael came out.

Badenoch has murdered Jenrick in plain sight.

This is good news and thanks to the leadership of the government and threat of such strong sanctions against X. But this issue has highlighted the real harm and pace of change of AI. We must change the way we legislate to address the ever-changing challenges of AI. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spare a thought for Sam Coates, Chris Mason and the other anti Labour media chatterers at this difficult time

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the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo

So today alone NHS has reduced the waiting list to lowest Level for 3 years FTSE up again 0.3% growth in November. (Remember Nov when the media slaughtered Reeves pre and Post budget and Jag Land Rover were still reeling from cyber issues). Britain’s economy is doing okay!!

Exactly one year ago I went to Copenhagen. I wrote about the fallout from Trump's first phone call with the Danish prime minister. Danes have been preparing for this crisis for a year. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Farage is not just a racist/antisemitic he is a misogynist. He laughed at PMQs about Grok able to undress children and women. He incited riots where big % of rioters had previous for domestic abuse. His Party is littered with people who kick the shit out of women. And he loves Andrew Tate. MISOGYNY

🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

Harriet's detective work #TheTraitors

Entertaining episode of the Traitors, but disappointingly Harriet wildly overplayed her hand.

Take a brief moment to fully absorb this: NATO member state militaries are being mobilised in case of attack....by the United States.

Presumably the Sioux will insist on the removal of the descendants of everyone who has moved to the US since 1492? /s

These anonymous sources undermining Starmer from behind the curtain of anonymity will simply hand the next election to Farage. If they’ve got something to say, say it publicly or don’t say it at all.

A strong majority of the American people and members of the US Congress stand with the people of Greenland and Denmark against the deranged madman who occasionally wanders into the WH from Palm Beach.

All French people hate their presidents while they're in power and then lionise them afterwards.

What a leader looks like. Macron hits the right notes again.

Remember when the Tories said privatisation meant efficiency? Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone. CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus. Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank. Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain. #UKPolitics

The Tories made 142 u-turns under Boris alone. Yet Badenoch attacks Starmer over a few u-turns he’s made. She’s so stupid! #PMQs

Starmer vows action against Elon Musk's X: "The actions of Grok and X are disgusting... We're absolutely determined to take action... We're not going to back down. They must act. We will take the necessary measures. We will strengthen existing laws.. This is weaponising images of women & children."

DELETE your X account. Poor Elon Musk would hate it if this poster appeared in every town and city. It comes with a QR code that leads people across the world to delete their accounts. It’s time. Because who the f*ck would want to use social media with a built in child abuse tool? Link in bio x

Good to see this being posted here

It has now been 5 days since Keir Starmer posted on X. 11 for Rachel Reeves Previously both we're posting several times a day - seems a informal boycott is happening Meanwhile @zackpolanski.bsky.social has posted/retweeted 7 times this morning. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk too When you leaving chaps?

Labour can extend this beyond X and start going after Reform politicians making money from the site. "Will Farage give back the money he made from this sex offender site?" Etc...

He doesn’t post here sadly. Thought it well worth sharing here though. He’s the best.

Spent the last few days in Ukraine where the security forces are heavily armed, but polite and under control. I never had the slightest worry that they would shoot an unarmed person at close distance and celebrate it.

Well this all looks fine

BBC files motion to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit on multiple grounds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Just 4 Tory backbenchers are in the Commons for the debate on non-consensual images on X. Speaks volumes.

@emilythornberry.bsky.social raises a wider question in the debate about Grok / X - that of the negative impact bot farms have on our democracy... ...and uses the example of 1300 bots supporting the Scottish Nationalists went down over the weekend as the internet was shut off in Iran...

oh and here's when Nadhim Zahawi compared Nigel Farage to, er Joseph Goebbels over his “deeply racist” call to allow employers to discriminate by colour www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

Tbf it's not as if he's ever tried to pretend to have any shame or dignity.

I don't understand how it's not incredibly awkward for Reform that Boris Johnson loyalists keep joining while the party attacks his legacy in office? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Zahawi can lead Reform's crackdown on tax avoidance. Plenty of experience.

Translation: "I would like a job please"

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