And here we are again. Trump makes "ceasefire" proposal. Ukraine accepts it. Russia rejects it. Trump blames Ukraine. This is now the 8th time.

Everything is for sale.

I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Zahawi also defended Ratcliffe's use of "colonising" by claiming he "misspoke". If Zahawi could be bothered to listen to Ratcliffe again he'd find he said it, was asked to clarify, then said it again. That's not "misspeaking" #wato

I bring to you the insane president of the United States..

Zahawi claimed on #lbc that Ratcliffe "misspoke" when he said the UK was being colonised by immigrants. Maybe listen again, Nadhim. He said it, then was asked to clarify, and then said it again. That is not "misspeaking".

Tory rejects are colonising Reform 🤨 #C4news

Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …

The survivors Bondi steadfastly refused to look in the eye. #c4news

Seriously Sarah, are you trying to defend the IOC action by saying they are letting him stay on site and wear his helmet around the Olympic site? Do you understand how stupid that makes you sound? #wato

Good response to Jim Ratcliffe's appalling comment on immigration. @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social: "Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country, one might question whether he is the patriot that we need to comment on this issue."

‼️Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych is barred from racing in the 2026 Winter Games because he wanted to wear a “helmet of memory” in honor of Ukraine’s war dead. He calls out the International Olympic Committee for doing Russia’s propaganda for them www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

New details for the elections bill coming today - - Bans on foreign shell companies giving donations - MPs banned from accepting gifts or hospitality worth more than £2000 from foreign companies - Likely crypto restrictions to come But no auto registration or independent for Electoral Commission

The stark contrast is set to raise a simple but incendiary question: who is truly paying for Britain? Racist POS Ratcliffe, or people coming here from all over the world helping to build Britain? #UKNews

It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.

Oh, and is happy to take govt handouts for his companies int he UK while criticising individuals on benefits. Govt handouts are also benefits. #wato bsky.app/profile/alan...

Wonder if Ratcliffe thinks that Monaco, his chosen "expat" home, has been colonised by immigrants. Like him. Or if he thinks his football club has been colonised. Pays no income tax in UK, but feels entitled to opine on how our taxes are spent, while demonising immigrants. #wato

Note from a linguist to "expat" Jim: "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people" is not an apology for your racism, it is trying to shift the responsibility for your words onto those offended for being offended. #wato

How does Trump seriously think that Ukraine can hold "free and fair elections" in a warzone with huge swathes of the country occupied by enemy forces? #wato

Sorry Nigel Huddlestone, I haven't yet reached the point where I can take any Tory MP complaining about leadership, morals & judgement at all seriously. Maybe in a few years/decades ... #wato

Wasn't the peerage given *before* the offender pleaded guilty, while he was still protesting his innocence? Innocent till proven guilty, even if offence so serious? #wato

Another "We have rights" woman, with no understanding of the law at the time or concept of "we have responsibilities" #c4news

Bonehill Payne? Should that be Bonehead Pain? #c4news

Sorry, I haven't yet reached the point where I can take Tory MPs complaining about leadership 'psychodrama' at all seriously. Maybe in a few years/decades ... #c4news

Dear Keir, You don't "fight Reform UK" by adopting Reform-Lite policies. #c4news

An exposé of the walking talking scam that is Grifter-in-Chief Farage & his Reform CoLtd which is definitely worth a read. #bbcpm politicalsatirical.substack.com/p/ahhh-grift...

Ahhh Grifto!™©2026 How Nigel Farage Has Spent Seven Years Charging People Money to Be His Candidates & Why the £250 Reform UK Application Fee Is Just the Latest Instalment

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh this made me laugh so hard!!!! open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Who elected Stringer as the permanent backbench spokeman for all media rounds? #c4news

Reform UK’s mid-level governance is an utter disaster. Nevertheless, the media are pushing the idea of them in national government as if it would be any better. All of this happened just this week, yet journalists are obsessed with a fabricated ‘scandal of the century.’

The mix of poor policy planning, constant No10 backroom churn, terrible comms operations, restless backbenchers and a generally unsupportive (putting it mildly) media is one which no govt can survive for long, even with a united Cabinet. #c4news

Crumbs of comfort - Liz Truss has bemoaned the lack of a Labour Liz Truss figure. #wato

The mix of poor policy planning, constant No10 backroom churn, terrible comms operations and a generally unsupportive (putting it mildly) media is one which no govt can survive for long. #wato

The likelihood of Andrew MW testifying is about the same as me winning the Lottery (which I don't play). #c4news

Sort of half-listening to the prog after #wato on R4 and keep hearing a name that sounds enticingly like Farage in connection with a tale of deportation. Wishful thinking maybe.

Reform's new Welsh leader lives down to expectations. Quote from the Tory leader in the London council he left: "We look forward to the former Cllr refunding his councillor’s allowance paid to him during his prolonged absence from Barnet". barnetpost.co.uk/2025/12/31/f... #wato

Presumably mid-level civil servants do vetting donkey work, then pass report up the chain to No10 (which won't have full details), then someone in No10 (McSweeney?) reads & summarises (again) before passing to Starmer complete with top page 'exec summary'. Too many summaries spoil the vetting #wato

Clearly the vetting processes employed by both the Foreign Office and the security services are not fit for purpose - and presumably have been so for many years. #wato

Why do news prog's persist in interviewing Kelin? Waste of time. #c4news

Not sure Johnny-come-lately's like McSweeney would have been across whole Mandelson history & can easily see how he would have phrased vetting summary given to Starmer in a less than negative light to achieve a desired result. He needs to go. As always when backroom folk become the story. #c4news

Probably too busy trying to redact Trump from documents (and failing there too) to do a proper job with victim redaction. It's also already been established that the redaction method can be undone with copy & paste. #c4news

Can Michelle Mone be granted a personal bit of legislation too please? #c4news

WHAT THE F--K!!! The DOJ has JUST DELETED these Epstein Files again, after a NYT's article from 2016 was shown to corroborate much of it! Share Everywhere: We Screen-Grabbed what they just deleted: krassencast.com/p/urgent-doj...

Feel a bit off commenting on the student loan situation, given I had benefit of a grant and free univ education incl postgrad, but it is all a bit of a mess. Would have been more sensible to set it up as a graduate tax in 1st place rather than a loan at exhorbitant interest rates. #wato

Nothing to see here. Just that the lawless criminal in the Oval Office, his wife, and Mar-a-Lago are referenced 38,000 times in 5,300 Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

This deserves reposting.

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.