🇪🇺New episode🇪🇺 @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of European union, taking in German reunification, the Euro, Brexit and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Is Europe rediscovering its purpose in hard times? Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

Structured as a seven-step “programme”, Russel Brand’s new book veers between cod philosophy, Jungian psychology, anti-vaccine conspiracies and antagonism towards institutions, all written in his trademark sesquipedalian prose, writes the Eye’s book critic ‘Cassandra.’

Sadiq Khan: "When President Trump got elected in 2016, there was a 2000% increase in the racist hate I received." Full Byline Times interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Gn...

Are we as journalists, with our excitable coverage of politics, contributing to democratic instability and a crisis of governance? Yes, I would say…. open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

Naz Shah mocks Reform UK's MPs and the far right, "(I am) the first ever Muslim to propose the loyal address in this chamber" "I must assure them, this is not a takeover" "But if seeing black and brown people on TV makes you feel sick, my speech is going to make you vomit"

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Love, risk, and living for today ❤️‍🔥 Joshua Levine reveals a hidden side of the Blitz on History Rage. 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/40f811 🎟️ IWM Duxford, 13 June: www.iwm.org.uk/event... #History

Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM

As a lifelong user of NHS mental health care, my psych referred me to NHS talking therapies a few weeks ago, I had a triage today, and the waiting list for this round of CBT is allegedly 6 weeks Never in my entire experience of using the NHS has this ever happened This is 1000% an improvement

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..says man who wouldn't hold a by-election when he changed parties.

Spot on from Nazir Afzal!!

Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift.

Laura K this morning pushed Richard Tice on the Reform councillor who reportedly made racist comments about Nigerians but didn’t mention the other one who reportedly said the Holocaust was a ‘hoax’ when Tice countered that antisemitism was their priority.

Hollowed-out high streets; lack of opportunities for young people; an absolute tsunami of lies on everybody's phones; deep uncertainty about the trustworthiness of the state; fear of the migrant as The Other behind it all. It's an utterly toxic and actually quite frightening mix. (2/2)

Richard Tice will explain that the reason there is no problem with me accepting a £5 million gift or him avoiding tax is that we are both rich entitled twats who think the rules don't apply to us.

God. Spoilt ballots are usually a source of cross-party amusement. This is grim.

Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Jay Cooper has been sacked following his election for holocaust denial. ➡️ Kicked Out Brian Black Oliver Bradshaw Paul Thomas Bob Ford Bill Barratt Ed Hill James Regan Mark Broadhurst Paul Bean Adam Smith Daniel Taylor John Allen

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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, we are starting a brand new mini series on “how to get cancelled in…” First up, how to get cancelled in ancient Judea with the fabulous @profhelenbond Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

It annoys me that the Corbynite 'you can win by mobalising non-voters' thing seems to be true. But only if youre racist.

Unfortunately I can't visit this house in person any time soon, I love that Mr. Hicks is given us a nice tour of the place. It's gorgeous! There are a few claims I raised eyebrows at, but its a fun tour of a wonderful late medieval house: youtu.be/bMIg1Aelyy8?...

Till the day I die, I will never understand how anyone can look at these grasping, crypto funded, hate filled, facist, flag shaggers and think “I’m sure they have my best interests at heart.”

The thing about Reform's success is this: whatever their political future, whether they have peaked or not, it is hard to express just how unpleasant the resurgence of their sentiments actually is. I grew up in Greater London in the 1990s, and a lot o that time was very grim. And it's back.

Reform UK were rejected by more than 70% of voters yesterday, and the media is treating the result as terminal for Labour while almost entirely ignoring the fact that most people said no to the hatred, the division and the bigotry. That is the actual story.

All right, pick your marble and... Let's roll. 🎱 #marblerun #fun #race

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Hero or villain? Sometimes both 💥 Joshua Levine explores the blurred lines of human behaviour in the Blitz on History Rage. 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/40f811 🎟️ IWM Duxford, 13 June: www.iwm.org.uk/event... #History

Never forget:

It should go without saying that elections without a people who has the time and space to engage with politics, a healthy democratic media ecosystem and a wide array of choices regarding potential futures do not make for a democracy in any meaningful sense. reacpol.net/elections-no...

This was a fun one to host - and I wish I could take credit for the excellent title…

Anyone voting Reform is knowingly voting for corrupt racists who’ll make all of us poorer and less protected, remove our rights, privatise our NHS, increase fossil fuel dependency, shove children into poverty and threaten our communities… Don’t expect to be forgiven. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Zia Yusuf scares me more than his boss tbh

New episode out – @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social continue the story of European union. Join them for a heady mix of economic expansion and political stagnation. Take a trip back in time to when Britain said "Yes!" to Europe. Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

All antisemitism is bad. If you only have a problem with some antisemitic attacks and not others? You’re telling on yourself.

Never met Tony Peters, don’t know who he is, but a million years ago on Facebook he posted this and I don’t think anyone’s ever put it better.

No Party is immune to antisemitism. In the last month, @jewishnews.bsky.social has published examples of antisemitism from Reform UK, Conservative, Lib Dem & Green candidates. It took a matter of days for Reform, Tories & Lib Dems to publicly announce suspensions. The Greens are the exception.

Man arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Manchester City’s Semenyo during draw at Everton

OAPs' must-read open letter for anyone considering voting for Farage's Reform www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform's latest policy is as grotesque as it is deranged

Reform UK’s battle bus was in Kirby this weekend. You’d think that with all those massive foreign cash bungs, they could at least afford an MOT.

I realise tactical voting is distasteful to many. I'm afraid my political bottom line is keep the Nazis out of everywhere at all costs. You are free to make up your own mind

100 years ago today the General Strike began. Why not learn all about it in 81 minutes? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Attacker of two Jewish men in London had earlier tried to murder a Muslim but typically duplicitous UK media hide that in just the same way they hide essential facts from Scotland – we need out of this talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/05/02/a...

This is good on why insurgent parties experiencing rapid growth become magnets for cranks and also lack the buffering layer of veterans and stalwarts that might stop the maniacs becoming candidates

“Jewish Londoners should never feel unsafe in our city. After the attack in Golders Green, we must stand together against antisemitism and call out hate-driven acts. I’ll continue to work with City Hall and programmes to combat antisemitism and promote community cohesion” Sadiq Khan

When I wrote this concept in a 2020 novel it was intended as half-dystopia, half-satire, a nightmare vision of a climate-wrecked planet. Now it's the policy pitch from an ex-member of Mumford and Sons. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Now in Tel Aviv: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are at the People’s Peace Summit – an urgent conference on achieving a real, just peace on this land. Watch the livestream soon: www.youtube.com/live/Z6nOTkX... (1/2)

The UK’s NEET rate was already high by EU standards in 2019, and has risen further since. So, simply reversing recent trends alone must not be the limit of policy makers’ ambitions. Read our latest report examining the UK's rising NEET rate➡️ buff.ly/gABGpwv

Royal visit goes ahead despite shooting The new Private Eye is out now.

Oh this? Just the Met Commissioner wondering aloud why Britain's organised, self-avowed, anti-racist movement appears to have little interest in protesting — or even condemning — an epidemic of antisemitic violence.