Gun-toting Trumpist killed his own daughter but a jury refused to indict him. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.

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FREE TO READ 🔓 Editor-at-large @arusbridger.bsky.social on Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post buff.ly/goLE4YZ

Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition. Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇

Threatening to cut funding to someone because they disagree is a *real* threat to academic freedom of the kind frequently seen under fascist and authoritarian regimes. This is also confected bullshit. There is no obligation whatsoever for a society or institution to invite a speaker.

The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one. Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.

Whatever happened to not interfering in business

Still can't get over how magnificent this 15th century medieval hammer-beam roof is at St Colleen's in Llangollen. It's glorious!!! #Wales #Church #medieval #History

really puts the last election into proper context, no?

I didn't vote for Sam Coates or Beth Rigby, Chris Mason or Nick Robinson, Michael Peston or Laura Kuensberg so I don't really think they, or the rest of the hacks should decide who the PM of the UK should be.

I made a bot version of my "is there film-length thing on the Beeb" tonight? Why? Because I'm trying to watch more terrestrial TV after ignoring it for 25 years, and I'm slightly worried me (and people like me) ignoring it are killing it. Do your bit. Turn on the Beeb tonight.

All except the richest graduates since 2012 face a bespoke additional tax. No wonder they’re radicalised 🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social

😡 Four former defence insiders hired by Palantir in a single year. A £240m MoD contract awarded without competition. A “strategic partnership” announced soon after. The revolving door between defence and big tech is spinning fast.

Absolutely bloody heartbreaking.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

That‘s the spirit.

Also, looking at the literal history of the United States, Spanish is by no means a "foreign" language.

Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, whose parents migrated to the UK from Pakistan, is facing the suggestion from a veteran Labour peer that she is “pulling up the drawbridge once inside” when considering the plight of refugee children trapped abroad.

This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.

I actually hope he's as stubborn over this as over so many other things as I can't think of anyone likely to take over (horrible Streeting, the Palantir fan) who will help the situation at all.

Lets hope they can get it right this time. The comms have been dreadful. Most people have no idea that Labour have done anything positive at all.

Starmer's director of communications Tim Allan quits

This is also the reason (the racist dregs excepted) the majority of the British liked Obama a lot.

I hope this clears up any confusion.

The countryside story is really about the right wing press confecting outrage (and getting clicks) from virtually nothing, and a fair bit of dishonesty.

Is the British countryside really being “made less white” like we’re being told by The Telegraph? And can private medical insurance really replace the NHS? @monkemma.bsky.social and I discuss the above and more in the fourth episode of Bear and Monk Debunk - you can listen at the link below.

“The core of the problem sits inside the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which is meant to keep elections free from suspect money. A UK-registered company can donate if it is ‘carrying on business’ in the UK. Sounds firm, until you see how soft it is in practice”

While celebrating McSweeney’s resignation, I don’t think Starmer should necessarily go next. He has a moment to pivot to reform and transparency. He can still change the political culture if he wants to. People can surprise you. Think of Zelenskyy. Live in hope

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I hear that Donald Trump wants Dulles International Airport named after him. OK . . .

A sportsman who has trained for his entire life to represent his country, expresses mixed emotions about representing a country administered by fascists. Drunk fascist, and self-appointed free speech advocate, Pete Hegseth, wants Hess disqualified. Nazi logic.

Only a minor point in relation to all the others, but what kind of asshole sits like that

And that's ultimately who he was: the preferred chief of staff of the 'no policies, just vibes' crowd, who are in denial even now that they have driven Labour to the brink of death.

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

Bad news for the government that net migration is down 70% yet only 1/6 people know it started to fall at all. A big part of that is the visible lack of control of boats + hotels Part is government voice almostly always saying "too high/out of control" itself www.britishfuture.org/immigration-...

Also, I'm not sure how this could be the fault of the printer: the client supplies a print-ready pdf. The printer doesn't add or subtract anything from that; it's a complete document. The printer literally just, you know, prints it.

This! Labour’s leadership is being talked about as if it’s some kind of poisoned chalice. In reality it’s a chance to take over the first term of a government with a huge majority. It’s the political opportunity of a lifetime.

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

“It could take years to restore Brexit losses” Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens. Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.

no daylight between Fixed Noise, @wsj.com & NBC—latter being preeminent launderer of Krasnov's reputation. from "Apprentice" all the way up to "Morning Joe" and attempting/failing to hire Ronna Romney NBC's attempt to make fascists appear more attractive is Orwellian. bsky.app/profile/news...

Murdoch's cable terrorist added fake cheering to DonOld's "small in the pants" military parade - and - Murdoch's "business" "newspaper" terrorist objectively lied about who was booed at Olympics the protection racket protects mobsters. you're all caught up. via @keithedwards.bsky.social

I find it absolutely galling to have read over and over about how the state pension triple lock couldn’t conceivably be overturned/debacle over winter fuel payments while there has been as yet zero political commentary about how exploitative student loans have been for a whole generation.

Imagine bringing American food to Italy

I had to check the date on this three times ‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today* This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??

Amazingly convincing

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...