JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

We forced the Charity Commission to investigate the climate change denying Global Warming Policy Foundation and the Liz Truss aligned Institute for Economic Affairs and now we've raised a complaint about the hate propagandising of the Policy Exchange Foundation. goodlaw.social/xixz

Reform are into Day Three of Racismsplaining. It's harder than it looks. thecritic.co.uk/easy...

🚨 Big news for renters 🚨 The Renters’ Rights Bill is now law. ✅ No-fault evictions scrapped (Section 21) ✅ Open-ended tenancies required ✅ Rent rises capped at once per year ✅ New Renters’ Ombudsman ✅ National landlord register established ✅ Fairer rules on pets.

You've just made me realise what the true north-south divide is.

Genuinely what the fuck is going on in Albania

Everything is a distraction from this.

Interesting..

How on earth has Spiked ended up on the BBC regulars contact list? They are an opaquely funded, amateur far-right apologia factory.

When you reach a certain age and have worked all your life believing in—and often fighting to create—a better world for our children and look around at where we are now, it’s radicalizing. I really don’t think political leaders grasp how furious we are.

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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No one is screaming. Pochin is racist. Farage is racist. Reform’s policies are racist. Indulging the “legitimate concerns” excuse is just emboldening them towards ever more vicious extremism. That tide only turns when people call them out and shame them. In conversations. Online. On air. Every time.

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.” @politico.com #SNAP www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Light Blue Movers, 1987 https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5303

I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.

Updating my LEGO White House

NEW: Russian interference case heads to Europe's 'Supreme Court' Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber. Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference. 1/ www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...

The interviewer asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he's worried about splitting the left vote & whether the best way to beat the right is to vote Labour. Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"

Labour can't even do its Brexit shift competently. Say it was wrong and you can make Farage carry the can. Say it was badly executed, as Labour is doing, and you support his narrative that Leave voters were betrayed. It would be funny - except we'll all have to carry the can for their incompetence.

When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.

A great article and worth your time.

Greens up to 15% in new YouGov poll. Their highest ever rating, now level with the Lib Dems and just two points short of the Conservatives

I’ve never seen Iain Duncan Smith slapped down better than this. Well played Ian Byrne MP. 👏

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2. Stunning reporting — and photography. @nymag.com

If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?

Voters’ anger is largely focused on asylum, and perhaps on low-skilled immigration. The government response seems to be focused on making sure no high-skilled immigrant will ever pick the UK in future, and the ones currently here will rapidly rethink their decision. This will not end well.

Stephen is so consistently funny, but this is especially strong 👇😆

Pablo Picasso, Interior with a Girl Drawing, Paris, February 1935 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135881

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrince.

Sabrina Carpenter and Ben Marshall spoof horror movies in new SNL sketch

At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.

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🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 WP: Witkoff pressed the Ukrainian delegation about handing over Donetsk during the meeting Friday, noting that the region is mostly Russian-speaking, a frequent Kremlin talking point that Ukrainian and European officials view as sympathetic to Russia’s demands.

Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse – and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well | The Bear

A beautiful Violet Dropwing dragonfly seen near Archidona, Spain a couple of weeks ago. #EuropeanWildlife #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Dragonflies #WildlifePhotography #nature

Seven million. “One of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history.”

Pete Hegseth showed up to the White House meeting today with President Zelensky wearing a Russian tricolor flag tie. These people love Putin and Russia.

Christ, Trump just admitted he gave Zelensky nothing, but forced him to travel all the way to Washington to be told he needed to make concessions to Putin for "peace". He really just tortured the Ukrainian president because it makes him feel good.

Well this is a proper head scratcher. But yeah, fiddling around with tax and getting rid of consumer protections should sort it. Wonder what those ‘former chancellors and prime ministers’ had to say about this shitshow. Any mention of Brexit at all?? (Times and Private Eye)

Trump has decided not to give Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles, CNN reports.