More problematically for current situation, F*rage was there as well.

I really do love this artist’s work. Always gives me a warm feeling.

Isn’t it curious how so much to do with Reform seems to lead to the other side of the old Iron Curtain. Handy they’re a company, not a political party, so you can’t see all the funding, isn’t it?

TYVM @journeyled1.bsky.social🦋 @upchuck66.bsky.social @aryacrinklebottom.bsky.social @nightsilas.bsky.social @weedshouldbelegal.bsky.social @rockwils1.bsky.social @maraki.bsky.social @chudonew.bsky.social @hopeful66.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social #StrongerTogether #StopICE #MeidasBoosts #resist 👊🏼

“Justice may yet be hard-won, but the modus operandi of contempt and powerlessness which the powerful rely on to sustain their corruptions has been exposed.” Excellent and inspirational column from @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.” When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK? www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...

It sure seems like when we have our basic needs met, and don't have to hustle to survive, humans will almost always choose to create art. And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.

Improvisation (Dreamy) https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22400

I first met Jesse Jackson over 20 years ago. He helped me campaign in Brent. A phenomenal orator who has helped propel every Black politician just by his presence. He will be missed, however, we will 'Keep Hope Alive'.

Roses are red Vice is inherent

I've been studying snails, these are the species I've discovered so far. #snails #snailart

George Osbourne cut public spending by roughly 3% in real terms. The Govt has increased it by 4.3% at the last budget alone. This sort of critiques are entirely vibes based and detached from reality

Happy Valentines Day!

A completely normal neighbourly letter northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/a-c... Sometimes these things just have to be done 😋

No Reform UK MPs turned up for today’s debate. Tomorrow I’ll post my full speech which focused on: ❌ Russian involvement in Brexit referendum ❌ Boris Johnson’s appointment of Lebedev ❌ Cryptocurrency in British politics ❌ Helping Brits identify misinformation on social media

BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance "People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense” Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Late on Friday evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK We've published it in full 👇

“We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change” Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Irony is dead.

So his “lapse of judgement” seems to be that he said: “we haven’t cut front-line services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do” So Kent-Dodge was itself a waste of money and effort? Everyone told them that before they started

Nocturnal for #FebruaryFrost26, a pine marten! #art

A quaint, wrong but influential opinion has long circulated in London (and elsewhere): that British capitalism is purer and less "corporatist" than its continental counterparts. The Mandelson scandal ought to be the final nail in that particular coffin.

@johnharris1969.bsky.social asks if this Gov are equipped to deal with underlying discontent. I wonder what anyone can do about it while we are inundated with such toxic media & how you tackle that without sparking a 'freedom of speech' row that could make many people double down.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Only Labour can defeat Reform in Gorton and Denton. A vote for the Greens or any other party risks them getting in. We are a tolerant, proud, progressive city and we don’t want their divisive brand of politics here.

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

Here's a little overview of The Burnham Saga that we've been watching over the last few days. Sure it will need a follow up as things progress but thought I'd put it out there for starters @northwestbylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...

My girlfriend has kindly agreed to buy Matt Goodwin a house in Gorton & Denton.

My piece for @northwestbylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk on the #Labour Party NW Conference that happened over the weekend. Positive event for Labour just before the Burnham story landed … (piece on that to follow). northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/lab...

I completely get that the right hate Keir Starmer. And I've noticed that the left hate him as well because he's not as left as they are. It's a hard life being a politician - but the list of what's been done is pretty impressive - especially if you compare it to the 14 years that went before him.

Alternative: 'Starmer lightheartedly pokes fun at ally Macron in relaxed interview moment.' 'mocks' is a deliberately negative choice of language designed to make people think there is animosity between Macron & Starmer. Having seen the clip I'm not convinced that's true. #staycritical

Question: who decides whether or not this rule is used by the NEC? Does Starmer have the power to change it or is he obligated to take part? I'm not clear to what extent the leader can single handedly change the party rules. @lucympowell.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social

There’s always a post..

This will not go down well.

Farage inadvertently did the same thing in the European Parliament

"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"

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Or realise they are lesbian or gay. Primary school goes up to 11. Plenty of people have started puberty by then.

Insane — a French judge says Trump’s goons tried to pressure her over Le Pen’s prosecution and she was so “taken aback” she told the French foreign office “There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”

Facebook reminds me that on this day in 2017 a woman turned to me in the veg section of Sainsbury's and said "hopefully now we've left the EU we can have loose carrots that aren't wet"

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

BREAKING: Keir Starmer says President Trump changed his view on the Chagos Islands 'for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland 'He wants me to yield on my position and I'm not going to do so' #PMQs 👏

Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.

I think what we’re seeing is performance to buy time to build war chests & new alliances. No-one thinks Trump is sane or trustworthy. Starmer might be disliked but he’s not stupid. Curious to see if the ‘Council of the Willing’ is the foundations of an alternative block.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

Suggested EU response: - US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory - Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases - This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight 1/5

I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.