I don’t think it’s inappropriate to have some news stories about migration issues but it is very odd indeed for BBC 6 Music, a station essentially targeted at hipster leftie middle-aged people, to be majoring on asylum seeker stories as much as it does.

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

🌎With COP 30 in full swing over in Brazil. 🇧🇷President Lula gives an empowered message - "We must recognise that the most vulnerable sectors of our society are the most affected by the impacts of climate change, just transition must combat inequality." https://bit.ly/47L9Bmo

For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.

Contractor Compliance Risk Mounts for Firms in White House East Wing Demolition. www.enr.com/articles/617...

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not be recontesting the California seat she has held for almost 40 years. In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.

This is just not right😢 They just keep punching him😢 How is it that family cant be with him or know where these kidnappers take him..its not right!!

U.S. HOUSING MARKET RECORD IMBALANCE — HOME SELLERS NOW OUTNUMBER BUYERS BY OVER 500,000, THE LARGEST GAP EVER RECORDED.

If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy. My new piece for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵

If Zohran Mamdani was a Labour candidate, he'd have been purged and smeared long ago.

🎤 Kilkenomics Festival 2025 IIPP Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social will be speaking at the 2025 @kilkenomics.bsky.social festival, the world's only economics & comedy festival, on Day 2 (November 8th). 🔗 See her shows and buy tickets here: buff.ly/X1rwtM2

In 1066 minarchist monarch William the Conquerer defeated Communist Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, ending Godwinson’s failing Marxist policy of having names with Æ in them

You have to hand it to Alito & Thomas, once bought, they stay bought.

Israeli settlers blocking Palestinian wells with cement to cut off water to farms.

IDF: Initial report- The IDF has begun a series of strikes on Hezbollah military targets in southern Lebanon.

BREAKING: The United States economy posts its worst year for layoffs since 2009, with layoffs surging 183% in October compared to September of this year.

The bond rate fell substantially today as 4 MPC members voted to cut. Nothing to do with fiscal position. All to do with Bank of England. Reminder: The UK government bond rate = demand for investment + expected inflation + political risk* *(usually 0, sometimes you get Truss).

Scotland’s offshore wind should power a fairer future - not just profits for distant shareholders. The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵

The US now moves to its most dangerous moment If the midterm elections go ahead there is a clear road to the bulk of the administration and its outriders going to jail So the stakes for the wider Trump crime family and the new paramilitaries have just got a lot higher - with obvious consequences

The ECB kept rates unchanged for the third straight meeting, with the central bank noting the inflation in the region remains close to its 2% medium-term target.

🚨 Prospect warns that Reform's plan to shift public sector pensions from defined benefit to defined contribution for new entrants could end up costing taxpayers tens of billions rather than saving money. Read more in @theguardian.com

Remarkably complacent about the inclination of the Leopards of 55 Tufton Street to change their spots, is the Charity Commission. But we're pleased it has recognized the IEA has not been adhering to Charity law. And we're not going to let the matter rest here. goodlaw.social/npit

I know many of you will already have done something to help the people of Jamaica, but if you felt like helping a specific family, this is the GoFundMe set up by my son’s girlfriend for her relatives, who find themselves in dire straits. Every bit helps, shares appreciated. gofund.me/9b5b74984

Mamdani is getting a lot of the coverage because he won the highest office in NYC. As far as I'm concerned, the VA lieutenant governor race outcome is at least as important if not more so. A Muslim woman won statewide office in the former heart of the Confederacy. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Huntingdon attack taught us one big lesson: we MUST have unionised staff on trains... and not just one. @greateranglia.bsky.social @southernrailuk.bsky.social @lner.co.uk southwesternrailway.com scotrail.com

Organised people can defeat organised money. #Mamdani

Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%. Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early. Must redistribute or risk social disorder.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory and what he called a “historic campaign" "New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won," he said www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

The hostage was filmed being RAPED by IOF terrorists. His intestines exploded. His rectum was ruptured. Ministers, MPs and religious leaders praised the rapists. TV stations hosted the rapists. The public overwhelmingly supported the rapists. ABC News: "an alleged abuse" #auspol #GazaGenocide

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

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Thank you Cameron.. Watch out for people with untrained dogs on leads wandering away from the owner and threatening to trip up the elderly... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing' individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.

Despite spending $40 million, super PACs could not pull Cuomo to victory. NYTimes

James Murray MP 'we raised NICs to fund the health service and stabilise the public finances' ... But the public finances have not been stabilised... Now the Chancellor plans to raise taxes & contract the economy (& tax receipts) further .... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

U.S. HOUSING MARKET — HOME SALES ON TRACK FOR THEIR WORST YEAR SINCE THE MID-1990s.

I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

CAR SEIZURES DUE TO UNPAID LOAN PAYMENTS HAVE SURGED TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS.

Oh wow did you hear about the mysterious fire next week

U.S. AIR TRAVEL IS BUCKLING UNDER THE SHUTDOWN — STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE FORCING FLIGHT DELAYS, CANCELLATIONS, AND EVEN RAISING THE THREAT OF A FULL AIRSPACE SHUTDOWN IF SAFETY SLIPS FURTHER. || WITH $4B ALREADY WIPED FROM THE TRAVEL ECONOMY AND HOLIDAY TRAFFIC LOOMING, THE

Trump hosted 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party hours before SNAP funding lapsed abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Tesla Again Posts Steep Monthly Sales Declines Across Europe Yesterday, the stock was on the cusp of a record high www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Since the election almost all the vote movement has been within these blocs rather than between them. The centre/left bloc vote is rising because a lot of Lab24 voters who had been saying "don't know" are now saying "Green".

1/10 NYT: "China has offset the decline from America with breathtaking speed. Shipments to other parts of the world have surged this year, demonstrating that China’s manufacturing dominance will not be easily slowed." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

10/10 As long as the US trade deficit continues to grow, in other words, if China's net exports to the US don't rise, that simply means that its net exports to the rest of the world will. What always mattered to China was less the US deficit with China than the US deficit with the world.