And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...

I appreciate my British fellow citizens aren’t used to heat and proper summers. And yes, those last days were extremely hot even for European standards and obv down to climate change. But to label this weekend with an ‚extreme heat‘, warning, when it’s mostly below 30 is a bit over the top 😅

A thousand times this. The BBC would also benefit from not giving a shit what the Daily Mail has to say about anything.

More of this please.

One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.

NEW: EU nationals in the UK are increasingly alarmed at Reform UK’s plan to target their rights to accommodation and employment, saying this is a betrayal of promises made in the Brexit referendum 10 years ago. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Bit grim, but this is a very useful graph for why we are more likely than not to rejoin the EU.

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I think this is unnecessary by the EU. Burnham is extremely unlikely to unpick anything that's agreed at the summit.

How Brexit made and unmade Starmer, the price of Trump’s Middle East surrender, Iran’s not-so-revolutionary new regime, and why the EU is right to resist a trade war with China. My latest

Just in time to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum with a seventh Prime Minister in that time. Whoever took back control, it wasn't the occupant of 10 Downing Street.

It’s over. What a hell of a way to mark 10 years since the EU referendum, with the anniversary of the vote, falling on Tuesday. 7 PMs in only ten years. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The joy today is that hatred lost. Doesn't matter what you think of Burnham. Farage tried to invite a race riot. He dealt in explicitly racial rhetoric. If he'd won, many journalists would have considered it a vindication of his approach and branded our outrage evidence of how out of touch we are.

Farage is a lobbyist for billionaires, pretending to be a politician.

Come & hear about @histparl.bsky.social's Oral History of Parliament on 24 June @19:00. With clips from David Blunkett, Malcolm Rifkind, Gisela Stuart & others,the session explores who makes it to Westminster, how Parliament has changed & who challenged its ways www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/westminste...

Die deu Berichterstattung über Belfast war größtenteils von Unwissen über die dortige Situation geprägt - oder von bewusst darüber gelegten Narrativen im Gefolge von Musk. Im Tsp analysiert @fotoole die eigentlichen Hintergründe. Hervorragendes Interview mit der klugen @tessaszy.bsky.social 👇

Our discourse is now so corrupt the Russian firebombing of the PM’s home, and the Kremlin-backed lies about Starmer using rent boys, are ignored by supposedly patriotic conservatives We have proof that the country is under attack and they are so lost in culture wars they look the other way

At a time when racist and anti-Muslim extremism is being nromalised and sponsored by Moscow, the @OxfordUnion choosing to invite Yaxley Lennon is disgusting. I hope that every serious public figure now boycotts this group of attention-seeking students. bylinetimes.com/2026/06/17/p...

Today, we're in Westminster Chapel for our packed event 'The UK's Future in Europe', and to launch our new branding. Couldn't make it to London? We'll be updating this thread throughout the day with highlights: make sure to check it out to keep up to date with the future of UK-EU relations.

🔴 Pubs Shut and Streets Close as Police ‘Screen Attendees’ for Oxford Union Tommy Robinson Debate – @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The world's most prestigious debating society is set to host the far-right agitator just days after his return from Moscow. bylinetimes.com/2026/06/17/p...

Selbst wenn Burnham in Makerfield gewinnt, ist man der Lösung der massiven Probleme Großbritanniens keinen Schritt nähergekommen. Bis auf Weiteres sitzt Starmer als »lame duck« in der Downing Street. @annettedittert.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

I can only recommend to read what James has to say on English identity in my book where we talk about Englishness. And yes, your driving was.. slightly eccentric but I am glad you took it in good humour.. ;)

@annettedittert.bsky.social Im #podcast 🔴🔴🔴 #UK #Brexit youtu.be/GZKwXnY-HMg?...

Completely fascinating report, including the detail that @hopenothate.org.uk shared intel that Russians were targeting the PM with UK police and were ignored. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Der Autor ist tot. Es lebe der Autor @gustavseibt.bsky.social www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/journ...

Despicable.

This means the Swiss-EU deal is more likely to pass (though not certain), which in turn might allow a bit more flexibility in UK-EU relations - though not much more.

I'd just add that key issue with care workers now is not visas, but Mahmood's "earned settlement" proposals whose main impact will be to expel care workers and their families who have been here for several years. Both Streeting and Burnham should make their positions on this clear.

Vermeide, wo möglich, ganz generell Texte über Trump. Hier aber lohnt es sich. Sehr. 👇 @claudiusseidl.bsky.social

It’s Sunday und wer noch nicht hat, der sollte heute @annettedittert.bsky.social bei FREIHEIT DELUXE hören podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/f...

Handy.

Laut Forschern einer Internet-Überwachungsorganisation habe der Tech-Milliardär die ausländerfeindlichen Proteste in Nordirland maßgeblich angeheizt.

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

In der neuen Folge Freiheit Deluxe ist die großartige @annettedittert.bsky.social mein Gast. Es geht um Freiheiten, das Leben auf dem Hausboot und natürlich um Großbritannien und Europa. Viel Spaß mit der Folge ? podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/f...

My latest column for Expo Magazine in Sweden: Why Germany’s far-right AfD makes for a strong contender as Europe’s most criminally corrupt party expo.se/kommentar/ob...

My goodness, Ed Luce is furious giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Was für eine große Freude diesen beiden klugen Frauen zuzuhören! Dazu erfährt man jede Menge über den Einfluss Musks und Konsorten auf die Politik auf der Insel. Man kann ahnen, was da bei uns hinter den Kulissen läuft. Danke für einen interessanten und kurzweiligen Podcast

Excellent evening yesterday - listening to Annette Dittert reading from her book, and listening to her thoughts of the Brits - from politics and royalty to stately homes and gardens.

Der Teil zum „Mythos Neutralität“ liegt mir besonders am Herzen. Ich hoffe, der AfD fällt es zukünftig schwerer, Menschen in Verwaltungen mit Bullshit unter Druck zu setzen.

Hört euch diese Folge an, denn sie ist sehr gut! Wobei ja auch fast alles von und mit @annettedittert.bsky.social immer sehr gut ist. Und abonniert den Podcast am besten!

The U.K. defense plans were supposed to lay the groundwork for a rearmament drive to deter Russia and reinforce Britain's role in NATO. Instead, it's turned into a political and defense-policy crisis.

Warum haben britische Rechtspopulisten Angst vor der EU? Und was können wir aus dem Brexit lernen? Keine leichten Themen, dennoch optimistisch & mit Humor. Absolute Hörempfehlung: @annettedittert.bsky.social zu Gast bei ’FREIHEIT DELUXE mit @jagodamarinic.com’. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/f...

Fällt es irgendjemandem auf, dass Jochen Bittner - UK Korrespondent für die Zeit - seit längerem verharmlosend und weichspülend über rechtsextreme und faschistische Akteure auf der Insel schreibt? Ein paar Beispiele - zu dem Pogrom durch Rechtsextreme & loyalistische Paramilitärs schrieb er:

Excellent piece - what I am continually stunned by is how flat Keir's learning curve is. I've never covered a PM who I would have said was no better at the job at the end than they were at the beginning before. A sad waste of two years.

Es war mir eine Freude ! Denn Freiheit de Luxe ist ein Podcast, wo man beim Denken zuhören kann und in dem auch der/die Interviewte noch Neues über sich lernt Enjoy !

The saga over this plan and this sorry conclusion is going to be *the* case study of why Starmer failed as PM.

Feels like it. 👇

The reluctance among media outlets to specify that these pogroms are the work of far-right loyalist thugs is particularly weird, given that they sign their work! The LVF spray tags on the houses of the people they burn out, whether Catholics, migrants or refugees. They've done this for decades!