When did we normalize this? When did it become okay for a president to tell a female reporter she’s a ‘dumb person’ for asking a totally legitimate question about his contradictory answers? Was there a specific date and time it become okay? Normal? Normalized?

This, by someone with the kind of moral integrity Jess Philipps does have, is the worst blow so far, I think.

Outside No.10, the ridiculous hog that is our media is rolling in its favourite muck. And it's hard for such apparent enjoyment of this setting not to add to a suspicion that it is now a default and deliberate destination. That in this clip we see Patient Zero in the UK's chronic contagion of chaos.

Can I just ask, #r4today, as you seem to be very keen to talk about and investigate Polanski’s council tax issue, why not the same feverish scrutiny over the far more troubling and glaringly corrupt £5M bribe Farage took from that crypto billionaire, Harborne? We can hear your strings being pulled.

Some news in eigener Sache: Mein neues Buch über Grossbritannien ist ab heute in den Buchhandlungen. Zehn Jahre nach dem Brexit: Wie geht es den Briten heute und warum ist Larry the Cat der beständigste Bewohner der Downing Street? Aktueller geht es nicht. #StarmerChaos

Did not expect Mahmood to deny Starmer ILR but I guess those are the new Home Office rules.

It’s depressingly inevitable that all the wrong people are the forefront of the push to remove Starmer.

The herd seems to move sideways.

Hmmm watching resignations live on bbc news channel feels very Boris Johnson

Too little. Too late.

In need for a distraction from this increasingly Labour psychodrama I am back at #legends Unbelievably well made. Dialogues, plot, and then Steve Coogan. What an actor.

All you need to know about this week. Another excellent analysis by @samfr.bsky.social on what really happened on Thursday.. 👇 (Had previously linked to the wrong post, this is the right one now.😉)

All you need to know about this week. Another excellent analysis by @samfr.bsky.social on what really happened on Thursday.. 👇

Genuine question to my Scottish followers: There was an interesting contribution on BBCs Scotland election day coverage by a woman, blond with glasses, saying that Scots are less angry than English voters, as with independence there's a future to discuss. Anyone saw that and has the name?

If theres anyone else having a quiet night tonite. I can totally recommend #Legends on Netflix. Incredibly well told story, beautifully made. Completely agree with @charlotteivers.bsky.social #SaturdayEveBinge

Truly historic & moving scenes from the inaugural session of the Hungarian Parliament. A children’s tambura band from a tiny village playing a folk song often described as the unofficial Roma anthem. MPs were tearing up & so were many more of us watching. After all those years of hate. 🎥 telex.hu

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

Slightly annoying me that BBC are uncritically reporting Reform spokesman saying winning 800 seats would be a great night when they're going to win at least double that.

„Ausgerechnet Frau Prien, lange Zeit die besonnene Stimme der CDU, zieht jetzt in den Kulturkampf. Sie scheut sich nicht, Menschen zu diskreditieren, die sich seit Jahren für die Demokratie engagieren.“ Meine neue kolumne im Stern über Demokratie und Fördergesetz www.stern.de/gesellschaft...

"To build his mammoth White House ballroom, President Trump last summer chose Maryland-based Clark Construction... In January...the Trump administration secretly gave the company a no-bid contract to do another job at a sharply inflated price." Plus declared it all an "emergency." Orban Playbook.

Möchte Wolfram Weimer das Gerichtsurteil nicht verstehen oder kann er nicht?

Can we stop focusing on single statements and pretend they influence US policy? Trump wants to reduce US support for European defence. Merz’s statements (or any other) are a pretext, not the cause. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How Germany’s Merz torpedoed his plan to contain Trump

Beautiful evening at the end of an usually dry and sunny bank holiday weekend. Hope everyone had a good time!

There are controversial ideas worthy of debate. But “Tommy Robinson” is simply a criminal racist. Platforming him utterly discredits the Oxford Union. I once accepted an invitation from them only to be replaced & ghosted, but never again. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2607486...

Those 5000 soldiers could be replaced somehow. The real danger is something else. 👇

Apart from anything else the rise of prediction markets is another spectacular example of Trumpian corruption...

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

The optimist‘s take.

Anyone questioning why action against such hate by all parties is important should read this powerful piece by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social abt what life is like for British Jews at the moment (and, yes, people are questioning need for action on this, another sad sign) www.ft.com/content/f9ee...

A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists? Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No wonder Sabine Weyand gave up the ghost. The EU bet last summer was that by giving unto Trump on tarriffs they would get trade stability. Wrong. The German govt in particular was dead wrong. Now they pay the price for failing to stand up to Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Sehr informativ : Zusammenhänge Kontexte Insights USAbesuch Charles Starmer Trump Brexit Epstein ! Danke ! Annette Dittert @@ronzheimer.bsky.social

So wartet die SPD den Zeitpunkt ab, in dem die Union erstmals mit der AfD kooperiert. Das zeugt weder von Haltung, noch ist es strategisch erfolgversprechend.

„Reiches Framing dominiert weiter den Artikel. Dass sie Kritik zurückweise, steht noch in der Überschrift, im Vorspann und noch mal in einer Zwischenüberschrift. Wäre es nicht treffender, hervorzuheben, dass Reiche die Unwahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit gesagt hat? Wäre das nicht die Nachricht?“

Schönes Gespräch @ronzheimer.bsky.social und kluge Einschätzungen von @annettedittert.bsky.social!

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James Orr is currently a panellist on The Moral Maze despite being Reform's head of policy and one of the most important figures in the international radical right. There isn't a left-wing equivalent but I guarantee they wouldn't be on the show

The Mad King wants to choose what jokes you are allowed to hear.

I am sick and tired of hearing about that 'special relationship'. It never existed, really. And it should be put to bed latest now. It's humiliating for the UK. Always has been. As is Charles visit to Washington.

“I’m glad he’s dead,” Donald Trump on the passing of Robert Mueller, who received a Purple Heart & a Bronze Star for heroism in the service of his country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour won big – then lost the story Where did “change” actually go? Simple slogans beat complex truths - Reform understands what Labour doesn’t. Voters want vision, not tidying up, no slogans. Peter Thurlow throws down the gauntlet

Whatever just happened at the WHCD is going to generate a million conspiracy theories. Many of them will based on incorrect reports from the first moments. Good time to log off, enjoy your Saturday, and wait for some actual reporting.

Has anyone had this ridiculous response from the BBC? They claim it was a banner explaining Reform’s policy on Asylum Seekers, and they usually use a party logo on these explanatory banners. I have NEVER seen a Labour Party logo on anything explaining their policies. Has anyone?

Wie @christianstoecker.de bei @annewill.bsky.social 🏆 konstatiert: Wir haben keine Zeit mehr. Die Kurven der Folgen durch Klimakrise steigen exponentiell wie jetzt auch der notwendige Ausbau der Erneuerbaren. Wiederbelebungsversuche von Atomkraft ist wie Kohle- 1/2 youtu.be/PzQU3sFxRWY?...

That's $10 billion of missiles. For absolutely no benefit whatsoever.

Excellent piece. 👇

The number in the post is complete fiction - the estimate is about one fifth of that. The actual clip from @zackpolanski.bsky.social also includes equalising CGT and income tax. (Very) optimistically, this might raise the same again. So he's out by a factor of (at least) two, probably more.

Philip Rycroft, who ran the Dept for Exiting the EU, says the U.K. should rejoin 👏 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Orbans methods.