Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP... Great 🧵

Tony Harrison RIP I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades. Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.

Remember the Russia Report, which Boris Johnson held back until he'd won his election? At the press announcement when it was finally published, we were told that British security services hadn't looked into Russian interference in the 2016 referendum because they hadn't been asked to. #r4today

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

We have 20 years of UK evidence that says Rachel Reeves is correct about this. Deeply depressing that some in government (let alone other parties) seem incapable of grasping it. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br....

Italy & Spain have sent navy ships, Greece guarantees safe passage, and 16 nations issued a joint warning for flotilla safety from Israeli attacks. The #GlobalSumudFlotilla carries humanitarian aid for Gaza, backed by a coalition determined to keep it safe. #3E

Rather illustrates why more Reform politicians getting elected several years before a Westminster poll is due may be a rather mixed blessing for Farage. Plenty of time for opponents and press to dig into his colleagues’ backgrounds. Things like this turn up remarkably often.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

This was the plan all along

Holy shit. Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...

We have our own business. The dog used to win 'Employee of the Month' every month. After he died, we stopped giving the award* as nobody else could live up to his high standards. * either a slice of ham or a cube of cheese, plus the winner's photo on the wall in the office.

I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right. This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.

Oh, how wonderful. Scientists have found a way of slowing the progression of Huntington's disease by 75%. An absolutely breathtaking achievement, using gene therapy injected directly into the brain. So nice to have some good news. THIS is Nobel Prize worthy.

Via The Independent: Donald Trump’s false claim that London ‘wants to go to Sharia law’ has been described as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by Mayor Sadiq Khan. The Muslim Council of Britain responded: “We pray for Mr Trump's health and wellbeing as his hallucinations seem to be getting worse by the day”

I guess we should thank Donald Trump for making the relationship between fossil fuels and fascism explicit.

Seconded.

Willing to bet that Farage's wives were very prone to headaches.

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As Argentina's economy falls apart and the USA looks to bail them out, worth remembering that, in the UK, all the usual idiot suspects - Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Boris Johnson & Kemi Badenoch were all singing the praises of Milei's policies.

Watching the right still cheer leading for Milei, and the USA offering bail outs as Argentina's economy collapses is just bizarre. Worth remembering that 11 of the USA's last 12 recessions we under Republicans...

Hang on! Didn't FCC Chairman Brendan Carr say it's not OK for people to share false information on television? When's he going after this guy? 🤔

My new piece in @the-independent.com on the UK's tech prosperity deal: The deal does not only leave the UK even more dependent on US tech companies, it also once again shows how out of step the country is with tech sovereignty debates in the rest of Europe. www.independent.co.uk/voices/starm...

This is how to do it.

I’m old enough to remember Farage telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social ‘you know the difference’ about which immigrants are acceptable and which are not.

"...an email from their contractor raising urgent concerns about Farruku in the weeks before he died should have been followed up." Another failure and repulsive cruelty by the Braverman & Cleverley Home Offices.

Experts aren’t “sceptical”. Experts are saying it’s unadulterated bullshit being peddled by a lunatic and his army of criminals and quacks. Get it right, BBC.

Self-serving lies from CPS/Telegraph. But kernel of truth here- unsurprisingly, those on work visas (& their dependents) more likely to make +ve fiscal contribution than refugees etc. Which is why proposals to restrict ILR (from govt/Tories/Reform) likely to *cost* money (1/2) archive.ph/JSo7O

More than this...we not only need to start calling Farage far-right, we need to start humanising migrants. They are not invaders, job thieves or benefits cheats. They are our friends, neighbours and colleagues. They are our surgeons, teachers, community workers. Where are their voices?

The West needs to stop normalising Trump. He is not only destabilising politics, he's going to cause mass deaths with his anti-science stupidity.

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Reminder: when working people get Universal Credit, it is not them getting a benefit, it is companies, often hugely profitable big businesses, being effecively subsidised for underpaying their staff, where their wages aren't enough to live on.

"More than a century and a half ago, this country ignored the explicit words of men who sought to raise an empire of slavery, transformed them into gallant knights who sought only to preserve their beloved Camelot. Words are not violence, nor are they powerless." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Has anybody thought to ask James Dyson how becoming poorer after Brexit has affected his lifestyle and how he is managing to pay his bills and afford food?

What is going on? The garden is defying all seasons. The apple blossom busy lizzies have gone mad, smothering their pot in another shower of flowers, the snapdragons are flowering again and zinnia seeds sown in May have suddenly decided to grow. When will I get the spring bulbs in?

Watching The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money... It is even more shocking and outrageous than I anticipated. Boris Johnson's government were corrupt. They thieved from us to enrich their friends, and thousands upon thousands died as a result. Our taxes funded millionaires, not hospitals and care.

Queen

Excellent thread. The far right and the media do an excellent job of turning desperate ordinary people, many of whom have literally run for their lives, into evil beings we should hate. What happened to the compassionate nation I was once proud to call home.

Actually, this seems like a brilliant use of AI. Darwinism in action, reducing the number of terminally stupid.

It's strange how sometimes your online shop can seem to have been rendered invisible! 😁 Here's a link if you need a few cards, or just fancy a browse to save some bits for later: www.etsy.com/shop/SarahRo... #shopindie #shopsmall #artist #UKGiftAM

What use are credentials in the first place if you can only print what the Govt tells you?

Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing. Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students. Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.

Excellent to see good border control keeping criminals out of their countries. Colombia and Panama have chucked Stephen Yaxley-Lennon out, so he won't be spending his grift money on setting up a tax haven base. He should be celebrating, not ranting, when borders do their job.

Such a juxtaposition when we have seen so many journalists murdered in Gaza to try to bring us the truth and yet those associated with the press in the west don't seem to have the courage even to stand up to an orange man baby.

Well, less than a day after Trump leaves our country, whinging about our immigration, he views an executive order which could turn America's trans folk into political refugees. Let's hope the UK would accept them with good grace and give them the sanctuary they deserve.

6th time. US alone vetoes resolution that calls for release of hostages + ceasefire. By now, we all know that Israel has no interest in its own hostages. Or ending conflict. Look also at their arrant moves to take all of the West Bank.

So much for Reform's efficiency at running local government. I have no sympathy for the Reform voters of Lincolnshire. They got exactly what they voted for - to enrich the privileged.