Labour was the party of integration. In my book 'Our City' I interviewed 50 migrants who've made their lives in Birmingham & contributed to its prosperity. None of them would have met Mahmood's criteria. This policy just plays into hands of far Right. It must change. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

None of this should come as a surprise when considering continued poor economic optimism and assessment of the Government's performance. Ultimately, the government is doing a poor job delivering on things that really matter to people like bills, eco stability, living standards, as we saw in summer.

"By any sensible definition, 'racist' is a word you can't apply to someone who doesn't want Romanians living next door." Says Fraser Nelson, who happily published Taki's Nazi fandom, racist liar Liddle, and white nationalist Douglas Murray. Beyond satire. frasernelson.substack.com/p/who-thinks...

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record. As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

Indeed. Legal migration to the UK is, by definition, "controlled". This is not a coherent critique (of either New Labour or the Conservatives) either economically or politically.

There are quite obviously competing factions in Number 10 arguing about whether to be Reform-lite or set policy agenda / attack, and for today the former seem to have won. As far as one can tell, virtually everyone sane outside the centre thinks the latter.

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”. So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

I have rarely seen such unadulterated bollocks. I loved Twitter, it was so important for my job. Then a mad megalomaniac took it over and made it so no one would see my posts unless I paid him money - and even if I did that I would be submerged in nazi hate. But yeah this is our fault.

This is a great cover.

The events of the last week In both the UK and US have filled me with a sense of dread. Why? The tyrannical zeal of the US far right? The madness of Musk? The menace of Farage? Yes. But mainly because Keir Starmer makes me feel as if we're all vulnerable. THREAD

I look at the ugly state of politics in the USA and ask myself how anyone with a brain would want that imported here... but then ... Reform...

Just passed the old office in Coventry where I started as a trainee social worker 51 years ago. Memories

You know I’m a Tory through & through but I do think Nigel Farage would make an excellent Prime Minister. Why? Well I absolutely ❤️ the way he talks our great nation up. He sells the UK so well. No exaggerated lies or pandering to President Trump. We are so lucky to have him. 🇬🇧

Nigel Farage was humiliated earlier today by a brilliant Rep. Jamie Raskin who called him a “far-right pro-Putin politician” and a “Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe”. Not sure Nigel will want to come back to the US after that 😂

Epstein & Maxwell explicitly threatened their victims with death if they spoke out.

Profoundly unhelpful and flat out untrue. No parent would endure the misery of the ECHP system unless they felt it was really necessary.

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with" JR then demolishes Farage, ending with "You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

⚡️Zelensky announces upcoming talks with Trump on strengthening sanctions against Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope that tighter sanctions would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to shift toward a diplomatic solution to end the war.

Jamie Raskin dubs Farage a "Putin loving free speech imposter and Trump sycophant" m.youtube.com/watch?v=mpBA...

Current state of UK political discourse.

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.” I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this

They have lost their fucking minds.

“Labour’s summer has been defined by indifference and inaction, as a government elected on a landslide only a year ago acts as if it were a tired spectator helpless to the political winds - or whichever way Farage and the media blow them.” My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At least one Labour MP has the cajones to speak up

Superb from [email protected] on both the revived fears of black and Asian communities and the culpability for this of the Starmer government. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers

I remember being on a train in Eastern Europe and being terrorized in the middle of the night by officious men in epaulets demanding to see everyone's papers. I said to my friend, "Glad we don't live in a 'show me your papers' country." That seems rather quaint now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Britain's Anti-Migrant Media Consensus Is Crowding Out the Truth Britain's longstanding traditions of tolerance and compassion are being suppressed in favour of a media-driven campaign of anti-migrant hate www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/anywhere-b...

Famine has been confirmed in Gaza City for the first time, a UN-backed body responsible for monitoring food security says The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has raised its classification to Phase 5, the highest and worst level of its acute food insecurity scale.

Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit

HI All, The latest Europe DIspatch by @alanderminna.bsky.social has just appeared. It’s a deeply personal reflection about what it means to be a European of her generation--a generation that looks set to be defined by war, not peace. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

*taps the sign*

Official "UK Prime Minister" Twitter account put out this dog-whistle tweet that was viewed by 5 million people. A few days later, police had to form a physical cordon around a Deliveroo rider who was being threatened by the mob protesting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Cause and effect?

Oh, the irony www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...

Rupert Lowe has spotted another boat full of illegal migrants in our waters… 🥺

Look at this if you need a jolt of awe and wonder!

Happy Friday to everyone who might be concerned that he has possession of the nuclear codes, blames the messenger for tanking the economy & would gladly pardon a monster to save his own thin orange skin.

How dare Peter Kyle insinuate that Nigel Farage would ever be on the side of a sexual predator and rapist.

This is a terrible war crime by an Israeli extremist government. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"Cunliffe report won’t make one atom of the UK’s water any cleaner” Feargal Sharkey www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

To think that this desperate tabloid Rod Liddle knock-off was once a Prime Minister.

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?

Sad news. Lord Lipsey was a big supporter when I was at @royalstatsoc.bsky.social He was also wise. I remember inviting him to an early morning roundtable and he told me he had a rule that he did not do breakfast meetings. More of us could learn from that… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Could there be anything stupider than the US unilaterally cutting the remaining supplies of its weapons to Ukraine, and then Trump a day later asking Putin to agree a ceasefire?