Earlier this evening ...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

This is what Americans call a 'nothingburger' www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Into the Quantum Realm: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, to whom the rules of time and space don't apply.

Posting this again, as it's relevant to discussion today. Using BES data, it shows the difference between Labour 2024 voters' own position on immigration and their perception of Labour's position. Overall, evidence that Labour should take a more liberal position on immigration might be stronger...

Excellent ep (if I may say so myself) of The Jewish Angle @thecjn.bsky.social featuring @joshyunis.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/jewi...

Does Aaron Rupar do anything else but spend his time clipping fragmentary and possibly disingenuous bits of Trump speaking? Does he have a career, a family, hopes, dreams?

My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor

Remember Jamal Khashoggi.

Our Twitter account has been locked because we posted an expose of a Councillor in Lancashire. Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’. Incitement of a council doing this job. Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

Mahmood is up for a fight - with her own backbenches and the lawfare blob. My latest for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

where to start

LMAO -- Ted Cruz is on Fox News talking about running for president in 2028

Why does Starmer oppose the death penalty on basis mistakes are made, but not assisted dying? Does he really believe vulnerable people won't get sucked into a medically-assisted suicide they shouldn't be able to consent to? My column @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

The Bulwark, famously the place to go to find excuse making for Trump supporting business types.

💯 And don't RT with 'Look At This Bad Person!'

For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto. I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.

I would urge people to listen carefully to the Home Secretary's full speech in the Commons on Asylum & consider the full range of measures, the examples & the comments on other countries. You don't have to like it all, but there ARE things which many have called for. Here is the first 3 mins. 1/4

Danny Kruger performs a vital Parliamentary function of acting as a Peace Wall between the co-leaders of Your Party.

Might create a few MAGA sockpuppet accounts for a bit of fun

The case for moderation is about aligning with public opinion on issues, not folding when you have a winning hand in a political fight. www.slowboring.com/p/folding-a-...

Imagine believing this polling

Listening to Americans talk about British politics

If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”

Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What's happened to Italian football?

…also, not too early perhaps to start thinking about an MTG third party race against Trump or the Trumpist candidate in 2028…

I’m not really a dark-arts kind of guy, but I’ll note that Democratic donors might look at funding “True MAGA” or “Release the Epstein Files” independent or third party candidates in red CDs and states, in order to take votes from Republicans colluding in the Epstein coverup.

When a tweet on American football moves into view

Disappointed every time I click on 'Adult Content' there is never any adult content.

People say you can't 'out-Reform Reform' and I agree but this argument ignores the fact you can diffuse hot topics (like getting a handle on migration). This is just trying to 'out-Reform Reform' and invites the simple Reform response of, 'why only 50k?' Shit for brains.

I'm less outraged by this than others by this (probably because I'm broadly on board with the government on this issue) but this is juvenile. It also serves no valuable political purpose whatsoever. What a prat.

Just bought a short domain for €4.90 and set up an account with simplelogin.io, I can now create valid throwaway email addresses on the fly like [email protected]. I was using their service before but I think their domains are getting blocked and I needed my own one.

Oh my

Given the way its policy record has turned out, the Starmer government might as well have adopted an explicitly Blue Labour philosophy; this would have provided the roadmap which critics (correctly) argue the government lacks.

Breaking news. Train worker who saved passengers from stabbings has left hospital. Samir Zitouni, the whole country has been willing you through. What fantastic news, a true hero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger

A lovely story, I really enjoyed reading this.

Upgraded someone from mute to block because they keep responding sarcastically to my tweets and muting doesn't work (I still get 'More replies' displayed and then I see their annoying avatar). They didn't even have the courtesy to follow me and keep trolling so a block it is.

Just saw a good discussion between Lewis Goodall and Helen Lewis on X, the sort of thing that would be good to see here

Is Pluribus really that good? The rave reviews are off the charts but I read similar about Severance which seems quite similar and that just baffled the hell out of me.

Well the permanently outraged aren't attacking people for what they're saying they're attacking people for what they aren't saying www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

At last, a fearless @thetimes.com enquiry into the Institute of Economic Affairs’ economically disastrous effects and Policy Exchange’s pernicious legacy of division? No, just an attack one of the few think tanks that did not shape Labour’s toxic inheritance. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

This is good from Glenn Loury👇 unherd.com/2025/11/how-...

The BBC needs to urgently review its board structure as to its ability to respond to an existential threat. There are multiple credible reports that board members involved in its response aren’t on-side. There are allegations some leaked. And the response has been slow and disjointed throughout.