They want zero. They don’t even believe the figures

Revisiting literary classics...updated, of course

But I'm afraid this is the new norm. A general commentariat unthinkingly passing on their own or others prejudices then telling anyone with any greater knowledge that they're wrong. And this is bleeding into government making a hard job worse.

Ecstatic this morning after Arsenal's first PL win in 22 years, nearly ruined by my dog disappearing in the woods today, but fortunately he found his way back home and ecstasy has returned.

Never has 50,000 people that Tommy Robinson claimed were attending his Unite the Kingdom March looked so small😂👇🏼 Maybe they were all the same size a Tiny Tommeh so that’s why it looks like a small fraction of the number

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

The vast majority of decent Brits will be recoiling in horror at what’s happening in London as the far right bully boys and thugs try to intimidate us to their way of ‘thinking’. Hitler tried, and failed, so will this lot of unemployable piss heads.

RefUK's performance bigged up without regard to the fact that their vote share reduced and their actual no of seats is a fraction of other parties.

Not my line but I think it deserves more exposure, and should enter the national lexicon. "The Cunt of Murky Crypto".

Seems to me that a number Labour MPs are more concerned that they will get voted out at the next GE than they are about the country or even the party they represent. Perhaps they should try and do their jobs a bit better rather than blame the bloke above them?

Matt Frei on #Channel4News coming out with the ridiculous " The UK Government may be measuring its lifespan in days, hours or minutes". Absolute tripe. Regardless of what happens to the PM or in the cabinet the Government will still be there for a long time yet.

Reform UK councillors already gone: Stuart Prior called white people “the master race” Glenn Gibbins said Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes Jay Cooper called the holocaust a hoax Daniel Devaney said Muslims are "pure scum" Reform - starting as we mean to go on.

I suppose if Starmer does step down / gets forced out as PM, the Reform lot will be thinking that that means Farage will automatically be PM. And when he doesn't, their anger will get even more irrational.

Sorry Labour MPs, but people who vote Reform and who have an irrational hatred of Starmer won't start voting for you just because you replace him. They won't even vote for you if you get immigration down to zero and refuse all asylum claims, because Farage will tell them you are lying

Councils controlled by Reform. This isn’t a majority. This is a minority of roundabout painting racists who will be quitting in their droves in coming weeks.

I genuinely don't understand why the Labour Party are so keen to have their own Tory-style psychodrama. They have the biggest majority Parliament has ever seen, they are in control of far more councils than any other Party, yet they are determined to get rid of Starmer just because Farage says so.

What we are now seeing in Scotland and Wales basically confirms that sensible parties will not counter talking to Reform when alliances to form majority Governments are required. Only a desperate Tory Party would consider it in England.

Read a few snippets of interviews with reform councillors - they are still labouring under the illusion that they as councillors somehow have the ability to make Starmer resign as PM. Sadly there will be people daft enough to believe them.

Another interesting point is Labour still won double the number of councils on Thursday than reform won, 28 to 14. The media reporting has been horribly biased.

BBC Beds Herts and Bucks " reform storm stevenage" is the headline despite the fact that Labour held on to control of the council.

For balance

The elections in the UK yesterday are so far showing Two Englands with a gulf between them - and maybe by the end Four Britains. A Disunited Kingdom. In areas that voted heavily for Brexit, Reform got 41%. Everywhere else they got an average of 10%.

So now Reform have a few extra councillors I assume all the boats have now stopped?

Reform thrive on the anger that they themselves create. The people that voted for them are still angry though - mainly because they seemed to have thought that Starmer would have stepped down by now.

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

Not sure how a Party that has the biggest Parliamentary majority in history and control of far more councils than any other can be considered to have been "wiped out". Usual populist nonsense from Farage.

The number of people on social media who have convinced themselves that Starmer will be stepping down on Monday because of poor council election results in less than a third of England is astonishing.

Worth remembering that Labour currently have about 9 times as many councillors as Reform, and however well Reform may do today at Labour's expense that wont change by much today.b

Reform UK are refusing to explain why Nigel Farage posed for a "Christmas drink" with far-right activists, some of whom took part in a violent attack at a church. One of the men pictured with Farage was convicted of assault by beating last month, after storming an anti-racism meeting at the church

Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...

First of many rights that would disappear They care only about the rights of billionaires www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The only place Reform will ever get in is the bin.

Polanski has apologised. Good. He needed to.

I generally like #Channel4News, but I am sure one of the presenters exhibited a trace of anti-semitism on it last night. He asked a Jewish person who he was interviewing if she thought that Netanyahu's behaviour in Gaza is playing a part in the attacks on Jewish UK citizens.

If you want to know what it is like having a majority ReformUK County Council, I can help - where I live roadworks were started yesterday, supposedly for 2 days. Today no workmen or signage anywhere and the job only half done. We have gone from living on a road with a good quality surface to

Farage backed Mandelson’s appointment, called him a “very intelligent man”,“enormously talented bloke,” and even offered to work with him on a Trump trade deal. The moment it backfired, he changed his tune & said Starmer should resign. He is a charlatan. #JackDart

Badenoch is awful #channel4news

Got half an ear on #Newsnight. This Bernard Jenkin seems to be an utter twat.

Funny how Angela Rayners alleged shortfall of £40k tax gets her hounded out of her job, while Tice's alleged £91k shortfall is nothing to be concerned about. The British Media for you.

Orban must have been voted out by all those big immigrant families that he supposedly never let into Hungary in the first place.

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

Why should any political donations other than a standard annual party membership fee (say £25) be permitted? All other options allow wealthy people disproportionate political influence.

Jenrick on #newsnight and yes he is being a knob.

Trump saying Democrats cheated in elections means he cheated in elections. That’s what he does—projects what he does onto others to appear as the victim. It’s an old routine he uses for nearly everything. “I didn’t do it, they did.”

So it turns out all my Placebo CDs were blank all along

Wins for Arsenal and Chesterfield today. Football-wise it doesn't get any better than that for me.