Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

An extraordinary Telegraph article from 2014 that reminds us where Nigel Farage stood on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Mr Putin 16 years ago.

Thought this might make you laugh.

First it was 600k... then it wasn't.. now its 1.2m? I'm guessing we've moved past asylum seekers now and going for... Muslims? #reform #farright #fascist

A couple of my favourite pictures from yesterday's #StopTrump march. Thanks to @ukstoptrump.bsky.social for organising it and @zoejardiniere.bsky.social 's quite impassioned speech at the end! Wonderful.

At least someone from a right wing paper has said it. Well done Dan Hodges

If you're in London today, then there's plenty of opportunities to show Mr Trump that he's not welcome. If you miss the march, then come along to the rally in Parliament Square at 5 instead and make some noise.

Badenoch: "I think he was saying, if people are violent, fight back" What the leader of the opposition says is not true. Musk called for *pre-emptive* violence. He wants people to begin the violence. She says it would not "de-escalate" to reject this!

In London, hate will never win.

Sadiq is right, "for our leaders silence is no longer enough. The time has come to stand up and say: this is not who we are"... But we're not holding our breath! And meanwhile we will say it ourselves - LOUD & CLEAR TODAY!

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

“So, you’re a Reform voter? What attracted you to the party run by a lying, racist, dog-whistling, tax-avoiding, ex-public schoolboy who cares not a jot about women subjected to violence or working class people like you?”

And.... back to normal bsky.app/profile/atru...

Litter picking Food bank volunteering Checking in on vulnerable neighbours Just three thing off the top of my head you can do that are more valuable to your community than painting flags on stuff.

#london #homeless #mortgages #bekind #streetphotography

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause. Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause. As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”

Happy 4th of July everyone- this is the most American thing I’ve read today - please read every word: Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...

There’s a debate in the other place - if scientific bodies speak out when a president makes factually incorrect statements or disputes established scientific principles, are they being politically partisan? A short 🧵 with some scenarios to help us think this through.

Labour rebellion over not wanting to cut benefits. Tories won't support because it doesn't cut them enough. Not seen Reform but im assuming everyone gets a free 4 pack of Stella and nobody pays any tax.

Artificial Intelligence upgraded to Artificial Sycophant.

OMG! This is just beautiful. Damon is a massive musical hero of mine but for him to do this, right now, in this political climate... Welling up x

"Musicians from London, New York, Mexico, and Nigeria came together and fully gave themselves to a song written by and for trans people. When the session ended, I broke down in tears and we all hugged—some of us were crying too. Something powerful happened that day." m.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjC...

Being a woman on the internet.

Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.

One was responding to £45 billion pounds of unfunded taxcuts. The other invested in Britain. Same paper, same editor, same *journalist*.

NEW: Brad Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, just lost his bid to lead the D.C. Bar Association in a landslide, 91% to 9%. He was defeated by employment lawyer Diane Seltzer.

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy. This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

Reform UK says it’ll ‘reset Britain inch by inch'. But to what? Smog, slums and Section 28? Their nostalgic fantasy hides a dangerous truth. This is a clear-eyed breakdown of what’s really on offer ⤵️

Went for a walk. Nice time of the year for wildflowers.

I think about this comic at least once a week

He thinks revenge is leadership and trolling is governance. Stop the #MadKing

Folding like origami is unquestionably the right move when you have a strong hand but forgot the rules, are holding the cards facing out, handed two to your opponent, lit your pants on fire, called your wife by her sister's name, and just realised raising would require wagering your kidney.

Pathetic.

The penguins aren't fucking around with retaliatory tariffs.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

This is high art