Brilliant work from a brilliant Mayor of London @london.gov.uk @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social

Reform UK are seeking to fob off blame for their illegal leaflet on a printer error. That won’t stand up with the police - responsibility for making sure the law is followed lies with the party commissioning and distributing the leaflets.

Dorothy Bryne, former head of #C4News "People keep saying this story is about women, and all they do is talk about men" "What's intolerable is how these men are making out that they are the victims" "They've all been having the most terrible time"

Thanks to @pollybillington.bsky.social for her great work in exposing this.

the perils of being a commentator

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is betting the benefits of embracing undocumented immigrants will make the inevitable backlash worthwhile, and defying the global tone set by US President Donald Trump.

Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

You know, we can just say this without the “I held off on using the term bc I’m not an irrational leftist” dig. I think the people who recognized what the GOP had become—long before we had ICE agents shooting Americans—deserve *credit.*

Agree 100%.

We're 8 minutes into Trump's speech unveiling his 'Board of Peace' and this is what he's talked about: - How many countries he's bombed. - How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela. - How large the US military budget is. - How he won the popular vote. - How much investment he's bringing into the US.

It only took 49 days for Conservative MPs to conclude that Liz Truss was a total loon and unfit to be Prime Minister. Meanwhile over in the United States...

Trump in Davos, Switzerland: "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German". German is the main language of Switzerland.

This speech by Trump surely marks the end of the transatlantic alliance. An American president itching to incinerate NATO, conquer Greenland, and get far-right parties elected to government across Europe.

“Would you actually use the word fascist about a Nigel Farage led government or not? - Trevor Philips “I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

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"The danger for Reform is that this is the latest of a string of former MPs that all tend to be rather alike," says Lewis Goodall. "They're all from a particular wing of the Conservative Party – the hardcore radical right" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nadh...

Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.

Robert Jenrick is the MP for Newark - the only constituency that is an anagram of wanker.

Do you think Reform UK members will accept the man who opened the asylum hotels? Farage: "I'm getting people in who are apologetic, indeed ashamed, of what they've done in the past." This is totally humiliating for Robert Jenrick.

Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social, with the supporting video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0p...

All the elements of an administration cover-up in the investigation into yesterday's Minneapolis shooting are now in place.

“Trump supporters can only see this truth if they’re willing to see it, and history suggests that most of them will choose to trust Trump over their own lyin’ eyes. Neither Trump, nor the DHS, nor ICE is going to reflect on how their rhetoric led to another innocent American being killed.”

🚨 Farage is challenged on the truth about London. "London's murder rate is the lowest in decades." "Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years." "The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."

Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?

The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.

Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river

Paging Tulsi Gabbard circa 2019.

Jan 1. Jan 3.

try to make sense of it

Responding to the chancellor’s #Budget2025 speech, Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has increased “every single month” under Labour. As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.

The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum. UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands) UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany) Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.

You really couldn’t make this stuff up…

Thank you @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social for rainy this & hopefully common sense & compassion will prevail.

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

Ummm, the rise in the state pension age to 67 was introduced by the Coalition Government in 2014, not Labour, and paying inheritance tax when you die doesn't affect your retirement income when you're alive.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social just listening to your shoe today on catch up, which was buzzing & fab as usual. Just one thing, you mentioned use of the term: Trump Derangement Syndrome. Are you aware that your colleague Nick Ferrari uses it?

EUROVISION NEW: President of Spanish broadcaster, RTVE, says it is no longer correct to describe the song contest as apolitical in strong statement. "The current events and the genocide currently taking place make it impossible for us to look the other way.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Mad times when it's a British king who's trying to convince an American president to resist tyranny.

So depressing that KCC is being run by flat earthers & conspiracy theorists.

It is hardly needed but this is yet more evidence in favour of the blindingly obvious www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

The grift goes on. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Johnson’s corruption know no bounds

Polly Billington MP, the Labour MP for East Thanet, said Cllr Kemkaran was risking lives in Kent by questioning the safety of clinically tested and approved vaccines:

A very important read. Thank you @liamthorp.bsky.social