What the actual hell is Farage on about? “Being treated like a war criminal”? Don’t be even more ridiculous than you already are. Go and sort your manifesto out in your idiotic fight against Count Binface. And open up your finances to investigation like the supposed non-criminal you claim to be.

"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot. No time to waste. #ActOnClimate

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration intends to “dismantle the ICC” and weaken the International Criminal Court “brick by brick,” as the administration grows increasingly worried about prosecutions after they are out of office.

Reform UK’s Warwickshire library review alarms librarians and readers Reform-led Warwickshire County Council proposes censoring what children read, even if residents don’t agree with them | Meg Gain

This moment asked so little from them. All they had to do was pay their respects, express their sadness and join the chorus of horror about the manner of Widdecombe’s death. But even that was evidently beyond their moral capacity inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...

Reform and their supporters now trying to reframe all journalistic scrutiny of them as being dangerous political attacks, bordering on terrorism. A preview of what we could expect from a Reform government

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

A great actor is all men, somehow (3,5) #cryptic #crossword

Timeline 100% Sam Neill sadness plus loads of lovely Sam Neill stories, which is a good indication of how to live a life well. RIP.

Sinner leads, two yeses to ugh

Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup

NADINE DORRIES: I’m so afraid I won’t be able to make someone else’s tragedy all about me, I’m going to keep being an attention seeking arsehole until the headlines have moved on.

So… London is safe now ?

I've been a lifelong soccer guy since seeing Jimmy Lineker score a century for Saracens at Wimbledon..

Performative patriotism He’ll wear the shirt but dodge the tax #bbclaurak

Watching Pretty Woman. It’s mad that Richard Gere’s penthouse was the height of luxury in 1990 and now it looks like a care home.

Debunking Rupert Lowe’s claims on Rogan’s podcast. Please share as widely as you can open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

It’s like an American Taliban

This is smart (yet basic) politics, precisely what needs to be done for the new PM to reset (as much as possible) the government's relationship with voters. Getting out there and striking a positive tone is what the public are crying out for.

Sen. Rubio made 14 years of nauseating speeches about democracy.🙄 “Rubio now effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government, according to interviews with more than a dozen officials & people close to both governments in Washington & Caracas”

And this. And I anticipate many more. Maybe @ledbydonkeys.org can dream up a joyful campaign. I’d contribute simply because it would be so fitting for Farage to enter into a downward spiral of his own making to end up beaten by a joyful bin. Creatives of the World Unite! youtu.be/ovsf7WlSnIM

The thing about ReFuk and Farage’s campaign is that it lacks joy, humour and positive energy. Just sourness, anger and ego. It’s going to have to compete with the likes of this 👇😁😉

Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times

🚨NEWS: The Trump DOJ has subpoenaed New York Times reporters Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt after they reported on security concerns involving Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.

France is turning school playgrounds into living classrooms. Instead of leaving children surrounded by hot concrete and open asphalt, several schools are replacing traditional yards with small forests, ponds, shaded gardens, and natural play areas that feel cooler during increasingly hot summers

An entire article on the BBC website about crypto taking over politics. And not a single mention of Farage or Harborne. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ouch! 80% of Dublin’s electricity going to data centres? Tom Parlon, chair of the Irish Data Centres Supplier Alliance needs reminding that his members cannot ignore environmental and consumer concerns. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/chat-ar...

In a post last July, apparent Restore donor Miles/Routledge wrote: “What brings me joy and hope in this world is that by 2039 we’ll have another Hitler to lead another great uprising.” bylinetimes.com/2026/07/10/w...

How low will Farage go. Police say this was an interrupted burglary by a 26 year old white British male. And the police probably thought they had to spell that out in the certain knowledge Farage would do what he’s just done…because it’s always about HIM.

Reform UK and Ring Leader Nigel have many (oh so many) excuses, arguments and obfuscations that they’re all rolling out to somehow justify the utter farce they’ve launched straight into the body politic. They range from “it’s the establishment!” to “he isn’t really a politician!” Each one of (1)

BBC reporting a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Also, 'they spoke their mind' and 'they stuck to their principles' are not positive traits if the person is a hideous bigoted old sack of shit with appalling principles and beliefs.

Twelve people were reported killed in a wildfire in the hamlet of Bedar, Almeria, in Andalusia, southern Spain, as about 150 firefighters battled the blaze which broke out amid scorching temperatures. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The danger of using voxpops in place of real analysis. Cameras are a magnet for motivated activists. These two made it into four different reels + a dozen print pieces. The illusion is that we're getting an insight into "Clacton voters". In truth, we just know what Farage Megastans Jim & June think.

This Tuesday the @archbishopofcanterbury.org and the members of the @churchofengland.org’s internal parliament, The General Synod, have a massive choice to make that will affect all of us. Will they restore 30% of their land to nature by 2030? #SynodVoteForNature @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Two headlines from today's papers

You are probably today going to see a lot of people giving hagiographies to Ann Widdecombe, who was a lifelong opponent of civil rights for LGBT people and women, but who was charming on talk shows and thus was allowed to become a National Treasure.

All these penalty takers trying to be too clever for their own good 🤷‍♀️

“When you’re bathing in a sea of radicalisation and extremity, stuff like that starts to slip out of your mouth.” Lewis Goodall says Rupert Lowe should apologise for his ‘insulting’ comments about the Dunblane massacre

In all seriousness, when it comes to deciding which of Nigel Farage and Count BinFace aka John Harvey is REALLY “the man of the people” I reckon it’s Harvey: family man, with real financial struggles and no £5mill gifts. His Dad was an alcoholic leaving him & his brother (who died suddenly) scarred

The fountain that trump renovated is now brown. Everything he touches he ruins. #Pinks #USDemocracy

This headline is misleading. Not in the usual way I cover - but language matters. I suspect this is lazy headline writing, but who knows? The figures will and should shock people! And I will also cover one of the pervasive retorts - "yes, but what about army veterans..." 🧵 1/23

A small saving grace re the profileration of neo-Nazi politicos is they are all such dorks.

This #Corruption 👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I'm placing an order from some halal sushi from the Islamic Republic of Japan before the 111% tariffs kick in. You guys want anything? Falafel roll? Shwarma nigiri? 🤷‍♂️