Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔴NEW🔴 Thread 🧵 @bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

Johnson’s cull of MPs prepared to tell the truth about Brexit consigned the Tories to the absurdity & irrelevance they currently enjoy. The media’s pitiful complicity in & failure to explain this lets Farage move in to the vacated space despite embodying the stupidity & bigotry that did for them.

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract. There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m... Thread:

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money". Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions. Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said...

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain. A country remade by privatisation. Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life. 🧵

Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle. Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association

New EU border chaos is looming unless ministers act. We need: Full use of the EU travel app for UK passengers Fast-track lanes for families & disabled travellers A clear national info campaign 12 October is weeks away – government must get a grip now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

Had a really fun show last night in Tufnell Park and looking forward to another one tonight. Very much still tickets available for all shows so if you fancy a laugh then come along... camdenfringe.com/events/matt-... @camdenfringe.bsky.social

If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT. If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.

President Trump caught cheating at a game of golf The caddie in the MAGA hat on the left drops a ball

As someone who lives half a mile or so from the hotel... NO-ONE apart from RW mouth-honks on local Facebook ever had a concern about the poor people housed at the Bell (the same people raging about solar farms, cyclists, and widening the pavements on the High Street.

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🚨TRUMP COMING TO THE UK It would be such a shame for Donald if this photo of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein appeared absolutely EVERYWHERE on his tour of the UK. It would truly be such a huge shame if everyone donated to make that happen 👀 link in bio x

The world is looking on in horror as Netanyahu's Government plots to lock Gaza's entire population into effectively a giant prison. The Prime Minister should make it clear that the UK won't stand idly by, starting by sanctioning Netanyahu himself.

Do sing along! 🎶Here we come, walkin' down the street, We get the funniest looks from every one we meet. Hey, hey, we're the Tories and people say we Tory around. But we're too busy sniping so we can put everyone down!🎵😁

“PR agency Signal the News threatened Press Gazette with an injunction if we published even a partial screenshot of stories arising from its work… So Press Gazette will merely share links to the stories in question and let readers draw their own conclusions.”

The Trump regime would like you to please hand over all your private information and communications to the dictatorship so they can vet your loyalty to the regime before you visit the US. If loyalty is not confirmed, you will be abducted on arrival and shipped off to El Salvador.

Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote. Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment. consoc.org.uk/publications...

America This is your king: Ripe teats Soiled crevices And leaking pipe work. Loose unfolded conkers stroke his pale knees. A large amalgam of porridge & custard sloshes inside his chive scented underpants. He gurgles. America He is your Dad. Feel proud. Happy Father’s Day! 🇺🇸

Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...

TAKE ACTION NOW: 📞 Call the FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) - Script in Carousel 📨 Email the FCDO and your MP using the template - Script in Carousel ➡️ More info: www.humantiproject.org 👣 Join the Global March to Gaza. Share widely. ALL EYES ON GAZA #EyesOnGaza #FreePalestine

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has drawn up plans to win over Reform voters by changing its news and drama output. BBC Director General Tim Davie and other execs discussed altering "story selection" in order to win the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world. They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made a series of claims about the BBC's coverage of events in Gaza on Sunday. We've looked at the claims - and the number of misrepresentations and untruths that they contained. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Hate or Pride? Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride. Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose. goodlaw.social/xoau

Know Your Parasites

Yes, we found the private photos and videos from Trump’s crypto dinner.

More than 100,000 people marched through the centre of The Hague on Sunday to protest against the right-wing cabinet’s position on Israel and the war in Gaza. Many of the demonstrators wore red clothing to symbolically draw a red line, which is something the government had previously refused to do.

So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need? Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

The PNG Courier or Grimes, Starmer and the Trumpanzees open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

Excellent piece from @chrisgiles.ft.com. It's notable how, as per Mark Carney's comments, Brexit has become the internationally recognized yardstick of national economic self-harm. It's not even contentious: the talking point is whether and to what extent it applies to what Trump is doing to the US.

Drawn 6 years go today. It was rejected and called unfair and alarmist.

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings? It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉 New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...

I've been sanctioned by Putin – a regime that invades neighbours, bombs civilians, poisons critics, and rigs elections. I’ll never stop standing up for Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova – and every democracy threatened by Kremlin aggression.

Dear Elon, love London x Sound on 🔊

As someone who fell into online #gambling while a #carer, I’m shocked at venues popping up in our towns, promoting bingo, inside it’s a slot machine cave. It could and is happening all over the country, it needs to be curbed. Please take a moment to listen, read and sign ✍️ enoughgambling.com

Meta is using all the data it holds about you to send you creepy, invasive ads 😳 👇 Stop them by emailing Meta's data officer. goodlaw.social/29al

Time to increase our boycott of American goods and services.

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

This explanation seems horrific but sound. 10%tariffs if your balance of trade is roughly equal. It’s a shakedown & a protection racket. He’ll lift them by domestic sector and even maybe individual companies, as well as perhaps the occasional nation, as a reward for pledges of blind allegiance.