The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?" The answer, invariably, is "Both". I'm watching the snooker.

Nigel Farage is trying to frame the Grok Porn issue and Musks lies about grooming gangs on X as an issue of free speech. Could it be that he wants to defend his own position as being one of the top spreaders of misinformation and lies on X ⁉️

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

Rather than do his f*cking job or go to parliament, Farage will do a podcast during PMQs because he thinks he’ll have no right of reply in PMQs, despite politicians always asking questions. Always disingenuous grifting clown.

Nobody could have predicted this.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Who better to lecture people on pariotism than the lazy, incompetent, compulsive liar who partied while people died, agreed the worst Brexit deal possible, lied to Parliament, ignored the Ministerial Code and promoted sex pests?

On a serious note, why should Gianni Infantino get away with this? How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be? Football deserves better.

1/ Tina Peters is in prison for criminally breaching election security, not for exposing fraud. No court, audit, or investigation found widespread voter fraud in Colorado. Mail-in voting in Colorado has existed for years, is used by voters across parties, and has been upheld by courts.

Man City have spent more than £500m pounds on new talent since being charged with more than 100 Premier League rule breaches. As another window opens, they’re poised to add another top talent, and still there is no ruling. Shames the Premier League how long it’s taken. Man City deny the allegations

I think this is called "a cry for help" 1/3

Micah Richards on Noni Madueke: “I feel Arsenal have a little bit of a conundrum because Noni Madueke is playing really well and Bukayo Saka is their best player. (1/3)

OK, strap in…. Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims! 🎄🎅🤶🎄 TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look. And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting. Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait 🧵 1/31

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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

There is sooo much wrong with the UK's media and politics.

Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No mate it really isn’t your job to pass judgement on our behalf. What a weasel

Honestly the completely weird Budget coverage is mostly a sign of how pretty much any attack can stick when you’re unpopular enough. Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...

I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015. Who the hell is Lucy White?! Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’ I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.

@arseblog.com @gunnerblog.bsky.social Our squad seems immense and we're all keen on rotation to keep players fresh, but are Eze and Trossard effectively undropable now? #arsecastextra

What an amazing day for Arsenal and for Eberechi Eze. Incredible for him in any context, but with his history, his journey, it's just really, really special. Also a massive win, and a statement/fuck off win in this title race after the results yesterday Huge day, lots of fun to be had after this!

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power. No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality. The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.

The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset. This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI. Except... it's bollocks.

Another super-soft penalty, not given, but deemed a clear and obvious error by VAR. Meanwhile…

LOL "Sunderland late show rattles Arsenal and raises questions over title credentials". The Telegraph is just bullshit, from the first page to the last.

This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded. And we need to pay attention. The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7

School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.

A great outcome for free speech and freedom to protest in the UK. BBC News - Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👏 "There are over four million kids in child poverty in the UK and there are four and a half million people who can't get a dentist appointment." "We spend 90% of the political capital and discourse and media focus discussing 37,000 people."

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...

I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed women‘s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.

Absolute classic Bravo

Farage: epic grifter

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly. I wonder how they got to this editorial decision? Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal. He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing. No one believes you, Nigel. Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.