Starmer says past governments have been "squeamish" talking about immigration. Bullshit. Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth. Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk

A lot of those “left behind” people on those marches “left behind” their four bedroom house and “left behind” their £100k Land Rover Defender in the car park. What they haven’t “left behind” is white supremacy

*Heterosexual cisgender white British man voice* “Dunno what everyone’s issue with ID cards is”

Conversely what those in poverty need least, is digital ID. Can we have real solutions to poverty before this nonsense please.

Conversely what those in poverty need least, is digital ID. Can we have real solutions to poverty before this nonsense please.

I absolutely fucking hate this timeline. I didn’t believe the hope that had been rumoured, and wasn’t actually expecting Starmer to defend diversity today, but this is beyond what I could have imagined he would say. Gross. 🤮

“Give communities back control” feels like there are going to be vigilante groups set up that can intimidate and harass anyone they see who looks a bit foreign, and demand they leave the area if they don’t pass an arbitrary ’Britishness’ test.

I need to leave the house in ten minutes or so. I’m still dropping my guts in the loo. How’s your Friday going? 🙈🙈🙈

Why is he blaming the left for the immigration "problem"?. Weren't the Tories in power for the last 14 years? Their rule led to Brexit and Farage and the state the country is in today. Blair fucked up with Iraq, set in motion this thing, he was rewarded for his crimes, but we don't talk about them

Been offline all day, what have I missed?

I don't mind telling you - actually, I LOVE telling you - that spending an hour with Doctor Howarth was like being back in school, in all the best ways. A clear and original thinker.

We’re only “heading for a civil war” because there are people who want to make money from the clicks and streams the ‘content’ it would generate. People need leading away from it. Starmer.. where are you? #C4News

This needs to be criminalised. Provocative online activity should not pay. It’s intimidating behaviour and heading towards vigilantism. #C4News

I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right. This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.

How much lower would my blood pressure be if Excel formulas worked as they were described? 🤬🤬🤬

Test post from desktop

This one is doing it too.

Bluesky being strange. Got a post I wrote than I can see under Replies but not Posts, and when I click on it I get a “Post not found” message.

“He wants you and me and anyone else who’s not brown…” Did you make an unconscious assumption that your listeners are white, @mrjamesob.bsky.social ? I’m with you on the argument, but please be careful with phrasing.

Very well crafted, and worth watching in full if you can.

Dick Bugatti has had Farage in for another friendly chat masquerading as a political interview. More fascist propaganda from LBC.

1) It replaces the deleted post because you’re trying to hide your ableism… 2) …but you couldn’t be bothered to hide it in the text of the article, which still says “the autism problem” 3) Either way, you’re framing bullshit as medically plausible 4) Stop promoting eugenics, you fucking ghouls

Make everything from scratch: first mill your grain into flour. #GBBO #BakeOff

Another straight white man proclaims “identity politics” after jumping into someone else’s conversation…

I wonder why the UK media don’t give Ed Davey much attention… 🤔 Has he said mean (true) things about their favourite headline generator?

I see Trump decided to go for a “humble” approach with his UN speech.

Trump's America, like Bibi's Israel and Putin's Russia, are rogue administrations, determined to tear up the rules based international world order that keeps us all safer. We live in terrifying times.

My guess is that the rapture didn’t happen today because we didn’t all say enough good things about Charlie Kirk. 🤷‍♂️

Egg sponge..?! @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Listening to LBC on delay, @mrjamesob.bsky.social says there are some subjects that shouldn’t be “both sides-ed” on the back of Trump’s declarations on paracetamol and autism. He also applies it to climate change denial.

“I spoke to several right wing voices who have been ‘cancelled’ and have done the ‘I’ve been cancelled’ media tour to show free speech is under attack”.

I repeat what i said elsewhere, migrants stop being migrants when they become residents. Anyone who uses "migrants" for "people settled in a country" is perpetuating racist, hateful rhetoric of the far right. 1. People have a right to claim asylum. 2. People have a right to improve their lives.

Rapture didn’t happen at the dentist

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

This is why we need a proper press regulator in the UK. This Daily Express piece is one of the clearer examples, but the Daily Mail & the Sun, in particular, have spent decades spreading bigotry and lies for political purposes, and in ways that undermine our democracy. This must stop. #r4today

If the rapture happens while I’m at the dentist this morning I’m going to be annoyed.

Still not sure what to wear tomorrow for the rapture.

This is a really good comment on the worldview and psychology of privilege. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0o...

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

Whatever Fartage is saying & whether he actually means it, it's certainly getting him wall to wall attention.

The moral abomination needs to be the focus of opposition to this. Call them out on the hideousness of the proposal. The legal “impossibility” can be sidestepped by horrific methods (camps, extraction to third countries, etc).

An eternal truth…

So Reform / Farage want to deport hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of UK residents, turning the country into an effective police state, breaking treaties, and impoverishing the economy and health service? Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.

100% BANGER 😍

Looks like I’ll be moving my mortgage next year; I’ll not consider using them again.

The “trans people in sport” discourse is flaring up again this morning. It’s the same question: do trans women have a biological advantage? (Notice how they erase trans men entirely.) Here’s my hot take: So what if they do? 🧵 [1/9]

Such patriotism. 🤔 Eat the rich. ✊

How long before someone insists he be added to Mount Rushmore..?

Dutch late night TV has its take