If you're following the @politicsuk.com account here you should be aware it's run by a Reform politician

Rashid Hussain omitting his transphobia line from his campaign letter in Pollokshields because he knows it’ll go down like a cup of cold sick here.

Can’t believe this picture was so powerful it single-handedly saved Claire’s

We’ve never been so back

The range and extent of unlawful behaviour (comtempt of court) by Northamptonshire police to cover up grossly unethical & unlawful conduct is astonishing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Ivan Balhatchet is believed to be the first chief constable held in contempt of court" translates in plain English to "This is the first time we have been unable to protect our own because the evidence is so damning"

I cannot overstate how completely insane this story is

This reminds me of the woman from Manchester who made a complain about police conduct and was then, randomly, stopped by police everywhere she went until she moved away from the area

Every so often I think about Kamala Harris and her slightly threatening and premature country over party

This is a disgraceful thing for a Scottish Labour candidate to write, but he has been encouraged to embrace this position by the Scottish Labour leadership, so the disgrace is theirs too. What a shameful moment in our party's proud history.

Just had to explain go piss girl to my colleague

I'm still on the LGBT+ Labour mailing list and they are now using it simply to recruit canvassers for the LGB committee members standing in the local elections. Has the goodwill of tens of thousands of LGBT+ Labour members and allies been squandered for personal advancement? Sure looks like it.

In essence:

Not to boast but

One day of sun and I have somehow burnt

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

I also think that if you're going to use terms like "so-called progressive leader" about your opponent and demand they "look in the mirror", you might want to consider some reflection of your own on how hostile to LGBT people (especially trans people) your own manifesto is

Shout out to the guy in the *body warmer* who asked if I was too hot

A lot of the Polanski hate is contrived but some English politicians shouldn’t comment on Scottish politics (he’s right)

Have to wear sunglasses so I don’t blind myself with the world’s palest legs

The sexual chemistry between me and sitting somewhere I’m not supposed to

QTWTAIN

Yes https://bsky.app/profile/benrs.uk/post/3mk67r3bdd22s

The TERFs are now aligning with the anti LGBTQ hate group ADF to target a non-competitive recreational run called Parkrun in the UK to end their inclusion of trans people. www.independent.co.uk/sport/great-...

My hot take on the whole “removing other party’s leaflet” faux scandal is that it’s fine because if you’re not pushing your leaflet all the way in, you’re basically littering

Used up the final of a multipack of pens I bought in 2015, went to buy a 12 pack and realised they’ll last until I’m 50

I can only describe this as Misery meets K-pop and it’s the best book I’ve read in a while

I’m glad we have a system of life appoints to parliament for people who fundamentally do no understand what they’re talking about

This is both wrong and made maths, quite an achievement

No more clouds please

T is OK for cis women but not trans men. Puberty blockers are OK for cis kids but illegal for trans kids. You see it, right? You see what this is?

What’s business casual? It’s ominously vague

Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

Maybe we'll keep some InfoWars content up.

Did all the NYT games, found them so easy, felt like a genius, remembered it’s a Monday

Can you tell I’m falling asleep at my desk

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

I knew two things about Buffy before I started watching it and despite already knowing this was going to happen, I’m still crying

Seen this screenshot so many times and assumed it was from some new far right movement, not a major corporation the UK Government is dealing with

“The right wing is on the decline. People are realizing that they have no vision or solutions, just hatred and empty slogans. All they’ve brought to the world is war, inflation, inequality, and social division.”

I don’t know what Werner Herzog looks like but I read this in is voice so can only assume this is his face

It’s been ten years and I’ve finally got myself a grown up suit

Why’s my ice matcha got a sealed ring pull on it? How did they do this?

Oh!

The Boys and Andor are two examples of anti-fascist media but the under discussed theme is their primary motive as a critique of liberalism. Three likes and I’ll make this an essay.

I don’t wish to be controversial but perhaps the home office isn’t fit for purpose

Sorry but it is genuinely creepy that this (engaged,36yearold) guy spends his time getting angry that Gen Z women are "intolerant" for not wanting to date someone who supports a sexually abusive, racist misogynist who is destroying the fucking world and making it more expensive to live as we speak

Thing is, I can sort of believe that Starmer just literally didn't ask whether Mandelson actually passed vetting, and also that his Downing Street imagines this to be an excuse rather than a pretty strong case for resignation in and of itself.

This Labour debacle (and it is a *Labour* debacle - Reform are loving this) is entirely of their own making. The briefed @davidbol.bsky.social that they had a path to Bute House - fully understanding what that meant - to shore up their own vote by positioning themselves as a realistic alternative.

It’s been ten years and I’ve finally got myself a grown up suit