This is a) incredibly fatalistic B) deeply provincial but what is most amazing is C) how they manage to combine fatalistim and provincialism with an unassailable feeling of superiority It is a remarkable, if contradictory, skill.

'They wouldn't want to travel Europe because they all talk funny over there.'

Kelvin Mackenzie was briefed on what North was questioned about. Mackenzie has been told that North has autism and tourettes, which is probably information from the North family.

Peter North was a mainstream Eurosceptic in 2014-16. He cast a Tory leadership vote for Robert Jenrick on racist grounds, cutting his membership card up when Badenoch won. He joined Homeland to promote remigration but was unpopular for criticising the endemic antisemitism in the party and left.

Ben Habib is committing Advance UK to repeal all laws against racist abuse and harassment. It sounds like he would legalise all current hate crimes against all protected categories [short of incitement to violence]. That is enormously unpopular once the examples are given as to what it legalises

This could be huge. Ukraine says it suspects Hungarian “entities” of conducting reconnaissance on Ukrainian targets and then passing intel to Russia. Hungarian drones were tracked in Ukrainian border areas shortly before a Russian cruise missile site on a plant.

Doctor Quack’s Travelling Medicine Show.

The sun came out

Interesting hearing the messaging from Anthony Albanese and Mark Carney on the Progressive Governance conference- it's a balance of security and opportunity and feels lighter and more engaging than "security and control".

Yes that’s fair

@rolandmcs.bsky.social this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... and yet Conservative controlled Bucks Council feel no issue with flags around Gerrards Cross

NEWS: S Coyle Cellan-Jones, socialite, said when interviewed “moi is une socialite mais moi also likes hanging out avec ma mère at chez nous. We will eat la nourriture like le fromage et les saucisses, watch le télé et she will tell moi that moi is special. Moi loves ma mère. Ce soir is parfait.”

Thus isn’t a perfect policy but it is a good thing and definitely better than the status quo. Universal ID offers many benefits.

Enoch Powell gave himself a bit of distance from the racist myths he was peddling by putting them in the mouths of his constituents. These guys, they just own it. I think it’s bad because it’s the death of shame.

Everyone believes the drones buzzing Denmark are Russian and everyone knows they’re coming from civilian ships offshore. This from TV2:

A baseline is leadership thst notices and commits to useful action. Has this Labour government yet noticed it is presiding over the de facto decriminalisation of racist harassment + abuse? It has not identified it has tools to change that Civic society needs a clearer practicable theory of change

Quite. So many Labour people on this website visibly have no idea of just how bad things have got for ethnic minorities since they came on, and how their visible indifference lands.

And against Trump's America. Johnson is right that the UK has nothing to learn from the Trump Administration about free speech.

Boris Johnson going hard after both Nigel Farage and JD Vance is definitely a sign that something is going on…

Kimmel blacked out in 23% of the US. Gets record ratings of more than six million.

@rolandmcs.bsky.social for the collection

Truly truly juvenile and pathetic

Kind of glad to see this, not gonna lie. Farage has shown true colours this week and it’s time to push back for every one from every angle.

If Farage was being strategic or sensible, might avoid Trumpism on all fronts, esp not indulging anti-vaccine conspiracies. (These do have some hold in Reform activists and core voters but are a red flag to mainstream UK voters). The charge he's the UK agent of a Trump-led global agenda looks strong

When this Hard Right insurgency eventually runs out of steam and gets put back in its box, there needs to be a full public enquiry into the media's role in stoking the fires. It won't happen though, because eyes will then inevitably turn to the role mainstream politicians played in it.

In the category of 'overreach', see also.... bsky.app/profile/lewi...

Here we go.... Shit sticks. bsky.app/profile/exce...

Ukrainian drones have hit Novorossiysk naval base. Plumes of smoke rising. #explodey

"The overwhelming weight of evidence still supports paracetamol as the safest option for pregnant women when used as recommended. The real danger isn’t the medicine – it’s oversimplified claims that create fear and undermine trust in healthcare."

Great Yorkshireman no doubt. But thank goodness cricket, cricket drainage, and umpires have moved on and pay a bit more attention to paying customers. RIP.

💯. Progressives have to stop franchising out their consciences to the courts. Politics is about moral choices. The problem with Reform's proposal isn't that "the courts won't allow it". It's that it's grotesque and inhuman. If we're democrats, we must believe that this argument can be won.

The Conservative Party chair is saying the 60,000 people in hotels would have been deported to Rwanda. The capacity of the scheme was 300 in year one

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

@rorycj.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Sophie is so eloquent and honest

It also helps the Lib Dem’s set up a ‘vote Tory, get Reform’ tactical voting pitch to the centre right.

Woke to Trump’s brainless rant about vaccines and autism, wrote a comment which Instagram deemed “hurtful” - you be the judge

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Anyone saying otherwise is wrong

Morning Bluesky. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is calling on the UK to open the doors to US cancer scientists marginalised by the Trump administration.

New Lib Dem campaign poster.

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

This would be a good start. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

@rolandmcs.bsky.social I will send you an update on the flags but can’t find a suitable private medium

@rolandmcs.bsky.social I will send you an update on the flags but can’t find a suitable private medium

Danny Kruger’s defection shows that the Tories have lost the battle to be the country’s leading party of the populist right. Instead, they should unambiguously position themselves as the only party of the centre right. For ConHome. conservativehome.com/2025/09/22/d...

3/ Though the Davey critique reveals that what we actually want is for Reform’s claims not to be taken at face value! We want them to be scrutinised! We want a “is it workable?” critique after all - because we know the answer will be “no”.

@rolandmcs.bsky.social 😊

Which is how you do it, rather than saying the plans are unworkable and unfunded. The "fight of our times" isn't looking to be much of a fight at all.

Thought you would enjoy this @rolandmcs.bsky.social