Lam misrepresented her past statements in order to make her policy look less serious - “it’s only about criminals”. Exactly what Tory thinktanker Gavin Rice did when I criticised this policy on Twitter. She isn’t called on it. This is how we can end up with mass deportation by accident.

Just shocking incompetence/laziness from @peston.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social here. No excuses.

My Etsy shop is very quiet for the time of year and it's making me a bit jittery! Do you fancy popping over and having a little look around? Who knows, it might trick the algorithms into making it more visible?! 🤔 Thank you! 😘 www.etsy.com/shop/SarahRo...

Systematic murder and torture as a matter of deliberate state policy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

If George Soros paid for millions of people to protest Trump, you'd think Ernst and co. would have found more evidence than the international Jewish conspiracy vibe she's positing.

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

On my way to Luxembourg to present my findings on the rule of law in Hungary to the GAC-ministers. They will hold the 9th hearing, since Parliament triggered Article 7 procedure. I hope the Council will finally use it tools in defence of our Union’s values. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

@proton.me Is proton mail dead? And yes, I know the web status page is all green currently This is my current all mail folder on iOS 18.7.1 proton app version 7.0.8 (2) - 0.149.20 (Please don’t tell me proton relies on aws)

Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is another techno-fascist billionaire. He’s invested in AI that specializes in war, surveillance and violence, so it’s no surprise he’s fine with running ICE ads on Spotify. If you haven’t already, cancel your Spotify subscriptions. Let’s make them feel like Disney+.

"OpenAI has subpoenaed a wide range of nonprofits that have been critical of the company’s controversial for-profit restructuring. ... But in practice, recipients and legal experts say, they seem more like a campaign of intimidation with very real costs." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

🇪🇺 Should the EU act on the allegations against Commissioner Várhelyi? 📄In two open letters to the European Commission and Parliament, 60+ academics from 30+ countries say yes - urging transparency, accountability, and respect for the rule of law. 🔗 Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/academics-ur...

This needs to be corrected by @news.rte.ie repeatedly throughout the day. There is no equivocation here.

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Reposting the new scamming method with alt text. As mentioned in the alt text, I won't be duplicating the scam link to keep people safe from accidentally clicking the scammers' deceptive link

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Let them sleep in your room they said

1 Details of the investigation linked to Farage's partner. This IDDE outfit is a political foundation linked to Farage's old European Parliament party. The European Parliament sanctioned it due to alleged irregularities. IDDE challenged this in the EU courts and lost: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

Would *really* recommend listening to New York Times' Jane Bradley talking about Farage and US, and Russian influence, on Democracy for Sale this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5p0...

back in 2016 I was at some event and got introduced to Goodwin; he found out I worked for the Londoner's Diary and proceeded to follow me round the room like a puppy for the rest of the night, throwing quips in my direction in the hope of being quoted in the paper the next day

“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”

Not just me then. And we're used to being the most secure immigrant group over here, so I can't imagine how others must be feeling.

Farage’s UKIP/Brexit/Reform colleague - Facing jail for accepting Russian bribes His senior advisor - Convicted fraudster His partner….

He claims to be a victim.

Follow the money Where does it lead? #Farage #Fraudsters #Russia #Corruption #ReformUKPLC

How the far-right ‘brain rot’ dominating X is now radicalising parts of the British press Ideas that were once the preserve of the furthest fringes of British politics are becoming common currency in Westminster www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-far-ri...

It's quite depressing that I wrote this, warning about the elevation of Farage to the top table by TV executives, eleven years ago. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kidnapping of children by government thugs described as "efficient"...

A lot that could be said about this but if you look on Twitter it’s noticeable that the replies and quote tweets are *overwhelmingly* telling him he shouldn’t have apologised and even attacking him for doing so. That’s the feedback loop certain users are plugged into now, and it has consequences.

fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th

Meanwhile, the EU Commission is busy working on the next rule of law country report for Slovakia due in July 2026... after rewarding local autocrat with €799M last October on the basis of a reality-denial assessment #PlusCaChange www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...

Nigel Farage has a lot to answer for. Why did a US anti-abortion advocacy group help arrange a meeting in London with Trump administration officials? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/16/farage-urged-to-explain-anti-abortion-links-to-meeting-with-trump-officials

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK? Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇

Great read from Susan Marie Martin who will be in conversation with Leanne Calvert, Caroline West and Mary McAuliffe on Thu 6 Nov at RIA Dawson St bit.ly/48rsyMI

Barbara Plett Usher describes the condition of the Palestinians released from Israeli prisons - thin, emaciated, pale, unable to walk by themselves. Israel routinely tortures and sexually abuses Palestinians they hold. They also withhold medical treatment.

"Does that make you question Nigel Farage's judgement?" "No, not at all." Reform UK supporter & former Tory MP Maria Caulfield responds to ex-Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill admitting Russia-linked bribery charges

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly." "With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this." "I blame you for that."

Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman." This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women." RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Rather than ramping up their own weapons production, European countries are giving in to Trump's demand that they pay simply to transfer American weapons to Ukraine (since the US is stopping direct military aid). Is 🇺🇸 profiting off 🇺🇦 suffering?

An important emerging development is the way Christian Conservatism, in the past far more prevalent in the US than the UK, is gaining traction within Reform (as discussed here, but also relevant is Danny Kruger's defection to Reform & some of Richard Tice's recent comments).

This Saturday! Still time to get tickets: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s...

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Intersected’. The torturous language to avoid calling corruption, corruption

How many hostile acts and crimes will it take for the EU to deal with Orban’s regime?

Great to see so much good reporting on the Christian nationalist and far right threats to women’s rights and the influence of foreign anti abortion interests on the UK right

What action will @europarl.europa.eu take if @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will repeats the trick and unfreeze EU funds so as to get Orbàn to drop his veto? Will it go to court again? Or will it take its responsibility to hold the Commission to account?

This is primarily a political issue and @europarl.europa.eu should have used its political powers to hold @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to account, instead of outsourcing to the court. Parliament has the powers to force the publication of the justification of the unfreezing of funds for Orbàn.

Either the EU "enforces the 'beyond doubt' standard of commissioner independence with meaningful consequences — including the unprecedented step of leaving Hungary's commissioner seat vacant — or it tacitly admits that this principle has become a polite fiction that [EUMS] may violate with impunity"