This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post. "Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀

BREAKING: “The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong." Keir Starmer says that "wild promises were made" about Brexit. He adds: "The same argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"

This week showed what online communities can do. By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.

"After COP30, what now? It’s actually good news" My piece in today’s East Anglia Bylines eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/... It’s the shape of story across all ages and human cultures. You’re in a hole. Then you get out.

Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…” The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.

The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink. Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥

Were we told we’d be poorer? “Johnson wanted to make “a Titanic success” of Brexit… he succeeded: we hit the iceberg. … reconnecting with Europe may not be a political choice anymore, but an economic necessity.”

Were we told we’d be poorer? “Johnson wanted to make “a Titanic success” of Brexit… he succeeded: we hit the iceberg. … reconnecting with Europe may not be a political choice anymore, but an economic necessity.”

Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English. I’ll try to dig up a link.

No surprise there. 😔

As COP30 debates how to save the planet’s biodiversity, here are some ideas to try in your garden and community to help local wildlife | Glyn Evans

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Bees being poisoned by pesticides highlights the absurdity of our current approach. We kill pollinators necessary for the plants that feed us. Cllr Glyn Evans argues, as COP30 debates Biodiversity, that we must change our attitude to nature. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England. But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it. This is the whole country if he gets into power. (Private Eye)

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Great cover.

🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier. The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

To so many of us, Europe is more than a place, it’s a part of who we are. Hear what the public had to say when we went out and asked them what Europe means to them.

the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

It’s true to say our children are the future of the country. But a former teacher writes to the editor about a fear that many will face unfair barriers in achieving their dreams.

Fantastic! You can search Roman roads near where you live.

Great speech.

👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR. We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights. But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR. As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights. The Bear explains

Farage says leaving the ECHR is the “unfinished business" of Brexit and that the UK is "not sovereign” while we are in it. But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread. Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

If the government won’t admit Brexit’s damage, an independent Royal Commission must. A calm, forensic case from former MEP Andrew Duff.

Updating my LEGO White House

"History is being made!" The brand new Beaulieu Park station in Essex has opened ahead of schedule; the first new station on Great Eastern Main Line in a century. See pictures of the opening day. By Jenny Rhodes

Farage: epic grifter

👍🏼 Essex inventor built a filter that removes microplastics from water pumped from washing machines, so they don’t reach the sea.

NT members: time to vote…

NT members: time to vote…

True words 👍🏼

“You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed." Albanian PM www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Then fix it.

The climate emergency and bird migration: wilder weather and warmer winters disrupt birds' natural habits. See which UK species are now staying here for winters ⤵️ By Jenny Rhodes

“Make Brexit work” has failed. Former MEP Andrew Duff says only an independent Royal Commission can cut through political denial and chart a path back towards Europe.

Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years to “restore pride” in Britain’s poorest areas? That’s less than the EU, in its time, gave us every year. Ambitious? Hardly.

I’d prefer to watch a programme about this serious subject presented by Alice Roberts alone.

I’d prefer to watch a programme about this serious subject presented by Alice Roberts alone.

Change is in the air…

Change is in the air…

Greater Anglia is renationalised: “The first service in public ownership will be the 4.10am Stansted Express from London Liverpool Street on Sunday morning.”

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Great thread.

I think more countries will go down this road in the near future.

Wise words from a wonderful woman. Please watch.

Wise words from a wonderful woman. Please watch.

Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...