Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.

Very sad to hear of Alfred Brendel’s death. RIP, maestro. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Thank you so very much for all the warm wishes and very kind words. Sharing news like this on this site is an absolute delight.

On June 3rd, 2016, Michael Gove told Sky news that Brexit was: An opportunity "to take back control from unelected, unaccountable elites...." and to "fire them." That's Lord Gove to you plebs...

If ever you needed evidence that UK politics is fucked, here it is.

Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he doesn't "drink out of a straw" because "that's what the women in my house do"

Imagine being that person. Imagine constantly worrying about your perceived masculinity to the extent that you avoid straws. What an absolute bell end.

NOTORIOUS is out on May 22nd. It's about bad people who weren't that bad ... and good people who were actually horrid... and the nature of treachery... and why society needs scapegoats... and why we need to understand it all and... to hell with explanations here are some of the people we meet !

So here it is. My new book NOTORIOUS History's bad guys from Judas to Al Capone... and how villainy like beauty very often lies in the eye of the beholder. Notorious - out on May 22nd Links to follow later today.

Today I’m showing my latest 4 episodes to my Producer. It’ll be my last day on Corrie for maybe sometime. Folk often ask me if I prefer working here or on Emmerdale & I refuse to choose. I’m a people person & respect is at the heart of how I work. I have a ball with ‘em all. Thank you everyone! 🙌

I’ve decided I’m going to take over Lancashire, own it, level it, get all its inhabitants to relocate to Wales, Cumbria or wherever (not Yorkshire!), re-name it God’s Own Country, plant millions of acres of rhubarb and build a Betty’s Tea Room on every street corner. That’ll sort the buggers!! 👍 👀

Are you with me?

We’re not going back.

This Nazi shitbag needs to be the first immigrant deported.

Who gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund? -Each of the 5 biggest tech firms -The CEOs of Uber & OpenAI -Auto giants Toyota, Ford, & GM -Drugmaker behemoth Pfizer Corporate America is desperate to kiss the ring. There's nothing they won’t do for a tax break.

You’re going to hear from people that Elon Musk did the Roman salute here and that’s true, he’s done it before. But that’s NOT exculpatory. The Roman salute was adopted by Mussolini and Italian fascists. It was then adopted by Hitler and the Nazis.

New: data from 4600 boilers in the UK suggests 1/3 of homes could switch to a low temp heat pump with no radiator changes and 2/3 of home with a high temp heat pump journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @betatalk.bsky.social @joalsop.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social

Very interesting study. It uses data from boilers, and suggests a third of homes in England are “ready” for a low temperature heat pump without any radiator upgrades or insulation. A further third could get a high temperature heat pump without upgrades

I’m coming round to the idea that we need to tax these bastards out of existence

Elon just did this…

Not all of us, Dinesh

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLK www.youtube.com/watch?v=e49V...

When I was a kid my parents said we could not buy German cars. I cannot imagine how fearful they would be if they were alive to see this today.

It's 2025 in America. It's never a Roman salute any more than it's an ancient Indo European good luck symbol. Stop letting these fuckers pretend they aren't neo Nazis.

In "Tech Agnostic," Harvard and MIT's humanist chaplain @gregmepstein.bsky.social explores the idea that "tech," or modern digital technology, is a new global religion. Join him for a Reddit AMA (@ r/IAmA) on Wed, Jan. 22nd at 10 am ET!

Elon Musk has been promoting and engaging with neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, and white supremacists for years.

Vor Trumps Wahl musste #Musk fürchten, die mangelnde #Regulierung auf seiner Plattform könne geahndet werden. Nun kann er aufatmen - #Desinformation & #Propaganda haben freien Lauf. @janalbrecht.bsky.social betont, wie wichtig es für die #EU ist, die eigenen Vorschriften durchzusetzen 👉 is.gd/78E3gz

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President Trump has promised to deport millions of people who are living in the U.S. without permission. But a significant number are in the country with temporary permissions — though many are set to expire during Trump’s term. nyti.ms/3E3WBgj

There will be a rapid Prevent cases review into the three Prevent referrals of the Southport murderer, as well as the full public inquiry. BBC report www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Being killed for disrespecting something that doesn't exist? Seems proper harsh. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade

Jake Tapper: "It's important to point out that the Trump/Vance campaign in 2024 was a very disciplined campaign ... [it] was within the realm of normalcy." (They lied about Haitian migrants eating pets.)

Getting massive Indian media vibes from US media today. This is how it all started in 2014, media first normalised Modi and then became his mouthpiece.

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Musk just gave two full-on Nazi style salutes at the Capitol One Arena.

If only he were capable of growing the little mustache or speaking in public...

Very important for everyone in the British politics to understand what we are dealing with here, and the stakes involved. Not politics as normal.

I’m actually sat here at Donald’s #Inauguration2025 Next to me is Suella Braverman who has broken wind & blamed it on the migrants. Nigel Farage is sat in front of me itching his teat & behind me Liz Truss has actually trickled down. I’m belching loudly…those bloody hotdogs! 😔

Um. What did I just watch?

Sighted in New York City on the Day of the Forest Defender: Yesterday, in honor of Manuel "Tortuguita" Terán—murdered by Georgia State Troopers two years ago while defending Weelaunee Forest—people took over a billboard on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Communiqué: www.instagram.com/p/DFBfjbayKvX

The beautiful Yeats Building in Sligo this fine night.

I turned into a book reviewer on Tiktok!

Latest book review! #DennisHopper #TheWaterboys

Waterboys dates UK/Ireland this spring. Tickets at mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-sh... We'll be playing vintage and Hopper!