Farage: "in my hand – my non-racist hand – I hold a fabricated letter, magically written by an imaginary Jewish school chum, who, to add veracity to this crock of shit, I'm calling Shylock." Morning x

This is good. The clarification was needed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Glorious thread.

Exactly this. He could come out and say “I said some awful things when I was younger because I was immature. I apologise to those I upset and want to say I don’t hold those views now” but he hasn’t said that.

Wes Streeting on LBC telling Nick Ferrari he’s glad Rachel Reeves has been caught out over this chess thing because she’s ruthless and thinks nothing of beating kids is exactly the sort of ridicule this story needs! Well done Wes! 🤣

Chris Mason must be writing his apology article as we speak www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I actually think McDonnell is about right here. I wouldn’t use the term scare tactics but what he’s saying is it was an approach to explain the budget, possibly wasn’t the best but lies? Manipulating the markets? Should resign and go to prison? Give. Me. A. Break. 🙄

It’s mad that we’re suddenly supposed to be furious about politicians saying things that supposedly “mislead” us. Where was this energy during the Brexit debate?

Honestly the completely weird Budget coverage is mostly a sign of how pretty much any attack can stick when you’re unpopular enough. Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!

Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.

BREAKING NEWS: The UK manufacturing sector returns to growth. The UK’s factory sector returned to growth last month for the first time in over a year. Output across the sector rose last month, and business optimism has hit a nine-month high.

I wrote about the profoundly depressing response to a decision to take hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty

There’s a lot of people getting their knickers in a twist over Rachel Reeves not crashing the economy isn’t there?

I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.

If you look at the ridiculous case studies they dredged up & the desperate attempts to hang Reeves for ‘lying’ about the rationale behind a policy she *did not introduce*, you might work out why right-wing media is straining *not* to talk about the finer detail of her (unremarkable) budget.

Boycotting the party you created is quite something even for the hard left 🤣

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Look, I’m a union MP. I want the employment rights bill in full. But I am also a pragmatist. Unions sat round the table with business and ministers and hammered out a compromise which means protections from unfair dismissal come in from six months not two years and we get Royal Assent by Christmas

Ahh this explains the outcry about the budget. Right wingers losing ground. Bless

If you think a seventh prime minister in ten years will magically solve the structural problems, deep malaise and febrile atmosphere caused by austerity, Brexit and social media, you're a fundamentally unserious person.

Jesus famously said “I say unto thee let the poor starve and only look after yourselves”

I’ll say this slowly so everyone might understand: Freezing the tax thresholds is NOT a tax rise. Hope that’s clear. If this policy affects you it means you’ve had a payrise and if you tip into a higher tax rate you’ll still be getting more money. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"

On the day net migration is down by 80% from its peak in 2023 🤔

Let’s face it we know this won’t be enough for people. But this has to be good news for the government. I mean we can argue about if it’s good news for the country/economy but let’s see how the right wing media spin this now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

LinkedIn is like a whole alternative universe. 😳

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

Don’t think enough has been made of the rape clause being removed from our lives today. That was the single most disgusting policy of my lifetime.

Yep. It’s overt and relentless. There should be absolutely no place for racism, especially under the guise of ‘news.’

Badenoch is so incredibly unpleasant. Her response is nothing but personal attacks and describing support for kids in poverty as "hand outs". Grim.

I’m quite shocked. It’s disgusting.

That was a moment! Removing the rape clause and children out of poverty. THIS is Labour! ❤️

Everyone needs to calm down a bit. It’s an embarrassing and stupid leak. But we knew all the detail anyway- the Treasury had leaked it. Markets have reacted well. This bit of process won’t be anything close to the most politically difficult thing about today.

Someone at the OBR getting sacked?

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 30% (=) LAB: 21% (+1) CON: 19% (-1) LDM: 14% (=) GRN: 10% (-1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 22-24 Nov. Changes w/ 14-17 Nov.

Happy Budget day to all who celebrate! 🎉 Can’t wait for the usual suspects to pop up later telling us the minimum wage is now far too generous and anyone with a £2 million house is on the brink. Of course the real victims will be the wealthy losing out on their tax perks. Hold tight guys.

Does Trevor Phillips ever let anyone speak?

Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?” TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.” ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”

I’ll just leave this here. Check the date.

It’s hard to read this stuff from doctors without cringing at how wildly out of touch it sounds (and how little self-awareness). £100k+ income is, to most of the public, beyond our dreams. Entitlement and class privilege is not the best way to win people over to your cause!

Covid Inquiry finds Cummings created a culture of fear and likely contravened the SPAD code.

We saw it in plain sight. It was the biggest collective gaslighting I’ve ever seen.

Just wow! No other words needed! www.instagram.com/reel/DROtAhw...

This is all so bizarre. Starmer barely seen lately and Labour MPs openly now talking about his replacement. What’s going on?! #ResignationWatch?!

It’s a slow burn Marge. our money is going into low paid and our children in schools/education, EXACTLY the right targets. My 3 kids (38-43) had pay rises (and back pay) above inflation for the first time in 14 years, got help with child care, breakfast clubs and lunches as well as mortgage drops. 👍

Clive Lewis thinks he’s so clever. This is the sort of thing voters are absolutely sick of. He both has a go at Labour for populist policies then smugly points out it’s not popular. How about the government just does what it thinks is right. I think Mahmood is right, the system is broken. So fix it.

This. For fuck sake will people take 2 minutes to inform themselves before pretending to believe the govt is planning to strip refugees of their assets and jewellery on the sodding beach?