More than 70,000 people complained over GB News’s use of a hateful, homophobic trope. This week, the regulator finally acted and declared the channel in breach. https://bit.ly/4h5ZvAK

Is sourdough the baker's equivalent to celery - food that takes more calories to chew than it delivers?

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

This feels more like marketing for a student bank account than politics. What next? Vote Tory & get a railcard or 3 months gym membership? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The people (Tories and Reform) who tell you your rights are safe if we leave the ECHR as they’ll replace them with British laws also told you our trade, borders and NHS was safe if we left the EU because they’d negotiate amazing trade deals, take control of our borders and fix the NHS…..

ICYMI: Anti-corruption campaigners and the Liberal Democrats are calling for fresh investigations into Russian interference in British politics, after Reform UK’s former leader in Wales admitted to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia. ✍🏼 @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism. And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

Starmer goes to war in Reform - we all just had our call up papers... open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/s...

A video has been shared online with claims it shows two boys being arrested for waving an England flag. But the footage is actually from a 2008 episode of Traffic Cops, and shows something entirely different.

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

How is this not front page news? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"World Bamboo Day"? How do i turn this slop off?

No words required.

I want my country back … from those who profit as public transport is run into the ground , those who get rewards for putting shit in the sea, those financiers and bankers who will destabilise a country for a quick buck, basically everyone Farage will stand up for if he wins an election

Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent

You can spend your time arguing with their bot accounts. You can dismiss them as an extreme minority we should ignore. It won’t shift the dial. To reclaim our future use your voice to build and strengthen the communities they attack and show firsthand how hope beats hate.

Credit where it's due. BBC reporting on Farage tax and property questions. Openly references hypocrisy accusations. It's not hard, the man has plenty of areas to probe. And is very brittle when questioned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns Sign the Petition. chng.it/wjQxX9DnWQ

Nigel Farage, MP for Clacton, doesn’t even own a house in the constituency 😉 #AnywhereButClacton Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #FarageBullshitWatch

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A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Right wing media has had it in for Angela Rayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake and has paid heavily for it. Very much hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics desperately needs more voices like hers

Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Just read Angela Rayner's statement. The very notion she should resign when Robert Jenrick refused to do so for effectively handing Richard Desmond £45m shows how unmoored from reality any political debate in this country has become, but especially one involving Angela Rayner.

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Our public transport system fails those who need it most, causing greater division and leading to missed work opportunities.

Britain on the brink of civil war and/or an IMF bailout latest (Lloyds Business Barometer for August, out today www.lloydsbank.com/assets/asset...)

Well, they do say three's a crowd.

The brass neck of this from Badenoch. We're hear because of the decisions made by the Tory governments she served in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Cameron-Osborne years offer an important reminder that it is possible to excel at the theatre of politics - to "look prime ministerial", to dominate the "media narrative", to project "competence" and to communicate a clear political "story" - while being strikingly inept at governing.

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Men born in the poorest areas of the country can expect to die 10.4 years sooner than those born in the richest areas. Can Labour fix it?

The Small Business Plan is slashing red tape to revamp the high street with new cafes, bars & venues. Plus the toughest crackdown on late payments in 25 years - ending the scandal that costs £11bn & closes 38 businesses daily

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Spider on the wall Michael Sowa 1945

Confirmation that @jdportes.bsky.social complaint against the Telegraph has been upheld. Complaint related to a breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “One in 12 in London is illegal migrant”, published on 23 Jan 2025. www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0025...

One of the truisms in life is that people don't necessarily remember what you said, but they remember how you made them feel. This is just as important in politics. Folks, with rare exceptions, won't remember the specific policy details. But they'll remember whether they struggled to pay the bills.

Southport victim Bebe King's family slam new plans to share suspects' ethnicity Bebe King's grandfather said the actions of the far-right and Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in bid to "make a political gain" had been "despicable" in the wake of the horrific tragedy www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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