This fucking "respect the referendum" line that gets trotted out really pisses me off. Yes, you can respect (i.e. take as trustworthy and valid) the result of a 2016 referendum - but that doesn't mean nothing has changed in 10 years! How many years of psychic power does a vote have?!

I find it really interesting that out of the second choice placing, Rayner is the most popular, followed by Burnham, Cooper, then Ed. I guess it's not a huge surprise, as she won the 2020 membership vote for Deputy Leader (e.g. most members' back-up choice).

oh gr8 more months of politicians humming & hawing over whether Brexit has been disastrous for the UK rather than treating the public like adults and saying it’s been a disaster inflicted by Farage

Gemma Correll, contemporary British cartoonist who currently lives and works in the US #WomensArt

For my own curiosity: findmypolitics.com?e=-78&so=-69...

Seriously clever stuff: it makes me feel a little happy-tearful seeing the montage of British people who've added to our shared sense of identity, and at moments of joy and elation ‐ and the marchers reveal the corrosive, negative, anti-British core of their intentions by their absurd reaction.

A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️

Madam I guarantee you will be within 20ft of a nonce throughout the entire march

Tommy Robinson is marching through London again today. He presents himself as a patriot, a journalist, and a victim of the establishment. But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long. Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵

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🤔 I'm terrible at cryptic crosswords

"When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything I don't know. The only thing I do know... is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind." Waymond Wang 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

I don't know if journalists chased this, or it was a media play by the Green Party. Polanski was unable to vote due to an inability to find a position in a rented home (moving in part due to threats to his security)... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm sure plenty of ppl have reasons why Ange is "just as bad as" any other senior Labour figure, but if she broke the baffling status quo in Labour and became its first woman leader *and* Prime Minister in one fell swoop, I wouldn't be upset...

I enjoy the part where Coates says something along the line of "photos will have been selected to tell a story"... as if that is nefarious? All photos get curated to tell a story, whether that's Miliband looking weird eating a sandwich, or Starmer looking cheerful.

This leadership shit, even now, is still not as important as the fact that FIVE MILLION QUID HAS BEEN PAID TO THE LEADER OF ONE OF OUR BIGGEST POLITICAL PARTIES

It's broader than that, in my opinion. The political left is expected to act for communal benefit; the right for personal benefit. Therefore it's not as shocking when a politician on the right screws over the community for self enrichment, and the left is held to a much higher standard.

Reform UK claimed to have the “best vetting in the country”. Their candidates told a different story. Here are some with records of racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, conspiracy theories and links to far-right groups. They are now in office and must be held to account. 🧵

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Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first

It's oddly charming that Kemi is fully into Zack's "Politics of Hope" — but only directed towards the chances of Tory party recovery.

A new PM should make electoral reform a priority. Would Farage kick up a fuss? Of course. FPTP now helps him massively. But just use his own words against him: "I completely lost faith in [FPTP] in 2005 when Blair was returned with a 60-seat majority on 36% of the vote” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm pleased that somebody is highlighting/collating the instances of antisemitism amongst Reform candidates (and in the leadership) - when I tried searching % LE candidates accused for all parties, it was just a torrent of articles about the Green Party an nothing else.

The *best* defence would seem to be that Farage was just saying this for the money - for £76, to be precise. But obviously also thinks its a laugh to tell others antisemitic conspiracy theories are real, not conspiracy theories. Any opponent of antisemitism must be educated not to do that - obvs

Nigel Farage took £75 to say “Is it the Bilderbergers that are running the world? You know, there are many, many other theories. It could be the Masons. Some think it’s the Rothschilds. Maybe it’s George Soros. I don’t know. What I do know is actually I don’t think any of it is a conspiracy theory”

Views differ on the weight in 2026-29 to give testimony of Farage's antisemitic + racist remarks to other pupils, 1977-81. It should be a basic boundary if saying "judge him on today, not his teenage self" to not attack sincere testimony of two dozen witnesses www.easterneye.biz/nigel-farage...

The antisemitic holocaust denying Reform candidate in West Bootl too was elected by 16 votes. Reform said on April 25th it "was looking into" the comments but did not act. It is likely suspending this candidate + communicating would have changed the outcome modgov.sefton.gov.uk/mgElectionAr...

There is a new Jewish Alliance for Reform UK, led by Alan Mendoza of Henry Jackson Society. He told its launch that testimony of Jewish ex-pupils of Dulwich is "an absolute smear campaign in press". But almost everyone else finds that testimony of past antisemitism sincere bsky.app/profile/sund...

There is legit scrutiny of Zack Polanski's candidate vetting. Reform UK did not to suspend a council candidate who called the holocaust "Jewish propaganda" (media reports, 25/4), He has now been elected. Farage said he is 'not welcome' when challenged on Friday www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-fa...

This is appalling and totally unsurprising. All populists attack the press and rely on their own personal media to spread their propaganda. It should be resisted at every turn.

The lack of imagination is astounding. Come on, dream big, guys; you can have a fireworks display*, properly managed waste collection AND make diplomatic connections with a traumatised nation! *fireworks go off here at least once a month, so I'm not sure why she wants more.

It wasn’t the EU that made us sell off British Gas, BT, Britsh Rail, the post office, our water & our electricity. UK govts. did that and now we’re being screwed for profit from every angle. But the same person who told us to leave the EU would sell off the NHS. Farage is never the answer.

Yep: you have your priorities, and red lines (which hopefully include blatant bigotry and "people not dying/starving"), and then work out how reasonable the disappointing policy choices are outside of those. Full ideological alignment goals is something I worry causes voters to note vote at all.

Over the past couple of years, anti-PR commentary from people in media with puportedly left/centrist views has been "PR would deliver MORE Reform/far right MPs, and we don't want that now, do we?" Every time I heard the argument it riled me...

Wow, I can't believe Labour's tactic of yelling "DON'T VOTE FOR THESE GREEN CUNTS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS, VOTE FOR US, WE HATE IMMIGRANTS IN A BETTER WAY THAN REFORM!" hasn't led to them keeping all their council seats.

Ref*rm are upsetting cos it’s the lazy politics of division. For their supporters, they say “you can’t trust outsiders”. And for the rest of us, every time they do well in polling, they say “you can’t trust your neighbours.” Whatever happens, they split us up, and make us dislike one another.

it was the best of elections, it was the worst of elections

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The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Denial is among the most immature and destructive of human traits. Yet it is all around us: Denial of antisemitism Denial of Islamophobia Denial of climate breakdown Denial of democratic breakdown. We should put away childish things and face our monsters.

Farage & The Tories delivered Brexit Make them own it And yes, feckers voted for it. I don't know if folk believed the lies or wanted to. Or were wearing their exceptionalism on their foreheads🙄 But ffs you fecking damaged us & helped Putin in trying to destroy European Countries 🙄 Vote #SNP1 #💚2

Reform seems on a mission to embody the worst impulses of a bitter and damaged personality. Surely to "threaten" constituencies that don't vote for your party with a (presumed) negative outcome - in active policy decisions - is against fair voting laws?

Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.

With each day, it becomes more and more evident how much Labour has realised they are losing votes.

"hellllllooooooo i'm the nostalgia critic, i remember it so you don't have to!"

Consultation closes on 26th May 2026.

I think this is misleading of BBC News: the US is the biggest trading partner (16% exports, 2024) if you consider an individual country, but the EU is still the biggest trading partner (41% exports, 2024) —though it has fallen since Brexit — as a single market entity.

Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt

Without stating your age, post your favourite film released the year you turned 18.