Interesting thing to take away here. BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded. And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔

This is the USA in 2025. And if Reform win in 2028 the same will be happening in the UK. Wake up people.

Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism? Odd that.

“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!

If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...

On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism". These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.

If you want to live under a king, you ultimately wish to be a slave to that person’s commands. If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law. The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.

This 👏👏👏👏

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

The quickest and easiest route to growth available to the UK is Single Market/Customs Union membership. Apparently the only people who can’t see this are the PM and CoE 🤨 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.

RIP Mani. youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0

Do the British people want Trumpism? I don’t believe they do. Will they get it if they elect Reform? Yes. Why are they planning to vote Reform then? Because few are making the case against Trumpism because to do so would offend Trump and the UK government is running scared of him.

I’m delighted to have six #poems featured on the brilliant @zoomburst.substack.com’s Sixty Odd Poets site. And I’m deeply flattered by his wonderful line drawing. The link to the feature is in the post below👇(Do check out the other poets in Mike’s excellent series) #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

The UAE is heavily involved in football around the world, and reportedly involved in the atrocities in Sudan. This weekend's Morning Star column on how football's use as a geopolitical and sportswashing tool means it is often linked to conflicts and humanitarian crises.

For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

🔴‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...

Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?" Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader" "Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin" "And the best response to hatred is solidarity"

“Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union” Any government keeping us out of both is actively harming us. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...

David Dimbleby, "I honestly don't think on balance that you can accuse the BBC or a permanent left wing or liberal bias" #C4News

The very specific feeling of seeing a video of people putting up flags in your tiny little town, featuring your kids’ former nursery school teacher screaming ‘fuck off’ at the person filming.

"What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one." Margaret Mitchell* [*born #OTD in 1900]

The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…

Elon Musk is calling for blood on Britain's streets. We have to stop him. I've laid out a plan here: www.libdemvoice.org/britain-must...

“After the 2007-08 crash, the state provided £1,162bn…to bail out banks….The industry relies upon the state & public purse for survival but resents effective regulation. Despite making record profits & paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes” leftfootforward.org/2025/10/why-...

Quite remarkable the position we find ourselves in that this seems like a reasonable suggestion.

Sharing this vital message from Yvette Cooper To all British nationals in Jamaica — please register your presence with the Foreign Office and follow local advice. 👇🏾 register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-202510… My thoughts are with everyone preparing for Hurricane Melissa.

This is a game changer, anyone who votes for these people are condoning racism and racists. Tell them so.

Imagine getting dressed in a suit and tie to go sit in your garage 😂 x

The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action.

The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.

If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.

As Woody Allen said in Manhattan “…a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the point.”

Updating my LEGO White House

I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...

This was so much fun. Hope you enjoy it 📺🗡️🩸😬 #MurderBeforeEvensong #Channel5 #AcornTV #murdermystery #cosycrime #crime

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.