Half-expect to be told next the £5m was for a secure ballroom in Clacton.

The biggest majority in the modern era, and terrified of your own shadow for two years. It beggars belief. I've never known any govt. to have less to lose, and never known a greater need for political honesty than now. But, hey, best stay cautious. You don't want to become unpopular do you?

A Reform government is not inevitable. But more of the same will only make it more likely. Great to speak to the brilliant @trillingual.bsky.social about the rise of the British radical right - and what comes next, for Reform, Farage and all of us democracyforsale.substack.com/p/a-reform-g...

NEW | On the media assault against the Greens and one person in particular… POLANSKI IS PAINTED AS A MONSTER WHILE FARAGE ESCAPES PROPER SCRUTINY The same old playbook is in action. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/polanski-i...

'Their real crime is to challenge power'

Reporting that includes the two Jewish men that the Golders Green attacker is charged with attempting to murder but does not include the Muslim man he is *also* charged with attempting to murder is wildly inaccurate and distorts the story hugely. Sky News and the BBC have both done that.

“A few days of joviality will hardly guarantee Trump’s erratic affections for long, as Starmer found out the hard way. What will last far longer is the sense of complicity: the indefensible has yet again been legitimised.” My col. on the royal White House trip. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The key issue is whether Starmer misled Parliament. If he did, he has to go: parliamentary democracy cannot function unless we uphold that norm. We'd demand it of Johnson & we should demand it of Starmer. Future PMs (including a possible Prime Minister Farage) must know that this is inviolable. 1/

It’s genuinely staggering how little substance there is to today’s instalment of the BBC’s attempt to create a national crisis out of a few unproven allegations of immigration fraud 1/

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

Opposing the promotion of fear and hate is our political task now. It is, I suggest, the only way in which we can cling to our sanity. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04...

Trump is threatening genocide and King Charles is still planning a state visit to see him. Why, oh why, oh why? Has he really got such low self worth that he won’t tell Starmer where to get off? It’s time to refuse to obey orders.

There have to be consequences. Severe consequences. We can’t continue to live in a society where people can endorse or engage in criminality, indecency, cruelty, and bigotry with no consequence. It’s as if the seeming weightlessness of words online has somehow migrated to the real world.

As the police find no evidence whatsoever of illegal family voting or voter coercion in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the BBC should ask themselves why, on the morning of the result, they gave so much airtime to these absurd and obviously racist claims from Nigel Farage

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They’re not good people if they’re not willing to stand up for us. That’s the whole point of you being there. Sorry, but I wholeheartedly disagree.

Jon Stewart isn't so sure Trump is actually talking to Iran's "top person"

It feels as though the far right & Reform are the loudest voices at the moment. This is our chance to show them they are a minority, that the great British public are a nation of inclusion & love, not hate & division. London 28th March 💗

Two days after Trump said there was no-one to talk to in Iran, he calls off strikes after talks with Iran "over the last two days".

Irish broadcasters have held him to account, in real time. If the BBC doesn't, it is because it chooses not to.

US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea in bid to ease supply pressures

NEW | On the latest chapter of the same old story… THE NICK TIMOTHY TRAP It's the same strategy every time: Make a provocative (and racist) statement, trigger a 'debate', and push the discourse further to the far right. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-nick-t...

Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...

Cuban journalist Daniel Montero comments on the brutal U.S. blockade on Cuba. “We understand what this oil embargo means, what sanctions have always meant — regime change through starvation.”

Let's presume this ridiculous lie is true. It would only make his failure to prepare for it that much more inexcusable.

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Only 2️⃣ weeks to go. 14 days to get the biggest anti-racist protest this country has ever seen. We’ve got to show that unity is stronger than division. 12 noon. Meet at Park Lane. 🗓️Get it in your diary: fb.me/e/8pHOMNxTI

Two weeks into a war Donald Trump said he launched to ensure that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon”, the US has no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium stockpile Tehran would need to make an atomic bomb. www.ft.com/content/4069...

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

How every Democrat has not reacted like this admirable Senator is beyond me, if you are not angry now, when?

Days after declaring total victory and boasting that no other military could match the US, Trump is now begging other countries — including China — to send warships to stop his Iran war from spiraling into catastrophe. A galactic humiliation.

Cheerful stuff in the FT. Trump has started something that he cannot control. This is arguably far more significant for the world economy than the oil crises of the 1970s.

No one can doubt this lady's desire for change in Iran, but this letter highlights the reality of politics: complex and at odds with the simple solutions craved in the modern world/media.

It’s like not a single person surrounding Trump studied one thing about Afghanistan. When a bombing campaign intentionally makes life this miserable for civilians, all it does it make hardline leadership more attractive and become bulletin board material for extremist groups.

Oil and gas are not just fuel, they are raw materials for thousands of products, including fertilisers used in farming.

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Iranian demonstrator in London: "Thank you President Trump, he is so decent and so kind" Evan Davis and the #bbcpm team there demonstrating how pointless and misleading vox pops can be.

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

I remember the lead up to the 2nd Gulf war very well indeed. All the WMD stuff and the "if we don't stop them now they'll nuke us" lies. It was absolute bollocks and obviously so, and this repeat version of it being pushed by pro Trump pro war factions is dangerous, fanciful nonsense.

"Trump has seen George W. Bush’s record and raised it. There's nothing good to say about Iran’s regime. But it has shown a better instinct for reading Trump’s intentions than his voters." My column on Trump's reckless gamble. as.ft.com/r/66e49702-f...

The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran's prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979. n.pr/3OHZkS8

This might be the tipping point www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03... Will stock markets crash in the morning?

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Where's Mr Rest is Politics when you need him!!

Trump, living with the fundamental misunderstanding of both the Maduro capture and the nature of the Iranian regime, believed that knocking out the Islamic Republic could be done quickly with no downside.

I’ve warned for some time that Labour can’t keep taking its base for granted, and Gorton and Denton makes that plain. People say they don't recognise the party they once trusted. We’ve moved away from communities that built us. If we don’t change, others will step into the space we have left open.

I’m afraid this letter shows why so many Labour MPs think Starmer needs to go. His political antenna is non-existent. If you have just been humbled in a by-election it might not be the best idea to slag off the choices of the voters who deserted you in their droves.

Oh of course. Instead of condemning without question a revolting racist comment, let’s get our most famous racist on to give us his thoughts. #r4today

Many people on this platform just aren't getting it. The jig is up. The party's over. Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished. No more denial. ⏰👃☕

Peter Mandelson isn't a glitch. He offers a glimpse into how Westminster works. The public already knows it. Now more politicians must face upto it - and act. Read my 2025 article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the integrity gap at the heart of UK politics. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...