The inherent problem with Budget coverage @iandunt.bsky.social is the lack of honesty from politicians from all sides. They have convinced voters they can have Scandinavian public services on US levels of taxation. Until this is addressed and honesty prevails voters will continue to be disappointed

The welfare bill is soaring, special needs education is in crisis, social care is crumbling - but our pathetic politicians play tribal games while ignoring the nation's most profound problems. My @theipaper.com column on a depressing budget inews.co.uk/opinion/welf...

Pretty certain this is a quote from waiting for guffman

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL,Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINI! youtu.be/g0D7EcBNRUM?...

This 👇 open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

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I find it horrifying how many people support the two-child benefit cap, knowing that it forces children to live in poverty. Sometimes the voters are morally dreadful and you need to ignore them

"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today. What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.

Andrew Milne seems to think he's the smartest guy in Britain and is playing everyone else brilliantly - but I'm not convinced it's going to end well for him. It feels a lot like a future case study in the Dunning Kruger effect.

youtube.com/shorts/NzA1q... Morning Butterflies This 👇🏻

Longer assessment here. There are genuine positives to be found. But by christ there's a lot to criticise too. share.google/FhopmLj9Eaat...

Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..

This is a BOOM 🔥

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINIII! youtu.be/41Ea6cUt658?...

youtube.com/watch?v=hnjN... This is really worth following on YouTube

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINI! youtu.be/_pWKVJFF-Pc?...

youtube.com/shorts/NcZ3o... This 👇🏻

When such a big percentage of GDP is being propped up by AI companies and their investors, that means that a tiny handful of people getting fabulously wealthy are accounting for the bulk of the economic benefits while everyone else is getting screwed. That’s Trump’s economy.

There was no deal. The United States government took a documented handed to it by Russia, translated that doctrine and used it as an ultimatum to extort Ukraine into surrender.

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINII! youtu.be/wM3kxJdXhWE?...

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Afternoon Butterflies About to watch #TheRunningMan

What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.

Trump's 'peace plan' for Ukraine will leave Russia as 'a complete winner' - in the words of the grotesque EU leader who is Putin's biggest patsy (and was drummed out of office previously following a double murder linked to corruption inquiries)

Stephen Miller saw actual competent lawyers as a huge threat to his plans for authoritarian rule, and so he started removing them and replacing them with hacks and sock puppets who would give whatever advice he wanted. In this, he followed a precedent set down by Cheney in the Bush 43 presidency.

Just got off at Mile end tube station and have seen at least 7 police cars blue lighting followed by fire engines and more emergency vehicles. What's going on ?

This is disgusting open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Banerjji didn't have long to go. #BBCPM

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: "The last time we received a briefing on Venezuela with the full committee was never. That is something that should alarm everybody. Congress is supposed to be aware of what intelligence validates and justifies these attacks."

🇺🇦‼️ One of the Hardest Moments in Ukrainian History 🇺🇸 Misled by Russia’s manipulative narrative of supposed military dominance, the U.S. has shifted pressure onto Ukraine instead... Read more ⬇️ theukrainianreview.info/one-of-the-h...

It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... "Don't give up the ship"

I was honoured to unveil a plaque for Sam Green, the first openly gay politician to be elected in the UK. He did so much for his community and his courage and dedication remind us to keep championing equality, respect and the rights of everybody.

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINII! youtu.be/41Ea6cUt658?...

It’s official! I just filed to run for the US Senate. It’s time to take power back for working people.

A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020. bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...

Apparently dipshit Hegseth’s “lethal warfighters” landed inside the Mexican border by mistake and created an international incident.

Today, we honour the lives of every trans and non-binary person whose lives have been cut short by prejudice and violence. We look to a better future, where every trans and non-binary person is safe and cherished.

Labour have sent out a toe curling press release about their horrendous changes to the immigration system. Imagine a LABOUR government boasting that we will now have "by far the most controlled and selective" system in Europe. NONE of the people who find that boast appealing will vote for them.

NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…” www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

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Afternoon Butterflies I felt I just had to

🔴 What Labour and the BBC have in common… Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes. 📝 New post 👇🏻

open.substack.com/pub/writesbr... "Labour and the BBC don’t understand their enemy – or even know that their enemy exists. They’re running around with bayonets while their adversaries are dropping nukes"

I'm feeling it too @mrjamesob.bsky.social #lbc

Labour were elected on an enormous “we want radical change” vote - everyone could see that 14y of Tory rule had left the country underfunded and barely functional. How Labour interpreted that as “we should be very timid and dither” and how they didn’t have a strong plan for power is beyond me.