I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job. To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.

Kuenssberg & Mason working round the clock on how to paint no boat crossings in 7 days as Labours fault & Reform’s success “Ohh Chris I got it.. Total disrespect for UK Government and real fears of Reform in power deter migrants from crossing for a whole week” ‘Genius LK.. absolute genius’❗️

BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service. Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans. Nero would be proud.

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Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.

The HPV vaccine has been a public health triumph. Very depressing to see this potentially unravel while we're on the verge of essentially eradicating cervical cancer. As the article says, the problem is as much about the service as it is about parental attitudes.

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Never underestimate the maths! 😄

Dumb for the people - cunning for his boss. Where is justice? “Now new emails released to Byline Times, following a freedom of information request, reveal the true extent of Dominic Cummings’ subsequent involvement in lobbying senior officials to hand over huge Covid contracts to Thiel’s company”

Two Trump administration officials in charge of food aid are leaving their posts amid the government shutdown as the program that funds food stamps is set to lapse.

Congratulations to @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for this important article. Based on the experience of a friend, this is one of my massive bugbears. The family courts are complicit in abuse - and the government looks away national.thelead.uk/p/the-family...

The grant to protect the village in Alaska that lost all it's homes this week, with houses literally floating away in the flood, was only $20 million 🫠 bsky.app/profile/napa...

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons. Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

This👇🏼is fab news for our young, giving them chance to live & work in EU which would Give them valuable language skills✅ Gain exposure to great training programs, learn different working practices to bring back ✅ Make them more employable in UK✅ So of course the Tories & Reform are against it❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

One calendar entry, dated December 6, 2014, reads: ‘Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)’.

Ed Davey's LibDem conference speech was pretty much everything Labour's change was meant to be

Ed Davey, "It's so frustrating, so infuriating that Nigel Farage gets such an easy ride from the media" "As he lies, as he divides, the BBC and others given Farage so much time and attention" "But they never hold him to account for all the damage he has already done" "The damage of Brexit"

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

Every little counts.

They represent the worst of us.

Today, Trump claimed not to know who Peter Mandleson is. An obvious & egregious lie but one which highlights why the regime is so keen to silence anyone telling the truth. On the current trajectory, he will soon be able to claim that he's never heard of Melania without any pushback at all.

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to send federal agents and deploy the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee. A top local official called the idea “anti-democratic and anti-American.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🔴Reform UK Accused of ‘Betraying Residents’ for Benefit of Fossil Fuel Donors as More Net Zero Targets Scrapped Nigel Farage’s party is scrapping green initiatives across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...

Until the government is willing have an honest discussion about the negative impact of Brexit - Britain’s growth, productivity & living standards will continue to be weighed down by the structural handicap it has inflicted on the country & economy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reduce bills. Nationalise our water companies. Invest in our public services. youtu.be/jbtkWV8gQgs?...

Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11. 24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues. A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

In case you needed a refresher:

Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism

Really useful update from Bob Hawkins on Long Covid in England from the annual GP survey bhawkins3.substack.com/p/long-covid...

The government knew about Mandelson's friendship with Epstein before it offered him the role of ambassador to the US. It should never have given him the position inews.co.uk/opinion/this...

Remember: Mandelson, when he was Business Secretary, was responsible for pushing through the IT “solutions“ for the Post Office, leading to Horizon …against the wishes and advice of the Post Office IT Specialists.

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2010: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines do I need to get beforehand? 2025: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines should I get while I'm there?

Watch to the end. Grassroots 🙄

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Well, there goes today's task list! Thank you!

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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.