As mentioned near the end of today's @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency podcast, perhaps the next BBC Director General should be from overseas. Someone from outside the UK might have the objective perspective (minus the political baggage) that's needed to initiate necessary reforms at the BBC.

And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.

But he did.

The Lib Dems have told supporters "we are the only party with the conviction to stand up and fight for what we believe in" by still backing proportional representation, "not because it benefits us, but because we think it’s right" "We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."

No-one wants to pay more tax unless they see it going to good public services. But UK public services cannot achieve high satisfaction levels unless taxes go up first - and improvement takes time. How can this vicious circle be broken?

I've just muted the words "Rachel Reeves" on BlueSky. If you're writing preview pieces now about a Government budget that is still more than two weeks away from being announced, then you should reconsider your life choices.

"Charles Moore has got what he wanted" is a phrase that rarely heralds good for the country.

The absolute state of Allison Pearson & GBeebies. A malevolent, malignant and profoundly unfunny joke of a media outlet. In a normal country under normal circumstances, the national regulator would throw the book at a TV station that put out such hate-mongering disinformation. But here we are.

For editorial balance, Panorama should obviously have followed up its programme about how Trump incited a violent mob to attack police officers and ransack the US Capitol with a programme about how Kamala Harris <checks notes> smiled and laughed a lot 🤨🤷‍♂️ #BBC bsky.app/profile/robf...

President Donald Trump was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd at the Commanders ga— … oh, wait wrong clip

The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something? Wrote this on it earlier this week: inews.co.uk/news/world/b...

Huh? How do you do a "balancing" program when one candidate did an insurgency trying to overturn the election and the other...didn't? Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?

Likewise the new head of BBC News. The outgoing one did terrible damage to its credibility and it is hilariously ironic that she is leaving because of alleged left-wing bias

The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

The absolute state of Allison Pearson & GBeebies. A malevolent, malignant and profoundly unfunny joke of a media outlet. In a normal country under normal circumstances, the national regulator would throw the book at a TV station that put out such hate-mongering disinformation. But here we are.

Oswald Farridge wants to "reduce the size of the bloated state”. The same state which is so bloated that local councils - including Kent County Council, which is run by Deform - have no money to spend & are having to raise council tax. These people are complete fucktards. bsky.app/profile/ukan...

“I need you to trust me on this journey” Completely extraordinary. Utterly superb.

This is obscene.

Yes

“I need you to trust me on this journey” Completely extraordinary. Utterly superb.

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

Don't threaten us all with a good time. #SleepyDonald

Viz cartoonist Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social and his colleagues at @vizcomic.bsky.social had Dominic Cummings’ number back in August 2021 They knew full well that Cummings was a deluded, malignant, talent-free weirdo. Meet "Dominic Cummings, Dogshit Puppet Master” 👇

Don't threaten us all with a good time. #SleepyDonald

The Nodfather 😴

He spent Biden’s entire presidency calling him ‘Sleepy Joe’. Still does. But this guy nods off in the middle of the day in meetings almost every day. Fell asleep in court all the time too.

I was thinking that. Carswell, Hannan and now Cummings. They just don’t like forrins. That’s all there was to it.

Every time I'm reminded about Dominic Cummings I feel that an inner city shopping precinct is missing its resident screaming skag-head.

Dominic Cummings is the logical conclusion of a bitter resentful & deeply mediocre sexual grappling between Joseph Goebbels & the Mekon from the “Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future” comics. Solidarity with David Lammy, who is more of a statesperson than tedious uber-twunt Cummings could ever hope to be.

Trump is treating inflation and high prices the way he treated Covid: claiming the numbers are going down. But like Covid, he can’t lie his way out of this one because everyone is experiencing it. And like Covid it will be his downfall.

Tell me again that Brexit wasn't an expression of racism, and that Brexiters aren't racist #DominicCummings

The crappy, tacky new Oval Office sign isn’t for visitors. It’s to help America’s mad, racist, apple sauce-brained king find his way around whenever he gets lost. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sensible Letter to @thetimes.com today.

This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.

Baghdad Bob reincarnated.

Anna is right!

Remember the rumours that Liz Truss might join Reform? After Zia Yousef’s interview, that looks dead in water. Reform is edging toward reality: sticky, Brexit-made inflation. But their past positions are catching up with them 👉we’re in this bind bc Farage sold Brexit utopia that never existed.

Condolences to Justin Webb at this difficult time

America's mad racist king is going to respond to the elections of Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, and Zohran Mamdani by immediately ordiering troops onto the streets of Richmond, Virginia: Trenton, New Jersey: and New York City, respectively, isn't he #USpolitics

A New York mayor who governs in practical terms as a socialist, guided by a consistent and genuine promise to always consider and address the basic needs and hopes of everyday New Yorkers? Crazy, surreal shit. But Fiorello LaGuardia is smiling somewhere tonight.

When Republicans hold power, they hurt people, tank the economy, and then distort our democracy to preserve their power because hurting people and tanking the economy is unpopular. But it’s not gonna work. We win and will keep winning.

Tickle Me Elon is all in with the sexual predators #NYCMayoralElection #NewYork

I know some people consider it a bit woke, but I believe that if someone is a massive racist and attempts to exploit tragic events to push their extreme ideological agenda they shouldn't be consistently rewarded with a platform by media.

The Tories on our media talk as if their 14 years in power was f***ing fantastic for the country Why do interviewers let them get away with it? Sophie Ridge, interviewing Chris Philp, who was lying that the Tories reduced knife crime, said “No! I’m not having that!” We need interviewer doing that

Lots of commentary saying that it's not clear what the point of the speech is. Seems pretty clear to me. It's pitchrolling broad based tax rises in the Budget and making sure - as Reeves did with the fiscal rule change in 2024 - that it doesn't surprise the markets on the day.

I love how America thinks they can punish anyone at this point. Just tank your economy and leave the playing field, children.

🚨🚨🚨Breaking: Conservative peer, Brexit uber-quisling and malignant Gollum lookalike Daniel Hannan reveals that white British people don't commit murder. bsky.app/profile/rola...

Lewis Goodall missed off two important words at the end of his statement in this clip: "Who rose the tensions? Who inflamed the tensions? You - you c**ts" bsky.app/profile/rola...

ICYMI: The website formerly known as Twitter is a blazing, boiling oil drum of racist human excrement. Twitter owner Elon Musk is a white supremacist whose goal to stoke racial hatred. Anybody still using Twitter in anything approaching a regular basis needs to have a strong word with themselves.