@the-independent.com would do better here to say "Farage lies that..." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

It’s not so long ago it was “George, George, George” and we all know how that turned out. #TheArchers

everyone who thinks autism needs to be Cured or Fixed or Eradicated is not only a fascist and eugenicist, but also, probably a loser who gets really weird and defensive when you call them out or confront them about literally anything or want to speak directly instead of wasting time on being coy

So much that is broken in our country today is broken thanks to Nigel Farage. And now he wants to break it even more. Unless we stop him.

We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who are criminals... We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who entered the country illegally... We don't have a problem with immigrants, just those who don't speak English...

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths? Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.

they're not even bringing a knife to a gun fight. they're bringing one of those joke guns which fires out a hankie reading "Bang" except it doesn't read "Bang" it reads "he's right, vote for us", this metaphor doesn't work at all I know I'm just really fucking mad okay

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

“Bringing Britain into line with other countries such as the United Arab Emirates” is not a sentence I want to see.

The fact they don't have detailed plans. The fact it's ethically repugnant. The fact that it would be an economic disaster. All of these things are what chaotic authoritarianism looks like. As we're seeing in the US.

To remove indefinite leave to remain from people who already have it they'd have to dismantle our entire system of rights legislation and probably end judicial independence. But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.

Reform's plans to end indefinite leave to remain go to the post I wrote last week on their slide towards chaotic authoritarianism. The British constitution would allow them to do it if they had a majority but at vast cost to our society and way of life. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...

Unrecognisable.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Reminds me the number in the Union of Liberal Students songbook: One Trot faction, meeting in a hall One Trot faction, meeting in a hall And if one Trot faction, should accidentally brawl There’ll be two Trot factions, meeting in a hall Repeat ad infinitum

If you're opposed to anti-fascists, what does that make you again?

Elon Musk is a deeply irresponsible man and all party leaders should call him out.

Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.

Three of my great uncles, heroes all, died in World War Two to stop men like this. Will we now allow them to saunter into power?

And a 30% lower risk of suicide than their peers who aren't in higher education.

Sick of the BBC acting as a mouthpiece for Farage and Reform? Us too. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

So either Nigel Farage lied about buying a house in Clacton, when he wanted to pretend he gave a shit about the place, or he lied about it being his girlfriend's house, when he was caught avoiding stamp duty. Either way he's a lying chancer.

Slightly diminish a book: Northanger Chapel

X is, and has been for some time, a lawless unmonitored hate-generating platform owed & run by virulent racist.

There’s a blood moon arising There is trouble up ahead

Absolutely absurd shit here, and anyone defending it is a proper danger.

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧 The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products! This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word! The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

Why can't someone from labour say it on the record?

The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here. This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.

With every day that goes by, Starmer's silence allows Farage and the far-right to seize the narrative and fan the flames. This void is incredibly dangerous. Starmer needs to speak up, to condemn the rhetoric and to defend the conventions he has spent his entire career defending to this point.

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Graham Linehan once took issue with a sketch I did and tweeted about me referring to me not by name but only as to who my boyfriend was and called me an NPC ( non player character.) It was misogynistic and his “standing up for women” schtick is baloney.

Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.” I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this

It’s funny how the public square is vital to those promoting hate, and turns out to be entire optional to large numbers of us once it is overrun by hate-mongers. Almost as if what they really care about is not being challenged when they present grotesque distortions as ineffable Truth.

Let’s be honest. Carswell is not alone. You don’t tweet unless you know it’s a popular belief. There are many in public roles, in pubs and at dinner tables who believe this. This is a persecution of Muslims in the UK and anyone with any sense of humanity, who cares about Britain must call this out .

I understand (though I do not accept) the government's case for remaining on X. What is totally indefensible is the *exclusive* presence of many MPs & departments on that site. They are handing a monopoly of key government communications to a site that's increasingly run by & for the radical right

#TheArchers prediction. Lawrence will leave the golf and cricket clubs to found a shouting at hotels and hanging flags club.

Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.

Trans people aren't stopping Americans on the street and demanding to see their papers. But Trump's Gestapo sure are.

And it’s bugger-all to do with the ECHR.

No it bloody doesn’t, and no they bloody don’t.

More of this from Labour, please

Well said Sam. 👏👏👏