Former UK Supreme Court President on leaving the #ECHR: “It would be a disaster for Europe… it’s one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation since the Second World War. The Convention put into language the rights everybody ought to have.” 🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/bar...

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Another @bylinetimes.bsky.social journalist has been barred from the Conservative Party Conference despite having attended almost every conference since 1987. It comes after political editor Adam Bienkov’s pass was also rejected: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

⚡️ Blackouts in Russia fair response if Moscow targets Ukraine's grid, Zelensky says. Zelensky also highlighted that Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have created a gasoline deficit approaching 20%, contributing to shortages in parts of Russia and Russian-held areas.

Greens are doing amazing things on a local level whilst Reform causes chaos. I'll make sure people find out about all the work our local Greens are doing across the country. Thanks to @owenjones.bsky.social for the interview! 💚

Keir Starmer has finally promised to meet the nuclear test veterans “hopefully by end of the year" That’s progress but still not good enough. These national heroes have already waited more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...

Hell yeah @greenparty.org.uk. Even that dude from Free Solo couldn’t scale the membership graph of the Greens under @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

We bow our heads before the Heroes who protect Ukrainians from the barbarity of the Russian forces, defending freedom and democracy. They will not be forgotten. RIP – Leonid Shchebet, Yurii Kudlaiev (44), Roman Shmilka (42), Irish fighter Robert Deegan Eternal Memory! Heroes Never Die!

Good god: The Trump Admin has not provided any evidence the boats were threats warranting extermination. They're just killing brown people in boats. Even if we assume they ARE drug traffickers moving contraband, US officials cannot just simply kill them and claim they're combatants.

"Girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa." Omfg. They are so embarrassingly insultingly bad at everything.

Fire breaks out at russian gas plant after reported drone strike by Lucy Pakhnyuk A fire allegedly broke out at a Lukoil gas processing plant in kotovo, russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9. kyivindependent.com/fire-breaks-...

Flagging Trump this afternoon: "We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus? TRUMP: Suspending who? Q: Habeas corpus TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful. And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

Watch as Scottish flotilla activists Sid Khan and Jim Hickey address a crowd at Glasgow Airport The pair were imprisoned by Israel for almost one week

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

Incredible turnout last night at the public launch of Women Against the Far Right Scotland, with a really inspiring line-up of speakers. A few of your neighbourhood Scottish Green candidates for Holyrood made an appearance too... #StandUpFightBack

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It depends what you’re trying prove. Oxford University’s Migration Observatory is an academic and expert site rather than a group with a distinct agenda. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk

Wilful ignorance of how trade and migration actually work in a globalised economy. The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours. The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

A bubble so large you can see it from space and it's going to fuck all of us.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

Jenrick is a dangerous fool

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

Arguing with the Tories over their "we're going to make a British ICE gestapo and deport 150,000 people a year" plan over the cost and practicalities is a bit weak. Shout it down for the immorality not the "you'll have to increase VAT to pay for the barbed wire" bullshit

Robert Jenrick’s comments did not have “undertones of racism" as the local MP says in this clip. They were explicitly, unequivocally, racist. He equates a lack of integration with the absence of "a white face". If this not racist what is? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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.

Slava Ukraini!

As if we needed another example of what dangerous clowns Reform are in local Government there’s this👇🏼 When they came to Power, they promptly cancelled plans which were in place to lower the speed at an accident black spot in Kent, which is claimed many lives and caused serious injuries❗️💀💀

I don't think Robert Jenrick realises that the people clapping along to him when he talks about Handsworth would clap along if he said the same about Stamford Hill. I'd hope that would give him pause for thought.

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased..... ember-energy.org/latest-insig... @ember-energy.org

Human Rights protect all of us. Another reason why Scotland needs independence in Europe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on Trump’s invasion of Chicago & Portland…

The offensive bit of Fraser's daft tweet wasn't the mention of Greens, it was when he singled out a religion. If you think that was somehow just fine, try swapping 'Bhuddists' for Jews, Hindus or Sikhs and rethink. Thankfully, barrel-scraping bigotry and dog-whistles won't save Murdo's dying party.

Politically correct bone spurs

Ah, I see this post has crossed the Bad Faith Threshold: that indefinable moment on social media when people stop behaving as if you’re a normal human person who, say, loves your child and is making a mildly humorous observation, and start responding with wild criticisms and imagined slights.

1/ Honestly, the traffic on #Shropshire's footpaths these days! I couldn’t help but smile when I encountered a local resident along the Severn Way, near Bridgnorth. This friendly cow stopped to stare at me but slowly ambled off as I climbed over the stile and headed out into the morning sunshine.