Note how we’ve moved from concerns about people arriving irregularly in small boats to wrecking the lives of people who are by definition here entirely lawfully

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

The Reform Party policy of abolition of indefinite leave to remain is supported by 3% of the public

Not only that but this is Nigel Farage saying he now wants to rip up the Brexit deal he welcomed in 2019. Again, showing how much Brexit is failing as even its chief architect now disagrees with it. 4/5

For example, Reform UK is now saying that they will renege on Britain’s promise to Hong Kongers to grant them leave to remain following China’s crackdown on their freedom. Farage has shown us he’s Putin’s puppet and now is on the side of President Xi. 3/5

I see that Reform UK have said they will completely scrap Indefinite Leave to Remain for all migrants. On the 8th September I lead a debate on this and Reform didn’t even bother to speak. 1/5 hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

Why Keir Starmer's refusal to explicitly condemn Nigel Farage's immoral plan to tear thousands of families and communities apart will only help clear the Reform leader's path to Downing Street bylinetimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Important read ⬇️ "For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/19/for-comedians-around-the-world-the-laughs-often-end-as-democracy-fades

A celebration of journalists' outsourcing critical thinking to whatever presentation politicians serve up. It's NOT inevitable, Sam. You COULD apply some judgment, instead of pretending you are an infant looking at different things dangling from a mobile above your crib. Or is that too much work?

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.

Having mispronounced Azerbaijan & mistaken Armenia for Albania last time he mentioned this conflict, Trump has now settled on a formulation of words he is much happier with. And after all, what’s 4000 miles between friends? As the expression goes…

Poland's statement to Russia at the UN. "If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA

Viktor Orban has made Hungary one of the poorest countries in the EU www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

PM Keir Starmer's commentary on patriotism vs racism and populism can be read here www.thesun.co.uk/news/3678572...

One of the things I find vexing about Kimmel's sacking is how it reveals Disney to be precisely the disingenuous "virtue signaller" the right accused them of being. "BRAVELY" casting The Little Mermaid, so it made them $250m, but voluntarily kissing dictator sphincter, if they stand to lose a cent.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Three short years ago, the UK Tory Party ousted its own membership-elected leader for being a corrupt liar, then ousted his membership-elected replacement for being an incompetent lunatic, then anointed the man who lost that election as leader without an election, then demanded to go on governing.

He could list every "unfair" joke any comedian made about him on network television in the last hour, but apparently he knows nothing about his Border Czar filmed taking brown paper bags of cash bribes all over every news channel.

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world. 10 mins later a right winger linked to my book. 10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all. But that's how it works.

"Earlier this week, I was denied entry into Israel while on a humanitarian parliamentary delegation..." ...says a Jewish MP who has been to Israel many times. Israel is no friend of the UK nor any humanitarian principle.

“The Pentagon told journalists that if the conduct themselves as real journalists their WH journalist credentials will be revoked. Only propagandists welcome in the WH. Beginning to look as if retaining WH press credentials will be a mark of shame

⚡️Estonia asks NATO to activate Article 4 after Russian fighter jets violate airspace. Article 4 allows member states to call for discussions with allies if they believe their security is threatened. Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Sept. 19.

"In recent weeks, Reform leader Nigel Farage has learned for sure what he must have already assumed: that nothing he says about the treatment of refugees, however far beyond the bounds of acceptability it may go, will get challenged by Keir Starmer."

“We have tried to mediate between Jeremy and Zarah for some weeks now. We have raised concerns about the breakdown of trust, poor communication, inadequate governance... In blunt terms, we demanded a meeting to get it sorted. One side agreed, the other has not responded despite multiple attempts.” 😱

It's kind of impressive to cause an ideological schism in a party that isn't a party, hasn't got any policies, hasn't decided on a name, and only has two members.

Very odd watching BBC News talking about the Lib Dem conference and mentioning how the party has struggled to break through in the media like it's nothing to do with them.

🔴The British News Organisations 'Obeying in Advance' to Donald Trump The coverage of this week's Trump state visit is a worrying sign of what will happen if a Trump-like figure is ever elected on this side of the Atlantic www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-britis...

While we're all distracted by the domestic sideshow, Trump is sending the military out to kill people he says are "terrorists", in violation of US and international law. No wonder people at the Pentagon are checking in with their lawyers. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Remember DOGE, Reform’s Department of Government Efficiency Launched with fanfare, gone within months. Meanwhile, their mayor Andrea Jenkyns wants £147k to reply to emails. Efficiency, Reform-style.

Per Reuters, Pentagon has informed European diplomats that the United States will partially halt military assistance to the Baltic nations and NATO member states bordering Russia. The department stated that the decision is linked to the United States’ new priority — “homeland defense.”

This was not, of course, the case made by the Leave side - who dismissed any arguments about the potential negative impact of Brexit as "Project Fear".

"It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people" 🎯 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain

A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters

In case you thought I was exaggerating, here is the "debate" on Kimmel from Newsnight. David Frum explaining the horrific first-amendment-breaching executive overreach. British right wing hacks: bUt HiS jOkE wAs iNaCCuRaTe!

Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development...

There is another country. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the thuggery, sanctimony and hypocrisy of the last fortnight, and how Starmer should lead in articulating an alternative version of patriotism to that of the far-right: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...

If this doesn’t make you think twice about what MAGA is doing to the USA, nothing will.

The first lines of Conor Gearty's Guardian obituary really do hit home why we needed this man now more than ever: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

NEW Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action? A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."

UK Prime Minister Starmer: In recent days, Putin has shown his true face, mounting the biggest attack since the invasion began, with yet more bloodshed, yet more innocents killed, and unprecedented violations of NATO airspace. These are not the actions of someone who wants peace.

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Big US tech company Nvidia saying they're gonna build data centres in the UK and we have to burn more gas to power them? Uh, no. British people shouldn't be paying higher bills and suffering accelerated climate change for your bottom line.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.