Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

The ability to constantly challenge who you are, we know, will be abused. Especially if you look, sound or act differently from average. The potential of a Reform Gov with that power from day one is scary.

If you're not entitled to a free flu shot, you can get one privately from Asda for 60p(!!) as part of a promotional offer if you book online and can go before September ends. Here's the link: asda.cxmflow.com/OABS/Appoint...

‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders - at least £70.7bn in dividend payouts between 2010 and 2025, rather than reinvesting that money or reducing bills. Story by Matthew Taylor www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

From 19 – 25th September, survey your river with the Big River Watch app to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

When we remember we beat fascism before, we must also remember that we kinda let fascism happen before we actually beat it. I'm not a historian but I think that the one lesson of history might be not to have to beat it in the first place.

FOR WEDNESDAY: Here is the route of the march against Trump & the far right GATHER: 2pm Portland Place (BBC) MARCH: at 3pm RALLY: 5pm at Parliament Square!!

Right so TL;DR. Tories do something mad, Labour say it's mad, Labour win election, Labour try the same mad thing, Reform says everyone is mad, let's be madder. Reform win the next election.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

It’s science.

I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂

These are the kind of stories I want to see about asylum seekers. Not the boats. 🔗 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Let’s be honest… There’s one core reason for police to reveal a suspect’s ethnicity And we all know which army of idiots it’s meant to crowd-control.

The ‘politics of eternity’, says Timothy Snyder, is nostalgia for a mythical past. Putin blames the West, Trump blames migrants, Reform UK blames both. Truth doesn’t matter, only enemies. A thought-provoking read by Marc Ainge ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @marcainge.bsky.social

This is an excellent analysis of the Leveson Review (and not only because it mirrors my own view as I wade through the report). The biggest problem in the courts, as any criminal barrister will tell you, is that things just don’t *work*. So much time is lost to systemic inefficiency.

Spouse just told me about this one, too: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/v...

I’m raising money for Shelter at the London Marathon. A home means everything to me so I’m joining the fight for home by fundraising for Shelter. Thank you in advance for any kind donations! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/couch-to-...

Great discussion on latest figures of people crossing the Channel in small boats, & how hostility towards them has us caught in a doom-loop that prevents the sane, humane management of immigration #r4today Thank you @bylinetimespod.bsky.social 😊

Yes but nobody chanted anything so it's fine

This principle should run through journalism like the words in a stick of rock. Yet somehow, day after day, it seems to evade the BBC's finest minds.

Today is "Cancel Amazon Prime" day in my calendar. We don't need to spend with them, there are some great alternatives online such as @bookshop.org and local shops that need our custom.

I’ve always had misgivings about the terrorist legislation, but this is a total abuse of power.

Shortly before dying from cancer in 2002, anthropologist Grover Krantz arranged to have his body donated to the Smithsonian under one condition: his remains and that of his dog would be displayed to replicate his favourite photo. More info: shorturl.at/hEqbT

NEW: Channel 4 to broadcast the doc about Gaza medics ditched by BBC. The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”. Shown this Wednesday.

Paradigm shifts in medicine are always characterized by resistance from within the medical community. See Ignaz Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, etc. What we're witnessing is a paradigm shift in how metabolism and obesity are understood. It's not a surprise some doctors are resistant.

I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time

Have you ever camped in an urban area - bivvied in your back garden, pitched a tent in a park, slept in your van, or found a spot in a less conventional corner to spend the night for adventure, or a change of pace or scene? If so, a survey: buff.ly/dR0qH7n

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New MSE Guide. Check now if you're due up to £70 from Mastercard - even if you've NEVER had one. Millions are in line for compensation after the card firm settled a landmark legal case against it out of court. www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/mast...

See this is exactly the kind of shit I hate. People doing shit like this thinking it’s a tradition when it was invented for TikTok six months ago.

Pedantic PSA: the plural of "clitoris" is "clitorises". You can, if you're being really pedantic on Greek derivations, say "clitorides", but that tends to look like you've made a typo. "Clitori" is never correct.

Having watched the excellent documentary on the Titanic sub disaster last night, this has a familiar ring to it. The house of cards Musk sits on may be in a terminal wobble.

GREAT EXPLORER TIPS for my son's school sandwich wrapper to empower his and YOUR day: "You can either rely on luck coming your way - in which case, good luck to you!- or you can PLAN ahead, thinking through all likely and unlikely scenarios." No. 13 in a collectable series!👍🏼😃

Acc to Uplift ... Shell paid no tax in the UK last year, instead receiving a payout from HM Treasury of £12.5m By contrast, report shows that Shell paid over £2.5bn in taxes and fees to the Norwegian government in 2024 p8 www.shell.com/sustainabili...

Hot take, Committing genocide should get you kicked out of everything.

Israel's onslaught could boost life expectancy in Gaza by reducing "obesity". This is the hideous claim made by pro-Israel lobbyists. It is the latest example of a broader campaign to undermine faith in Gaza's death toll 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israels-on...

Got money & mental health problems, you’re not special! (in a good way). I set up the Money and Mental Health charity to try to break the link between the two. The powerhouse behind it, is our lived experience Research Community want to join, go here… moneyandmentalhealth.org/community/

I don’t think anybody has suggested Southport was “a fascist uprising”. Rather it presented an excuse for a lot of racist people to spread racist conspiracy theories and engage in and incite racist violence. That is a matter of record. The desperation to pretend otherwise is bizarre.

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.

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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.

Immigration is a beautiful thing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise ❤️

Lots of interesting discussion on here yesterday. This piece is really worth a read. I think a lot of people are uncomfortable with the idea that obesity might be uncoupled from a moral or personal failing.

The UK is worse off than in January with this agreement. My op ed for @lbc.co.uk ‘These tariffs are nothing short of a bullying tool to force the UK to kowtow to Trump’s America First agenda – which Keir Starmer has done by signing off this agreement with the US.’ www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

Sick of all the bushcraft warriors over on Facebook quoting their rights, & how *they* know what they are doing & *they* wont start a fire. Whataboutery when people change the subject to muirburn (also a scourge) is deeply unhelpful too. Our hills are burning, & wildife is dying an agonising death.

GREAT EXPLORER QUOTES to brighten up your sandwich wrapper and day: 🌏👍🏼 "A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places." Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904): Swizz writer educated by her father; determinedly explored Algeria in her 20s as a man called 'Si Mahmoud Saadi'.

I need you lads to understand that Europe has an average birth rate of about 1.4 No charismatic politician bothered to tell you how fucked that makes us. But as we get older, we need more care, more GP appointments… Without immigration we will have no pensions very quick.

This is a Good Thing. Not charity - it's a micro loan which gets paid back. You can choose who to lend to. I have a fund which gets lent, then when it's paid back, gets lent again. If I've been extra thrifty I add a bit extra to the pot. It's a nice thing.

UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform USA: Hold my beer...