Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

What did I tell you?

How will you cope with your right-wing relatives over the holidays? Here's my advice. https://youtu.be/ByhKM8NBK2E?si=IYoaPqn6gAydGPNV

Totally forgot to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. I hope your turkey is moist, your glass is full and that you survive whichever relative is already on your last nerve.

As always, Reform UK promises to fix the problems of neoliberalism with more neoliberalism.

You mean to tell me immigrants aren’t all feckless scroungers but actually a vital part of the economy? Well that’s a surprise.

Surprise surprise.

I imagine this Sunday will see Laura K having that very nice Mr Farage on to give a carefully crafted account of how this is all media hype from when he was simply young, foolish and never meant any harm. Oh, how they’ll chuckle through it all.

I'm not sticking up for her or anything but referring to the Chancellor as "Rachel From Accounts" is hideously misogynistic and I see you. And your fella. And you're disgusting.

Been with colleagues pretty much nonstop for 2 days and I’ve reached my saturation point.

Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? It was years ago. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not in a hurtful way. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not with intent. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not genuine abuse. 😮🫣😬😱 ~AA

Tried to get travel information at Heathrow. You‘d think I’d asked them for a kidney. My Mum did warn me about going to That There London.

This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’. It’s Russian.

I mean, my house is very tidy and my cables organised but otherwise…

I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*. Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences. It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

A just world would see Boris Johnson dragged before the courts to be charged with mass gross negligent manslaughter. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"...and now Kneecap's classic, Get Your Brits Out..."

🇺🇸😠💥🇺🇸😠💥😠🇺🇸💥😠 Please supply your own expletives. I do not have sny strong enough. #ukraine #trump

Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy is thanking again other leaders for their support. How about we all thank him and all Ukrainians. They are fighting Putin and keeping us safe. If Putin wins we all lose and Europe is finished. Thank you President Zelenskyy and all Ukrainians 🇺🇦🙏

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

More than a decade on this still amuses me.

I see it’s now Black Week and not just Black Friday. Bugger that for a game of soldiers. Don’t buy what you don’t need. They want you worshipping at the altar of capitalism, not questioning why they have all the money.

I started my day reading those RFK “poems”.

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist

"It's okay, I don't mind him calling me a fascist," is a hell of a take. Okee dokee then.

Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin. Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

Setting aside the policy, how on earth does Mahmood think this approach will bring DOWN racism?!

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

A few weeks ago this Reform rising star went on LBC & said young people were being paid too much,citing his experience in hospitality. So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings. The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson. Now go away and write that out a thousand times.

I know it’s hard to believe but the Covid inquiry apparently says this guy didn’t take his responsibilities as prime minister seriously.

This seems like a good time to remind people that everyone in politics and media knew very well that Johnson was a bent, disastrous imbecile and that he was made Tory leader *specifically because* he was the candidate the Mail, the Sun, the Times, the Telegraph and the Express would all get behind.

I mean, no shit, but good to have it in writing I guess.

Some grim polling here for Labour from Ipsos beyond the headline figures -69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction -Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66 -50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.

I swear a lot of the Government's problems would be solved by just taking themselves off of Twitter

God forbid anyone isn’t as miserable as Daily Express readers.

This is why he’s even MORE dangerous than Trump, who ultimately like Johnson worships at the altar of power and money.

I'm not saying the solutions are easy, but they would be a helluva lot nearer if you started with "What is the actual proplem?" and then moved to "What actions will in fact remedy it?"

And ironically, the only golden ticket being handed out is the one Labour are gifting the far right.

If you need proof that most people are decent, know that I accidentally left the keys in my bike lock for three days and it wasn‘t stolen.

What the Home Sec announced today is not the politics of compromise but of being compromised. Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.

I don't know why immigrants don't just go on strike. See how long the racists can cope without GP surgeries, nursing, deliveries, food being picked, clothes being made, warehouses being staffed, software being maintained, houses being built...

The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims

A visible lack of control of boats in the Channel, and of the asylum system in hotels is a problem More control is needed: controlled routes for asylum with closing irregular routes can shift This over-spun pull factors case likely to have marginal effects on control, numbers + public confidence

If you’re in a pub landlord a Tommy Robinson and knuckle dragging followers are in a corner wasting oxygen.. And 80% of your pub is full of normal ppl reflecting different races and cultures of the UK busy ignoring them Why would you throw out 80% of your punters.. cos that’s what Labour’s done❗️🤷🏼‍♂️