Here's your arse, Nigel. #PoliticsLive

How many of us feel in a cold rage today? Mine is directed at Farage & this comment on yesterday's Guardian piece by John Crace is spot on. The writer uses a pseudonym or I would credit them but, to whomever he or she is, I say bravo.

Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.

One of the first things Reform Durham did was change Council rules to make it harder to complain about their behaviour, whatever they appear to be inciting. 7 FB posts from Darren Grimes today on the Henry Nowak murder. Looking very much like the Charlie Kirk playbook. @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social

@mrjamesob.bsky.social pointing out on lbc this morning that Henry Nowak was of Eastern European heritage so if he hadn’t been murdered Farage would probably have been accusing him of stealing and eating swans from our national parks and talking about he wouldn’t want to live next door to him.

Left: Nigel Farage using the murder of Henry Nowak to sew division in society, "rights of white people matter less than ethnic minorities" Right: Henry Nowak's father, "We do not want his death used to create further division hated or tension"

Don't forget to tune into another hour of second-hand, toe-curling, slightly soiled dross. 11am: @charityclassics.bsky.social

Almost 200,000 people "watching" the text-based BBC Sport coverage of the Champions' League final. I wonder how many watching are BBC-bashing licence optout-ists. #PSGARS #defendtheBBC

I didn't think anyone could surpass @bbc-beverage.bsky.social ("Coffee or Tea?") but I've recently come across this absolute gem: www.braggoscope.com; an annotated archive of 1000+ episodes of #BBCRadio4 "In Our Time". Bloody marvellous @genmon.fyi, despite the lack of coffee/tea info. #InOurTime

Billy Allison, one of the founders of the Raise the Colours movement, has been charged with murder.

Vélizy-Villacoublay : le T6 perturbé après le soulèvement de ses rails sous l’effet de la chaleur

7 of these 9 deaths at inland waterways. Last time I was in France, there was a "lake beach" nearby, manned with lifeguards, clean toilets, demarcated safe-swimming, snack-bar, changing facilities, free parking... Cost nothing to access. Might be a good idea? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PM Carney: "In these separation issues it is often advanced that 'Vote for this and we will strengthen our hand.' That is a very dangerous bluff. I saw firsthand what happened in the UK, they're still trying to undo what people didn't think they were voting for but what they ended up having."

I didn't think I liked #CMAT but at least she's got something different to offer. Watching the #BigWeekend highlights, most of the other acts are about as interesting as Ken Barlow singing Val Doonican's golden greats. Starting to wonder if "pop group" is part of the Duke of Edinburgh syllabus.

Just heard Jonathan Pearce on #motd say something about James Madison inspiring the team. I didn't realise things were that bad.

Just caught a bit of the #BBCMediaShow. Richard Madeley justifying scrapping the licence fee by saying he once met a bloke in the USA who was shocked that we have the TV licence. Madeley claims to be a journalist. Dick.

Abbeville Bords de la Somme à #Abbeville (#Somme) Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/316631/abbeville-abbeville-bords-de-la-somme

Turn on the wireless expecting Matt Frei but it's Iain Dale.

For decades, the IRS has been required to audit every sitting president annually; a critical safeguard to ensure no president has a secret financial stake in betting against the American people they swore to serve. Every president accepted those audits without question. - Until now.

Tin Machine released their debut album on this day in 1989. The album was produced by Tin Machine & Tim Palmer. Photography by Masayoshi Sukita. David Bowie, lead vocals, saxophone and guitar; Reeves Gabrels, guitar and vocals; Tony Fox Sales, bass and vocals; and Hunt Sales on drums and vocals.

Finished Zola's "Earth" a few days ago. Very good read, which I guess says a lot about Margaret Crosland, the translator. Now Fowles' "The Ebony Tower", a collection of five stories. I've read The Magus, so am prepared to be bemused. The first paragraph is good, anyhow. No need to rush. #booksky

Unbearable. As a prospective junior officer in my first local government job, I understood what standing orders and the constitution were *before* my interview. youtu.be/ktJgRvjtO8M #ReformFail

Good books, not necessarily in the right order, and with some glaring omissions. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

True! #BookSky

Fun Facts: Each of today's studio guests on #PoliticsLive has appeared four times since June 2025. The last time @stellacreasy.bsky.social appeared (24th March), Sir Alec Shelbrooke was also on the couch.

Nigel Farage thinks that encouraging the aggressive, verbal assault of a woman in public is OK. So much so, he wants to buy the aggressor a pint. But it's him who needs £5m for security? #hatecrime #farage

#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring “And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil, Only beauty will call to them and save them So that they will know how to say: this is true and that is false.” – Czeslaw Milosz 🎨 Barbara Jaenicke

Cambridge Analytica / Alex Phillips receipts. #politicslive

Oh FFS! What a motley crew, today. #PoliticsLive

Good to see: BBC News - McKellen says Horden's Ensemble 84 is bringing change and renewal - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Not sure that Shakespeare and Brecht fit the ethos of supporting local talent but maybe that'll change, over time. #theatre #culture

Appearances since June 2025 by today's #PoliticsLive studio guests: Kate Ferguson: 3 Steve Wright: 3 Gordon McKee: 2 Ben Obese-Jecty: debut Orgs (non-party): Sun on Sunday: 3 (all by Kate Ferguson). Fire Brigades Union: 3 (all by Steve Wright). Today's studio balance: Left: 2 Right: 2

This more like it. #eurovision #italia

C'mon #UK. Tell your face you're having fun. #eurovision

Very good. Not the usual euro clichés. #Malta #Eurovision

When we oppose our fears And turn all our woes to cheers... Vote 07 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini ❤️

We can never let him forget he said this.

Ironic to see @davidskaith.bsky.social , Mayor of York, criticising the Labour govt for their inability to communicate effectively. If the interviewer had spent another hour asking him why he thought that, she'd still be waiting for a clear answer. It's OK to say "I don't know". #BBCnews

Your anti-establishment, man of the people, Reform MP Danny Kruger MP. Mummy: Prue Leith School: Eton Uni: Oxford After Uni: - worked for a Conservative think tank - became Conservative policy adviser - became MP #BBCQT

BBC’s Tom Edwards: SPECIAL REPORT: #Reform leadership collapses at #Worcestershire County Council - with a Tory, Green, Lib Dem and independent coalition grabbing power. We’ll have more on Midlands Today, 6.30pm tonight on BBC1.

Due to coverage of Trump's visit to China, it's nice not to hear the word "psychodrama" for a whole fifteen minutes. #BBCnews #mediaclichés

Joplin v3.6 just got better. Paste a YouTube link into your note and watch the video right there inside the app - thanks to new external embed support. No more jumping between tabs. Check what else is new in v3.6: joplinapp.org/news/2... #joplin #opensource #notetakingapp #digitaltools

Congress approved $400M for Ukraine nearly five months ago. ㅤ Hegseth still has not spent a dollar of it on weapons for Ukraine. ㅤ Senators are pressing him for a spend plan, equipment list, and delivery timeline.

How out of depth is Catherine McKinnel? #newsnight

"Of the editorials and opinion pieces we flagged at the Telegraph, Mail, Express and Sun, between 39% and 60% included at least three misleading statements."

Andy Burnham on hearing that over 80 Labour MPs are calling for Starmer to go... #PoliticsLive

Monday election update: 1 Reform councillor fired, 1 Reform councillor ran away, and 1 Reform councillor might not exist. Waveney Valley's George Alexander Jonathan Boyd is an AI generated image. No A-V, no sightings, no trace except for agent's address. Why aren't the news media all over this?

Looks like Mr Towler goes to the same dentist as NF. #PoliticsLive

Oh FFS! #PoliticsLive

@lewisgoodall.com Next time you're talking to a brick wall (Richard Tice) about Farage's five million quid, maybe you could ask where the evidence is that his state-funded security ever existed, let alone was reduced when he became an MP.