Rob Kenyon is… #MrFakerfield

My brother in law who has been an obstinate Brexit supporter for ten years despite all my arguments has at last admitted it was a huge mistake. There is hope

As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21

Massive back peddling from Nigel Farage after his bluff was called by Labour Party chair Anna Turley who gave him 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’. Now he says he, "Wants to move on from the issue and no longer discuss it".

Imagine my surprise as I check the BBC website & can’t find anything about this.

ICE beat, gassed, and dragged multiple protestors into Delaney Hall last night. I really hope this woman isn’t who I think it is. Her husband is already detained inside, and they have a ten year old daughter who was been out there during the day.

youtube.com/shorts/hAP9Y... Labours economic plan is working.

So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?

🚨 NEW: The Government has announced 300,000 new training and work experience placements across construction, social care and hospitality to tackle youth unemployment

Hitchens fails to address that Phillips is a pro-Russian propagandist, literally partied with occupying forces in Ukraine, denied war crimes, and filmed tortured POWs, and proudly received medals from Russian backed military groups for his efforts.

Because he's not a details kind of guy. He forgets to pay his council tax and didn't vote in the local elections. Hey, but he's called Zack!

God, 27% they walk amongst us.

“Respecting” the result of a referendum held 10 years ago, when it’s increasingly clear that it was won on the basis of a pack of lies and that Brexit is doing massive damage to Britain’s economy, status & influence in the world, is a total abdication of responsibility.

They are too afraid to suggest that the mad king is in fact mad.

They then went back & examined Harbourne’s donations to Boris Johnson…& guess what?! It’s the exact same pattern as Farage. Harbourne’s crypto donations immediately preceded Johnson’s crypto policy announcements. 3/

80% of Reform's funding comes from people who avoid tax by hiding money offshore. Our idea of true patriotism is to hoard money while contributing nothing towards public services. Just ask Richard Tice.

I recall that all “this” went very quiet - when Farage’s insurers refused to pay out = because the vehicle had not had an MOT for years - as he habitually kept the vehicle in Belgium (Brussels) - but it was U.K. registered = so as to dodge those pesky EU “rules and regulations”.

More like your phone was provided by Moscow

So Labour have started a by-election in a Labour seat - for the ego of one man - to get rid of a Labour PM. This is silly politics Starmer’s Government is moving UK in the right direction and showing good results. Not the time to have a PM with thinking rooted in 1970s and outdated economics

I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble. I wrote this for @manchestermill.bsky.social I hope it’s insightful and fair. manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

This looks like bullshit stenography to me. Glen Owen also ‘reported’ Farage’s lies about French police & a monoglot mechanic ‘telling him’ his car had been ‘tampered with’ in an ‘assassination attempt’ when he was trying to distract attention from something else. Also, Putin *wants* him to be PM!

Have we got any updates on Peter Mandelson and Oleg Deripaska 'love story'?

It’s worth remembering that Andy ’man of the people’ Burnham has never had a job outside politics, public policy, and political administration. He has not held a traditional "private sector" or non-political commercial job.

Mayor of Lincolnshire: Andrea Jenkyns (former Tory MP) Leader in London: Alex Wilson (former Tory) Former Chair: Dr David Bull (former Tory) Head of Local Government: Jaymey McIvor (former Tory) Spokesperson for Home Affairs: Zia Yusuf (former Tory) (5/8)

Lucy Allan, former Tory MP Sarah Atherton, former Tory MP Michael Brown, former Tory MP Aidan Burley, former Tory MP Chris Butler, former Tory MP Maria Caulfield, former Tory MP Nadine Dorries, former Tory MP Chris Green, former Tory MP (6/8)

Nigel Farage has gone all quiet about his friendship with Trump. Let’s not let him distance himself from the trainwreck. Please share this fawning video. share.google/qMCPrs08xgoO...

Just easier at this stage to say Reform Ltd is a badge of shame. The people who finance it. Vote for it. Believe in it. Work for it. Whole thing is as dirty as Farage's fag stained teeth.

It's such a shock that Fascists turn out to be corrupt and totally unaccountable. Who in the BBC would ever have imagined it while they were relentlessly promoting these scum for 25 years?

youtube.com/shorts/mqlc8... Youth guarantee

Would-be Reform councillor shouts racist abuse at passer-by and claims he isn’t a racist

This is not going away.🙂🍿

Reform Wales leader appoints disgraced Nazi salute candidate as special adviser - Nation.Cymru apple.news/AwSRykIm6Tza... You couldn’t make it up

“reaction from Brussels is simply a shrug. Let the British play their games. We can talk to them when they’ve actually decided what they want. Albeit what they want might not be on offer, and what is on offer might not be what they want” - @anandmenon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It takes OVER FOUR TIMES the time to play a round of golf than to attend a wedding ceremony. And Donald has had time for a round of golf 14 times since his war with Iran started. #Priorities

I’m old enough to remember when MP’s resigned were over financial irregularities.. But with Farage it’s a badge of honour £10,000 unpaid debt now with CCJ❌ £5 million undeclared gift❌ £1.4 million house bought in cash❌ £385K declared late❌ £40K alleged unpaid stamp duty❌ MP rules broken 17 times❌🤷🏼‍♂️

Vote Burnham get Corbyn.

John Healey: "Six days ago, I wrote to Nigel Farage with five questions about his secret £5m donation. Since then, he’s had nothing to say. The public deserve answers."

2 of Reform UK’s new Thurrock Councillors: Joseph Soper and Marc Stanley have resigned. www.thurrock.gov.uk/local-electi...

Donald Trump claims he can't attend son Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend because of the war with Iran. Funny, Donald found time for 14 golf days since the war started. #Priorities And the average wedding ceremony takes less than an hour. Whereas an average 18-hole round of golf takes 4 to 4.5 hours.

Well done @channel4news.bsky.social for in depth reporting on 5 homes Farridge.

So there is no true investigative journalism anymore. Just tech bros propaganda.

NPR: Swing voters in North Carolina say they are frustrated with President Trump and the state of the economy, but aren't ready to abandon him or his party as the midterms inch closer. If they always vote for Republicans, then they aren't swing voters Headlines like this, piss me off

This is good :-)

And not a word in the media. If it is I have t seen it.

Reform are again saying this. BBC were clear it is a drop in immigration today. Broadcasters should challenge/correct inaccurate versions of claims the fall is about emigration

I have put together a little video guide to Nigel Farage's umm... evolving views on hecklers. They seem to be quite dependent on whether the heckler disagrees with him (bad, boring, frightening, dangerous), or shouts abuse at a woman in the street (buy him a pint/give him a peerage).

So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell

I had opportunity to speak to a senior civil servant involved at the time and was told that May had no understanding whatsoever of the consequences of what she said in that speech.