Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.

column on why is the far right is obsessed with dubai www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's almost as if, before the Gaza famine was officially recognised, it was a story, as media organisations could generate controversy by hosting Israeli government spokespeople and our own rightwing blowhards, insisting it was all a fabrication. Now that it can no longer be denied ... no story.

Vance in Charlie Kirk free speech update From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Thank God we don’t have the cancellation of satirical comedy in this country. I can’t wait to see how they deal with the Trump visit on The Mash Report, Mock The Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order!

Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!

The Biggest Far Right March in British History. Worried? Here's how we stop them .... The Biggest Far Right March in British History paulmasonnews.medium.com/the-biggest-...

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pitching a piece to the telegraph about how angela rayner's resignation is another blow for the white working class in britain, i wonder if they'll go for it

Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.

When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”

My column in today's FT: on the problems of letting your plans to reform and your plans to save money crowd each other out

Podcaster interviews a War Criminal.

The Arse of the Deal The new Private Eye is out now.

More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns

“What's happening in Edinburgh then? What's all that thick s***. People juggling f*****g bollocks and that? Swallowing swords... one-legged bicycles. What's all that s**t about?" Liam Gallagher (Oasis), Edinburgh, August 2025 One-legged bicycles - I think he’s been reading The Third Policeman.

Why Dubai is finished by Our London Correspondent Isabel Cheapshott From the new Private Eye, out now.

MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

New Death With Indignity Law Lets Terminally Ill Be Crushed By Falling Vending Machines theonion.com/new-dea...

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

“We’ll share out the booty after we’ve allocated a percentage to our CSR schemes” From the new Private Eye, out now

111 Years Ago Today: War Declared By All

Not wrong @ianmbrooks.bsky.social @katatrepsis.bsky.social

How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system. Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump: the comprehensive Mexican food acronyms From the new Private Eye, out now.

In 2012, only 46% of British people over the age of 65 said they had even used a computer in the previous 3 months. Of those, only 18% had used a social networking site. By 2020, 67% of over 65s said they use the internet every day. This explains a lot I think

I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.

"Investment" is one of those terms that disguises rather than reveals realities. The word now means two completely different things: 1. Using money to create productive and socially useful assets or services that did not previously exist. 2. Capturing and exploiting assets already in existence.

Oh dear. Will @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social @kermodemovie.bsky.social @simonmayo.bsky.social have to retract their review of the movie and their interview with Jason Isaacs (who did not underplay the meaningfulness of the story and the film)?

People who say "well the police are obliged to arrest criminals" need to explain why they can't arrest the person who bought shit on my credit card even when I gave them his address and a picture of his fucking house

Hi @georgemonbiot.bsky.social It isn’t natural forests that are tinder-dry and burning in Scotland. The Scottish Gamekeepers Association, NatureScot and the Scottish Greens all fail to suggest closing the shooting estates and returning the land to forest. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗

It's hard to make this any more explicit... from a cynical political perspective anyone in government comms should be concerned about the incentive structures that most "local news" sites have, which are increasingly shaped by big tech aggregators that push clicky headlines onto phone screens.

Today’s London Standard has a big report on how the capital “isn’t working”. It blames immigrants, especially Muslims, and the lack of “White British”. It asks “if there’s a minimum number of natives” at which London must give it up its status as the UK capital. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lond...

Mike Lee Stresses He Would Have Posted Same Thing If Own Family Savagely Murdered

Ecologically illiterate, cruel and self-serving industry propaganda, channelled uncritically by the BBC. So much for informed reporting. So much for impartiality. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Marines Raise American Flag Outside Cell Phone Store After Defeating Skateboarding Teenagers theonion.com/marines...

Breaking news: it appears Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica are declining faster than predicted. Latest satellite data shows a massive 22% drop in penguin numbers over the last 15 years in key regions. This is more than double the rate of loss that experts had expected... 🧵 1/8

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

What news editors and politicians think people want: "Just tell them they'll get a tram somewhere in their city if they're nice." What people really want: "SHOW ME THE FULL GPS ROUTE PLAN COMPLETE WITH LINKS TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGES OF THE DISUSED RAILWAY LINES THAT COULD COME BACK INTO USE."

Poetry Corner:  So, farewell Then, Skype. From the latest Private Eye, out now.

As the UK and EU carve up fishing rights, I don't give a damn which party gets to trash our marine ecosystems by overexploiting fish populations, ripping up the seafloor and killing vast numbers of "non-target" animals. I just want this orgy of destruction to stop.

Life imitates Eye: Who will be the next Pope? L: BBC News R: Latest edition of Private Eye

They're 100% wrong. The fireprone landscape on Dartmoor is caused by centuries of grazing. Preventing fires means rewetting the land, and allowing/assisting the return of the temperate rainforest and carr, which should be widespread here and is v hard to burn. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it? We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data. A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.

Anyone telling you there's anything normal about these locals is talking out their arse. Below, gains and losses as a proportion of total contests in every set of locals in the last 50 years - provisional numbers, based on 62% of seats declared.