Yesterday, Newcastle stood united in solidarity against hatred and division. The North East made a strong statement that the far-right doesn’t represent us.

Geordies are Black and White and Brown. We are a city of sanctuary. We will always stand up for migrants and refugees, and anyone else the far right wants to make the focus of their hate ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BBCLauraK if you want to increase peoples standard of living then restore local councils funding to allow them to rebuild public assets and deal with issues in their local area. It took many months to get these removed from my local area due to funding issues.

#BBCLauraK Starmer saying there is no point asking him why do we need digital ID when there is a problem of illegal working going on, but has yet to say how having it would stop illegal employers continuing to act illegally.

#BBCLauraK is there any evidence that asylum seekers are being sent 100s of miles by taxi to a doctors appointment?

#BBCLauraK What exactly was the lefts position on illegal migration that was wrong?

Harry the ginger Cypriot cat having a nap whilst lying on back. #caturday

Newcastle says no to fascism. The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance. Newcastle united.

Wrong sort of fascist

In the age of hate, choosing to be kind is a political act. Newcastle put on a stunning display of unity and community strength today. Thank you to the vicars, imams, union leaders, musicians, community activists & politicians who spoke. #NewcastleUnites

A massive thank you to the hundreds of people who came to town to send a message that Newcastle is a city of love, compassion and hope. Don’t let those politicians backed by the millionaires and billionaires divide us! Let’s stand up for people and planet. #NewcastleUnites

We've had a ridiculous amount of emails and messages asking for this and it has to be said: you were right. This is almost definitely the best episode of any politics podcast ever. And it's the longest episode we've done too, obviously. See you Wednesday for Zack & Gary.

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

You can't, when it suits you, say that there is a climate crisis if, when you are required to act, you prioritise something else. Starmer needs to get to COP instead; he is MIA. As @zackpolanski.bsky.social says - this "speaks volumes".

2. Countries that have ID cards - like the whole of Europe - still have the same irregular migration problem (you may have heard!!!) & in fact the UK has the lowest share of its economy estimated as irregular economy in Europe so if it fixes the issue WHY DIDNT IT FIX IT THERE?

Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

#BBCQT Was Tice lying again? Why would the Reform chairman say he was helping with their health policy if he wasn’t?

#BBCQT Fiona Bruce repeating Trumps words re autism without clarifying that it’s dangerous nonsense. Stop trying to other side everything!

#BBCQT Nandy saying that illegal economy will be easier to tackle when we have ID cards. Employers who employee illegal workers are not suddenly going to stop. The only way I can see it having an effect is if we become a papers please society with checkpoints in the street. Do we want that?

Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza? Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards". This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.

We're on track for a decade of decline in families’ disposables incomes by the end of the parliament. But this is not inevitable. The gov can introduce targeted policies like investing in social security, and interventions in key areas like housing and energy. Listen on @lbc.co.uk 🔽

This would represent the worst living standards record of any parliament since detailed records began in 1961. 🔎 Find our latest analysis: www.jrf.org.uk/news/time-ru... 3/3

Scrapping the two-child limit on benefits would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty.

An expert report says ending the two-child benefit cap is the biggest step Labour could take to cut child poverty. So why are we still waiting? #EndChildPoverty | #ScrapTheCap

🚨 Govt is paying Deloitte £3m to advise on using public-private partnerships for new neighbourhood health centres. 👉 This is public money, being used to ask private firms whether we should privatise. 📰 Scan QR for more info FOI by @weownit.org.uk

You are fucking cowards @theguardian.com You do *not* deliberately introduce doubt for one of the safest anti-inflammatories in the world in the fucking headline! Link for those wanting to see this shame www.theguardian.com/society/2025... One for @ianbetteridge.com to get angry about too.

I am sick of this narrative that is being fed to us, talking about uncontrolled borders. Less than 5% of immigration is irregular, the rest have been invited in via visas etc. It’s not uncontrolled! We needed them, we issued visas they came.

While Trump and Farage drag our politics down - Labour too often ends up following. We can choose a different path. One of lower bills, warmer homes, and a liveable future. @greenparty.org.uk are urgently needed. 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk

Rare double feature but I gotta sneak this in before the clock strikes midnight @erinbiba.bsky.social

Sad news. Greens down 2%. Better news. It's a mistake and we're actually up 2%. Best news. Membership is still leaping up every single day. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

Zack Polanski speaks a lot of sense! For the first time in a long time I’m seeing a UK party leader who actually cares about the future of the UK in a positive and intelligent way!

BBC News 6 o’clock news, 2nd top story is about ReformUK’s policy, as if it’s a real govt policy. Saying “this will…” If you tell people something often enough, it becomes normal. Once again, BBC needs to stop manifesting a Reform govt.

Our Public Ownership Party Scorecard is live! 📣 Find out where the parties stand - it might surprise you. 😮 Follow link in comments below. 👇 @morningstaronline

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

Media: LETS TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SMART PHONE BANS Schools: Here's the app on which you can order your lunch. Here's a consultation from the bus service about phone-based ticketing. Here's the online homework site. Parents: Can we go back to talking about cheap IT for kids please?

THIS is why I get annoyed. We are three people, working out of a basement, while holding down full time jobs. It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*. How can it be beyond BBC News?

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The ECHR doesn’t actually have much impact on deportations: -proportion of foreign national offenders who have successfully appealed against deportation from UK on human rights grounds: 0.73 % -how often the ECHR has ruled against UK in cases relating to immigration rules: 3 HT The Sensemaker

If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933. #JimmyKimmel

It's time for environmental, social, racial and economic justice. Anti fascist. Anti racist. And no boot licking. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Starmer at that press conference, giving every impression of a nervous chipmunk sitting next to an alligator that's just swallowed a hand grenade.

Zack Polanski might actually do really well pursuing this strategy of just asking British politicians a follow up question

Great speaking with Mikaela Loach, Emma Pinchbeck and George Monbiot. Urgent conversation about power and inequality. The need to meet this moment with vision and storytelling to work with communities to lower peoples bills and tackle the climate crisis.

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New SMF briefing (from @gideonsalutin.bsky.social) on proven policy solutions to reduce rough sleeping -

Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!

Niche joke. Can relate.

The UN has only confirmed what we already knew: Israel is committing genocide. 64,000+ killed, whole families wiped out. Yet UK Govt rolls out the red carpet for Israel’s president & Starmer stays silent. Labour - this is a genocide. Are you going to continue to ignore that?