Nigel Farage has addressed the recollections of twenty contemporaries about his use of racism + antisemitism at school, saying it was "banter in a playground" many decades ago, but did not in his view amount to "direct unpleasant genuine abuse" www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

As always with Sunder Katwala, this is a thorough and detailed thread. Who knows how much more is to come with this story, but for the sake of the country, I hope it is a lot.

I’m shocked* I tell you. Completely shocked**. To think that Reform would trumpet savings that either they had nothing to do with or have nothing to back them up is shocking***. * oh no I’m not. ** not even a little bit. *** exactly as expected really. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is great. ‘Farage says it was he who personally chose Gill as Ukip’s Welsh leader. "I have worked with Nathan Gill over a period of years and he's been terrific, he's never, ever, let me down … He's as honest as the day is long." ‘ www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free. Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.

Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

If they are halfway sensible and wait until (late) 2028 for the defenestration, this surely reinforces that Milliband is the runaway favourite: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Yes but it’s complicated. The problem comes from having a campaigner in charge. Lib Dem campaigners hated being in coalition because being in opposition is way easier for leaflets etc. I think this government hates being in charge, for the same reason.

Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today. Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.

will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve

Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes. Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.

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

NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent. The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…

BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent. The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.

Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶

Families bereaved by gambling suicide thank both the @primeministeruk.bsky.social for promising investigation of the link between gambling and suicide, and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for raising the issue at PMQs today

This is excellent. More please. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A piece dripping with opprobrium: “All of this and more was foreseeable. Starmer exorcised the hard left but the soft left are more numerous and not much less deluded. If you trusted these people to unleash Britain’s economic potential, I don’t know what to say to you.” www.ft.com/content/68ee...

Deeply unsurprising: www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Councillors no longer to be allowed to decide applications for 150 homes+ This is infantilising of elected representatives and spells the end of meaningful local planning…

Tried to get this published but no luck, so might as well ‘publish’ it here so it’s not a complete waste! ➡️ Stripping rights from refugees today endangers us all tomorrow #asylum #Mahmood #history #humanrights

🏆 WINNER Understatement of the Year 2025: “Just look at the Nolan principles [on the required standards in public office]: integrity, honesty, selfless commitment, that sort of thing. Nigel just doesn’t have these qualities.”

When you go to Auschwitz they have piles of jewellery and watches which were confiscated from those arriving.

This is revolting. Theft is a crime. Seeking asylum isn't.

A big Liberal Democrat welcome to West Northamptonshire Councillor Farzana Aldridge who has joined the party from Labour. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/11/nort...

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

A proud day for Liberal Democrat Women 🧡 Today in Vauxhall, we watched Ed Davey welcome Cllr Tina Valcarcel — former Labour Mayor of Lambeth — into the Liberal Democrats, surrounded by fantastic women activists.

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Remarkably, Lib Dems have won more seats since May than Tories, Labour, Green Party, SNP & Plaid combined.

Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all. And now Farage could be PM ffs. Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy

Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)

The Prime Minister must pick up the phone now to Donald Trump. We have 24 hours to stop Trump’s billion-dollar raid on British licence fee payers. We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.

Good to see from the Federal Party, even as we are strangled by a transphobic and undemocratic change in the Law, courtesy of the Supreme Court.

Trump wants to destroy the BBC and Farage is egging him on. To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.

Well I know one thing for sure: you don’t stand up to racism with anti-migrant rhetoric. Because everyone knows that anti-migrant rhetoric is motivated by racism. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Private Eye cartoon of mine from early 2024.

YIKES

I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job. To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.

Well this aged well www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection. Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?

A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset. This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI. Except... it's bollocks.

Road safety action needed in Kenilworth. Yesterday I met with a group of local residents. Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition so far. Anyone of any age who lives, works or studies in Warwickshire can sign. The link is below. democracy.warwickshire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...

Leader of Kent County Council delivering a delicious dose of pure spite once again.

Excellent and sobering piece in @libdemvoice.org today by Cllr. Chris Northwood. All @libdems.org.uk members should read it. 👇

I am angry and my heart is in a million bits but I will not rest until we have the fair, free and open society that the preamble to our constitution speaks of.