The ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government. Nigel Farage wants us to leave it. Please think about that youtu.be/Fhrb5Z7ScME?...

UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students ‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says Way to go

Overwhelming opposition More than 3,200 lawyers have written to the prime minister urging him to “rethink” plans to restrict jury trials for all but the most serious cases.  thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2026/05/17/v... @peterstefanovic.bsky.social

The £5m The Clacton house The antisemitism The stories all keep changing. #Liegel

The former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Nigel Farage's claims of Russian hacking.

Nigel Farage is a security risk.

Reform’s fascist deportation plan ‘to cost £50bn’ www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

“Trump has introduced a similar scheme in the US and it is already backfiring. For example, some firms are offering more hours at lower pre-tax rates, rather than boosting pay across the board. The US scheme is also proving to be a nightmare to administer.” www.cityam.com/reform-uk-ta...

Dan Neidle: Reform UK wants to abolish income tax on overtime. It sounds like a tax cut for hard work. Actually a tax cut for the word “overtime”. So little GDP impact & huge cost - we reckon £14bn not Reform's £5bn If you want to spent £5bn on tax cuts, we have ten better ways:

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Andy Burnham says we could have a "localised public control option" for Thames Water What does that mean? Who is in charge? Where do the profits go? We need nothing less than permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of Thames Water with households, workers and anti sewage groups on the board

I'm actually furious that Andy Burnham is being promoted as anti establishment when he's already saying no to public OWNERSHIP of Thames Water 16 million so-called "customers" instantly let down Take it back Andy, commit to public ownership weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Sorry, but this is just not good enough People have had it with politicians telling us we can’t do what 90% of the countries in the world do - run water in public ownership This is an issue that tells the public who you’re prepared to fight for: US-private equity giants OR the British public.

These three Lib Dem MPs are among the 90 MPs who have signed our open letter to Ofwat, urging them to say NO to Thames Water's creditors. Thames Water's creditors are trying to set a dangerous new low for the entire water industry. Has your MP said no? weownit.org.uk/mps-open-letter

😡😡😡”The analysis done by private firms was sometimes so poor that NHS radiologists had to read scans again, raising questions about the benefit of outsourcing.” The government promised “the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation”. They must deliver it now.

If Palantir’s technology is so useful that the NHS, the MOD, the Met and other depts need it, shouldn’t the British state just build its own version of it? Why would we put something so vital to our national security and our democracy in the hands of a private US company? This makes no sense.

I’ve been reading a lot about the end of the Roman republic recently, and the slide of that empire into imperial monarchy. The stamping of the leader’s face on coins, colossal statues and a reworking of the forum. But even Augustus didn’t build himself a ballroom-fortress.

If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue....

I've said it before but we need to somehow restore the social cost of racism. It's always been there but it's spreading at least partly because people aren't made to feel ashamed of it any more.

Because "the migration debate" is all a distraction to cover for the super wealthy robbing us blind. It's all we ever talk about. We can never discuss how we make the country better for the normal folks, and they want it that way.

Little insight into the immigration debate: my uncle was a security guard who had to escort illegal immigrants to the airport and onto the aeroplane when they got reported. Regularly they would go to the toilet and kill themselves. He found the bodies. This was in the 1980s. It's not a new thing.

Would you prefer: 1. Migration down to zero? OR: 2. Functioning public services, a growing economy, pensions being contributed to, taxes being paid, universities staying afloat, care homes staffed and the NHS not collapsing into a smoking crater? One or the other - you can’t have both.

£325bn dirty money flows through UK. Jumps to £788bn+ when UK tax havens added. Linked to financial crime, corruption, illegal trades, narcotics, tax dodging. Banks, accountants, lawyers profit. Govts deregulate finance industry, prosecutions rare. Bank frauds (HBOS) not investigated.

Privatisation of the NHS NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms. Private sector focused on profit, not service. Money buys less. Public purse depleted. NHS capacity not expanded. Why would it train staff? There is no public mandate for privatisation of the NHS.

Farage under mounting pressure to prove Russian hack claim. Farage didn't disclose £5m from Thailand-based billionaire to parliament. Claimed it was a gift. Claims public disclosure arose from a computer hack by Russia, no evidence provided. Previously, he admired 'Putin as a leader'. What next?

UK universities cut jobs, research, teaching amid squeeze in overseas students. 30,000 job losses, brain drain, less student choice. Local economies shattered because of obsession with 'foreign' students. Govt can exclude them from immigration stats during period of study. archive.ph/L0iEn/again

Average UK household energy bill expected to rise by £209, 13%, to £1,850. Boon for companies/shareholders. UK Govt can Nationalise End profiteering Decouple gas produced electricity from the rest Abolish VAT on domestic fuel Transfer levies to general taxation. Watch what the Minister said ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Let's hold the Government to its promise! No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, & won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

“It is understood the National Cyber Security Centre is not aware of a report from Farage related to the alleged hack.” That’ll be because it’s all utter bollox. “Just how stupid would you like us to be, Mr Farage?” “Oh *that* stupid. Let’s see what we can do…” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nixon: "I am not a crook." Trump: "I am a crook. So what."

"How do you like them peace prizes, Trump?" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I’ve just signed the petition below calling for a cap on private profits from our NHS. Will you add your name too and then share it far and wide? 38d.gs/Stop-Private...

Meet our new elected representative. He has much to look forward to. He thinks… Ben Smith writes.

Climate shocks, rising fertiliser prices and failing harvests are exposing just how fragile the UK’s food system has become. Is there a solution? Kate Moore reports as NFFN week draws to a close. @linesmartin.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social

“Businessman Bassim Haidar, who relocated from Britain to Dubai following Labour’s changes to non-dom tax rules, donated £355,000… [He] said his "biggest concern was tax…and inheritance tax on global assets”” Wow. Not our public services then? Ugh. Farage squats like a toad in this stinking swamp.

Farage plans to ditch workers’ rights, cut the NMW, scrap the Equality Act, legalise discrimination, take us out of the ECHR and have a deregulation bonanza to remove our protections and make it easier to exploit and endanger us… for profit. He couldn’t give a shit about working people.

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.

Farage complaining that info on his five million pound bribe was leaked by Russian hackers is like complaining that your child sex dungeon was discovered by burglars.

Mystery surrounds the Sunderland City Council future of newly-elected Reform UK candidate www.sunderlandecho.com/news/politic...

Murky Nigel Farage faces demands to ‘come clean’ over ‘murky’ finances following new revelations www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I see so many dumb posts on this. This scheme offers you NOTHING. It is robbing Peter (everyone who can't use it) to pay Paul who is lucky enough to be able to abuse it, and abused it will be. It is a horrible idea and it is sad that so many people cannot understand that.

Lots of noise about Israel, but absolutely nothing is being done as usual. The EU and UK could cancel their Free Trade agreements with Israel, as their citizens want them to. The blow to Israel would be massive, and the EU/UK wouldn't even notice.

On the other hand, another Putin useful idiot during Brexit, Boris Johnson, was hacked and punished by the GRU when he supported Ukraine. It’s not entirely implausible the Kremlin is punishing Farage for being a lukewarm towards them these days, unlike the past

Nigel Farage really is a one trick pony. His divisive and inflammatory comments about immigration is all he has. Is it any wonder he won’t want you to know that net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak under the conservatives. LETS MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THE REAL FACTS

Much poor policy-making in the UK is down to the idea that the government just can't afford to spend what the UK needs. And often based on the claim that the bond markets would not allow it. @vincentgomez.bsky.social and I have just written about it. 99-percent.org/an-800-pound...

Apparently everyone knew what they were voting for..

Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed almost £15m by offshore millionaires www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is a failure of journalism, on a really basic level, but it is also a failure of political leadership. It was going to fall simply in the basis of what the previous govt did. But Starmer somehow conspired to actively spread the impression it was rising.

Media, Tories and Labour are all complicit but… “Reform has been cynical and reprehensible... It has worked tirelessly to prevent a rational or compassionate conversation about this subject, preferring instead to create a climate of hysteria and mob rule.” liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/443...

Politicians endlessly blame immigration for their own failures. So, when immigration is reduced, their ‘success’ isn’t recognised. No one’s life has particularly improved. Because no one’s life was ever going to improve by reducing immigration. Because our problems were never caused by immigration.