For by-elections today, here's stopreformuk.vote advice on tactical voting to stop Reform UK ... via Reform Are Not Your Friends

For months people have asked: what does Andy Burnham actually believe? A new paper by advisers close to the Prime Minister may provide the clearest answer yet – and it's far more radical than many expected. Stephen McNair reports.

Brexit has made Gibraltar more Spanish Way to go Brexiters!

Most Britons accept that climate change is real. But the number who think the threat is exaggerated has risen sharply in just five years. What's driving that change? Max Terzza examines the issue 👇

A new Met Office report: "more extreme weather is becoming the normal now in our climate" Climate change is here. Where is the national conversation about the urgent need for adaptation in the years ahead? Instead what we get is politicians demanding billions more for bombs

The evidence that the people running things are not, and never have been running things in the interests of ordinary people, has never been clearer. We've built a system that forces the world to serve the short term, massive greed of a tiny, handful of people, out of the survival of life on Earth.

And suddenly the story which was all about Farage and his undeclared £mns last week is now twisted to be back to all about poor victim him. Feels like we don’t have long to save our democracy from malignant forces attempting to hijack it using useful idiots. The vote on donations is today.

"Three quarters of unions, two-thirds of members and a new generation of Labour MPs support electoral reform." 🌹Labour MPs @andymacnaemp.bsky.social & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social call on @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch a Commission in @thehousemag.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

🔴NEW: Major Reform Donors Featured in Tax Haven Database. Farage’s party has accepted more than £16 million since the last election from those listed in offshore leaks. Me, for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/07/14/m...

British politics rarely gets stranger than this - Football, politics,pints & satire. Count Binface keeps stealing the spotlight while Andy Burnham is signalling a different political style Enjoy this week's [mischievous / caustic / razor-tongued] read!

Britain has more than 50 billionaires. Each owns more than 3,000 times the wealth of the average person. Should we tax those fortunes a little more? Stephen McNair makes the case. 👇

Can Britain be a committed European country while preserving sterling indefinitely? Niall Ó Conghaile argues that question would be central to any future UK application to join the EU.

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, Essex businesses say the economic consequences are still shaping their futures today | East Anglia Bylines

Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

We keep being told that economic growth will lift everyone. So why are inequality, poor health and political anger all getting worse? Could universal basic income be part of the answer? ⤵️ asks Stephen McNair

Imagine walking down a street that's 10°C cooler than the next one. The difference isn't luck. It's design. Why trees may be one of the most powerful tools we have for adapting to climate change.

Elderly cheetah named Zeus doesn't live in the house, he has a large enclosure at the reserve, he just comes inside sometimes for company since his partner died. TT: LibranWildlifeReserve Johannesburg, South Africa

Endgame for Farage and Reform? What happens next? @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social with a scorching paragraph from a good article. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

The latest from the unflinching Pecksniff... The Clacton circus rolls on * Count Binface keeps winning the headlines * Labour wrestles with donations reform * Burnham's first policy hints Thanks to @coldwarsteve.bsky.social for the artwork @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

Nigel Farage once became the butt of jokes about "losing to a dolphin". Now Count Binface has become the unexpected face of the Clacton campaign. Here are 20 memes charting the story. 👇

The latest from the razor-tongued Pecksniff... * Is this Farage's political end game? * Count Binface looms large * Labour wrestles with donations reform.

Farage’s grotesque use of someone’s murder for his own agenda is really quite sickening.

With Reform in disarray under the auspices of #Farage, @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social derides the party at both #national & #local level. @countbinface.bsky.social may indeed have his day on terra firma & in space.

Careful study of the Bayeaux Tapestry has revealed this !

British politics rarely gets stranger than this - Football, politics,pints & satire. Count Binface keeps stealing the spotlight while Andy Burnham is signalling a different political style Enjoy this week's [mischievous / caustic / razor-tongued] read!

No, i'm #Binface..

Italian vineyards. Dutch raspberry farms. They're already using solar panels to improve crop yields while generating electricity. Why is the UK so far behind?

A by-election. No Labour candidate. No Conservative. No Lib Dem. No Green. So if nobody's fighting the election, asks The Bear, what story is left?

"It also uncovered evidence of “deliberate mishandling of calls by retention team agents”, with a commission scheme that “effectively encouraged” and financially rewarded agents for “behaving in this way”."

"The regulator’s investigation found that millions of calls made by customers between Jan 2022 & Sept 2024 were likely mishandled by call agents “in order to delay or prevent customers from cancelling and switching to a competitor”. Customers can save hundreds of pounds by switching to a new deal."

"Ofcom discovered that Virgin Media “likely mishandled” millions of phone calls between January 2022 and September 2024, with deliberate call-dropping tactics, unnecessary call transfers and putting customers on hold for “no reason”."

Surely, an MP can't simply resign. He has to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds: it isn't in his power simply to walk away and call a by election.

EXC - The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In one chapter of his book entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', Nigel Farage donor and convicted fraudster George Cottrell describes how politicians can be bought www.ft.com/content/7a0f...

Someone clearly can’t take the pressure… #Exitbrexit

“We coped in 1976.” – but that’s not a safeguarding policy. Today’s heatwaves are hotter, riskier, and hitting classrooms hard. Read on for an analysis of the risks.

Labour MPs seek cap on political donations It’s about time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to see a coöperative spirit among progressives. /sarcasm/ Will we ever learn?

The Conservatives are for "the super rich" says Robert Jenrick, whose own campaigns have been funded by a billionaire Israeli mining heir and a firm controlled by a sanctioned oligarch

Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @bylinetimes.bsky.social's investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago

Trump, the 47th US president, sued the BBC for $10bn. The BBC apologised for its editing mistake. But unlike some American media organisations, it isn't simply writing a cheque and moving on. Instead, it's fighting back with 47 subpoenas...

Looks like that £75,000 is coming out of your council tax Nottinghamshire.

Could Farage quit? Questions swirl over Reform UK leader’s future

For every 10 swifts seen in 1995, only around 3 remained by 2022. What's driving one of Britain's fastest birds towards disappearance? Kate Moore reports.

There will come a moment when Britain comprehends that after a horrible period of performative deportation it has suddenly started competing with other European countries for immigrants to keep the economy and country alive. Maybe bidding farewell to the last diabetic nurse, or carpenter.

Latest Brexit poll of polls from WhatUKthinks.org This would indicate Labour’s red lines are a vote loser and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk ’s call to rejoin the SM and CU are a vote winner.

Of sociopathy, constipation and downright buffoonery, @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social has his sharpened nib & beady eye on all political miscreants. For ribald laughter & concise prose - this could be the start of your w/end. Enjoy!

Burnham changes the rules of comms engagement * Farage's troubles deepen * Green entryists or single-issue politics? * Nudists vs South Norfolk Council – yes, really Wit, satire and political commentary from the inimitable Mr Pecksniff... @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

Excellent, as usual. My favourite excerpt: ‘As one eyewitness to the fracas observed, council staff are “trying to remember we work for the people of Suffolk and not some lunatics”.’