REMINDER: As Tory Immigration Minister, Robert Jenrick said he wanted “even more” asylum hotels. #ukpolitics

Funnily enough I don't remember reading similar front pages when Jeremy Hunt bought *seven* luxury seaside apartments from a Conservative donor, in breach of his government's own money laundering rules

Aussie unions don’t beat around the bush.

Must read story. Misinformation from DOGE and Elon about USIP-funded work of an Afghani working with the US against the Taliban leads to his family’s kidnapping by the Taliban

While Trump is floundering around on the world stage and appearing like a complete idiot, JD Vance is hanging out in England with British far-right extremists in an attempt to undermine British democracy...

It isn't perfect, but Wikipedia is still the closest thing we have to a site that actually fulfills the original promise of the internet as a radical experiment in participatory democracy. We must protect it from AI slop at all costs. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Legitimate Concerns?

Too easy! My @smh @theage cartoon.

And they didn't link the crowdfunder... I despair for journalism. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

“The prime minister and the chancellor need to be very clear in their mind about the big long-term changes that they want to outlast them when they’ve left the job." What, like electorally-hard-to-reverse cuts to NI even when you know full well that the public finances are in the sh*tter?

Again the question that needs to be asked is “HOW?” Are you going to build more prisons? How? With what? Borrowed money? Tax rises? Will you ship them off to El Salvador? Put them up in a Travelodge?

Scientifically illiterate. See also “biological sex”

Had to be done.

What a shame!

Durham Miners Association Secretary General Alan Mardghun has just called out Darren Grimes’ behaviour and called him a liar at the 139th Durham Miners Gala in front of 200k+ people.

Breaking: New analysis finds that Chris Philp is 24 times more likely to make up fake statistics than the average British citizen.

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes. So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

Weather presenter: It’s HOT out there, so be sure to dress for the mid-80s. Me:

Unlikely because we must beat them in the Senedd election next year - not because they don’t want to. One of the only consistent things about Nigel Farage over decades is a wish to end the NHS as we know it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There has never been an English ethnic group. It’s made up. He means white people. This argument is applied to Sunak and never to e.g. Boris Johnson.

🧵 @jcbslide.bsky.social 's reply reflects a common but crucial misunderstanding: that democracy simply is civil liberties and fair procedures. But rights alone don’t guarantee democratic legitimacy. What matters is whether the public can meaningfully participate in truth, power, and accountability.

There really is no anti-trans story that is too pathetic for the BBC to run, is there? What a disgrace it is.

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Insurance did not cover the cost of vaccinations. Profits came before people. Yet this is the system that Farage/Reform, neoliberals want in the UK Defend the NHS, or risk bankruptcy and poor health. archive.ph/noB9w

Three quarters of UK voters *don’t* want Reform in power, but because of the first-past-the-post system, they’re projected to win 42% of seats in the House of Commons. Interesting column by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Newcastle, you were bloody brilliant – thank you for two unforgettable nights. ❤️
 Manchester tomorrow! 📷 Jimi Love Tour info & more: linktr.ee/timminchin Band 🔥: Jak Housden Evan Mannell Emily Moore Jeni Magaña Robbie Robson

I think a lot of people today are so far removed from the past that they forget that infant mortality was once so high that it skewed life expectancy down to 35.

Brexit has hammered our economy, cost us £100 billion in lost growth, and stripped £40 billion from our tax base. The worst-hit? Businesses drowning in red tape. It’s time to face facts and fix the damage.

common misconception—it’s not that our houses are built to keep heat in (anyone who’s endured a British winter can tell you that). no, the reason hot days are so unbearable in the UK is because this is an evil country and we are being given a small taste of the fire that awaits us in the afterlife

For more on how Russia targeted Arron Banks and Leave EU in the run up to Brexit, you could start here bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

Most of the replies are complaining that he limited his deportation demands to Pakistanis rather than all Muslims. Utter utter cesspit.

Kent, where these mendacious chancers took control of the County Council, has just been whacked by the worst flash floods in living memory. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Except they don’t acknowledge the damage *they* have done. They acknowledge the damage but, taking us all for fools, they try to say that Labour did it. And the right wing press goes along with this nonsense, rather than applying any scrutiny at all.

"While shouting “Overdiagnosis!”, both Santhouse and O’Sullivan fail to provide an adequate yardstick for the “correct” level of mental health diagnosis.":

“You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor, and to protect the innocent. That’s all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. Nothing in there about orders, even from me. You’re an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government.”

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars. As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

Reform is the party who the billionaires want to replace the current Government because they will make the billionaires even richer. You don't vote for people who the Billionaire Media love, because they are all terrible for you.

How the Daily Mail responded to Liz Truss' economy-crashing tax cuts for the wealthiest, vs how they responded to Rachel Reeves spending a few per cent more on hospitals

Happy Glorious 25th of May! GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. How do they rise up? #Glorious25th #Discworld #TruthJusticeFreedomReasonablyPricedLove #Speakhisname

🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.

ICE raided Los Angeles elementary schools in an attempt to kidnap small children. They hid their identities, claimed they weren't ICE, and lied to school authorities that they had "permission" from the parents to take the children out. School officials luckily didn't fall for it.

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

"Minutes of a meeting of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee in March, seen by Byline Times, show [...] plans to alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters.": bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

Trump annonce la suppression de toute protection fédérale concernant des dizaines de milliers de km2 de nature sauvage en Alaska. Livrant aux forages & à l’exploitation minière les toutes dernières zones sauvages encore intactes du pays. Avec Trump, mépris des humains & de la nature vont de pair.

'Man of the people' flying in a private jet given to him by a billionaire.

And there it is... the greatest header in modern history.