‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports

Direct foreign interference in British politics - we have rules against foreign governments funding parliamentary groups, but this is fine?? Seriously?? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I’m in a constant seethe now about the #Celtic board. How have we come to be led by such pipsqueaks and pygmies? This piece says it all about Nicholson’s latest snivel. thecelticblog.com/2026/07/arti...

If Burnham buckles to the City in not appointing Ed Milliband… but doesn’t buckle to the millions of disaffected Labour voters in not removing Mahmood from the Home Office, that’ll be about as depressing a start as I’ve prepared myself to expect.

Hosepipe ban map: Where restrictions are in place as UK heatwave continues. Hosepipe bans as water companies lose trillion litres of water to leaks. No new reservoir since 1989. No national water grid. Yet govts talk about resilient infrastructure and persist with water privatisation.

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis Analysis by @eciu.net; story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social - www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🔴 Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage’s party propose amendment to the Government’s elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison

🔴 Parliament’s Standards Watchdog Rejected Complaints About Farage’s ‘Hidden Property Empire’ Months Before Times Exposé It exposes a glaring loophole in Parliamentary transparency rules - properties put under companies (even if they're totally controlled by an MP) do not have to be declared

What about when they look like this?

Air conditioning has become the latest front in the energy culture war. Depending on who you ask, it is either wasteful excess we must resist or the only sensible response and anyone urging caution is a zealot. A few thoughts in this 🧵

"Farage’s own words claiming politics was a poverty pursuit – unless you’re on the take – are now coming back to bite him." ✍️ @josiahmortimer.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/06/n...

‘In one chapter entitled "The Art of the Bribe", Cottrell and Files set out how politicians can be bought. They argue that bribes, if in the form of small gifts rather than cash, can be passed off as "a mistake of overexuberance in friendship".’ 1/ #NigelFarage #GeorgeCottrell

We vote for an indyref but Westminster says no. In May Scots rejected Labour's plans for nuclear & city mayors but we may still have them forced on us. Elections in Scotland are becoming meaningless. The media presents this as a challenge for the SNP but it's really a crisis in Scottish democracy.

What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

In December, Downing Street agreed it would spend more on branded drugs, in return for the White House not jacking up tariffs on British pharmaceutical exports to the US. The most rapacious president in American history now had his hands on our healthcare system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The treatment of this woman is absolutely outrageous and one of the most egregious corporate violations of free speech I've seen. I have just bought the book as a fuck you to Facebook. It's available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/care...

“They’ve silenced her. “This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth.” The "bizarre" moment @maitlis.bsky.social is forced to ask Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave the studio.

#PoliticsNotForSale I've told my MP to support caps on political donations & campaign spend. Tell yours too. Politics should work for everyone, not just those who can afford it. Send a postcard today at politicsnotforsale.mp.electoralreform.justpost.cards

Trump burning the world From @snellarthur.bsky.social “In April 2024, during the presidential campaign that year, Trump met fossil fuel executives & offered a “deal”: $1 billion in donations in return for all the policies they could dream for from “day one” open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

#Flower powering through the gardening now that the temperature has dropped low enough for human activity.

'We’re seeing enormous ablation, ice melt and snow melt rates all over the Alps,' Glamos network chief Matthias Huss told AFP, as multiple Swiss weather stations registered new all-time records. 'We are three months too early compared to a healthy state.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And yes, Italy's doing just fine, despite nature's comeback. share.google/a9A0ShIc1vku...

Why do we need to see the new bodycam footage of Henry Nowak's killer? What was the BBC's motive for obtaining it, if not pandering to depravity? Digwa's lies have been exposed in court and he's serving a life sentence. What good can come from throwing yet more rage-baited meat to violent fascists?

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

"Net zero" is not ideological zeal, opposing net zero is.

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn in taxes last year (tax gap, difference between taxes collected and what should have been) Small businesses accounted for 62% of the tax gap. £500bn+ not collected since 2010. Offshore tax gap data not released. Silence on tax avoided through profit shifting.

Financialisation of humanity Vital services handed by the state to private equity 84% of children’s homes, 80% of adult care homes in England controlled by financial investors. Private equity is a key player. £1.5bn profit extracted from care homes. Public purse looted for poor service.

From the BBC: Ten years of smacking himself in the face with a shovel hasn’t changed this buccaneering Brexiter’s mind!

United Utilities CEO pockets £2.5m despite pollution targets saga, 79% hike. £830,000 bonus, not blocked by OFWAT. Bonus for what? For 175bn litres of water lost annually to leaks Sewage dumped for 327,000 hours. No new reservoir since 1989. Customers fleeced.

🔴As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a ‘Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers’ Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/a...

They’re coming for him.

Our next prime minister needs to challenge the status quo to provide immediate relief on the cost of living and rebuild the foundations of our economy. @dhnnjyn.bsky.social reacts to Keir Starmer's resignation.

These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.

“Carbon dioxide has once again reached a record annual peak. Unsurprisingly, it’s another reminder that greenhouse gas levels are still rising and the climate system is responding.” In case you missed our latest climate science briefing, check out the recording here: youtu.be/xJ2SiFMGMP0?...

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thames Water moves closer to nationalisation after govt objects to rescue deal. Govt concerned about public backlash to a deal that injects £3.35bn equity, more debt, exemption from fines and bigger customer bills. Let TW collapse, buy at knockdown price. Must end profit motive. Nationalise water

Reform’s latest idiotic, racist idea: imposing a tax on companies that hire foreign workers And the perfect person to introduce it. A corrupt, opportunistic, nasty little tosser. If you loathe Jenrick, you’ll love this… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: The two Ukrainian men found guilty of firebombing Keir Starmer’s house were recruited on and paid by a Telegram channel working out of Russia. Our research, revealed by BBC Panorama this week, shows this was not an isolated plot. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/06/15/t...

Dear NYT, Congratulations on your access to the President, that is so cool; all you need to do to keep that access is lie for him, great deal! Anyway, the Strait was open *before* the war, Trump just spent $100s of billions to get worse deal than we had under Obama. Stop collaborating with him.

Can we finally get an apology from all the oh so sensible commentators who have spent the past ten years insisting Nigel Farage isn't part of the far-right

How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts

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Ten years on from Brexit there are still no rules to prevent lies in election ads. We’ve tabled amendments to stop election ads like the infamous Brexit bus misleading voters again. Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. It takes 1 minute. 👇 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/...