1/. NEW: The Guardian reports our research uncovered a £170m “media-political complex” behind Britain’s populist right. This isn’t just funding politics. It’s funding influence. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

The fact this is sold as doing something the public want, yet those selling it seem very reluctant to tell the public honestly what they are proposing to do, suggests perhaps they know it isn't as popular as they are claiming?

'Farage could still make it to No 10. But the closer he gets, the more its internal contradictions become apparent and the more nervous voters get,' says Sam Freedman. The party is expected to do well in May's local elections, so why are voters shying away from Reform? https://bit.ly/4800tee

if you're a "leftist" and you love Tucker Carlson and you'd vote for him as president, you're not a leftist. You're a fascist.

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Astonishing. The goal of our war is now to undo the effect of the war we started. Gosh, if only we could rewind to, say, four weeks ago when the Strait of Hormuz was open and normal!

This is Trump's America.

"For the first time ever, Russian and America are working to subvert European democracy and to allow the Kremlin’s armies to seize territory and America’s corporations to seize market share." piece from me

Hatzola provide first aid + essential emergency health care for anyone + everyone. If you can donate to help them get back to helping, link here: hatzolanw.org/support Tackle #antisemitism with kindness

This is a joy to listen to. Absolutely what I love about the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is a joy to listen to. Absolutely what I love about the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I think it's because they've convinced themselves that Ed Milliband is the antichrist and can't bear to admit that maybe energy security will be found in renewables. Michael Gove is very close to Badenoch and he keeps chuntering on about EM as well.

I think it's because they've convinced themselves that Ed Milliband is the antichrist and can't bear to admit that maybe energy security will be found in renewables. Michael Gove is very close to Badenoch and he keeps chuntering on about EM as well.

Precisely this. It is the worst possible tesponse to the crisis. She is either too stupid or too dishonest to remain party leader.

Finally, if you ever wake up from a coma and you aren't sure what time of year it is, here is a helpful calendar👇 We are right on schedule this year!🤣🙄 18/

Yes.

The story of 'woke' FOr years. mainstream conservatives and even centrists rounded on progressive culture as though it were a threat to society. Now they see where the real threat lay Writer and critic @dorianlynskey.bsky.social examines the meaning of one of the defining terms of our age.

Your weekend match is here. East Grinstead Town vs AFC Croydon Athletic in the Isthmian League Division One South East. An afternoon in the sunshine, and a journey fresh from the pits of hell. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

Johnno really is the complete central defender, and his anticipation of what players are going to do is first class. He reads them so well, and it's a genuine pleasure to watch how he manages opposition players during matches. The fact he can also score is a bonus.

The Business of Football… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England-Qualified Players are getting only 26% of EPL minutes 🥊 FA threat to scrap post-Brexit work permit compromise 💸 Could short-term loans to EFL & more EFL Trophy (!) games help? 🪂 New Deal? Sure! But don’t touch parachutes! www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Also available on my website as a neat interactive 😎✌️

Stand on your tippy toes next time you daft crybaby

Just the story of his name is one of the coolest things of all time

Happy World Down Syndrome Day from all of us at the Down's Syndrome Association! 💚🧦 We hope you have a great time celebrating, however you're spending your day! Make sure to wear your #LotsOfSocks and badges to show your support for #WDSD! #WDSD26 #TogetherAgainstLoneliness #WorldDownSyndromeDay

REPORT: Wimbledon and Peterborough shared the points in a frenetic encounter in South West London 🗞️ #AFCW 🟡🔵 🔗 www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/ma...

As a nation I think we do have to accept that a minority of people (not most!) are quite blatantly and shamelessly selfish and will make up any old bollocks as a fig leaf to justify that, and we therefore need a planning process which works to marginalise such people not empower them.

Seriously, every time I post about my frustration with NIMBY nonsense I will have someone waxing lyrical about how if only local residents were genuinely consulted and enabled properly they would be reasonable and flexible. Then a day or two later I see another story like this.

No please, tell me again about the very real and principled local objections that it is so important our planning system accommodate at the expense of everything else

Kremlin-style Foreign Agents law now in the Czech Republic???

Loved this episode. Gives one Michael Gove a right royal fisking!

This is not me. Please report and block if you've a moment.

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Many of the AfD’s strongholds in this election were already strongholds of its far-right predecessor party, "Die Republikaner", which sat in state parliament from 1992–2001. However, this electoral persistence varies strongly across space. 🧵

I know people are sceptical about journalism right now but this is the kind of story that takes weeks to get to the bottom of. I hope people see the value in what we do

48 hours to open the Straits, which Trump also says US don’t need to have opened, in a war he has already said US has won, and in a situation where he demands help from countries which he also insists US does not need.

For several months, people have been wondering why Reform hasn't declared any crypto donations, despite Nigel Farage saying they'd received some Now @theobserveruk.bsky.social can reveal why...

Spurs are playing this afternoon, and with their injury issues being the way they are, I can confirm that I am available for selection

In this podcast I analyse Michael Gove’s attemped demolition of Ed Miliband ..the reality is much more complex and interesting : podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

This is an extraordinary saga that Sunder is pursuing indefatigably. The BBC has repeatedly tried to excuse itself from responsibility for allowing Nigel Farage to lie egregiously about immigration without challenge. It is illustrative of a much wider malaise & so very important. Thank you, Sunder.

Seeing as John Terry has outed himself as a supporter of Reform Britain’s right-wing rhetoric, here’s a reminder of the truly hilarious and shameless attempts at positive PR when he was accused of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand in 2011

Fundamentally what Timothy said, Muslim prayer in public spaces is an act of domination, is so indefensible that every defence is stuck pretending he didn't say that and trying to start a discussion about something else, crucially, Kemi then can't stop herself also saying something hard to defend!

This is the thing I will never be able to get my head around. “This grid infrastructure is ugly” - can you hear yourself?

Rupert Lowe's statement on Restore Britain becoming a registered political party. He warns supporters the media will highlight the negatives. Lowe's is most hard right political party in parliament since 1945; the v first to set no boundary at all to welcoming overt racists, antisemites + Nazis

More racist and fascist than Nick Griffin is a grim bar to clear yet, depressingly, Lowe clears it and sits in our Parliament. I expect he and his political movement will move rapidly into the dustbin of history. Hope I'm right about that.

Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel. The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs. BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.

So much stupidity by people claiming to build intelligence

I would have loved to be part of packing out Plough Lane, but South Western and Network Rail have just scuppered that. No trains to Wimbledon or Earlsfield. Why not do that in the Easter break, rather than now? #afcw

Two years after the return of Michael Edwards to lead its construction of a multi-club group, FSG changes its mind about MCO. Whether this means Edwards will change his mind about FSG remains to be seen. But I think this signals we’ve passed peak MCO. www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

Once again this is deliberately misleading from Mahmood. Treating the public and Labour MPs like fools in order to try to justify a policy that is simultaneously economically damaging, politically counterproductive, and morally wrong. archive.ph/25pgV