Hmmm.

I'm absolutely dreading a Reform government. Reform council to sing national anthem and say Lord's Prayer at meetings - BBC News share.google/JDdlIxJdG6ZW...

🗳️ ConstituencyClick 602/650 — Prime Minister 🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 play.jmoxley.co.uk Finally, they did one based on places I actually know!

Public opinion in constituencies that voted to leave the EU in 2016 is not fixed and immutable, people change their minds and populations change too (as younger generations who did not have the right to vote in 2016 enter the electorate).

The BBC answering it's own question in my notifications.

The government isn't forcing churches and community centres and town halls across the country to fly the Ukrainian flag. People are doing it themselves because we see a battle and we know which side we are on. There are lots of ways in which Reform is wildly out of touch with Britain.

Loving this thread.

James Cleverly MP: ‘One of the first decisions made by Essex Reform was to remove the Ukrainian flag from County Council HQ. Let that sink in.’

Take heed all those who don't think a Reform govt could do much damage. The Americans were complacent once, too. Women, as ever, will be impacted the most.

Oh dear. Think I'm going to have to mute the words Burnham, Green Party and by-election or I'm in danger of being Blue Sky cancelled 😆

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If we could amalgamate these four into one, we could have the perfect candidate: the pro-PR policies from Burnham, the pro-EU policies from Streeting, the green energy policies from Milliband, and the rowing back on the anti immigration stuff from Rayner. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Chaos in Worcestershire! Conservatives suspend Worcestershire group leader over coalition - BBC News share.google/07JkJXYQya8T...

There's a lot going on politically but the thing that potentially depresses me most right now is the idea of Farage riding to victory in a by-election.

The hope! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This is what we all have to look forward to if Labour doesn't get it's shit together.

Meanwhile, I'm still reeling from the fact that Richard Tice can't find it in him to condemn someone for saying that Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes.

There's a lot of local election analysis out there but in my view, this is head and shoulders above anything else I've read so far.

New idea for elections. You all go to a massive hall on voting day. On the word GO, you stand in the corner next to the party you want to vote for. You then get two chances to move to a different party before the final tally.

England 2026.

We're all discussing Hull, Havering and Hartlepool but surely the story by the end of the day will be Wales?

Poor Havering. Good luck.

I'm no apologist for Labour but I don't get the hatred for them and in particular for Starmer. Were expectations too high? Did everyone think there was a magic wand? Like I say, I'm not keen on some of their policies but they're definitely preferable to Reform or some of our recent prime ministers!

I love how it doesn’t matter what the Lib Dem’s do in any elections any more, nobody in the commentariat can see them. They could turn the whole country yellow and the headlines would be about Absolutely Anybody Else. “Shock for Count Binface in Medway…”

Two years ago, I would never have believed I could cheer on Conservatives. But here we are. Anything but Reform....

Breaks my heart that on David Attenborough's 100th birthday, so many people want a climate change denying government. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I think I'm in possibly the least interesting constituency in the UK when it comes to the local elections, LD dominated before and still will be after today. The only reason we'll get any publicity is because we're the only place in the county holding elections. Otherwise we'll be completely ignored

Americans discover other countries exist!

Clown show in a clown country with a clown president and clown politicians attended and covered by a clown press corps at a time when the actual people are sick to death of clowns.

How do they fit the pool into that small restaurant? On another note, one of my favourite bars was a yakitouri place called Ken in Auckland back in the late 90's. Wonder if it's still there?

Pissed off with the EU. Pissed off with Teresa May. Pissed off with Boris Johnson. Pissed off with Rishi Sunak. Pissed off with the Tories. Pissed off with Starmer. Pissed off with Labour. They'll be pissed off with whatever comes next, too. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The Hormuz situation seems so so bad, like gonna-destabilize-half-the-globe-and-tank-the-economy bad, with no obvious resolution even plausible, and it’s still getting the “distant crisis mostly of interest to nerds that will work itself out” treatment in American press

The underlying structural problems of UK politics that the country doesn't have the resources to do everything expected of it and a Westminster class in denial about this doesn't go away in the event of a new PM.

I still don't think the good people of Sunderland will be going to the polls in a few weeks time thinking about Peter Mandelson. But this adds to a general feeling of incompetence.

Whilst I'm happy about this, I just wish there was some acknowledgement that we're just returning to where we were pre Brexit, this isn't something new. And in the meantime, a whole generation of young people missed out.

Making the rounds, Hallowe’en costume idea

Our future under Reform 😬😬😬

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result: Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

💥🇭🇺🗳️ BREAKING: Péter Magyar says Viktor Orbán called to concede and congratulate him. Magyar will be Hungary’s next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority – enough to fully dismantle Orbán’s system. A 16-year chapter is over.

This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person

These kinds of figures could be leading Magyar to the constitutional majority he needs to really change things.

Heavens to Betsy level this morning #ows781 🔎 5/5 (00:54) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 9 onewordsearch.com

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

Stephen Miller has apprehended a child at the White House Easter Egg Roll and will be turning him over to ICE at the earliest opportunity

When Madge is the voice of sanity, you’re in trouble.

Of COURSE he is. FFS.

Did BBC radio 4 #Today programme really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today

List of all the countries in the world that ban all Afghan women from studying in their sovereign Higher Education institutions: 1. Afghanistan 2. United Kingdom Must make you proud to wave your flags, UK patriots with legitimate concerns. Wave them!!!