When I lived in England I might've had a pint, if it was a long evening two, and driven home. In Scotland, with clearer and lower limits, I don't drink at all if I'm driving. Drivers warned not to drink at all as limit set to be slashed in England and Wales www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Lowdown on Disney+ is great. In fact, the only thing better than The Lowdown is the soundtrack to The Lowdown.

Amidst all this talk about Trump and Maduro... How many Venezuelans have died? How many innocent civilians? How many US service people have died? Remember them all.

Interesting twist to choose The Lorax as one of #TheTraitors

This is horrific. Children who go "missing" in this manner are the ones most likely to experience exploitation, often sexual exploitation. A Missing Service is an intervention to help the child and family stay safe. What Reform are doing in Staffordshire is overly pro-groomer.

Veganuary off to a banging start as I break tradition and remember to put oat milk in my morning coffee.

The family waiting for the pigs in blankets to come out of the oven

Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to ‪@electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...

Under this scenario #Scotland would be ruled by a Westminster government despite not having a single MP from the ruling party. #Indynow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In which former Tory chief whip Simon Hart complains about the inconstancy and untrustworthiness of political defectors like 30p Lee Anderson, conveniently forgetting the open arms Anderson found waiting for him when he defected from Labour to, erm, the Tories. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My son Rory died suddenly in August. He was a wonderful boy: outward looking, funny & kind. He used to help homeless people so a local charity have set up “Rory’s gift” in his name. He would have been 19 today, if you’d like to make an internet stranger happy please consider donating, however small.

Does...does that mask say "WAP" on it? Never pegged Farage as a Cardi B fan...

The US Government: You Europeans aren't letting Nazis do public hating and incitement. Freedom of speech! Also the US Government: Hope you haven't been rude about Mr. President...or else

"Y Wiwer Goch" doesn't have quite the same ring.

Additionally, Farage won't be sharing the name of his first girlfriend that he met while he was at Dulwich because "you wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school".

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

Budget time saving pro-tip: anyone whose argument amounts to go “The fiscal mess is largely due to spending money on (people and things I don’t like) and can be solved by raising taxes on (people and things I don’t like)” is not a serious person and their views can be ignored.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social , I've been struggling to express how the use of the Union flag, cross of St. George etc. makes me feel uncomfortable. Then the Bolsonaro conviction put it in some perspective.

This is a short thread about Brazil, England and how far right appropriation of national symbols can make us uncomfortable in ways it's difficult to articulate.

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

Said it before: this dude is heading to the top. youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...

Surely, America, you've reached an inflection point when the regime starts messing with Tom Hanks... West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ooh, ooh, do Owen Patterson next... www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nadine...

US foreign policy update: friends alienated, enemies united, armed forces spreading mulch in DC. MAGA

These are the facts that the government should focus on sharing and repeating as often as needed, not pandering to the far right. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/realit...

Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out And, the feathers it would ruffle My lovely followers, you know what to do: nationaltvawards.com/vote 🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Trump has no cards. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/trump-putin-ukraine-talks/683899/

Interesting ay?

BREXIT IS OVER. 52% would vote Remain. Only 29% would vote Leave. 49% want a rejoin referendum. The public has moved on. But the government hasn’t. Brexit lost the people. The mandate has flipped. And now, public wants a say on Europe, on rights, on who we are. #Rejoin #BrexitRegret #ReUnion

This guy will be President some day, if there's any justice. youtube.com/shorts/i-FvS...

98% That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well www.gov.uk/government/p...

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Looking forward to this Friday

Nigel Farage and his Reform MPs just voted to let foreign governments buy up our British newspapers. I guess it’s hardly a surprise since these fake patriots outsource all their policies to Trump’s White House and Putin’s Kremlin.

Sometimes I'm in absolute despair about how Christianity in the USA has been hijacked by judgmental people who use it as a way to affirm their privilege and spurn others. Then there are people like this guy, a representative in Texas, who reminds me not to generalise. youtube.com/shorts/5HwmA...

Failing. He is failing. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Ok, British media. You have here all the information you need to scrutinise Farage/Reform’s latest populist, headline-grabbing tosh. If you’re still handing out free ‘Robin Hood’ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy. Just don’t.

One beneficiary, for example, would be multi-millionaire Mr. N. Farage, who currently pays his taxes in Belgium. Reform unveils plan to top up poorest workers from £250,000 fee on rich UK newcomers www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just watching #Outrageous (the Mitford sisters drama) and it's doing my head in. "Well girls, I'm orff to join the jolly old Nazis mwaff mwaff mwaff" "You're beastly, I've become a communist after seeing two paupers with a placard". Add a jaunty jazz soundtrack and repeat The depth of a puddle

In a more serious country, unilaterally withdrawing from the JCPOA would have immediately ended Trump's first presidency & destroyed the GOP's reputation on national security policy for a generation 🧐

Anyone know (without looking it up) the chair of the Labour party? How about the chair of the Tories, or Lib Dems? Whose the chair of the SNP or Plaid? They don't get big press introductions covered by all the major networks. So why does Reform's new chair get a whole news cycle?

This is a thing of beauty.

What could possibly go wrong?

This is what the pro-Brexit argument has been reduced to now: "I like being able to needlessly inconvenience myself. Why are you taking it away from me?"