Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨

The data is in -- tourism to US dropped after Trump came in, while tourism recovered in rest of world...foreign arrivals at American airports down 3.8% compared with 2024, or 1.3m fewer people. With more Americans going the other way. See charts via @economist.com www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Congratulations @lucympowell.bsky.social who won the nomination of Lancaster and Wyre CLP at our special meeting this morning.

A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.

My latest, based on an oddly unimpressive MI5 assessment document.

What do the new Northern Ireland Troubles legacy proposals entail?

Queen's Park (Brighton & Hove) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 48.4% (+19.9) 🌹 LAB: 31.1% (-15.0) ➡️ RFM: 10.1% (New) 🔶 LDM: 4.2% (+1.7) 🌳 CON: 3.5% (-2.7) 🙋 Ind: 2.7% (New) No BHI (-16.7) as previous. Green GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.

Latest New Statesman column on an iron law of politics… governments don’t become accident prone by accident: www.newstatesman.com/uncategorize...

Hundreds of Blackpool healthcare workers set to strike over pay "Healthcare assistants have been working above their pay grade for years, in some cases decades, and it's only right they're fairly compensated." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

British and Irish governments to unveil new Troubles legacy proposals

Wales going Reform.

MPs must continue to stand against any attempts by the Lords to weaken the Bill, and together we will make sure the New Deal for Working People is delivered in full. 2/2

Last night, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Reform MPs all voted to water down Labour’s Employment Rights Bill - undermining the right to a guaranteed hours contract and protection from unfair dismissal. Labour MPs stood together, defending these key new rights for working people. 1/2

Announced moments ago: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

#OtD 16 Sep 1982 right-wing Christian militias, supported by the Israeli army, began carrying out out acts of murder, torture, rape, and abuse in the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon. 800- 3500 people were killed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1271...

NEW: Liverpool statement after government introduces Hillsborough Law #lfc

How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration www.ft.com/content/706898a7-5b93-40cb-9c16-a8f90f88c0a3

A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right. Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...

'Why is the tiny clique at the top of Labour so brilliant at ruling the party but so terrible at running the country?' Neal Lawson, council member at new Labour group Mainstream, backed by Andy Burnham, says the 'Morgan Tendency' government is putting 'faction before party, before country'

FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system on.ft.com/47HEE46

Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a two-state solution and the creation of an independent Palestinian state: 142 in favor, 12 abstained, 10 opposed, including the US, Hungary, and Argentina.

Police have said they are investigating a "racially aggravated" rape in the West Midlands. The Sikh Federation (UK) said the perpetrators allegedly told the woman during the attack: "You don't belong in this country, get out." news.sky.com/story/police...

So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, is NOT a democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white christian from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. Anyone else surprised?

Exclusive: Neil Kinnock says Palestine Action are not terrorists in split with Starmer

In case you missed it (which I did): The mayor of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sneineh, has been arrested by Israeli forces and placed in administrative detention for four months. www.maannews.net/news/2146717...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home. No mortgage. Questions about £44,000 additional stamp duty. Other properties owned through a company which lacks sufficient finance. Unlike Starmer, Farage won't publish tax return.

Final two candidates confirmed in Labour's deputy leadership race news.sky.com/story/final-...

Maybe this is already being reported somewhere, but I'm being told by a friend that the DNC is on lockdown due to an "active threat," and all staff are accounted for. Be safe out there, folks.

The NUJ strongly condemns a previous decision by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to withhold details of two surveillance operations - which involved targeting journalists - from the investigating watchdog. Our full response: www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sur...

"The head of the Utah FBI Field Office was a well-respected career agent named Mehtab Sayed, a Pakistani woman. She was fired a few weeks ago because she was Pakistani and a woman." www.meidasplus.com/p/thoughts-o...

Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says

Turning to the recent past never works:

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson has been sacked as UK ambassador to Washington Speaking in the House of Commons, Labour minister Stephen Doughty confirmed the prime minister's decision to remove Mandelson from his post

If this is accurate, the foreign funding rules have been broken and the Electoral Commission should force the Conservatives to pay back the £2.6 million. The only thing that will teach these people if hitting them in the pocket The rest is all window dressing www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Labour loses ground as it shuns its political and intellectual roots northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

Emily Thornberry has pulled out of the race to succeed Angela Rayner as Labour deputy leader Her withdrawal leaves 4 hopefuls: Bridget Phillipson, Lucy Powell, Paula Barker and Bell Ribeiro-Addy The final tally of Labour MP nominations will be published later on Thursday

Russian drones in Poland had additional fuel tanks to enhance their range. This is highly unusual and another indicator towards a planned nature of this incident.

🐝 Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham: ❌ "We're not going to let Reform UK, with their London-centric approach, break all of that up." 📉 Brexit was an act of economic vandalism inspired by Farage, the country cannot afford any more repeats.

Incredible paragraphs from Allison Morris here

Polish PM Donald Tusk says there is no reason to claim that Poland is in a state of war, but that it's in a situation closest to armed conflict since World War Two.

A great read

Hugh Bonneville, "Before I talk about the fluff and wonderfulness of our lovely film" "What's about to happen in Gaza city is indefensible. The international community must to more to bring it to an end" ITV News presenter, "Of course it's not about the politics, it's all about the film"

Farage tells Kuenessberg that he doesn't want to be questioned about his tax affairs. So she doesn't.

“The European Union can do far more than any other grouping by suspending the pillar of preferential trade for Israel under the EU-Israel Association Agreement". Mary Robinson, former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

If true, this means that Russian authorities will have written records of the political views and activities of these asylum seekers on their return to Russia. Yet we all know what Putin's regime does to dissident. Some of these people will likely die in some penal colony in Siberia

South West Water sued over a parasite infecting the water supply. People told not to drink tap water without boiling it. Company has more than 174 criminal convictions. Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation. Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.

"Nigel Farage lashed out at questions over his tax affairs and said 'you’re disgusting' when The Mirror asked him about not paying stamp duty on his constituency home" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-lashes-out-calls-35860907

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