Do they keep showing celebrities at this World Cup cos they're the only f***ers who can afford the ticket prices?

🚨BREAKING: With over 80 other MPs and Lords, I have written to the Foreign Secretary calling for comprehensive sanctions on Israel. The world’s top court is clear. Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal - and Governments must act now to end it!

I voted against the Immigration & Asylum Bill last night. Forcing asylum seekers to pay £10,000 for safety and shelter is punitive. Asylum is a human right protected by law, not a privilege with a price tag. The Government is heading down the same failed path as the last Tory administration.

👏14 Labour MPs voted against the Immigration and Asylum Bill: Apsana Begum Richard Burgon Ian Byrne Cat Eccles Imran Hussain Ian Lavery Brian Leishman Clive Lewis Rebecca Long Bailey Rachael Maskell Andy McDonald John McDonnell Bell Ribeiro-Addy Nadia Whittome labourhub.org.uk/2026/07/14/i...

Do not criticise the (not so) great leader. Lord Gavin Barwell purged from the Conservative Party.

Unions not wanting to restrain the power of capital is a strange position to take. There's a serious debate to be had about the level of a cap, but opposing any cap at all and allowing the super-rich and corporations unrestrained influence endangers democracy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Has anyone ever seen referee Michael Oliver in the same room as Chris Ward MP? #ESPBEL #WorldCup

Reform-led Norfolk County Council banning Pride displays and events across the county’s libraries. What we see here is a glimpse at the kind of intolerant and repressive country they would build if ever they formed a government. This then is but a starter. The main course would be even darker.

10 years ago at the Durham Miners Gala ... Really like this spontaneous speech by @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on what "real pressure" is ... It still resonates. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...

This is welcome as a first step, but what comes next in terms of substance will be what matters. And while the tougher language is welcome, at the moment what he is suggesting in policy terms falls short ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Over 40 paragraphs down, the view of the International Energy Agency "It is up to the government, but these fields would not change much for the UK's energy security, nor would they change the price of oil and gas" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Could Count Binface be the Martin Bell of this era?

Infamy, infamy! They've all got it infamy! What a load of conspiratorial twaddle.

Nice goal from Spain, real quality of passing there. Very on brand.

Things are starting to look very dark for Farage. He's stuck in a ferocious scandal where he cannot get his story straight and his excuses raise more questions than they answer inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...

#OnThisDay 10 years ago ... The Chilcot Report was published showing that Tony Blair exaggerated the case for war, that Iraq posed no military threat to the UK, that Blair had committed the UK to war come what may, and that there was no post-invasion strategy 🧵

How are you watching England vs Mexico tonight? Are you letting your kids stay up? Are you starting work later? I discussed this on the panel of BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week #EngMex #WorldCup youtube.com/watch?v=iFcs...

How are you watching England vs Mexico tonight? Are you letting your kids stay up? Are you starting work later? I discussed this on the panel of BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week #EngMex #WorldCup youtube.com/watch?v=iFcs...

Want to stop people smugglers? Open safe and legal routes. Speaking to BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week about the asylum system

Is the triple lock unaffordable? No And the group who it's most in the interest of to maintain it is young people Speaking to BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week

Want to stop people smugglers? Open safe and legal routes. Speaking to BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week about the asylum system

Is the triple lock unaffordable? No And the group who it's most in the interest of to maintain it is young people Speaking to BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week

"Can Burnham rebalance the economy without harming London, maybe even boosting it? I tend to think his diagnosis is broadly right, but the test will be whether he can deliver." My column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social insidecroydon.com/2026/07/02/b...

Predictably enough the Heathrow hype turns out to be nonsense Can't see this white elephant being a priority for a new PM determined to "rebalance the economy" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Some question marks over the voluntary liquidation of Coughlan's Bakeries in south London ... via @insidecroydon.bsky.social insidecroydon.com/2026/07/03/c...

"The economy is not a zero-sum game. Encouraging growth or boosting investment in other regions and nations does not necessarily harm London." My new column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social insidecroydon.com/2026/07/02/b...

"The economy is not a zero-sum game. Encouraging growth or boosting investment in other regions and nations does not necessarily harm London." My new column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social insidecroydon.com/2026/07/02/b...

Will be on BBC #PoliticsLive from 10:15 this morning, discussing the major issues of the day. Tune in if you can ...

Excellent piece by Aditya Chakrabortty on the terrible and lethal pharma deal signed by Starmer with Trump. "That extra money will go from British taxpayers to shareholders in multinational drug companies." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It seems an ability for performative cruelty is the only requirement to be Home Secretary. This policy is a nonsense. Far better to invest in asylum seekers - employment support, ESOL courses, healthcare so that they can earn sooner and contribute more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A brief reminder that this guy is/was suspended by the House of Lords for offering undercover journalists access to government ministers for pay, following a long pattern doing this:

It seems an ability for performative cruelty is the only requirement to be Home Secretary. This policy is a nonsense. Far better to invest in asylum seekers - employment support, ESOL courses, healthcare so that they can earn sooner and contribute more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I was on LBC Cross Question last week with two Conservatives. Both defended Badenoch and the "rough and tumble of debate", but when I asked them to repeat Badenoch's attacks and whether they thought Phillips on was "like a Gestapo officer" there was an embarrassed silence.

I was on LBC Cross Question last week with two Conservatives. Both defended Badenoch and the "rough and tumble of debate", but when I asked them to repeat Badenoch's attacks and whether they thought Phillips on was "like a Gestapo officer" there was an embarrassed silence.

James Murray resolving a dispute that festered for months under Wes Streeting. Good news for resident doctors and patients.

Trump is a rapist. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Will be on @lbcnews.bsky.social shortly, discussing Andy Burnham's speech with @jimdiamond.bsky.social Tune in if you can ...

This from Andy Burnham is a massive change in direction from the Starmer years: "I will work hard to change that culture, leading from the front and showing how things can be different. "Letting MPs be authentic representatives and not using the whip system to create fear or close down debate."

She wanted to be in this war and argued that the only reason Keir Starmer didn't want to is that he was in hoc to British Muslims. Not a serious person.

Medically trained Ed Balls there diagnosing that the mental health crisis is due to the lack of people being forced to work. Glad Balls can rule out massive waiting lists, cost-of-living crisis, housing crisis, social media, and work itself as having any causation for growing mental health crises.

Spending on social security as a share of GDP has been flat for 15+ years*. While defence spending has risen 20% in real terms over the same period. *and is not forecast to rise over rather next 5 years. Yet social security is framed as pit of control and defence in crisis!

A brilliant journalist and a lovely person too I got to know David a little bit when I first worked in Parliament in the early 2000s His journalism brought down Neil Hamilton, Mandelson (the 1st time), and in his latter years his campaigning journalism highlighted the case of the WASPI women RIP

Interesting World Cup fact: Matthew Upson has more World Cup goals than Frank Lampard and Luis Figo!

Quite extraordinary sentence in Emily Maitlis's piece mourning the passing of PM Starmer ... Mandelson, freebies, Labour Together, winter fuel, disability benefit cuts, Gaza? Ultimately he went because Labour was sinking in thr polls and elections, but that was as a result of the above

Glad to see the widely respected Lord Alf Dubs say this. Hopefully it gives more Labour MPs the confidence to speak out too on these truly awful, discriminatory proposals www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The heat is really getting to some people isn't it? Neither are covering themselves in glory here. But at least the terrible policy is being analysed seriously at last ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Retired or retiring civil servants who have been plunged into mental, physical and financial crises because of Capita’s mishandling of the civil service pension scheme share their stories. Read their stories and details of how you can keep up the pressure on govt >>> www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

Will be on @lbc.co.uk Cross Question from 8pm discussing the major issues of the day. Hosted by @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social with Green peer Natalie Bennett, Baroness Stowell, and Sebastian Payne Tune in if you can ...

As a compromise, could both Mike Tapp and Shabana Mahmood be sacked? But more importantly could the immigration reforms be scrapped too?