@BBCWorldatOne truly spoiling us today. Trump apologists Tim Montgomerie, Lionel Shriver and an Republicans Overseas spokeswoman. Old-school Tory Andy Street almost came as a relief.

Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Starmer confirming the UK is willing to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. An immense moment. Hard to overstate how important this is or how impressive it is that he's done it.

Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

The Daily Mail has now corrected the fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners being "illegal migrants." The original source for this scaremongering nonsense - @telegraphnews.bsky.social - has yet to correct. But they will.

You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.

NEW A third and final post about the 'Lettuce before Action' of Elizabeth Truss The final piece of evidence which shows, on balance, that it was not intended as a serious legal letter By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-third-an... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-th...

Oh dear, we're no longer besties.

Feels like 'dishonest reporting' is an understatement here. It's downright misreporting to be so declarative about a view held by less than one in three respondents, especially when - I presume - it's not even the plurality response. Similarly poor for the BBC to then credulously repeat it.

They're just like us

What's so bizarre about Bezos and Musk going on about deregulation is that they have managed to become *some of the richest people in human history* under these allegedly overly onerous regulations. Are Musk and Bezos seriously arguing they've been held back?

It's December 1st , I'm going for a slightly different advent this year– introducing 20 days of the worst fox hunting crimes from across the country with @huntsabs.bsky.social . Up first , the Avon Vale Hunt . . . We need a #RealBanNow

The world's richest man, who controls the world's biggest (dis)information system & has a seat in the world's most powerful government, appears bent on reordering British politics. That's a new challenge for UK democracy, and we need to take it a lot more seriously. www.thetimes.com/article/6c2c...

And really I don't think we need to put as much store by the opinions of people coming at this from a purely religious or ideological point of view as the media would have us do

A balanced and calm account of the real number of farms affected by the plan to end their 100% exemption from inheritance tax in 2026 and replace it with £1m+50% bit.ly/4i2egnZ official estimates of 500 or so a year are more accurate than those produced by campaigners

We have had a press briefing with senior police officers and commissioners about the ongoing investigations into the riots that followed the Southport attack Here are the key updates: 🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges 👮‍♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old

David Lammy on his dinner with Donald Trump: “He wanted to find out from the Prime Minister how he had won; I think he was taking notes in relation to his own campaign.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/pol...

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Main BBC website story littered with errors www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Helen Morgan MP @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social is here.

There’s a valid conversation to be had about non-crime recordings, allocation of police resources and due respect for free speech. But it’s pointless if the starting point for debate is distortions, exaggerations or lies. See also: almost every other talking point pushed by these people.

The Reform company have arrived on here to spoil the party. 😩

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

A quick social experiment. The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers. Bluesky replies on the left. Twitter on the right.

@redpeter99.bsky.social I noticed you'd left the hellsite but didn't realise you were on here.

📢 App Version 1.93 is rolling out now (1/5) This release includes the thread composer, improved tooling for adding content warnings to your own posts, and other improvements and fixes. Open this thread for more details. 🧵

Interesting piece by @davidallengreen.bsky.social The appointment of a former Tory Lord Chancellor to lead the Sentencing Review indeed points to a political system itself too hot to handle criminal justice reform Let’s hope this is one way to coherent, evidence-based penal policy 🙏

First time back here for months. Sadly addicted to the other place but it's now becoming unbearable. The number of right-wing bots and trolls seem to grow with every latest big event. Recently the election campaign, then the result and now the riots. Hope everyone comes here eventually.

@sundersays.bsky.social 👍

Has anybody worked out how to view this app in landscape mode? Portrait is a bit inconvenient on the tablet.