“Who funds him?” No one funds him! There’s nothing to fund. He just gets the same bin costume out the loft for one evening every 6-12 months.

Mason just thrives on having political drama to speak about because his job should be reporting the mundane world that politics used to be, in the main. Post Brexit crises have made all the politicos ever hungrier for drama so they can offer hot takes instead of factual reporting.

UK (GB), Electoral Calculus poll: 🌹 LAB: 22% (+5) ➡️ Ref: 22% (-9) 🌳 CON: 20% (-1) 🔶️ LDM: 11% 🌍 GRN: 10% (-2) ⚫️ RES: 7% 🎗SNP: 3% 🌼 PC: 1% 🙋‍♂️ Your: 0% (-2) +/- vs. January 2026 Fieldwork: 23-30 June 2026 Sample size: 5,545

The governor of the Bank of England has broken his silence about the pressure Nigel Farage put on him to drop a cryptocurrency policy that could be costly for Reform UK’s billionaire backer, saying he is “able to spot” and resist lobbying. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The Clacton by election is proper, old fashioned and very British farce. It's like a classic Ealing Comedy. And it's made all the funnier by the humourless po faced response from the Reform lot who are utterly devoid of a sense of humour. Look at this from one man joy zapper Lee Anderson.

Matt Goodwin appears to have missed two key facts: 1) Andy Burnham was not already an MP 2) Nigel Farage was already an MP 3) Andy Burnham was not under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and the National Crime Agency (Farage is).

What we need now is one of the TV stations to host a debate, Farage to refuse to attend and @countbinface.bsky.social to empty chair him.

The £5Mill-Farage-crybaby-by-election-farce is the funniest political blunder of recent times. He’s now campaigning against a bin. And Reform losing their shit in a frenzy of humourless self-righteousness just makes the whole thing even funnier and more absurd. Keep going guys. We needed this.

Make this guy head of the White House Correspondents Association.

I mean credit where credit is due: "If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him" is top tier posting

The cold hard facts: - Farage is vulnerable on his finances. - Big majority think he's dishonest on them. - Even most Reform voters don't think he's honest. - He's failed to convert a poll lead to MP gains. - Poll lead has shrunk from 11% avg last year to 4% avg now. All else is pure misdirection.

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

Yeah, with whose money? Don’t tell us, you’re using a Harborne donation to pay for it.

This gives today's events fresh context. Farage knew this story was dropping today. And wanted to deflect by it. Also tried to spike the Guardian by passing to another paper. Even more serious questions for Reform to answer. Especially because the phrase "money laundering" keeps popping up.

Looks like it could be Binface Vs Frogface!

The Orange Buffoon had now intervened to demand that the Frogface Fuhrer’s resignation is rescinded!

Nigel Farage told Sky News “you tell your bosses, you harass my family any more and there will be serious consequences,” after journalists approached him asking questions about funding he allegedly received from convicted criminal George Cottrell. This is their response 👇

Commiserations to America on being kicked out of the World Cup and also for your president being a lying, cheating fuckwit.

Early morning press conference at the Whitehouse.

this bitch already got kicked out of chicago, no?

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...

No, Laura. It’s not “Antifa.” It was Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization. They covered their faces because they’re cowards who don’t want to be identified. We’ve been saying for over a year that ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to wear masks either. They are cowards also.

Billy Connolly had this one nailed down years ago. 😂 m.youtube.com/watch?v=MaFn...

If all the decent people left X it would be over for it.

Sadiq Khan saying what Starmer should - Again!

We cannot allow a vile vocal minority to divide our nation. A lot of this content is illegal and Ofcom should be investigating. Solidarity with every player targeted. We are united.

Someone has to say it. The amount of racism directed at World Cup players - including in the England squad - online is out of control.

Yeah, but all politicians are the same, right?

And a BBC New report on new border checks, that includes quoted criticism of the EU, doesn’t mention Brexit. Not once.

One of the least attractive features of Bluesky is the growing volume of “clickbait” journalists and presenters offering their “expert” opinion which in reality has no more value than anybody elses.

Couldn't be clearer really - and/or. Farage in breach again.

The Institute for Government is on board: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

BBC Newsnight invite a GB News presenter to comment *Switches off mumbling: if I wanted GB News I'd tune into GB News*

Conversely, it can't be that Trump is always right; yet that's that's how Alito and Thomas always vote.

The government leaving would pull media attention to where they went, and mean that the day to day debate not shaped there. It would also mean the government could argue that PL clubs, who have committed to kicking racism out of the stands, not tolerate swimming in it online.

You were found GUILTY and ALL Appeals FAILED. And you continue to lie. It's time to pay up.

Does* Andy Burnham have a mandate? Constitutionally, yes. The debate is conflating the constitutional mandate and the right to be PM, with the political mandate PMs need to sustain themselves in office New from me www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/does... *Will he

Also - I live in Camden. Our council leader, Sagal Abdi-Wali, came to Britain as a child refugee. Unlike Lord Mayor Mohamud, whose role is to represent Bristol in a ceremonial, dignified manner, Ms Abdi-Wali has executive power and good for her. Up yours, Goodwin. news.camden.gov.uk/new-leader-a...

Matt Godwin is a failure who needs to leave my city the fuck alone. Failed candidate. Failed academic. Failed commentator. Failed intellectual. A massive ego wrapped around a shrivelled and scared intellect, poisoned by bile and subconcious awareness of his own inadequacy.

So we've moved from "Immigrants must assimilate" to "Immigrants must NOT assimilate"?

Apparently a 37% drop in small boats since January compared to 2025. The nations news are very quiet about this fact though. They'd sooner focus on stabbings and stoking up racial hatred!

Revealed preferences suggest this 37% drop in small boat nunbers (first two quarters) is treated as ×10-x50 times less newsworthy than a 37% increase has been. Given high salience of the issue, should broadcasters try to check/balance that instinct?

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.

BBC lawyers playing Trump at his own game and he's too lazy to have read the rules.

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Key policy implication for the UK: we should expect significant positive impacts from the 2021-2023 surge to feed through over the next few years - consistent with my research with @migobs.bsky.social on earnings progression for recent migrants migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

The division is there and needs to be addressed after years of being swept under the carpet. If that upsets some in London and the prosperous bits of the south I suggest they consider the effects of long term underfunding and in the case of Merseyside the effects of thatchers managed decline policy.

Things that I never expected to see in my lifetime: A British winner of the Tour de France Buses outside London taken back under public control Fiscal devolution to English local government Better get on with the last one because time is getting tight 👍

These were the No 10 of the North where I grew up!