Horrified by how the narrative on #r4today now talks entirely in terms of illegal migrants instead of asylum seekers. All balance thrown away, pure Reform propaganda. Uncritical use of the phrase migrant crisis. Total abandonment of the enlightenment values that should be at the heart of the BBC.

Love to hear what "safe and legal route" this Afghan refugee would have taken. #r4today

Shareholder of GBNews with a massive conflict of interest… Farage: Reform would change law to strip BBC of licence fee www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Here’s what you won’t hear from some commentators on social media: in the year to October, London recorded 10,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury than it did in the twelve months before I was elected. More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe". Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action? I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.

So proud of our flagship Kent Council, who cut wasteful spending by painting yellow lines outside a school that has been closed for nine years.

Imagine you find a place to make a new life for yourself after a traumatic event. You form a family, find work, make friends, learn a new way to live. Then 20 years later a government minister decides you haven’t ‘tried hard enough’ so sends you back to the place of your trauma. 1/3

As I have said before, this Number 10 briefs far too much.

Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones. Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.

This is very concerning. In future the BBC should submit any proposals for the Reith Lectures to Karoline Leavitt at the White House so that President Trump can sign off on them. Maye Pete Hegseth next year?

Power corrupts.

There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing

My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

Ed Davey is supporting Britain and Democracy. The Tories and Farage are siding with Trump and the enemies of democracy. The further right on the political spectrum you look, the more you see traitors betraying our country.

I'm actually shocked. Good on Dana Bash for asking the question, and I genuinely would not have expected Greene to answer the way she did.

Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social: Right now, Russia does not want to negotiate at all. Every time the world reaches out, Russia responds with missiles. Russia's latest attacks make abundantly clear that Russia is pressing with war. And this pattern keeps repeating.

Major beneficiaries of the new Labour policy? Reform. Secondary beneficiaries? Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru Major losers? Labour, the U.K., humanity.

Immigration is NOT tearing this country apart. Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration. I despise them for it. Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years. What a disgrace.

Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.

Reform UK 5% Council Tax Hikes confirmed in: ➡️ Durham ➡️ Kent ➡️ Warwickshire ➡️ Worcestershire ➡️ Leicestershire ➡️ Lincolnshire thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

If you want more significant numbers of asylum seekers to work and find their own housing, rather than rely on statutory asylum provision, then you presumably need to…allow them to work? What am I missing

Why we need to protect and preserve public service broadcasting in the UK. Trump and Truss would like us to get all our news from Fox News; GB News; The Mail; The Express etc. Support the @libdems.org.uk campaign ‘Trump-proof the BBC’

It is so notable how the language of asylum has changed in the post-Farage/small boats world. “Illegal migrants” was once reserved for right wing papers, Now government spokespeople call basic sustenance and shelter for refugees banned from working “handouts”.

Bad News Farage, or BNF for short which coincidentally also stands for British national front of ill repute Yet another Russian connection: it really is time that Fagash disappeared #BNF

This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes. Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”. Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.

The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look: It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.

No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.

Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)

X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform. Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported. A new thread documenting this.

This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.

Yes, sadly it is real.

Keir Starmer must hold firm and back the BBC. Important to note this is another example of Trump seeking personal gain from public office. His Presidency is characterised by blurring the two. We must heed the warning and take steps to stop the same happening here.

Holy Crap! Maga is imploding!

We need wholesale constitutional and electoral reform. Read the books by @rory-stewart.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to get an idea of how much change is needed.

If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot. You absolute moron.

If Trump sues the BBC, why shouldn't the BBC counter-sue Trump? Mine earlier today with Matt Frei on @lbc.co.uk 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/880671...

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

Stewart Lee: 'A gak pogle...' www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Time to dust off this oldie but goodie

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect. Everything is. You destroy it at your peril. If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now. Just an outsider‘s opinion.

Without asylum: Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist Queen would have been without a front man The other queen wouldn't have had a husband Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc

A lot of the anti-BBC commentary this week has omitted to mention that: a) Trump himself lost a defamation suit (against E. Jean Carroll) b) Trump was fined in 2023 for bringing a frivolous claim against his political enemies on.ft.com/3XA1qnW