Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want | Gaby Hinsliff

this story isn’t going away www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Bum. Not getting those yellows in the right place sooner really stuffed me this morning Hope they were kinder to you Wordle 1,630 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

At his press conference, Nigel Farage is ranting about the Black and White Minstrel Show, Alf Garnett and It Ain't Half Hot Mum in - as far as I can tell – an attempt to justify his "banter" when a schoolboy. He is very much not going down the Richard Tice, "lies" route.

A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...

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Sensible policies for a happier Britain

Chelsea slipping up at Leeds and us winning a 7 goal thriller at Brighton means Villa are up to 3rd 😀 #UTV #AVFC

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😢 One of my favourite cricketers

😢 One of my favourite cricketers

Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

Something uplifting: There's been a big surge in solar power capacity in the UK over the past year www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u...

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Dogs never lie. #Farage #ReformUK #Liar #Christmas #PlagueIsland

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

Magical December cover photo update

The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.

3 yellow from my starter was a bit of a bonus Have a good Monday 😃 Wordle 1,626 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Imran Sherwani gone far too soon 🙁🏑 Barry Davies commentary as Sherwani scored his second goal to seal GB's gold medal in 1988 is legendary. "Where were the Germans? But frankly, who cares!" youtu.be/lfO6hUCRMgI?...

I admit the announcement that Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead didn't really hit me that hard, but the news that Tom Stoppard has passed is sad indeed. Rest In Peace.

'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't. 'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't. 'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.

Thank you YP for sticking to the script If they don't close the conference by announcing a formal split, I'll be gutted 😂

I thought this from @prospectunion.bsky.social outlined the case very well. labourlist.org/2025/11/stra...

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

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Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members. What an own goal! Geddit?

63 is far too young, a great player and a great loss 🏑😢

63 is far too young, a great player and a great loss 🏑😢

How did it take just a couple of hours for a small fire to engulf multiple apartment buildings in Hong Kong? edition.cnn.com/2025/11/28/a...

I loved having Duran at Villa, but we made the right decision to take the money

Since the start of 2023-24, Aston Villa have won more home major European matches than any other club (13 in 15 games). #AVFC

Having watch child poverty rise like a slow-motion car crash since the two-child limit was introduced, sat in meetings up and down the country, in foodbanks, in schools, to work out how to get child poverty down, the idea that this undoing this policy is 'PLP management' is a joke.

It's time to be nice about the Budget. The council tax surcharge is a good policy. Very compromised/imperfect, but still good policy. This is why:

Yep, she has. 👏👏👏

New net migration figures at 930am. Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023 56% of people think it went up last year 17% think stayed the same 14% think it went down 2025 figure to be lower again 16% expect that 38% think it will be up 31% about the same

“I own a 5 bed house in one the most expensive places to live in the UK and I might have to pay a bit more tax” “We own a £2m house (and a rental property) in Richmond. We may have to reduce the asking price for sale” Cry me a river 😭 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Mani’s death has had me fiddling about with The Stone Roses 🎸🎶

This is so awful My thoughts are with the affected in Hong Kong 💔

People in London have had enough of these tax-avoiding rich landowners with £400,000 vehicles clogging up the capital.

Electricity bills are going down as the #budget2025 moves some renewables obligations from bills to the Treasury and scrap ECO scheme

"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves "But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"

'bRiTaIn NeEdS An ImF bAiLoUt' latest

Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy. OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty

The two-child limit led to shocking numbers of children going hungry. That's why we're abolishing it. It was introduced in 2017. The number of food bank parcels *tripled* after its introduction. No ifs. No buts. No child should be going hungry in Britain.

Good, strong argument from Reeves about abolishing the two-child limit - the policy doesn't work, even in its own terms, and "it's the kids who have paid the price". Scrapping it costs £3bn a year by 29-30.