Very good question from my GB News colleague. He may be surprised to know that Andy Burnham has spent more time in Makerfield since 18 June than I've spent in Clacton since July 2024.

Same crossing. Different story. Funny how a place once associated with friendship can suddenly feel so lonely.

27 June 1933 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sarah Elizabeth van der Heijm, was born in Rotterdam. Her family emigrated to France. In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

"I do think it's not only shooting yourself in the foot — but it's like amputating your leg without a medical reason for doing it." President Alexander Stubb of Finland offers his view on Brexit. Watch the event ➡️ bit.ly/4lGe54k

Hypocritical Lettuce 🥬. #NeverTrustATory

The 'ten years' bit is a clue.

Your daily reminder according to Brexiteers the EU has been going to fail for 11,921 days.

No. I think your nazi salutes and white nationalism might have something to do with it

And, for one last time, Keir Starmer can fuck right off if he’s looking for the progressive vote www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

No.

The date of Türkiye’s application to join the EU is now closer to the day both Eddy Grant (from Eddy’s Grant’s Ringbang Time) and Elaine Paige were born than it is to today. 🇹🇷🇪🇺

Here’s Umberto Eco’s famous checklist for signs of fascism. Have a think about how many signs that Farage is putting up in neon.

Mark Carney, "The next world order will likely be built out of Europe, and Canada will be part of that effort" "Working together, Canada, France and Europe are poised to be a powerful force for good in the century ahead"

Absolutely huge crowds in Belfast to reject the far-right, paramilitarism, racism and border violence. A loud message to the politicians who pandered to violent paramilitary groups this week

How could a trillionaire fascist be a threat to anything?

the FT column in which @edwardluce.bsky.social explains why Elon Musk is a “monstrous human being”

Over the past month, Britain’s Liberal Democrats quietly picked 28 candidates for the U.K.'s next general election. It marks the earliest in a cycle that the country’s third-largest party has ever picked contenders. We take you inside their strategy.

There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

Context for Belfast riots

Day 556 of consecutive #GeorgiaProtests Free and fair elections and the unconditional release of political prisoners. What we need from our partners: more targeted sanctions, more regime isolation, investigation into the use of chemicals, and aid to CSOs and media. 📷 MOSE

CNN: President Trump has said the the war will be over within days at least 37 times before

Your daily reminder according to Brexiteers the EU has been going to fail for 11,906 days.

Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x

Le Pen father and daughter share the same political DNA as Nigel Farage. The DNA is fascism.

The date of Türkiye’s application to join the EU is now closer to the day Denis Norden and Frank Muir’s “Take it From Here” was first broadcast than it is to today. 🇹🇷🇪🇺

No.

Yes.

Would Rupert Lowe deport Zia Yussuf and his Bentley? 🤡

Ten years on, what’s next for Brexit? Take part in our live Ask an Expert Q&A happening now with the FT’s Europe editor Ben Hall and Peter Foster, the FT’s World trade editor ft.trib.al/Ulth0sZ

It's not unlike watching current coverage of net zero or the EU prior to 2016 or Boris Johnson's ascent to power or Liz Truss taking control of the Treasury or Donald Trump etc etc. The BBC should be a bulwark against obvious propaganda & demonstrable lies, not an 'impartial' chronicler of it...

I was born and raised here. Countless brave Sikh soldiers died for Britain, proudly wearing their turban and kirpan. Thankfully, Rupert and Restore don't get to decide what is British. Beware … today they’re coming for me, but tomorrow it could be you!

Farage on the murder of Henry Nowak: “(we) should respond with pure, cold rage” Farage on the murder of Sarah Everard: “We must not allow the tragic murder of a young woman to turn into attacks on men and attacks on the police” What changed?

If you read one thing today, make it @stephenkb.bsky.social's admirably clear and rational analysis of the police's actions following Henry Nowak's murder, from the @financialtimes.com Inside Politics newsletter www.ft.com/content/aa94...

Indeed. In the 1960s many more people held racist attitudes but both the government and opposition were consistent in condemning open racism. We now have am emboldened and tolerated minority by both government and opposition.

Nigel_Farage you asked for "pure cold rage." Here you go. Henry's father begged for unity. You demanded division. That's not leadership. That's incitement. And history won't be kind to those who lit the match and called it passion. 🔥

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

This is demonstrably true.

No.

Only bollards can deliver this much happiness. #WorldBollardAssociation

@heathrow.com I just wanted to thank you for charging me £7 just to drop off a Canadian friend whose jaw hit the car floor when he realised there was a charge *not to park* but to be dropped off. We all think you’re a bunch of shits and we really hate you #HeathrowAirport

31 May 1941 | An Italian Jewish boy Mario Sonnino was born in Rome (on the left). On 23 October 1943, he was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. He was killed together with his sister Césira and his brother Sandro.

Yesterday in the village we held a bring & buy sale. All proceeds went to a charity supporting those earning just over £100K in the UK. These people can barely keep their children in private education & are now being forced to shop at Tesco’s . Please keep them in your prayers.🙏

The Pope may have found the Antichrist.

It’s 2041 weeks since Türkiye applied to join the EU.🇹🇷🇪🇺 #day14287

Your daily reminder according to Brexiteers the EU has been going to fail for 11,888 days.

Smiley happy people

If true, a plotline like this would be rejected for a TV mini series on the basis of implausibility.