"Vance's comments are once again a moral stain on our collective witness of Catholicism — but they are no longer surprising. Given its scandal, the vice president's cafeteria Catholicism must continue to be repudiated by people of faith."

With Andy Burnham ruled out of the running, the race is wide open – and the Green Party have emerged as the early favourites.

Zack Polanski said Goodwin had a track record of anti-Muslim bigotry & his candidacy was an insult to constituents. Polanski, whose party is the bookies’ favourite to win, has characterised the byelection as a fight between Reform & the Greens, describing it as a battle for the soul of our country.

From April, every pub will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget, and then bills will be frozen for a further two years. Pubs play an important role in my constituency. Pubs like the Royal Oak, run by Terry.

Leaseholders in Bristol are being ripped off £250 ground rent cap is step forward but not enough And I'll be following up with the minister about appalling insurance premiums post cladding-scandal that are stopping some leaseholders moving But leaseholders also face... 🧵

After the damage caused by Storm Ingrid this weekend widespread flood alerts have been issued concerning Storm Chandra. I hope that everyone stays safe during the storms. You can sign up for flood warnings here: www.gov.uk/get-flood-wa... #Flooding #Torbay #Torquay #Paignton #StormChandra

I welcome support for our pubs, but this is too little, too late. A one-off bailout is not a long-term plan. Many pubs still face big business rate rises and the wider hospitality sector is ignored. We need a full review of business and property rates.

Reform UK absent from yesterday's session on the Armed Forces Bill! 👀

We need to adapt to baked-in climate change, expect more frequent flooding, find ways to mitigate risks & make communities more resilient.

"The global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned, as the increasingly likely collapse of vitally important natural systems would bring mass migration, food shortages and price rises, and global disorder."

Airing is caring! 🙂 #CleanAir 💨🪟

The US-UK pharma deal would force the NHS to pay billions more for medicines while patients wait hours for care. We must stand up to Trump and put our patients first. More: buff.ly/J8s7I0l

I know many in the Middle Street Primary community will be worried by the proposed closure this September. I am taking some practical questions to the council about the plans, and encourage more parents to get in touch with me. I will continue to call for more investment in schools as an MP.

We desperately need good data to make the case for ME to government. The Big Survey - designed with #pwME for #pwME will be a great help. If you've got ME or ME-like symptoms as part of long Covid, do consider taking part. But, remember that the Big Survey closes tomorrow, Tuesday. 👍🏾

14 years of Tory chaos broke Britain. Reform UK isn’t the answer. Same people. Same failures. New logo.

Suella Braverman is teaming up with Farage to bring Trump-style chaos to Britain.

Thanks v much to the young people from Redland who wrote to me about issues like financial education, mental health, equal access to swimming lessons, & more Lots of food for thought - and great to see young people starting early on engaging with their elected representatives!

🏠Labour’s Warm Homes Plan will deliver £15 billion of public investment, with money to upgrade homes, cut energy bills and lift Scottish families out of fuel poverty.

"The UN needs reinvigorating for a new age and new challenges. Nevertheless, it must remain underpinned by the shared values on which the post-war organisations dedicated to peace were founded."

⚡️Great to have UK Minister for Energy Consumers @martinmccluskey.bsky.social MP in West Dunbartonshire today visiting our Vital Energi Queen's Quay District Heating Network in Clydebank. 💡The UK Labour Government's Warm Homes Plan is getting on with saving you money on your energy bills.

Clean power is the route to energy security, jobs and billpayers protected from volatile fossil fuel markets. It is an opportunity for all of Europe, and Britain is doubling down:

Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Yesterday, when people thought Andy Burnham would be the candidate it was more than 50% Labour would win. The betting markets now say Labour will lose that by-election. Is it really worth Labour losing the parliamentary by-election” Ed Balls Good Morning Britain

"The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths. They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power."

If we want to make life affordable, we need to install clean power and get off natural gas 👇 Natural gas sets our energy price 98% of the time. Gas that is 40% more expensive than wind.

Electoral Calculus has Greens gaining Gorton and Denton from Labour. If this transpires to be the case, it will be the first and biggest by-election th Greens would win. Earthquake incoming? 👀

“We are very passionate about the job that we did in Afghanistan, which was, to a large extent, undermined by Donald Trump’s own decisions. He’s the one who set the timetable for the Taliban to get back into power.

We don't "recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine" A commitment to confronting illegal state aggression & imperialism requires credible combat readiness It is not Green Party policy to withdraw from NATO.

He still hasn't apologised.

Current Nowcast Projection for Gorton & Denton: LAB: 29.8% (-20.9) RFM: 26.9% (+12.8) GRN: 24.1% (+11.0) WPB: 8.0% (-2.3) CON: 6.1% (-1.8) LDM: 5.1% (+1.3) Changes w/ GE2024. electionmaps.uk/nowcast

Literally the Party telling you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears

If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.

It's also well worth anyone's time to try to get institutions of all kinds, and especially media-related or public facing institutions, to abandon X as a platform. X can only have the powerful distorting effect on our politics that it has because many people and institutions have let it.

One of the most important goals here is to (re-)popularize the idea that it should be a huge, career-destroying embarrassment for a politician to lie to the public about something important. How many times have we ever heard a journalist say to the president, “that’s a lie”?

Trump is engaged in the SYSTEMATIC destruction of the rule of law. Only if Congress fights with every legal tool at our disposal including lawsuits in the courts, like we are doing with the Epstein files, can we stop this madness.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

"A free flow of information lies at the core of the Free Speech Clause, yet instead of a free flow of information strengthening democracy, free flow of government propaganda weakens it. The Free Speech Clause itself offers a solution: Government propaganda should be considered unconstitutional."

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

"Earlier this week, students in our city lost  two days of learning because schools closed—the teachers needed time to shift to the virtual learning model which began on Thursday. This time, it’s not because of an unknown and deadly illness; it’s because the government is attacking our students."

In which John Yoo effectively acknowledges that the U.S. breached the UN Charter when it used force to capture Maduro, and uses that event to urge a U.S.-led campaign to repeal the Charter's prohibition on use of force ... [1] www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"And it will not" just seems absurdly complacent. Yes, Trump is a fascist Yes, he's trying to break the constitutional system Yes, it is possible to stop him. But Rauch seems to be saying his failure is already inevitable?

"Trump is building something new on old principles. He is showing us in real time what 21st-century *American* fascism looks like."

If you're laser focused on the strongest NATO possible here's a few things you don't do: Support 🇷🇺 aggression in Europe Disregard International law Threaten to invade a NATO ally Insult allied veterans denigrate those who died answering your call to arms in your hour of need as your allies.

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem. Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.

I love my country. I am a huge supporter of the U.S. Constitution. And I am heartbroken and angry that Trump, Miller, Noem, Vance, Bondi, etc have murdered the country I love, its constitution. and innocent people. There are more of us than there are of them. Rise up!

ICE murdered Renee Good. ICE murdered Alex Pretti. In both cases, the “party” orders us to disbelieve the evidence of our own eyes, had smeared the character of the victim, and lied to the American people. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"With the President I think this is as good as it gets" It's not an apology. & No, it's not good enough.

Farage pays for nothing himself. He rakes it in from media, crypto, gold bullion, X… Clacton isn’t worth his time. He’s a rep for the US christofascist far right and is being paid to bring that shit over here. It’s all a grift. A pisstake. A very sinister betrayal. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”