The Tories say that all parties want to tackle child poverty. Sadly, it's not true. Only Labour have taken action. We'll drive the largest reduction of child poverty within a single Parliament. Deeds, not words.

Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA

It seems 3 weeks is a long time in cricket journalism

Cost of sending a Christmas card to France. France -> Britain: €2.10

Telegraph headline: Employment slumps to 14-year low Reality: employment today is 75% vs 70.3% in 2011 www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Pathetic cricket from England ... I'd get in Michael Vaughan... drop whoever won't play properly .. or send them to the Boycott penitentiary in Barnsley to be rehabilitated

17yo Farage bullying a 9yo. With this and the yelling in assembly about pupils called Patel thing, I see why he minds the coverage. It’s not the racism, which he can bluster. It’s the cringe. He was cringe and weird at school. His “friends” probably shrank away from him when he did this stuff.

Our leader of Staffordshire County Council.

Most listened to UK podcasts of 2025? 1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett 2. The Joe Rogan Experience Hey ho... guess it mirrors the Sun & the Mail being the biggest selling papers. No accounting for bad taste - esp that smug blert Bartlett - spinning his vacuous "wisdom"

Attended a great British Red Cross event today. They shone a light on the pure evil of Trump slashing overseas aid.. may he rot in hell. A charity well worth getting behind btw... they do some amazing work around the world and in UK. Study: share.google/w3QkP1jitmha...

Memo to Everton players...

A 1st December tradition here.. the first of many plays of one of THE Xmas albums from @traceythorn.bsky.social youtu.be/LFyzbgWtEmI?...

As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this. All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA

Morning blues. This'll cheer you up.. Err.. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...

Good news toffees... they've finally found the Arteta money... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The uglies worst run of results since the coronation.. ..sorry the coronation before last.. Slotta lotta laughs

Night night big red

"I said that Nigel Farage never abused anyone in a hurtful or insulting way. What did I say Roy?" "You said he's a racist twat"

Once a Glaswegian... Moyes ‘I quite like my players fighting each other’

Another reggae legend gone This one a real icon "Wonderful world, beautiful people... " www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m worried about Richard, the supposed Reform candidate in some council by election or other in Lincolnshire. Look at the faraway look in his eyes. The sadness. The furrowed brow. The dull listlessness…😔 Is he being held hostage against his will by Andrea Jenkyns? 😱

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Perfectly pitched ... @paulhayward.bsky.social knocks it out the park in speaking for the vast majority of England cricket fans. Sports journalism of the very top order observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Bazball ? Brainless ball more like. Never known a collapse like it. Humiliating.. been looking forward to the Ashes so much...

If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.

I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.

Excited that we're in with a genuine chance of regaining the Ashes Still have the dark fear of waking up ..checking the phone and seeing England are 76-four Sleep patterns ruined for the next few weeks.. Come on England

New Billboard just erected in Times Square:

Nigel Farage's spokesman denies he made racist comments, saying it was "a long time ago" and "you can’t always recollect what happened". Asked why lots of people remember the same thing, he asks why they didn't come forward before When I point out some of them did, he replies "not in the same way"

The mercury hits zero.. it has to be time for the best winter playlist you'll ever hear... You can thank me later... open.spotify.com/playlist/5p9...

It's easy to forget, amidst the amusement at Seb's frantic and futile scrapping for a Tory seat, that he is a complete imbecile www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

This is very sad. Rachel Cooke gone much much too young. A lovely touching tribute from @timadamswrites.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Drip drying on the bus.. living the life.. deffo a day for the rainy day playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/5zB...

“Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.”https://centralbylines.co.uk/politics/a-new-survey-reveals-negative-attitudes-to-reform-uk-ltd/

Trump approval takes worst nose-dive yet with staggering losses among key groups

Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and solar energy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and coal plants on electricity prices by 75% since 2019..... As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest electricity markets in Europe. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...

Patriotic Millionaires with the message "Tax us the super-rich"  | North East Bylines

Am I missing something here.. USA are expressly hacked off that a sovereign state UK has granted a major contract to a UK business for a UK energy investment rather than hand it to them? As we say in Liverpool... ''do one will ya'...'' #cheekybastards One for Alex @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Proud day for Everton. Echoes of Pele, Eusebio and the North Koreans from '66 www.evertonfc.com/news/2025/no...

Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm

The Telegraph misdescribed Prescott’s memo as “internal.” It wasn’t commissioned by the BBC and was sent after his advisory stint ended 10/12 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Do not advocate for violence.. but on a purely philosophical level.. would the world not be a much better place if that rooftop sniper hadn't been so useless last July?

Truly one of the most measured and wise reflections of where we are I have read in a long time observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

The BBC - for all its flaws - remains the greatest news and broadcasting service in the world. It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.

Which one is more English?