What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, who’s tracked him for a decade, reports on why. buff.ly/3zE9UJH

A bit of good news to start the day. Football isn’t coming home, but the Tates are 😆

Clearing out some old promo files from my computer and found this screen shot from 2019. High praise indeed!

Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not

"The convicted criminal who funded Nigel Farage opened an account with an obscure overseas payments company days before it was used to channel an 'unexplained' £500,000 donation to Reform UK. Farage denies breaking any rules." via The Times

Is that patronising arse Rees-Mogg still a thing? He deserves to be buried in the same pit of ignominious memory as Boris Johnson. Both only ever recalled as cruel, ignorant, arrogant jokes on the decent people of this country... 🤮

"Check their voting record and you'll find they voted against workers' rights." We went to Clacton to speak to people about the upcoming by-election.

Just be grateful for Donarrhea's astonishing incompetence.

How unusual that one of the dimest people in UK politics should have a “think tank”! How totally predictable that one of the richest men in UK politics should be accepting money from a foreign government to influence UK elections!

Why is Brexit a disaster on every front? Because - "Trade is the path to prosperity" That's how Britain survives By cutting off or making it harder to trade with our nearest neighbour, we are effectively trying to plough a field with a hoe and one hand tied behind our backs wearing a blindfold.

These people @cato.org have as their byline... "A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace". You cannot be a libertarian and free marketeer and love peace. Do not listen to, debate, or follow them. They are deceivers.

Yet another addition to the long, long list of things that #Trump knows fūck-all about! Fortunately Infantino is a man of courage and principles, who will defend FIFA's rules and regulations against interference from the terminally ignorant loudmouth... 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤮 share.google/bwka72hev98x...

OH and BTW --- Why the fuck are we still in FIFA?

Now we all know the fascist loving #Argentinians will joyously accept the #World-Cup from Donald Trump, but if #Spain win, I hope they tell Trump & Infantino to go fuck themselves & refuse to take the cup from Trump. But I doubt they have that kind of courage... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

New Revelation In Farage's £5M Scandal #farage #reformuk The Guardian have reported a new revelation concerning Nigel Farage's dodgy £5M 'gift'. It appears that he had told party insiders that he would need £5M to compensate him for standing. Well, well, well ... www.youtube.com/shorts/wvG17...

And yet, here we are…👇 What the fuck is wrong with America?! MAGA. Did. All. This. 😎✨

Either the next Prime Minister doesn't understand the climate emergency - which is bad. Or he doesn't care about it. Which is much, much worse. Leave that oil and gas under the sea. And create employment in developing renewable energies instead. Future generations will thank you... 👍

Every #Brexiteer everywhere.

On @lbc.co.uk with @tomswarbrick.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFw...

If Andy Burnham doesn't raise tax on the very rich, he will raise your tax.

'Why is it that when I go into my rivers, they're full of poop?' 'Why is my energy bill so high?' @matthew-wright.bsky.social presses Lord Lilley, who served in Margaret Thatcher's government, as Andy Burnham plans to 'undo' her economic legacy.

The Dollars are probably going to Trump Family Bank accounts via dodgy contractor schemes. It's what they do.

After the media round this morning - great to have a catch up with economist, Beth Stratford. Beth is an expert on rent controls - so I put to her some of the questions people keep asking. Coming soon!

I suspect the major difference with this form of American interference in British democracy, and whatever they’ve been up to since World War II, is that this time the public have been told about it.

MAINE— Killer ICE Agent’s ex: “He wanted me to lie about his character. I won’t. He abused me and my daughter… I’ve waited years to speak my truth, and now a man is dead.” They are hiring the worst of the worst.

@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky

You're not gonna trade your way out of this

Exactly - why are we in FIFA? www.youtube.com/shorts/ptwEo...

Our country is at breaking point. Rent controls. Wealth tax. Invest in renewables. End Rip Off Britain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

I don't think you need to read The Odyssey (or The Iliad) before experiencing any adaptation, but I do think you should read The Odyssey (or The Iliad) just because they are stories that have managed to persist for thousands of years in language after language for a reason.

This is a prelude to mass voter fraud by the Trump Administration and also - as a way to imprison innocent people they don't like. @aoc.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com

summer cookout on the backyard deck a budding bromance #DailyHaikuPrompt #senryu

Kindness is all

"Reform UK platformed and celebrated a woman who publicly called for hotels full of asylum seekers to be set on fire. Yet the moment Nigel Farage is on the receiving end of hostile language, we're suddenly told words matter after all." via Truth Against Hate

Latvia has increased security around a hydroelectric dam upstream ‌from its capital Riga and at a huge underground gas storage facility due to intelligence pointing to a threat from Russia, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs told Reuters on Thursday. www.reuters.com/world/latvia...

In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift. The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics. *If* that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.

"Uggh, uggg. Trump will be a great representative for America on the international stage. Uggh, uggh. everybody will admire him and his fake tan. Uggh,uggh!" - Every MAGA voting #Moron.

Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.

This isn’t a movie scene. It’s Canada. Ontario’s skies glow from devastating wildfires, forcing communities to live with fear & uncertainty. Thinking of everyone affected & grateful to the firefighters & first responders risking everything 🇨🇦❤️ #Canada #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #OntarioWildfires

best advice ever

"We should all run EV's." - Gov "Britain will be 100% EV by 2030." - Gov "We will tax EV usage." - Gov "Of course you fucking will, because Rich People drive Aston Martins. You cunts!" - The People (Note: This is how it feels for the poor, and may not be a true representation of all the facts)

The best of us make music. Music is the soul of mankind. youtu.be/j_oHx3ItaFo

I have never seen so many Administration Officials #refusing to answer questions in Senate hearings as I have under Trump. They are utterly shameless. America needs to change everything after Trump is gone, from judiciary to enforcement to health etc. They also need to jail most of the GOP

As soon as England started to defend deep I knew it was going to be a loss. We have done that same thing for decades AND IT HAS NEVER WORKED! Tuchel then made it worse by putting more defenders on, removing our capacity to get out. Talk about stupid. "God does not play dice"

When listening to #Liars expect to hear #Lies.

America has always had Far-Right Extremists. Every new generation has to fight the same battle against this #evil because the previous generation did not enact laws to protect their Democracy - because the Super Rich have all the power and love undemocratic fascism which protects their wealth

Leaving you with Nina. Goodnight. youtu.be/BguiWbW5j3Q

I am growing suspicious that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is actually Daredevil's alter ego " Matt Murdoch" hiding behind the office of New York Mayor. I mean come on - have you ever seen Daredevil and Zohran in the same room at the same time?