Seeing him and the conference finally rise to this is quite something. You can see the surge of confidence in the speech as he realises, hey basic antiracist rhetoric is popular and I believe it too! Glad the message has sunk in.

This a great read.

‘More than half of Reform’s donations in 2024 came from people with homes in low-tax jurisdictions or with offshore business interests; 40 per cent came from climate sceptics or investors in fossil fuels.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at the Reform UK conference: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...

It looks likely that the Chancellor will need to raise taxes in the autumn Budget. This is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer while also raising revenue. Lord David Willetts makes the case for equalising the tax treatment between pensioners and working-age people ⤵️

Just had a look at @bskycharts.edavis.dev for the first time in a while, and I'm kind of impressed by how high activity has stabilized after the 2024/2025 giant wave Not bad for a so-called “dying platform” caught in a supposedly “death spiral” bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/b...

And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app. It’s hidden under Welsh news. Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times. Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼‍♀️ 13/14

Farage has gone strangely quiet today. Probably makes sense to keep his head down after Reform’s boss in the last set of Welsh elections admitted taking bribes to peddle Russian propaganda. Especially awkward because Nige once said he admires Putin above all other world leaders.

It’s terrible when people try and impose a particular lifestyle on you and undermine society. But enough about Danny Kruger’s opposition to abortion, same sex marriage and human rights. Don’t let these jokers get away with it. Swipe left for the corrected version.

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Long term colleague of Nigel Farage and Former Leader of Reform UK in Wales Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

So, to be clear, Reform UK want a state strong enough to carry out mass deportations but identity cards would be a step too far in terms of state power?

Ming Campbell was a dedicated public servant and a true Liberal giant. His principled leadership opposing the Iraq War was a mark of his morality, courage and wisdom. But more than that, he was an incredibly warm and caring friend and colleague. We will miss him terribly.

He's essentially saying 'I didn't agree with the 1993-2016 economic model, and I didn't agree with Boris Johnson's either'. Okay, but you didn't agree with Corbynism either. What is yours, to hope that it turns out that 'the easiest route in every poll' turns out to drive growth?

..matter less if it didn’t offend so many Labour voters who hate this easy surrender to the ‘all immigration is bad’ line. You don’t rebuild an electoral coalition by equally annoying all parts of it

📣 This year at #LabourConference, we're joined by 7 community business leaders from across Liverpool & the country putting voices of communities at the centre of political debate. 👋 Meet them here: buff.ly/TIJ0uzj 🥧 Join us all at our drinks reception: buff.ly/0oYQG6i

Terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social: laughed out loud at the description of Andy Burnham, " popping up, as so often, like a hopeful beneficiary at a deathbed"

I am well an truely outed. As a 🦃 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Full house at yesterday’s Lib Dem fringe event we co-hosted with @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @bobbywdean.bsky.social, Andrew George MP, and @tessakhan.bsky.social for joining our member @mr.place & Faiza Shaheen in sharing their insights on building a fairer economy.

First day at big school vibes… @lseblogs.bsky.social

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

Farage: "All over the world, you apply for a work visa - that visa is for you. Not to bring your family... That is how a normal work visa works." Entirely untrue. Most work visas allow dependents, including in countries that the UK competes with for labour - US, Canada, Australia and 27 EU states.

The @patmillsuk.bsky.social are at @conference.libdems.org.uk today hosting a panel at 6:15 in the Meyrick Suite on Tackling Inequality. There will be “refeshments” after, the usual millionaire fayre: Vintage Krug, otter’s noses, badgers spleens…

Hi @smfthinktank.bsky.social! @patmillsuk.bsky.social are host a fringe event at 6:15 in the Meyrick Suite with @taxjustice.net. At the @libdems.org.uk conference. There will be wine🤫 It would be nice to see you.

A few years ago, I watched as two Finnish police officers stopped to help a woman on the street. One of the officers explained to me that Finland had decided to end homelessness. On top of that, they provide social services to the people they give homes too. Guess what? It's a good investment.

I have to admit I underestimated how much Elon buying Twitter would influence our politics - not because of its influence on ordinary people, which I predicted accurately as "significant but not extraordinary," but because I didn't realize how addicted all our journos and politicians are to Twitter

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links 2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands 3. The whole app is open source This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site. We 💙 the open web.

Strong Thelma and Louise vibes as we set off to Bournemouth…

LibDem Lisa Smart, "We're calling on the Labour government to declare the asylum backlog a national emergency" "And set up Nightingale processing centres, just like the Nightingale hospitals during the pandemic" "We need Labour to clear the asylum backlog within six months"

I've only gone and started a Substack markisalwayslearning.substack.com/p/curiosity-...

Quite astonishing.

1243 youth centres have closed since 2010. 42 percent of local authorities have no council-run youth centres in their area. I wonder why so many young people feel disconnected. (From harpercollins.co.uk/products/how...)

I agree completely with this, if you can afford to support @londoncentric.media (or any other local news) with a subscription, please do.

Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Apologies that this is the Times £ and the video clip is X, but this is too lovely not to share❤️🥲 ‘Academic badass’ Amy Hunt lands shock 200m silver in Tokyo www.thetimes.com/article/9e56...

TikTok is not all bad

People say there is no difference between the Tories and Labour. There plenty - but not enough I just wish Starmer was as ruthless with the hard right wing placemen in Ofcom, the BBC and other captured quangos and regulators as it is with its own (soft) left wing

What’s up with Peter Thiel’s secret Antichrist lectures? Let us pierce the veil. For the @newrepublic.com I studied his past Antichrist speeches to decode his message—a chilling fusion of Nazi political theory and scripture. Consider this an urgent warning: newrepublic.com/article/2004...

Congressman Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social Swalwell to the FCC chair: "get a lawyer."

Angry? Get active and start holding these charlatans to account. Brilliant blog by Guy here. Read, act, share widely. 👇👇👇

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Thank you to Samantha Downes from FT Adviser for her write-up of my Q&A on the Citizens Advance. www.ftadviser.com/ft-adviser/2...

Interesting to note the Tories are, understandably, calling for a by-election, also citing Carswell as a precedent.

Now I am a student, I have been able to reduce my Times subs from £26pcm to £10pa - result! I have recycled my savings into supporting proper journalism, including The Hartlepool Mail and on Substack @londoncentric.media and @bylinetimes.bsky.social.

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

As far as the Anglo consensus is concerned, Spain's assertive centre-left government has done everything wrong: Keynesian, redistributive, socially open, net-zero-friendly, multilateralist, Trump-sceptical. Yet the governing PSOE just hit 33% in latest CIS poll, above even its 2023 election win.

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BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...