Here's new Reform MP Suella Braverman, boasting about the time she took a trip to see a wall on "the land border between Italy and Turkey" which caused "crossings on that border to plummet"

Has anybody collected pro-Trump headlines from UK newspaper commentators in one place? First & second term. Especially ones attacking his critics. If not, bung me your favourites & I'll do it myself.

Whatever Farage says, remember this tweet

Turns out it's not the other person in the OP who communicates in a challenging fashion..

I remember Greg Palast writing about this back at the time. And Rob Newman's The History Of Oil show (2007) made the same point..

“When you hear a voice, you know there is life. That’s enough to make you risk your life to recover this soul.”

This is what Apartheid Israel's genocidal regime is 'suspending'. With the support of its allies like Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom & United States (some of which will 'deplore' Israel's next move in the genocide, without taking any action to stop it): bsky.app/profile/msf....

I once drove past Toby Young, who was standing outside a building just north of Blackfriars Bridge. He was looking intently at his phone, so didn't see me doing the Nescafé shake in his direction..

I once saw Terry Venables sauntering amiably along a street in Mayfair. He looked very happy indeed.

I once poured the then Health Secretary Frank Dobson (maybe 1998?) an orange juice at a function at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital. I split a bit, but he was very nice about it

I mean, obviously this was going to happen - but actually seeing it is (a) mind-blowingly insulting to the victims, and (b) definitely not going to make it go away.

The comments here nicely encapsulate my thoughts about Alexander Johnson, his entitled, careless negligence (and freedom from consequences), and the terrible, deadly legacy of his time as PM

Wow @thetimes.com, that’s impressive An entire article about “freak heat” in the Dolomites causing mayhem amongst skiers without once mentioning climate change…🤷🏼‍♀️ 🧵 1/5

What hero. And as with Samir Zitouni (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), what a testament to the fortitude of humans who just happen to find themselves living in a country other than the one they were born in.

I just saw Chris Rea checking his tyre pressures.

Four hours after the hero's name was released BBC News still calling him 'member of the public' His name is Ahmed el Ahmed He's a Muslim How many Jewish lives did his heroism save?

I dunno. My wife took our two kids to see Elio in a 14-screen multiplex in Wimbledon (London) at the end of the summer. They were the only ones at the screening.

Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year

Oh my. I don't have a subscription for the Times, so am happy for anyone that does to let me know if they've scrutinised any alleged youthful indiscretions by (for example) Farage, or Johnson, with the same laser-like focus. Unless this is a very clever satirical piece, in which case..

Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve". He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later

'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't. 'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't. 'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.

I was no. 100,559. Keep it moving..

Over 100,000 signatures in a day. Let's get that to 1,000,000 by the end of next week. For a decade and likely much longer foreign and belligerent governments have inflicted lasting damage on our democracy and our society. Enough is enough. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Come on Leeds! (Not a sentence I've ever uttered nor typed before, but these are not normal times)

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

Just shaking my head sadly at how my local Tesco has effectively cancelled Christmas from the calendar. (Apart from the two long aisles jam-packed with festive produce. And the Christmas decorations hanging throughout the entire store)

Hopefully the angryheads will be happy to see both the John Lewis and the Waitrose Christmas ads populated almost exclusively with white actors. I gather that it's quite important to them, for some bizarre reason.

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Fun fact: Today is the 1 year anniversary of Farage's foreign national girlfriend Ferrari buying his house. With unexplained wealth. That should be investigated...

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

Mamdani is going to implement Shami kebab law. With extra chilli and garlic sauce, to annoy MAGA even more.

Times have truly changed for #arsenal. Only the 4 actual or potential left-backs in the squad tonight, rather than the 6 we'd have fielded this time last year

Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph. Sunak in the Times. Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper. Johnson in the Mail. Gove editing the Spectator. Farage everywhere. All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made. Nauseating.

FFS Daily Mail No - the school classrooms were NOT used to teach “adult migrants” Your own article explains this TWICE - and yet your headline…?🙄 I covered this yesterday in a thread when it was just RW accounts lying on Twitter Now the DM are on it, let’s go again! 🧵 1/12

A systematic review of 511 studies showed that immunisation against COVID-19, RSV, and influenza was safe and effective in people of all ages.

Unsure whether 'Chapeau' or 'Santé' is the most appropriate response to this...

Am on shift on an ambulance tonight, and as it's Halloween, it's time to play the annual 'have they been a victim of assault, or - is that fancy dress?' game.

Seems Nigel is a performative fraud.

🚨Small boat migrants getting “private health care” while the rest of us have to use the NHS?!🚨 That’s outrageous! Or is it? Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy? Let’s take a 👀 1/17 🧵

How are we coping? Well, when we're up we're up, but when we're down we're down. There also are some days when we're neither up nor down.

@monkemma.bsky.social puts another shift in to once again comprehensively debunk a confected furore.

One parent on Reddit summed up the whole situation👇🏼 20/25

The glory of N Irish footy pt. 3382: we pushed Germany close in Belfast tonight with a spirited display, but they unsurprisingly nabbed the only goal. Ah well.

My very occasional The Glory of N Irish footy series would like to congratulate the Faroese on their remarkable sequence of results.

In honour of spooky monti, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "New crewmate ex-Johnny"

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent. Six days after the first bribery charge