The problems with the UK RW Media summed up in today: - growth higher than expected - more starts to building houses in the 14 years - NHS waiting times dropping fast - London declared the safest city pretty much in the Western world But we’re talking about a bent politician defecting to Reform.

Not the main item here, but notable how muddled this is. Starmer's toxic attack doesn't quiet contradict No.10's open borders attack, but it comes from a completely different political space. As ever, the govt has no underlying values, no message discipline, no professionalism in its communications.

At 2024 GE Newark husting a neo-nazi candidate made explicitly racist comments. Lib Dem candidate, my councilor colleague & friend David Watts explicitly criticised these (video and audio exist). Jenrick said nothing. He's embraced racism for perceived tactical advantage. He deserves his fate.

Rather undermines the apologies made for that earlier speech

Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers. Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders". It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer

In 1999 a series of suspicious bombs in Moscow, which analysts now believe were a false flag operation, propelled Putin to power. Today, ICE actions in Minnesota seem similarly designed to stir up trouble and provide a pretext for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. www.rferl.org/amp/putin-ru...

Oooh I see the regressive sexists on the liberal/left have come out in force to abuse feminists on the left rather than offer a coherent argument as to why women's sport should be destroyed for the sake of male with trans identities.

Yesterday Labour announced a £45bn investment in rail services across the north of England. Plans which have long been demanded by residents and local leaders. Plans which the Tories repeatedly failed to deliver on. And what did Reform do? 1/2

Very positive news this morning about the 0.3% economic growth seen in Nov! With the suggestion the Bank of England will still press ahead with more interest rate cuts this year. But the Guardian couldn't help a dig at the Chancellor for budget uncertainty - something the media itself invented.

“Farage should stop talking politics and realise the immense contribution of immigrant doctors,” Dr Chandra Kanneganti, told the Guardian in 2015. (The Councillor and former Conservative parliamentary candidate has now joined Reform). www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

in other news apparently you can now get shot for being smug

This is a simply ludicrous error to make + for nobody to spot. There were real incidents to consider - the Amsterdam game in November - but to make police decisions on AI hallucinations is absurd

it isn't. We have the tests. We can be sure in all cases of someone qualifies for the women category. A slippery slope would look like a rule that says "any man is a woman who says he is".

Also the three biggest leads are Lab, LD and Con vs Farage. Which seems important given polling right now would have Farage as the most likely next PM.

Britain on brink of going to IMF latest.

In polling, people report being MORE LIKELY TO VOTE REFORM directly after being shown exactly this kind of video. Labour's plan? Let's make new accounts to pump out these videos!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪 I do worry they're just one big psy-op, sometimes. www.lbc.co.uk/article/tikt...

This "right to self-regulate" line is bizarre. All media platforms have a duty to comply with the law - whether that's around incitement, defamation or child pornography. The fact is the state has been lax/cowardly/incompetent/complicit* in not enforcing it *delete to taste

The remarkable thing here isn't the universal revulsion. Its that two large parties - Reform and the Conservatives - are trying to maintain stances favoured by around 0-1% of the public. Polling like this also suggests that whenever Labour does develop enough backbone to act, there's no going back

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... This is full of insights, staggering really, such as this one: "At HS2 contractors signed off huge contracts on a “cost-plus” basis, where companies are paid a percentage of the total value of the work. This gave contractors an incentive to go over budget”

Sharing, or threatening to share, a deepfake intimate image without consent is a criminal offence. This offence, created by the Data Act last year, will be brought into force this week, and I will make it a priority offence in the Online Safety Act too. www.gov.uk/government/s...

I will be following the proceedings of this pivotal case that seeks to restore fairness, dignity and safety for #women i sport. I submitted an amicus brief which you is public and can be read here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45

EU problems summarised in the difference in two article clips. Calls for unity are immediately undermined by some of those making them - allowing no single strategic basis moving forward. At which point muddling through becomes the only realistic option.

'George Efstathiou, a fellow of the Royal Society and emeritus professor of astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, told Research Professional News that “the position now seems to be that a fellow should only be expelled for fraudulent science—I think that this is far too restrictive”.' 1/3

.@gideonrachman is right. This would be the flex. Europe has cards to play. But will it choose to play them?

An avoidable error to ask a followup question on Iran at the same time

Feed: "The Gymternet" By: Lauren on Monday, January 12, 2026

The purpose of creating such images is either personal sexual titillation (which is just repugnant) or to harass women out of the public sphere by saying “if you speak up, your face will be on deepfake porn and you family/friends/employer/kids will see it. I think the latter meets your first test.

Wonder also about point one on criminalising, to lead lives independent of the choices of others. People creating non consensual, pornographic, images of other people, absolutely can impact on their ability to live their lives independently. Especially if share. Especially for women and girls.

Nadhim Zahawi has changed his opinion of Nigel Farage over the last decade. (Overall public attitudes of Farage have not shifted: his reputation on 'racism' is similar (a bit worse in 2024-26) than on identical questions in 2015. Does anyone have the Farage comments in March 2015 this responded to?

“They don’t understand the rights they are giving away, or how hard we had to fight for those rights." "They stand on the shoulders of giants. It is not just me, but the Maiden crew, the people who got us there, my mother’s generation, my grandmother’s generation" www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2025...

1/3 It's not easy reporting on so much death and destruction, especially in a country I grew to love since my first visit around the turn of the century. So it's nice to be able to write about good news and successes, such as Ukrainian tennis stars playing in WTA finals today..

Need to reform the BBC's governance structure to empower the DG and the communications team to feel more able to punch back against this kind of thing, quite frankly.

He’s utterly unhinged and out of control. Congress could stop this in an instant, but its ruling party, the GOP, has become equally untethered from principle or reality. Too many Americans still cheering this on without any comprehension of the disastrous consequences, for themselves or the world.

Reform Mayoral candidate Chris Parry finally apologised for tweeting that David Lammy should go home to the Caribbean. His apology misuses the word "ironically" since it was not an ironic statement.

I see the fearsome no-bullshit no-snowflake chads running America are frightened about marauding "gangs of wine mums". Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.

Nothing to do with massaging Starmer's ego. Everything to do with protecting Europe from Putin's expansionist dreams. Patriots proving surprisingly unpatriotic.

As I've said before the lack of focus on A&E in govt plans is bewildering even just from a political perspective. For many people it's their most viseral and memorable interaction with the state.

We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime! @ukstoptrump.bsky.social

#Zelenskyy 💬 "russia launched 1,100+ drones, 890+ guided bombs, and 50+ missiles at Ukraine’s energy and residential sites, worsening hardships in cold weather Repair crews and air defenses work nonstop to restore services and protect civilians. #Ukraine seeks stable defense and global support"

Germany says piss off bsky.app/profile/nana...

You have to be Truss-level thick or Johnson-level cynical to come up with this.

It could start by fining water companies for not fixing the numerous leaks ... Or maybe for selling off reservoirs and not building new ones! inews.co.uk/news/race-st...

The starting point "Denmark cannot defend the territory" is misleading nonsense - given that Denmark allows the US to maintain military bases there

Incredible how elements of UK right can't see how [or relish that] Trump/MAGA has strayed from western liberal democratic norms. US under current regime is an adversary, not an ally against China. If not Denmark, or independent, Greenland would most logically ally/cooperate/integrate with Canada.

I think it's very important that Rupert Lowe's "Million Nonce March" gets widespread media coverage. Critical to amplify diverse voices.

"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..." Regarding a surprisingly complicated question

If your favourite bar is suddenly full of perverts and paedophiles your options are: 1. Complain to management. ❌️ He loves it. 2. Complain to government. ❓️Maybe but Trump, or scared of Trump. 3. Leave. ✅️ It is not to keep hanging out there in the hopes your puppy dog eyes will reform them.