Why are developers always blaming planning laws for delays when so many get permissions then do nothing with the sites for years? They've just started building homes in the nearest village to us for which they've had full permission for about 5 yrs and outline permission a lot longer.

Rachel Reeves there, telling a tale of a little boy and his Lego, demonstrating the value of school breakfast clubs (and therefore SureStart) in a way which would have done her government a lot of good if she'd been talking like that from the start. #BBCLauraK

Zahawi: In this weather, maybe 500-800 coming across in small boats a day. Actually... 8 July: 249 9 July: 81 10 July: 225 Otherwise: zero #BBCLauraK

Don’t speculate about the Widdecombe murder, says Farage, immediately after speculating about the Widdecombe murder.

When the opposition always gets the last word... #BBCLauraK

What a moving interview on R4 BH with Peter Hennessey - says he’s retiring because his Parkinson’s means he can longer think clearly, but he sounded far clearer and made more sense than most people you hear on the radio

A lot of people seem to be trying to pick apart the way England play. In 2022 World Cup England went out in the quarter finals and we outplayed France that day but still went out. I don’t care how it’s done, we won, we are in a semi final of a World Cup. Thats all that matters #WorldCup

"Posh" George Cottrell has lost $1m in the last year, betting on the crypto-based prediction market Polymarket Cottrell has been in the spotlight over his relationship with Nigel Farage, and questions about financial support for the man he reportedly calls “Daddy” observer.co.uk/news/politic...

This was a really moving interview. We're enormously proud of Peter at Queen Mary. He's been a lone voice for a particular kind of virtue in public life: not as something we admire in ourselves, but as something we practice towards others - and especially our opponents. And he really embodies that.

Zahawi dodges the question about Reform finances, pushes Farage's false prospectus (below), introduces the red herring of an establishment stitch-up... #BBCLauraK moves on, closing Fahnbulleh down, and not following up any of her own questions, while Zahawi shouts.

Irresponsible from Gabriel Clarke, he shouldn’t be looking for controversy before Tuchel and Bellingham have even talked. It’s why I dislike the after game interviews, especially if they are going to be used to stir shit.

Needless bit of shit-stirring there.

What a stupid set of questions for Bellingham from #ITV . Pathetic. #England

What is Gabriel Clarke doing stirring the shit??? Honestly our press man. #WorldCup

Erling Haaland is understandably a very arrogant footballer. But look at the way he congratulated the England players after the game. Pure respect from him.

Anti-Matterface mode enabled

“We’re letting him off the hook” “Yeah a taller goalkeeper could have got it” But he isn’t taller so what do you want him to do about it

Jude Bellingham & Haaland

Just paying my respects to Ann Widdecombe. Or to be more precise, doing a photo opportunity for the press, where Ann may have been mentioned.

NIGEL Farage has doubled down on previous remarks made about “ludicrous” handgun laws that were brought in after a school shooting in Dunblane in 1996. www.thenational.scot/news/2595418...

"Farage, the guy on the right". Outstanding work ;)

Such an incredible privilege to pull on the @englandfootball.bsky.social shirt. Give it everything. COME. ON. ENGLAND. WE. KNOW YOU CAN DO IT! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🦁🦁🦁

Not very weather appropriate but I’ve finished my latest #crochet project 🧶 #knitsky

This is so enjoyable. How can we keep it going? Fake some dossier that "proves" binface is funded by EU grants? Or that the bins in refugee charity offices have been given little capes in solidarity?

Sky News is giving air time for Farage to speculate on the murder of Ann Widdecombe He knows as much as you or me - the square root of bugger all. The police need to step in a detain the twat.

EXC. from me Tommy Robinson was brought to Russia by the Musk family, according to Elon Musk's father www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️

Yesterday I met King Charles at @orieloxford.bsky.social in a small group of energy and environmental researchers. He's been speaking about sustainability since the 1970s, long before it was mainstream. A memorable day at a college marking 700 years since its royal charter.

That's a good point.

🎻 The establishment are out to get me because I'm friends with a very successful aristocratic family ... a tale as old as time

Went out door to door with chronic fatigue to get these Labour MPs elected two years ago, if they think I’m going to drag myself out for them again, they’ll need to give me a reason why. We were getting there, slower than people wanted, but getting there. But they panicked.

Previous one on prices. Article(s) admit that the capacity of the current Crystal Palace Stadium - 14k tickets at £26 adults and £5 kids - were sold but then just compares pricier tickets to other Diamond League events. UK Athletics must wonder why they bother with the cheap tickets to get this.

CLASSIC LANGDON PT 19876

I think opinion writers should just collectively agree that nothing is a panacea or a silver bullet so it wasn't felt necessary to say so all the time.

Malcolm Offord 'must answer' whether crypto donations are funding Reform UK in Scotland

A video of a ‘migrant’ on a small boat has been altered using AI to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete. The fake video has been shared thousands of times online, including by the leader of the London Assembly Conservatives, Susan Hall.

"The researchers found a directional bias in favour of pro-life views when using the “Explain this post” feature on X, powered by Grok. This nudge, which the researchers attribute to a deliberate design choice highlights how AI-mediated communication is a novel lever to influence public opinion."

"Police said "no information" to believe it is "politically motivated" Nonetheless... those in public life are reminded of their prominence & sense of vulnerability." Yeah, no average private person would ever feel such vulnerability.🙄 Fuck off Mason, politicising this woman's death.

If I were Carole Cadwalladr, I would be vehemently annoyed right now. Why? She has been warning everyone about Nigel Farage for the best part of a decade, and it feels as if all but a few have ignored her, until now.

Knife murders in UK drop by a quarter as county lines crackdown has 'best year on record' Crap that Starmer

Council leader under fire for £18k office refurb #Suffolk #BBCNews

Breaking news: Apple claimed that OpenAI used former and current Apple employees to steal hardware designs as the ChatGPT maker prepares to launch its own AI-focused devices. ft.trib.al/AJ3oc2U

Labour's Yuan Yang would block registration of new parties holding assets over £250,000 (looking at Restore with £2.6m) and require disclosure of their bank accounts Anneliese Dodds would lower the national campaign spending limit (hiked massively by the Tories under Gove)

Amendment watch... Lib Dem MP Lisa Smart has an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill which would ban politicians from taking payments from foreign state broadcasters. Richard Burgon's would exclude oil and gas companies from the list of permissible donors.

Right-wing blogger detained under anti-terror laws at Edinburgh Airport

When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.

Nigel Farage has sent an email to Reform UK supporters tonight saying “we don’t know whether there were any political motives” behind Ann Widdecombe’s murder. But police have already ruled that out, saying there was “no information” to suggest the murder was “politically motivated”.

It's vital that we all know who is being lobbied at the heart of government. Thanks to @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social for their review which sets out bold reforms. As @appgonacrt.bsky.social Chair I'll be working to get those recommendations implemented. ➡️https://eic.independent-commission.uk/

There’s only one way to clean up politics, no more whack-a-mole rule changes to shut down new routes for dodgy money- let’s just end all donations. Period. For a tiny sum of money we can simply end all of this.