These "Britons a most likely to see ..." polls are measuring the effect of stereotyping. More marketing than politics.

Incredible how the racism-motivated pursuit of fake crime by immigrants undermines the tackling of actual crime.

The TUC has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’. leftfootforward.org/2025/10/tuc-...

This 👇 from The Bear is spot on. The False Dichotomy of Brains Vs Hands Kemi Badenoch wants to divide thinkers from makers - but the country needs both, not fewer of either. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-false-...

As tweeted so many times before, UK now an outsider to EU & every other country in the world...as more turn inwards & more protective .. EU etc can afford to do without UK goods; but UK cannot even afford to reciprocate its TCA border, never mind start any trade wars. share.google/8g4Orwxa8OJQ...

Is she boasting or complaining about the fourteen years of Tory austerity, Brexit and the damage of culture war divisiveness she seems to so enjoy inflicting? Not policies I supported but they have produced the results I feared.

Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU. This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture. It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

This deserves a play today ✊ youtu.be/-COk6n-8Ofk?...

Heseltine at the Tory conf: "Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Most of the pears have disappeared from my tree. No sign of any windfall fruit. Initially suspected the dog (earlier seen crunching a pear) but she only picks up windfall & it's unlikely she's eaten all in 1 day, and there are signs some of the fruits have been bitten off the tree. Puzzling.

From yesterday’s i-Weekend

History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺

Something every American concerned about Trump’s authoritarian state should know about.……and use. www.trumpactiontracker.info?

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THE SILENCE OF THE GENERALS by Robert B. Hubbell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It is, be in no question, time to undo Brexit.

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte: 'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1

Response by a barrister to a threatening letter from Rupert Lowe MP regarding the 10000 black interns initiative www.linkedin.com/posts/simona...

There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.

The doctrine of parliamentary supremacy and FPTP means that, however ID cards are introduced, they could always be turned into something more sinister. The UK constitution is very different from those of many EU countries, as you know.

Batting for #ThePotteries with Joan Walley

We have 20 years of UK evidence that says Rachel Reeves is correct about this. Deeply depressing that some in government (let alone other parties) seem incapable of grasping it. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br....

Neil Kinnock has told Keir Starmer it is “time to look at #RejoinEU as the UK can no longer afford the #Brexit “huge self-inflicted losses ..if we really want sustained economic growth, we have to be part of the single market with our nearest neighbours” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Potteries voices speaking up. Is government listening?

"The prime minister needs to set out the path to a much better Britain than the one we have, before Nigel Farage does it for him" Come on @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, Nigel Farage is NEVER going to set out a path for a much better Britain.

This video from @politicsjoe.bsky.social sums up Farage perfectly! All the reasons not to vote for him in one song! Thanks for singing it Farage! 😂 #NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage

This should be a no brainer! EU is pushing for a rapid deal for UK to rejoin the Erasmus+ programme to allow student exchanges from January 2027 Negotiations are at a critical juncture and a deal is needed by the end of October if the UK is to join the scheme in a little over a year

youtube.com/watch?v=OC71... Stephen Colbert

Sir Sadiq: “I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist he is misogynistic and he’s Islamophobic.” Yes, and I think Trump is scared of him because of his success, e.g. with ULEZ, diversity & inclusion. Khan's achievements prove everything Trump says is wrong. Trump doesn't like it.

Queen

Farage is a disgrace and he certainly doesn’t care about the NHS. If Farage got his way he would deport many hard working NHS staff many of whom got this country through the pandemic

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

"Reform UK’s immigration plans have ‘no basis in reality’, say Labour" They've no basis in anything. Cruel, family wrecking, life destroying proposals that will tear apart the lives of people who're loved by you, me, someone: our friends, family, colleagues, the bloke down the road. Unconscionable.

So Reform / Farage want to deport hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of UK residents, turning the country into an effective police state, breaking treaties, and impoverishing the economy and health service? Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.

The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.

Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart. Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point. Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.

Absolutely CORRECT.

"Reform’s opponents need to expose every one of these gaps between Farage and the electorate, recasting Farage as a figure of the fringes ... you cannot delay – otherwise the freedoms you thought would last for ever can vanish" @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In London, hate will never win.

Brexit is the toxic epicentre of the political shitshow we now have to endure. It promoted idiocy and deceit, endorsed racism, divided us, made us poorer, weaker, less safe and less sane. It’s belittled the country, killed the Tory party and given birth to Reform. A relentless klaxon of failure.

"it’s material deprivation, not social diversity, that threatens to tear the social fabric. Perhaps it’s harder to have trust when you’re competing for resources. Whatever the cause, the solution seems to lie less in measures to limit immigration than in investment to tackle poverty and inequality"

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." - Steven Wright

I don't think Peter Mandelson is PM's biggest problem. The biggest problem is not standing up to the literal violent racism on our streets, supercharged by the richest man in the world, and threatening the very fabric of our society. If he and so many commentators can't see this, we're truly lost.

‘It’s a lot of fear’: the rise of ecoanxiety on the frontline of climate breakdown. Everyone needs to hear these stories.