Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇

Angel calling Farage is what's wrong with the UK.

Well, I'm an avid @therestpolitics.bsky.social listener and fan, and I'm basically the same age as @rory-stewart.bsky.social - if my calculations are correct, I think I'm somewhere between 6-7 weeks younger... Best UK political podcast by a country mile. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

5/6 All these projects enabled @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams to partner with top research teams and companies all across Europe. @horizoneu.bsky.social

4/6 With EU-funded projects Professor Leroy Gardner harnesses 3D printing to produce perfectly formed steel and metal structures for large-scale infrastructures, like bridges, significantly lowering environmental impact. @horizoneu.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Our paper on the design of unequal-leg stainless steel angle columns has been published in the journal "Structures" @istructe.bsky.social. Led by our excellent PhD student Ruikai Dai and co-authored with Leroy Gardner. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Guardian “The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Outstanding analysis from the excellent @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/columni...

🗣️ DO YOU WANT TO BE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR??!?

Reminds me of an anecdote regarding some American tourists visiting the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, where one enquired: "This is a beautiful building, is it pre-war? to which their guide patiently replied: "Madam, this building is pre-America."

The usual excellent article by @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When 2 villages are missing their idiots...

When 2 villages are missing their idiots...

Just caught up with the latest @thetwomatts.bsky.social, love the pod and have been a happy subscriber of @theneweuropean.bsky.social for a few years now. Just wanted to point out that Ken Loach directed "I, Daniel Blake" and not "I, Daniel Craig"... 🤣

Excellent piece as ever by @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant article by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent article by @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social as usual. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Worst. Episode. EVER.

And you know who you have to blame for this, Nikki?

Any word from "Surrender UK" yet? Have they handed Clacton, Boston, Skegness and Basildon to Putin yet? #r4today

Trump on 9/11 (?): "The World Trade Center's architects are to blame, if their buildings weren't so tall, they wouldn't have been hit by 2 innocent planes..." #r4today

Amazing how quickly the security element of 'Project Fear' turned out to be an almighty bloody understatement...

It looks like Starmer has finally found the real special relationship #RejoinEU

Excellent article by @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social, in fact @paulmason.bsky.social has been arguing strongly that stepping up defence spending is likely to inject much needed economic growth also. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Quite brilliant!

The community note 🤌😘

I’m telling you again - Europe has a massive brain gain opportunity sitting here. Trump is going to absolutely shaft US science & we could & should be there to hoover up the talent.

Excellent from @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social Reform can be beaten but it will take a combination of delivery and ruthless exposure of Reform's ridiculous "policies" that essentially comprise a disastrous Brexit worse than Johnson, and Trussonomics on steroids. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

Farage is utterly clueless about trade and world politics. #r4today

Another sewage leak is suspected as a massive turd is spotted floating down a canal.

I wonder whether anyone at the Beeb has ever told Robbie Gibb, the Brexit-supporting board member knighted by his former boss Theresa May who polices the ‘impartiality’ of others, to piss off. Someone senior, whether on or off air staff, really needs to. This nonsense can’t continue.

Thus morning's comedy from the reliably idiotic Daily Express... 😂😂😂

Evidently the Tories are too stupid even for Lords Frost and Hannan...

A salutary lesson that there is no substitute for cleverness... brute force is rarely efficient. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Kemikasi: "Look when I make an ill-informed and ignorant assertion, no one should be able to ask me how or why I came to that conclusion..." #bbclaurak

Wes Streeting thinks he has found Reform’s soft underbelly The health secretary responds to Nigel Farage’s interview with @lewisgoodall.com this morning:

Brilliant interview with @HackedOffHugh on #r4today, clear and powerful! Bravo!

Although Rachel Reeves had a slightly better week, @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social is absolutely spot on as usual. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"A week is a long time in politics." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A take it journalists' social media timelines and columns are full of reports of several days of market confidence recovering, borrowing rates dropping, the FTSE hitting record highs, and praise for Rachel Reeves. No? ~AA

Would be nice to have some breathless media coverage about what this tells up about market perceptions of the state of the UK economy..

Keir Starmer: "I got a letter this week from a Tory voter in a Labour seat... Liz Truss. It wasn't written in green ink but it might as well have been. She was complaining that saying she crashed the economy was damaging her reputation. It was crashing the economy that damaged her reputation."

Liz Truss' plan to stop people saying she crashed the economy is working out about as well as that time she crashed the economy. #PMQs

HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer makes Kemi Badenoch look silly at #PMQs youtu.be/Dj6MHgN_JjA

Chocolate Teapot Mel Stride is now on #r4today, watch out for absolutely nothing...

Don't often think Central Croydon looks cool, but I reckon this has a certain attractiveness...

Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Just to add to the confusion on the far right... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...