I’ve been reading a lot about the end of the Roman republic recently, and the slide of that empire into imperial monarchy. The stamping of the leader’s face on coins, colossal statues and a reworking of the forum. But even Augustus didn’t build himself a ballroom-fortress.

If Gvir's videoed treatment of the flotilla crew triggers no tangible reaction, my question is, what will? Where is the red line? What will we tolerate? UK minister praises Israel's 'commitment to robust democratic governance' after flotilla row | Middle East Eye share.google/I826bxfoB7jM...

The truth our politicians are to cowardly to tell you: Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people. Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem. Without it, everyone must work longer. www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...

Politicians endlessly blame immigration for their own failures. So, when immigration is reduced, their ‘success’ isn’t recognised. No one’s life has particularly improved. Because no one’s life was ever going to improve by reducing immigration. Because our problems were never caused by immigration.

Ryan Rozbiani The IDF is MAD at Ben Gvir NOT because of what he did, BUT because the WORLD Saw how the Flotilla Crew were being treated IDF: "We did everything to avoid such images, now the flotilla activists got what they wanted" Sick sick society 😒

Brilliant research work here.

In Southport, Reform, Makerfield candidate Kenyon exploited the aftermath of a child's death before official facts emerged. Minutes after the deaths, he weaponised the tragedy to seed racist cover-up tropes and launch aggressive political attacks.

So, migration is at its lowest point since 2021 (a pretty low year already, because COVID). Does this mean we can stop blaming migrants for long NHS waiting lists, housing shortages, falling wages and a stagnant economy? Oh, no, wait, never mind- looks like we’re still in the crosshairs.

Maybe you know you’re the most crime-committing president *ever* when you have to get your Supreme Court to give you immunity for committing crimes and then you have to get your IRS to give you immunity for committing fraud.

Nothing to see here. Just truth bombs

@labouruk.bsky.social now throw them out of our NHS

What some fail to grasp is that billionaires went from lobbying for their industries to bribing Trump directly for their wish lists. Every billionaire alongside Trump is telling you that rules, regulations & laws don’t apply to them anymore. If you happen to get crushed by their greed, so be it.

So first he told us the £5 million he secretly took from a crypto billionaire was for "security", then he said it was a "reward" for Brexit instead, then he said it definitely wasn't for buying himself a big house, now it looks like it probably was

"If Labour thinks Wes Streeting is the answer, they obviously don’t know the question the country is asking." @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds to Health Secretary Wes Streeting's resignation.

Wes Streeting, the member for Palantir North.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Not sure which is more embarrassing, this ‘news’ or Sky reporting it as news. Jeez what a country!

'Israeli forces have killed an average of at least one Palestinian child a week in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2025, a Unicef spokesperson said... James Elder said 70 children had been killed... paying “an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations & settler attacks”.'

As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!

As I was just saying in #HouseofLords #KingsSpeech debate, the terrible state of our #PublicHealth is heavily affected by our polluted environment www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Lego News MAKE AMERICA BROKE AGAIN 1/2

If you get sued by a government for reporting that its soldiers torture and rape people, that is the discovery opportunity of a lifetime and a pathway to court-ordered revelations or that government being forced to rely on sovereign immunity to shield itself from disclosure and lose the case.

Meta tried to silence Liv Nervo’s story and lost. We want to keep up this work and help other women who are being silenced 👇 https://goodlaw.social/db8s

Interviewer "This £5m donation..." Nigel Farage "Shouldn't even be in the Public Domain" Nigel Farage is angry that you know he is corrupt.

I thought Farage said the 5 million was for his protection from tossed yogurt drinks? He also said that no MP has suffered as much as him from violent attacks. What about the ones like Jo Cox and David Ames that were killed, Nige?

Ouch.

Despite the pathetic smears, I believe, if the Green Party, led by Zack Polanski and his very able MPs and leadership team, continue to promote their much needed progressive policies, the public will choose to vote for them. Trust is important. “Build and they will come”

What a cesspit of corruption, dishonesty and self serving power tripping politics is. They lie, they prosper, they lie and prosper again. Bought and paid for.

BREAKING: The Muslim prayer room of Cafe Raha in Blackburn was fire bombed today, but thankfully, there was no synagogue nearby, so we're not bothering with a Cobra meeting x

Lisa Nandy: “I don't think anyone in this country wants to reopen the Brexit debate.” The Country:

Sometimes it's not all bad news bsky.app/profile/adri...

Lord Rothermere Daily Mail Owner (French immigrant), and Rupert Murdoch Sun owner (Australian immigrant). These are the immigrants destroying the UK.

It is remarkable what happens when you #TaxTheRich

No, imagine my shock

Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM

If you seriously think the Greens are like Reform, and Polanski like Farage, you’re either certifiable or know nothing about politics at all. Or you’re simply lying.

BREAKING: Labour has lost Lewisham council to the Green Party after holding it for 55 years

More than 2000 UK Jews have signed a petition against Nigel Farage being allowed to join an antisemitism rally. When are we going to talk about Reform's antisemitism crisis?

The media is desperate to find reasons to smear Polanski*. Can I suggest they use Google to see Major’s gymnastic history, Blair’s band, Cameron’s Bullingdon escapades & everything by Truss & Johnson. Altho it’s a hard time for them trying to work out which they hate most: gay, Jewish or Green!

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

What does Reform actually want? To lower the Minimum Wage. Get rid of the NHS and replace with US Health Insurance. Cut Benefits by at least 30%, which will have to be all of them, including State Pension, Child Benefit and Tax Credit. And much more, and it's all terrible.

In 2024 Labour won a stonking mandate for what can only be described as “anything but the Tories.” They utterly failed to read the room and spent ~20 months being Tory-lite. So this election the voters went “ok, anything but Tories and Labour.”

Yep … that’s the bottom line … #Reform … the Ltd company run by liars for the hard of thinking to vote themselves into further poverty

Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth

Well done @bylinetimes.bsky.social

But the media - BBC news, Sky News etc, will never show Farage in his true colours. That is the main problem.

It's time for some serious scrutiny of ReformUK. It's also time to better regulate the biased media. #ReformUK