Just had a go at the budget mini-game on the Guardian. I followed what Starmer would have done according to his left-leaning leadership bid in 2019. Ended up with a £20bn surplus, up in the polls and reassuring the markets. Piece of cake. He broke all his promises, so I joined the Greens.

Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Under-50s Back Green Party as FIRST Choice in Latest YouGov Poll.

Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

New Labour policy just dropped: "We will..." *spins wheel* "...steal jewellery from migrants, in order to..." *spins wheel* "... out-Farage Farage."

Just joined the @greenparty.org.uk. Finally. Real progressive politics. Real positivity. Real principles. Now we can choose to vote and campaign with a conscience, instead of the lesser of two evils. 💚

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Funny how when Starmer's ministers get into a position of authority, all the things they said could be done to fix the problems, now can't be done. The only option is to sell their souls to the far right. Great job, Shabana, great job.

Amazed at the score line between Wales and Japan. By every metric Japan are playing better than us. Those at the WRU should hang their heads in shame they've let us fall to this standard.

This is painful to watch. We are shocking. #WALvJPN

Cillit Bang proudly sponsored this U-turn. Bang, and the policy is gone.

Weaponising fiscal drag is easily the stupidest idea put forward for this budget. It's a guaranteed vote loser when people on or around £40-£50k all of a sudden are paying even more tax. Tax wealth and assets. Raise capital gains. Tax billionaires and millionaires. Tax banking bonuses.

Remember when he was in opposition holding CEOs of the Post Office and others feet to the fire in select committees? Then he got into power, stopped doing the good stuff he did before, and now he's soiling himself that someone with better principles is taking both his schtick and his seat?

Can you imagine any of the other current leaders doing this coherently and actually managing to make people laugh at the same time? I can't.

RIP Tim Davie. AKA Aphex Tim.

Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

Tim Davie resigning from the BBC over the edited Trump video is like Al Capone being jailed for tax evasion: sometimes the right thing happens for the wrong reason.

Tim Davie (very right-wing) resigning is a good thing. He's done it now cos his BBC has offended his Dear Leader. Davie cared more about Trump's opinion than anyone else's, especially the British public. He was a biased DG, but not towards the way the loudest voices think.

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

Ha. Get it up ya. #rydercup

Trying desperately to enjoy Season 4 of The Bear. Got to a scene with Jamie Lee Curtis's character is a realtor & Uncle wishing is son would kick him in the nuts, both scenes playing concurrently, then cut to commercial. Zero payoff. Feels like it's written by someone who doesn't want it watched.

@wrexhamafc.co.uk Yeeeessssss!!!!! Play it through the midfield on the ground and that's what the players can do! Game on baby! Ollie you legend!

As an ACTUAL GENOCIDE continues, its apologists come for Gary Lineker over an emoji Emojis haven't killed at least one Palestinian child every hour in Gaza since October 2023. Israel has. Yet Gary Lineker is the problem once again. How odd... www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

I was absolutely trembling when I spoke with Nick Ferrari this morning on @lbc… About Gary Lineker and Gaza One day, I promise you, we’ll all look back with regret That this was the debate, while a genocide was ongoing.

So glad I don't have to boycott Eurovision next year. That was too close. Well done Austria!

Tell me you are a London-centric paper without telling me you are a London-centric 3 North, 3 South, 3 Mids, 3 Scotland, 2 Wales, 5 in London. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"The PM was uncomfortable with it because it rings true - his principles do shift from week to week" Here's @lsrplaid.bsky.social reaction to Starmer's outburst during PMQs yesterday. #NovaraLive

"STOP MENTIONING ENOCH POWELL!" If you need to clarify you don't think you sound like Enoch Powell, you probably did in fact sound like Enoch Powell. The UK Government everyone. These are supposed to be the competent ones.

Terrible time to have progressive political ideas. - Tories 2010 = Labour front bench 2025 on economic policy, 🔵=🔴 - now we have a Labour PM parroting utter rubbish from Reform immigration policy 🥀 Zero people voted for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Excellent news. We must make sure the profits and benefits go to these Welsh coastal communities as well, and not some random descendant of a victorious lord in the 17th century or some nonsense. @newwales.bsky.social @nation.cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social nation.cymru/news/welsh-g...

It's always fun at the circus 😉 🔴⚪️ #WxmAFC

Incredible! Bendigedig!

Welcome to the circus. Nice to have the clowns turn up. UTST

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Given that Donald Trump said he could stop the war in Ukraine in 24 hours it is pretty damning he is likely to crash the world economy before coming close to stopping his mate Putin.

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

If you didn't love Wales boss Craig Bellamy already you will after watching this

👀 82% of 25-34 year-olds would vote Yes to Welsh independence if it meant joining the EU. 51% overall. These numbers are wild! The demographics will put huge pressure on the union in the coming years as the Boomer generation’s influence wanes.

Reading 1 up now against Wycombe too. Turning into a great day.

England and Wales project again? Just like HS2 yeh?

Lower Thames Crossing between Essex and Kent has been approved by Westminster. Looking forward to finding out how they justify this being an England and Wales project like HS2. @newwales.bsky.social

Wales has been screwed over by its own Labour MPs. The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years. When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions. Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters. [Thread]

This will be very interesting Wednesday April 2nd 6pm in the Senedd Neuadd Come and join us, bring your questions! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.eventbrite.com/e/what-next-...

A new Welsh think tank will launch in the Senedd early next month wp.me/p8Mk4U-WnY

👑Ceredigion joins 6 other county councils in calls to devolve the Crown Estate to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Pressure builds on Labour to grant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 parity with Scotland on this issue 💰CE manages land, most notably the seabed, which generates £millions per year that currently bypasses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nation.cymru/news/ceredig...

This might be a minority view, but the more I hear about "Raygun: The Person", the more I dislike her. www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/d...