Ten years ago, Storm Abigail became the first UK storm with a name. Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...

Why the fuck are the majority in this country being held to ransom by a small but loud mouthed group of unhinged, narrow minded racists? It’s been allowed to go on now for over 10 years & it should have been very firmly shut down when it first started. It’s the cause of the fucking mess we are in!

They've been warned, they won't listen, they'll be slaughtered by Reform at the next election. In the meantime their abject cowardice means they have squandered their mandate. The people who voted for them wanted systemic change - Starmer is too pusillanimous (or bought) to deliver it.

The same people who screamed the loudest about “taking back control” by leaving the EU are now eagerly advocating Trump’s meddling in Britain’s politics, economy and media. It was never about Brussels or sovereignty, it was always about making Britain weaker and them richer.

It's not 'illegal migration' that is tearing this country apart. It's nasty, cruel, uncaring rhetoric, & policies like this that are doing all the damage. Labour might just as well walk out of No. 10 & hands the keys over to Farage. Reform must be rubbing their hands with glee.

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Yes. Many come to the UK because of family or language and yes, cultural ties… The idea that our responsibilities cease because we lie further west than France (who already take in more asylum seekers than us) is also a misreading of the ‘first safe country’ principle. fullfact.org/immigration/...

The vast majority of people crossing The Channel are asylum seekers. The only way to claim asylum in the UK for the vast majority is to do so by applying on British soil.

Dear Mahmood/Labour, Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X. Yours The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK

To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.

It's almost as if every new Home Secretary feels compelled to prove they can be nastier than their predecessor, regardless of their political affiliations. Makes me sick to my stomach. #notinmyname

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BBC Bias is often in the eye of the beholder So let’s stick to measurable facts During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority 47 were from UKIP/BP 23 times Farage

They haven’t got a clue about the country we are privileged to live in. Many Spanish cant stand the English because of this. I face it frequently, and we are not the same. Fucking knuckle-draggers the lot of them! Viva España 🇪🇸🌹 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Every generation understands how important freedom of movement is for young people. It's time for the British Government to rejoin Erasmus+, to empower students with invaluable opportunities to study, work, and experience life across Europe.

This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform. Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation

Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis

No wonder the EU is intent on quashing disinformation, the below list is .....we have no polite words for the stirring untruthful media www.facebook.com/share/16VHEZ...

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If you’ve got a racist granny or a flag-obsessed uncle, vote accordingly, you already know what they’re pushing.

Aside from the cruelty of this, I’d just like to know why it’s ok to ignore and disappoint liberal/progressive voters. Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?

If the Government give away/sell *our* patient data it will signal the end of the #NHS

When someone says it clearly like this, echoing what everyone says in private, the sycophancy and double-speak of other political leaders becomes all the more intolerable.

When politics can provide no real solutions for people's lives, welcome to 'The Carousel of Scapegoats': distracting, psychological projection to make them feel 'better' – because the lives of 'others' can be made worse New Byline Times print edition available in shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇

Ah the 1970s. Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.

Big Ben was basically black. Anyone who thinks there was less pollution in the era of leaded petrol and factories and coal fired power stations belching smoke needs their head examined

Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England. But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it. This is the whole country if he gets into power. (Private Eye)

So says @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social He's not wrong! www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace. He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah. Nobody is defending him. He's a TOTAL disgrace. In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president. Insane.

X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy. It does nothing but harm. So, yes. Government should stop using it.

Exactly. It is not humanly possible not to editorialize as an anchor, if you are filling an indeterminate period of 'dead air'. Also, procedurally inevitable that you will give platform to questionable pundits, whose nonsense goes unchallenged, as the gallery barks instructions in your ear. Obvious.

"But we must compete with the oth-" That's just it. You don't. You are THE public broadcaster. No other body shares your mission. Why add to the noise? The BBC has an opportunity to say "you've heard all the breathless gossip - tune in at 6pm for the facts". To bring light rather than heat.

Good morning, a row of tulips to brighten up your Thursday ☺️🙏 Pause the politics, fill your twitter feed with pretty photos 😊 I'll repost anyone who shares a photo of flowers or nature under this tulip post 😁

The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country. Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.

🇬🇧 Mess up the country then jump ship... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lord-edmiston-australia-uk-brexit-conservative-budget-b2861973.html

73% of Europeans believe their countries have benefitted from EU membership. Even in Britain, 62% of the public believe Brexit has been more of a failure than a success. WTF are our politicians waiting for? Divine inspiration?

This is a genuinely intolerable reality…

The centre is giving way. Britain’s new fight could be a radical populist duel: Farage’s rage machine vs Polanski’s social justice crusade

A simple rule of thumb: Any politician who proclaims to be pro-EU while avoiding supporting re-entry to the Single Market is afraid of mentioning Freedom of Movement. Many have been playing that game for 10 years, and pro-EU voters are wise to it. Anything without Freedom of Movement is still Brexit

Always remember, the tricle-down experiment has had 40 years to prove its worth to society as a whole. It's failed to do that. The only people it's helped are the ones at the top, who are now telling us another kind of politics "won't work". Well, for THEM it won't. Which is kinda the point!

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The patronising is the giveaway. If you don’t agree with something, be an adult and lay out your argument. No need to belittle your opponent. Referring to people you don’t agree with as “kids” reveals who you are. Now why would someone on a Murdoch paper have to resort to that? Beats me.

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So according to the right wing media, wanting a society that isn't run by oligarchs, trickle-downers, climate-change deniers, fascists, racists, warmongers, grifters, homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes and sociopaths is "fantasy politics". What condescending nonsense.

The biggest traitor to our country in modern times is Farage. Supporter of our deadliest enemies - Putin and Trump. How in the world can the ”patriots” in the UK support Farage and Reform? Makes no sense.

SPOILER ALERT: Reform aren't "patriots". They're a sad little collection of racists, fascists, xenophobes, bigots, grifters, anti-vaxxers, climate-change deniers, toxic nostalgics, conspiracy theorists, has-beens, grumps, gobshites and criminally gullible morons suffering from collective narcissism.