I just cannot take this shit seriously. If you're a senior Labour figure and think that the party's stance is cowardly but are too afraid to put your name on the record saying it YOU ARE A COWARD.

If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?

Weak as water, I don’t see any difference between News & Current Affairs when the latter is often just a deeper dive on something reported in the former. @ofcom.bsky.social failing to adapt to the broadcast landscape.

So, another week when we'll continue to ignore the increasingly obvious issue of political radicalisation via social media? And indeed the tied issue of the large tech companies who promote this, and the tech bros who see this as some sort of move to a utopian paradise governed by them?

🚨BREAKING🚨 What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12 Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...

The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.

So it appears that after accusing the Prime Minister of interfering with a criminal investigation, Kemi Badenoch is now furious that he did no such thing and thinks he should have done? Make it make sense.

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill. Farage is still silent. It’s deafening. #ReformRussianBribes

"Hi business. You know we spent a decade and a half telling you to invest in green stuff. In fact, we brought in loads of laws and regulations that forced you to do this. Well, apols. We're worried about our remaining Commons seats so we're ditching all that now. Thanks anyway."

Can we have this in the UK?!?!?

I don’t know of any other podcast that has the community feel of @quietriotpod.bsky.social, especially with returning guests of the quality of @snellarthur.bsky.social and, in this episode, the wonderful @annettedittert.bsky.social. Hugely informative, never patronising, this is great stuff.

A Labour MP has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain had not left the EU. More of this please. A lot more! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

🔴 Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report? bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/c...

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

‘Who said he’s as honest as the day is long?’ @mrjamesob.bsky.social poses a question about Reform’s ex-leader in Wales, who admitted making pro-Russian statements to the EU Parliament for cash.

So to recap: 🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader 🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY 💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period 💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader 11/14

“Our investigation uncovered that an elected MEP was taking payments to peddle narratives beneficial to Russian interests... This case goes to the heart of our democratic values.” — head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy

Oh look. Same time frame? www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...

How is this not front page news? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Long term colleague of Nigel Farage and Former Leader of Reform UK in Wales Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.

This is a huge story. Don't let him get away with it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kemi Badenoch said earlier this year that “silencing free speech harms democracy and “we must fight for it”. Unless of course its the free speech of a news organisation she happens to disagree with bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

Britain on the brink of civil war and/or an IMF bailout latest (Lloyds Business Barometer for August, out today www.lloydsbank.com/assets/asset...)

So Farage screams “betrayal” over Labour renegotiating a brexit deal the public never voted on - yet he wants to rip up the Good Friday Agreement that the people of Northern Ireland did. Classic Nigel. @clairehanna.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social

This is fucking incredible. America has elected idiots that make Boris Johnson look like Einstein.

China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity in the first six months of the year, more than America's entire capacity of 178 gigawatts as of the end of 2024 www.independent.co.uk/news/china-a...

🚨 BREAKING UPDATE 🚨 ⏫ SIXTEEN THOUSAND (!!!) LETTERS SENT ⏫ 📈16,000 letters have now been sent to Ofgem in less than a week - will you join us and help stop Musk? ✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter... https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab

🚨 BREAKING NEWS - THOUSANDS MORE LETTERS SENT 🚨 📈Thousands of you have taken action so far and sent a letter to Ofgem - will you join us and help stop Musk? ✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter.. https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab

@lewisgoodall.com adding CGT to house sales discourages people from realising their gains. I think this policy probably has an added aim of encouraging baby boomers from moving on from their large 4-5 homes and downsizing.

It's not funny though is it. These giggling teenage cunts. They're not fit to touch Zelensky's shoes.

News channels somehow managing to cover a War Summit as if it were a Royal Wedding - both breathless and adding no insight. This isn't a dig at Sky - have shopped around. They're all like this. "Oh what jolly fun this is!" seemingly oblivious to the actual stakes for an entire nation at war. ~AA

This is not at all helpful to Reform's "Britain is Lawless" campaign. ~AA

Has anyone noticed the volume of BBC News push notifications about solar farms lately? It feels like every 20 new solar panels needs a new article discussing local opposition, loss of farm land, blight, beautiful village etc and the nasty government ignoring the locals. @sturdyalex.bsky.social

I need real-time information on the ethnicity and migration status of guys charged with raping children so I know whether to start a riot or sit back and not give a fuck.

Not only that, but we don't have to choose! It turns out crops grow even better when shaded by solar panels! www.wired.com/story/growin...

By the way, this guy - Stabile - is a lobbyist for the porn industry.

Can we adopt President Macron once the French have let him go? His speech to parliament is brilliant, eye opening and explicit.

Our long read on what next - Starmer & strategists crafting a new story on “fairness” akin to Blair’s “modernise” - Both Reform and Green voters angered by imbalance in the economy - fairness allows big political arguments about how to right those wrongs www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf

🚨 WALES SPECIAL: Senedd Stakes Labour’s future, Reform’s rise, the fate of Taith, and who’s winning the long game ahead of #Senedd2026. @pimlicat.bsky.social chats to @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. #WelshPolitics #QuietRiot 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5etY... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Your perfect lunchtime companion. Why do other (much richer) podcasts not do regular updates from the nations? They get similar numbers as regular episodes and *higher* engagement from people who like the variety. Only reason I can think of is an untested assumption that people are not interested.

Another Trump lie exposed: India’s PM Narendra Modi denies Trump played a role in mediating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, dismissing US efforts to de-escalate the conflict.

A gay man, who died by suicide as a result of his sexuality, made one of the single biggest contributions to espionage and ending WW2 years earlier than would have otherwise been the case. Alan Turing is only one of hundreds of examples as to why the intelligence services should support Pride.

In fairness, it’s the politics team that’s the problem. Kuenssberg, Mason et al are destroying the BBC’s reputation.

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

not really sure why a piece of 'analysis' hyping up the performance of a party that came third in a Holyrood by-election needs to be pushed to millions of phones across the UK

Same, except with an added "ah shit, if Elon wins we could up with someone worse who isn't dying soon".

The 24/25 season was historic for #NUFC. Howe turned a rough summer into our first major domestic 🏆 in 70 years—and UCL qualification. But success brings expectation. With PSR easing & more games in 25/26, fans & Howe expect investment. But who to buy? Welcome to my third annual Summer Transfer 🧵