Having argued that Angela Rayner had to go when it became clear that she had not sought proper advice over her housing arrangements, I can't help thinking that entrusting the renting of your house in a specific area to people who routinely rent out houses in the specific area is pretty blameless.

Reform MP Sarah Pochin not in the chamber today for #PMQs it must be because seeing our faces makes her mad…

Reform very unhappy with the coverage they got from Welsh media. The message is clear: the far-right can only succeed when they enjoy the fawning treatment that English media provide.

George Harrison during The #Beatles recording session for "Come Together" the Abbey Road Album at EMI Studios, July 23, 1969. He is playing his red Gibson Les Paul guitar he named Lucy. 📷Merle Frimark

“Very hard IQ test”

'A Lambeth Alley' (1920s) by Douglas Percy Bliss (Private collection)

I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed women‘s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.

Adverts were so much more representative in the 80s. Singing skeletons advertising video tapes. Frankly terrifying talking eggs advertising Kinder surprise. Hairy monsters advertising crisps. I could go on

Frankenstein?

The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.

After a lovely weekend away with my friends I have returned safely home to what is officially the greatest town on this entire island if not the world.

I've lost count of the occasions I've had "go back home you white bastard.." shouted at me in the street and being annoyed that people can't be bothered to pronounce my name correctly.

Sarah Pochin/ Reform UK defenders... We have "Schrodinger's great replacement of the white population" On the one hand "whites are becoming a minority in own country" On the other hand "Only a small % of the population is non-white, so why do the ads make it look otherwise?"

The unwillingness of a great many people to call racism racism because doing so is seen as rude or uncivil is hugely problematic.

FFS BBC News! Her comments WERE racist full bloody stop. It’s not just in Streeting’s opinion as your headline suggests. Do your job properly and call it out. Cowards. “Reform MP's comments about adverts 'racist', says Streeting www.bbc.com/news/article...

The accidental release of the asylum seeker is a result of the failure of the privatisation of the prison service. #WhatChrisMasonWouldNeverWrite

I'm sure this is how it went down

I see the Daily Mail has taken the news well. #irishpresident #catherineconnoñly

Political hacks got so drunk on their own self-importance in the post-2016 Tory circus that they'd rather just resort to shit-stirring & painting a fake picture of chaos rather than actual reporting. That utterly awful berk Chris Mason acts like a CIA agent trying to engineer a Latin-American coup.

If you're a millionaire and you don’t have a bookcase that spins into a secret room, give your money to me. You’re spending it wrong.

"Labour have done nothing for us all our lives." say two Reform voting ungrateful old sods who receive, thanks to Labour in Wales, free healthcare, free prescriptions, free eye tests, free dentistry, free bus travel and subsidised (sometimes free) train travel amongst other benefits. 🙄

Everyone in shock as the BBC's Chris Mason gets it wrong! /s

Great piece from Will with clear analysis of yesterday's events and what it means for Wales. "You could barely move in Caerphilly on Thursday... without seeing Farage... when the polls closed there was a feeling that Plaid would win. Funnily enough, after that, Mr Farage was nowhere to be seen."

The UK media obsession with sanewashing and validating the fascists is beyond troubling.

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

Through personal experience I'm not a Plaid supporter, but congratulations to them for beating the Russo/English Nationalists in Caerphilly. Da iawn. 👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

Was one of them called Nigel...?

When Kemi Badenoch was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, she didn't once raise the issue of grooming gangs in Parliament. Not once. #pmqs #politicslive

Recently released council accounts show Birmingham had hundreds of millions it could have used instead of going bankrupt & issuing extreme cuts, say 35 accountant researchers. They're demanding an inquiry. Read the full story, in The Dispatch.

The UK's bent media is terribly disappointed with the inflation rate remaining at 3.8%. Various Labour attack pieces have had to be reworked. Contrast this with how the media presented the bad economic news for the last Tory government as always part of global issues.

The 5 Stage of Reform UK Councillor

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Essential reading - this column by the always thoughtful Raymond Snoddy in the latest issue of @nujofficial.bsky.social's The Journalist.

'Hello, I'm Robert Peston. After the break, I'll be talking to Idi Amin about his innovative crocodile nourishment programme.'

Totally.

Chaps! I think I have a way to get rid of Farage!

They both like couches.

A couple of quick Prince Andrew bits: Having had the opportunity and privilege in my time to work alongside a fair number of ex-Royal Navy officer bods familiar with him, it was equally amusing & interesting to hear them describe him as 'thicker than pig shit' and refer to him as 'Prince C--t'. 1/2

Movie idea - a reboot of Independence Day in which the President of the United States (Donald Trump) sides with the alien invaders.

Just listened to Chris Mason on Radio 4 defending BBC's excessive coverage of Farage & Reform. I was outraged by his response to legitimate criticism. I no longer trust the BBC's political coverage (actually I haven't for some time, but the BBC's behaviour has grown even worse of late).

Yesterday at football I sat next to a guy who had Yellow Submarine crocs and it cheered day up no end.

Who’d a-thunk it! Seems viewers don’t appreciate the ‘tickling the toes’ approach the Beeb takes toward Ol’ Fagash and his Reform flunkies. Mason in particular will be devastated if he’s forced to ask his idol tough questions.

RIP Lady Annabel Goldsmith, time-traveller.

My wife Barbara (right) joined Amphifa