"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

Just as the established press in America largely failed to do its job with Trump in both 2016 and 2024, our media is similarly paving the way for Reform UK. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

"Protecting the public" 🤬

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”

zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.

Chrissie's got a message for Wes Streeting. No more private finance in our NHS! ✍️Sign our petition today vist.ly/4f64x

Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.

Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government. Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Absolutely this!

Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel. "Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."

Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.

Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2

America should be ashamed of itself.

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.” Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

#SLUFWednesday - A clean A-7D Corsair II landing at Nellis AFB. 008, my lucky number. Shot by @iamkevinj.bsky.social

It's been helicopters for the last 30 years or so at Gilze-Rijen Air Base - so it's good to see some fast jet action again at this local base. Photos by Roel Reijne.

A helicopter spiralled out of control and crashed into palms trees above a California beach. The Huntington Beach Fire Department said five people were hospitalised, including two who were in the helicopter and were “safely pulled from the wreckage.” No cause on the incident was released.

The dumbest possible people are making decisions that are causing incredible reputational harm to the US, and actual harm to its citizens.

Hideous, what are you becoming America?

#PhantomPhriday. Another interesting pair of shots by @iamkevinj.bsky.social of a QF-4E back in the 90's.

She was arrested for holding a sign reading: “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

Nigel Farage complained vigorously about “the UK’s readiness to criminalise merely unpleasant, challenging, or incendiary online speech" (discussing Graham Linehan and Lucy Connolly). But of course that was when violence was being urged against immigrants or trans people. A racist and a hypocrite.

Keir Starmer: “Think about it- when was the last time Nigel Farage said something positive about Britain’s future? He can’t. He doesn’t like Britain. he wants to turn our proud country into a competition of victims. “

What an embarrassment America has become.

I just spent a week in Portland. The city was busy with tourists and locals enjoying late summer. A prosperous downtown. Factually, there is no observable evidence of a city needing military intervention. A reminder that this is not normal. Please pay attention.

#PhantomPhriday - an F-4E stationed at Ramstein Air Base visiting an open house in the UK back in the early 80’s. Shot by @iamkevinj.bsky.social

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

Queen

An old school A model in a nice white coat at Edward’s Air Force Base. Shot by @iamkevinj.bsky.social

💰Thames Water bills are up 35% + 🤯 The Govt must bring Thames Water into PERMANENT public ownership. Its great to have Olivia Blake supporting our call! Get your MP to take the pledge. Take 1 minute to email them today 👇 vist.ly/44dqn

Britain isn’t being “overrun” by migration — it’s being sustained by it. The Bear argues politicians on all sides owe voters honesty about this simple fact.

We’re not sharing the video, but the next frame is exactly what you think it is. A never-ending string of horrors.

Some nice slide shots of Missouri ANG Phantoms shared by @iamkevinj.bsky.social - love these. Nice shark mouths painted on them too. Almost 40 years ago though... we're getting old...

Oh, JD’s just practicing for when he gets handed the big job.

For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible… …it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.

How BBC presents the anti-migrant hotel protests vs how we do at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk BBC lead with a Reform UK voter saying "We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children” We tell of the refugee children inside the hotel terrified by chants of “send them out!”

Who doesn’t like some Spey engined Rhinos for the weekend? From @iamkevinj.bsky.social ‘s slide archive, a couple of RAF FGR-2’s. forum.fencecheck.online/t/mcdonnell-...

It’s The Mail!🙄 Always working to an agenda. It hasn’t been a newspaper in decades (if ever!)!☹️ #MSMInBritainIsTheProblem

Newsnight last night. I had more to say but it wasn't easy. We already have Neighbourhood health centres - they are called GP surgeries. Invest in GP - we know it works if funded properly youtu.be/mDEDXFQfqIk?...

The administration is threatening to strip the citizenship of a man voters chose to serve as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Mayor of New York City because they don’t like his political views. Just straight up fascist shit, no chaser.

Today—after the war was supposed to be over, due to the alleged destruction of Iran’s nuclear program—Israel has bombed Shahid Beheshti University (a war crime) and a landmark in Tehran’s Palestine Square (a war crime) and launched the worst bombing of Tehran yet. Israel is out of fucking control.

Israel can take out an Iranian commander 1000km away with a drone missile through a single bedroom wall, without any other damage. But to target a Hamas leader a few kilometres away, they need to raze whole neighborhoods to the ground. Is it obvious yet?

Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇

If you’re banning bonuses for failing water bosses You should be banning all shareholder payouts from failing water companies If you follow this to its logical conclusion, you should be banning private companies from our water system entirely www.bigissue.com/opinion/tham...

Message for Keir Starmer, can I have my vote back please.

Lois is a brave woman! 🤩 She's taking on privatised water by holding her MP, Environment Minister Steve Reed, to account Please share: Day 3 of her inviting him to the football (like private lobbyists did) to make him consider PUBLIC OWNERSHIP