Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to… nation.cymru/news/the-new...

There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit. Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.

Far right extremist Tommy Robinson endorses Matt Goodwin. A vote for Reform is a vote for division, hate, and all that goes with it.

This has been on the horizon for some time. It's the culmination of Wakefield and weaponisation of mRNA vaccines by RFK Jr, Malhotra, Malone etc etc... @independentsage.bsky.social put this out last year. We hope it helps. Please, vaccinate your kids 🙏 independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

You would think thst with all the money Farage earns he could actually pay for something hinself.😱 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Emily Thornberry saying what lots of us are saying.👏👏👏

The debate on immigration has become so toxic that we are in danger of not being able to talk about it at all - we need to change that because otherwise we could make the situation worse for all concerned. However hard it is, I won’t stop trying to change the conversation. If you agree please share.

The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere. But it is wrong. It is a myth. Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US. Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein

THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

Ciaran Jenkins and I have recorded another Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration for Christmas. This year we play The Coventry Carol. To all who are celebrating, wishing you a happy, peaceful Christmas.

Today, Keir Starmer has called for members of European Convention on Human Rights to allow tougher action to protect borders 🧵Here are some useful resources on the ECHR, what the UK's membership in it means, whether it's possible to leave or reform it 👇

A thought provoking blog. Palliative care is more than hospices. Social care is palliative care too and we need to acknowledge, recognise and value that.

“Care homes are not hospitals. Residents’ rights come first.” Our latest media statement calls for proportionate, rights-based measures this winter. Read our full statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car... #CareAboutCare #ShineALight

Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget? I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white. A thread…🧵1/12

Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust (RBET) has launched an international fundraising campaign to save the historic farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne and more than a quarter of his entire body of work. 🥃

Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age. About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.

🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share. Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 And I am not even a football fan🤭 but a moment of joy in what seems a bleak world at the moment

Britain is in a hole. Real wages have barely risen in 17 years, and the public realm is fraying. Our politics is increasingly fractious as a result. The underlying reason? The biggest productivity slowdown in the G7.

Interesting thread!

Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts: - There is no “£900 desk” - my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs - we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

NEW The gaming of the American constitution How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

How do you go about studying a disputed history? We say: don't study history - study histories. Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here: parallelhistories.org.uk

I have half an hour before my next interview so I'm going to sketch out what I find an important problem with the fashionable division of immigrants into "net contributors" and "net recipients" of government spending. 1/10

Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers. Share this and speak up for your freedoms.

Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR. Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says. davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

“People die while waiting for a social care package, but because they’re not in a hospital queue, nobody notices.” Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo

Scotland is sleepwalking into a dementia care crisis – and we must act now. Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country. [🧵 1/5]

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

Take note.

@heraldscotland.bsky.social I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit off🤔 Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!😱

The United Kingdom’s most senior judge has rejected claims that judges “interfere unwarrantably in the democratic process” and that their decisions are based on applying “values which are not shared by parliament or the general public”. rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...

Powerful in depth piece from Jeremy Bowen www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.

Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the “Biological” Straitjacket ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/22/r...

If Reform are so outraged over the fishing deal, can they answer these three questions. Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP? Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate? Why did they back Brexit’s 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

#GVerse LMAO!!! 🚨 THE HEARD AND MCDONALD PENGUINS HAVE RESPONDED! 👀🤣

#FestivalofEuropeScotland takes place May 3-11, 2025. Check out our website & book your place, many events are free or as low a cost as possible. This is the festival's 2nd year & events in #Scotland will take place in #Edinburgh #Glasgow #Fife #Stirling. www.festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/

While I see all your conspiracy theories I regret to inform you that the horrible truth is that an old man with a tariff obsession has been given almost unlimited power in the world's richest country.

cambodia gas an annual gdp of $34 billion & 17 million people the US gdp of $27 trillion and 340 million people of course there's a fucking trade inbalance you stupid orange turd the us illegally bombed the fuck out of cambodia, stopped usaid here and now imposed 49% tariffs - make it make sense

The Heard Island delegation is today rushing to Washington to protest new 10% US tariffs #tariffs #heardisland #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff #heardandmcdonaldislands

Even when it's just the two of them, in an otherwise empty Oval office, Trump and Musk still aren't the smartest guys in the room.