Abolish the Home Office

The horrible bastards in Moygashel have unveiled this year's racist bonfire topper. The Arabic text at the top translates as "Islamic Fascism", which is ironic. For context the Muslim population in NI is estimated to be 12,000 (according to Belfast Islamic Centre) - c. 1/200 or just 0.6%.

‘finance row’. Is this what we’re calling secret £5m ‘donations’, and ‘loans’ from convicted felons?

"Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in his seat of Clacton-on-Sea."

Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.

The facade is cracking

In his book 'How to Launder Money', Posh George, the Farage aide at the heart of Reform's latest controversy, has a chapter on 'The Art of the Bribe' He and his co-author recommend small gifts (explainable as “a mistake of overexuberance in friendship”) and "Paying some of the target’s expenses”

Notice how everything is an ‘establishment hit job’ for Nigel Farage? …almost like ‘the establishment’ is what he calls anyone who asks him a question he doesn’t want to answer.

FIFA get to charge ships a toll for passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Nyland laughing at him, after the penalty was scored, was a highpoint.

What's that? The team stuffed full of Bolsonaro supporters is heading home?

From @thetimes.com "The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

CAPE VERDE!

Lisa Nandy clearing her desk in hope of a new job and discovering a weird wired basket with INTRAY written on it. What's this she thinks and starts to read the papers inside it...

Britain has now got to the point of spreading Muslim law to other countries. Look how the Tartan Army forced the people of Boston to give up alcohol by drinking it all themselves

Nothing says 'speaking for the concerns of the common man' like being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to promote actual gold bars

This is a vile policy. Instead of helping refugees start a new life, integrate, & make a contribution, the government is sending them a loan repayment schedule. The asylum system is based on the care we feel towards other human beings beyond our borders. This policy makes mutual aid a contract.

Sadiq has also treated Keir with far more grace then he deserved and his journey from having to go public and say ‘this is not a good idea’ to ‘I do not like or support this’ to ‘Christ this government is stupid’ has been interesting to watch.

A refusal to make a clear decision on a trade-off months ago has led to a situation where no one is happy and he's weakened even further.

Matt Bigg’s interview with Omar Artan — the FIFA World Cup referee thrown out of the United States upon arrival in Miami. “I think that they have a problem with my country.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

The only bigger red flag would be if he had a Nazi tattoo and worked for a mercenary militia. What’s that?

'The bathing ponds at Hampstead Heath in north-west London will remain trans-inclusive after a public consultation overwhelmingly favoured its existing rules.' Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

The British right’s new consensus is that when policing produces a poor outcome for black Britons, well, them’s the breaks, but when it produces one for white Britons it is “two-tierism”.

Labour is urging Robert Kenyon, Reform’s candidate in Makerfield, to “come out of hiding” and "urgently give proper answers to the burgeoning mountain of questions that remain unanswered about the growing list of deeply disturbing comments he has made"

This is why I'm for Ed. From what I've seen he's the only one with the intellectual capacity for big ideas.

[incidentally, some people here who claim to be on the left/anti-racist, but think that it can't be antisemitism if you just say "Zionists" instead of "Jews" would benefit from reading this.]

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

Starmer's policy mix is just incoherent. Immigration policy is both immoral and economically damaging. But is it good politics? No, because your voters hate it and your rhetoric accepting Brexit is a mistake will limit your appeal to Reform voters.

Starmer says he takes full responsibility for the local election results. I assume that means he's about to fire an underling.

As an example of everything deficient with the “focussed on winning” Starmer project, there are so many to choose from. But today’s is that they went into their first set of local elections with first past the post still in place for mayorals and went into the second with voterID still in place.

Reform UK are refusing to explain why Nigel Farage posed for a "Christmas drink" with far-right activists, some of whom took part in a violent attack at a church. One of the men pictured with Farage was convicted of assault by beating last month, after storming an anti-racism meeting at the church

Like the word 'Yonder', for example. You'd think of it as an archaism. Yet it's in regular, colloquial use in the east of Nigeria. (Yes, there are regional variations)

Khalil was killed and her colleague injured in what Lebanese officials are calling a 'double-tap' strike by Israel https://aje.news/5nsarp

If I were the Home Secretary I would simply not joke about tasering or deporting leaders of other parties

“The US has provided no evidence that any of the vessels were involved in drug trafficking, and legal experts and rights groups say the attacks amount to extrajudicial killings as they apparently target civilians who do not pose any immediate threat.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left.

Ok, so who's going to trip over the line and win the Masters?

I'll do my own blockade.

So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are: 1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled) 2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)

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NEW: University of Michigan Chinese researcher dies after allegedly "hostile questioning" by federal agents www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

I see Texas is trying to promote itself as a tourist destination with billboards at Waterloo. Good luck with that lads while the mad orange king you helped elect runs the US.

The horrors inside these ICE facilities are stunning. Don't look away. For a year, we’ve been working to call attention to the lawlessness & inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza and across the country. (1/2)

Unless Iran agrees to peace (which Trump tells us they're begging for) it'll be their worst nightmare.

people do seem to struggle here with "both governments in this war are objectively bad, but one is much dumber than the other and has lost the war"

lots of people to block this morning saying "but... Israel". whatever your views are on Israel, Jews in London are Jews who could live in Israel but don't. surely if you have a problem with the existence of Israel you love and celebrate Jews living in Europe? or... not? somehow? for reasons?

You👏 cannot👏 attack👏 random👏 Jews👏 and👏 claim👏 it👏 is👏 a👏 political👏 act👏 against👏 Israel.👏 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜. JFC...why is this hard?