71% of immigrants detained by ICE have no criminal convictions. These are mostly private, for-profit prisons that put their bottom lines over health and safety. We see the results — immigrants are dying. It is absolutely outrageous. www.notus.org/immigration/...

🇺🇲Democracy must be defended. 🔵🦅

Actually, I think the far-right is accurately identifying an existential issue. So many of the most vehement far-right were either heavily bullied or did the bullying. Teaching empathy to the next generation is fundamentally at odds with conservative political philosophy. That's why they hate it.

How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

Behold, political violence galore ⬇️

What the fuck is wrong with these people? Britain used to be proud of its minority communities and celebrate the uniqueness of the areas - Brixton, Southall, Rusholme, Brick Lane. This depressing, small minded little man has no understanding of his own country.

Yes, this is real. The Tories misspell Britain

X-tinction - the life and death of the Twitter phenomenon.... And why it was finally time to leave. Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/07/t...

Started something with Discworld I have never done before. I am planning on running them all on Audible. In publication order, from Colour of Magic to Shepherd's Crown.

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him. (…because he literally incited an insurrection)

People would have signed this off. Others will have been shown the product. Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags. How on Earth did nobody spot it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@robertjenrickmp.bsky.social The wrapper on this chocolate bar will remembered long after your speech is forgotten. #BrexitIsAScam

To think that, at the time, we thought british politics had reached a new boss level of bonkers. Little did we know what was to follow.

referendums are always advisory. I think the CH gov only intervened once in the 15 years I have been here. they discovered some external (possibly russian) interference and redid it. We re-ran the lisbon treaty referendum in Ireland over neutrality. Here's farage finding out why on Irish telly👇

They all have reform in the lead, but part of that is the downstream effect of the paid for polls. findoutnow ALWAYS have reform 5-7pts above any other pol, and always have the other parties lower. That emboldens people to support reform, which will push the others up by a few points.

Party splits, like Labour with the new Your Party or ERG Tory MPs leaving the CON party, is another indication that the "two party" days are over. Europeans recognise it, because, apart from Belarus, UK is the only country in Europe still using FPTP. Welcome. 6/6

If labour are smart - they are currently shedding voters to reform, not just in england - they would push now for a move to PR. Of all the parties, Labour would benefit the most out of a coalition. Without it, they have the most to lose, with voters leaning towards reform. 5/6

PR is better than FPTP but current polls suggest britain is on the cusp of having a multi-party gov already. A "Coalition against Fascism" with Labour + Lib Dems + Green is not that far-fetched now. Fun Fact: Labour won a landslide of seats with just 33.7% in 2024. 4/7

The bonkers approach of "vote for the other guy to get/keep the other guys out" is over. With all of the main parties pro brexit with ECHR "concerns", voters have no choice but to start voting for policies, not parties. The result: a multi-party representative government. 3/7

n 2019, the UK ended up with a pro brexit gov led by Johnson, despite it being crystal clear the whole brexit idea was disastrous. the excuse: "I voted tory coz Corbyn, innit?" In 2024, the UK ended up with another pro brexit party in government, "Coz #GTTO out innit?" 2/7

While this poll might look scary to british people, Europeans recognise something very different. TL;DR: "Welcome to multi-party coalition politics britain!" quick 🧵

I’ve been trying to spend less time looking at politics, especially this week. I knew I’d be wound up to a froth just hearing Badenoughs voice. I’ve walked the dog, had a couple of hours tidying the garden. Come on here and it’s pissing Jenrick pissing me off. Pissing right wing Nazi. Piss off.

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youtu.be/H8OardrskEM?... He knew he'd said too much.

As Jenrick is employing several fallacies in one interview this morning saying any form of challenge will lead to terrorism @mrjamesob.bsky.social that Anders Brevik was fully integrated and was white

Surely Humanism demands respect for the victims on both sides. Hamas are barbarians. Netanyahu is a barbarian. Both of them glory in slaughter. The Hamas attacks were a hideous crime designed to provoke a response. But that response morphed into genocide. On both sides, the victims are the innocents

Apparently, this was "nothing to do with skin colour". Robert Jenrick just likes "mixed communities". Which is why he has also criticised very white neighbourhoods or towns and villages up and down the UK, umm... <checks notes> never.

Also, he joined other right wing politicians in identifying lawyers with the clients they happen to represent which in Jenrick’s case is absolutely inexcusable. It is a trend which puts lawyers’ and their families lives at risk and needs to stop. Now.

We have an independent judiciary in this country. Robert Jenrick wants puppet judges. The Conservative Party once believed in the rule of law and our shared British values - no longer.

EU Commission President von der Leyen caved in to pressure from US President Trump. Tell Europe’s leaders to reject the trade deal and protect climate and citizens today. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

Newly elected German mayor Iris Stalzer found at home with serious stab wounds

How on Earth is that man still in a job?

The media has failed the American people in so many ways! They are part of the reason that we are in this mess! A BIG part!!

If I cringe any harder at the Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp's stand-up comedy routine, I may fold in on myself, collapsing into a PSR-J0952–0607-style neutron star of vicarious embarrassment. ~AA

If you only read one thing today, read this. If you only share one thing today, share this. Please. (Link to part 1 is near the top - explains how this was implemented in the US) open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Have you seen this? It was inevitable, but its pace seems to be gathering.

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New research suggests autism should not be understood as a homogeneous condition w/ a single cause. People diagnosed in early childhood often have a different genetic profile than those diagnosed later in life, broadening the understanding of how the condition develops. Free link: archive.ph/FLX19p

Tax authorities examine finances of key Farage ally (who has a US conviction for wire fraud) www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Buried in the polls, with every American screaming for the Epstein files, the walls are closing in on Tangerine Palpatine. Sending troops to every city you can in a desperate attempt to make martial law happen is not strength. It’s the last gasp of a dying regime.

Mel Stride's speech failed to fundamentally diagnose the big challenges in our economy. 📺 @harryqp.bsky.social reflected on the Shadow Chancellor's conference speech on Sky News 👇

Let’s fast forward to when these ICE fuckers are all on trial for their crimes against humanity and the Constitution.

In emergency hearing Sunday night, Immergut accuses administration of violating her order. She reinforces and expands. It’s gonna get ugly.

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None. This shouldn’t even have to be said.