I can't help thinking that in the current "a plague on all their houses" political environment, many people who pick Andy Burnham are doing so because he's not an MP and they don't see him much. If/when he becomes an MP and PM he may see his popularity slip. (Not a judgement on any candidate)

To be clear, I don't really think this will happen, but it was a mad thought that entered my head that I decided to write down somewhere so I can look amazing if it ever happens, which it won't.

I was walking the dogs and my mind drifted to a scenario where Streeting, Burnham and Rayner somehow agree a joint ticket to unite all factions like the avengers. Burnham as PM, Streeting and Rayner pick between Chancellor, Deputy PM and Health. I also had a them give Starmer Foreign Office 😂

Don't forget what Reform promised the crypto industry after Farage took the cash: Farage....took an undisclosed £5mn personal gift from a crypto billionaire in 2024, months before pledging to slash tax and regulation on the digital assets industry if he becomes PM www.ft.com/content/6a56...

First rule of lying is don't keep changing the lie

Well, that Express headline was always going to raise a few eyebrows!😳 Starmer is responsible for embracing polygamy to appease Muslims, and so he's increasing their benefits?? That's the implication. After all, this "started in April", right? Wrong! 🧵1/25

Worth a collab with your Reform Roundup @mrjamesob.bsky.social?

🔴 Nigel Farage is facing questions about why he did not declare his use of a donor’s helicopter to travel around Britain for multiple Reform UK rallies over the past year. New on Democracy for Sale and @theguardian.com democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farage-fac...

Must we keep holding our politicians to such impossible standards?

On top of the personal donation of £5m, this party funding model feels like another under-reported risk. Has anyone done a deep dive on Reform UK’s corporate structure and financial controls? @danneidle.bsky.social @thenewsagents.co.uk @quietriotpod.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The reported £5m personal gift to Nigel Farage from Reform donor Christopher Harborne raises a wider question I don’t think has had nearly enough scrutiny. Not just about Farage personally, but about Reform UK’s unusual corporate structure. A brief thread.. www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...

A hedge fund led by the owner of GB News has made millions from shorting NatWest stock as the bank’s shares fell in the wake of the controversy over Nigel Farage’s bank account. www.standard.co.uk/business/gb-...

This is all happens in 2023. Farage goes apoplectic on GB News about Coutts/Nat West. He is supported by Boris Johnson. GB News owner makes a mint shorting NatWest stock. Boris Johnson offered a GB News slot

Reform UK claimed to have the “best vetting in the country”. Their candidates told a different story. Here are some with records of racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, conspiracy theories and links to far-right groups. They are now in office and must be held to account. 🧵

This shouldn’t get lost in today’s general drama

@privateeyenews.bsky.social on Farage, Rerform and JCB 🚜🚁

Having Gordon Brown on the pitch for the upcoming economic catastrophe is a masterstroke given his Global leadership in 2008.

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

One for @henryriley1.bsky.social s Reform Roundup on @mrjamesob.bsky.social. Must be a record of some sort between the votes being counted and the candidates leaving.

Zelensky has issued a presidential decree “allowing” Russia to hold its annual Victory Day parade in Moscow. The decree provides exact coordinates of the Red Square that shall be excluded from the list of Ukrainian strike targets. Phenomenal power play.

Here are the average shares so far across 60% Remain wards in the BBC keywards system: Labour 24% Green 24% Con 22% LD 19% Ref 10% And here are the average shares in 60% plus Leave wards: Reform 40% Con 17% Lab 16% Grn 12% LD 12%

This country deserves everything it's got coming to it.

Unless we change the voting system, we will see this at the next general election as well. With votes split across five or more parties, power can be won on as little as 25% of the vote. This needs to be a wake-up call.

Does anyone remember when the Lib Dems used to be the goto party in these elections for anyone wanting to give the current government a kicking and a warning to the opposition to get their shit together?

Listening on catchup @mrjamesob.bsky.social and I just can't for the life of me think why he'd rather people purchased alcohol on his flights rather than in the airport beforehand.

"If you can't beat them, ban them and make everyone in your country pay more for an inferior product".

Ford CEO Jim Farley: We should not let Chinese EVs into the US. Jim himself drove a Chinese Xiaomi Su7 and has been to China 6-7 times a year. He said, "It's the most humbling thing I've ever seen. They have far superior in-vehicle tech." Can't win, so they ban.

In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.

Starmer got free glasses = media outrage Farage gets £5m = very little fuss Something terribly wrong with UK media.

But he just told that 60 minutes lady earlier this week that he never raped anybody 🤔

In a post promoting the British Army and their actions, Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, actually used footage of Bloody Sunday. There are no words.

Absolutely brilliant

Seems like a crunch moment Britain. We either let this man get away with it again and become a British MAGA. OR WE hold him to account and draw a line in the sand. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.

A French social leasing scheme, designed to make electric vehicles affordable for less wealthy households, triggered an application surge It showed that when economic conditions are met, there is public demand for EVs The UK can follow France's example, writes T&E UK's @eloisesacares.bsky.social

In Wales they now do a cool thing where candidates have to list their recent party membership history. It throws up lots of interesting findings for voters. Like Dai Richards (bottom) - 'independent' candidate who has been a member of four far-right parties in the space of a year...

Yes, he should.

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

Best one I've seen on here since I joined 😂😂👏👏

It occurs to me that right-wingers are in year 18 of a tantrum over a black man becoming president, which is weird because they usually lose interest when something turns that age.

Excellent thread

Trump: I’m not a king. Official White House account:

“British” legal tradition “enshrined“ in “the Magna Carta”. Weeps. So much wrong.

Watching the PSG Bayern match tonight in the expectation that the Atletico Arsenal may not be quite as entertaining 😁

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

NEWS! Ballrooms to be installed in American high schools to protect against shootings newsthump.com/2026/04/27/b...

Strong contender for “stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in a British newspaper”. By all means, take issue with the Greens. They are far from perfect. But this is embarrassing.