Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere. Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity (Letter,Times)

Anti-racism and anti-fascism norms are breaking down. Failure of the mainstream to speak out against them is encouraging this sorts of extremism.

Farage is a dangerous shape shifting clown. He should be nowhere near power. If he gets into No 10 he will cause Trumpian level harm.

Even simple drones can fly thousands of kilometers. Even countries with limited resources can now build weapons dangerous to their neighbors. Soon drones will be fighting drones, targeting critical infrastructure, targeting people , fully autonomous, no human involved.

💯 Zelensky: War has already reached too many people to pretend it has nothing to do with you. Tens of thousands of people now know how to professionally kill using drones. Stopping that kind of attack is harder than stopping any gun, knife, or bomb.

When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen. It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.

This signals very clearly that #Reform will not hesitate to remove anybody's rights if they think there's capital to be made from doing so. Nobody is safe

I still can't quite believe that the very first attacks from Labour on Farage's bonkers idea to kick millions of people with INDEFINITE right to remain out of the UK were to argue that it's infeasible and wouldn't save anything like the amount he claimed. How about: - It's WRONG - It's IMMORAL ?

Pregnancy: Fever raises risks like miscarriage or preterm labour Paracetamol is the safe choice to bring temperature down Avoid ibuprofen: in later pregnancy it can affect baby’s heart & kidneys www.nhs.uk/medicines/pa...

💔💔Odesa region this night 1 person died, 3 injured

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Now Playing Frédéric Chopin & Marie Francois Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 (No. 2, Andante)

🇲🇹🇵🇸 Malta recognizes the State of Palestine.

I'm sick of this constant bash the migrant. I live in a rural area with a working men's club. This Saturday night, great ska band, place packed with people of almost every colour, from all over the world. All 1 race: human. It's time for the tolerance of the haters to end - i'm calling them out!

It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

Welcome to ‘Wet Wipe Island’: my day at London’s grimmest new landmark

Morning view of Hereford Cathedral and the River Wye

The annoying thing here is that the Lib Dems talk policy quite a lot and get ignored by the media, which is what Davey's stunts were a response to in the first place. I don't think he's addicted to stunts. I'm sure he'd love it if his policies got covered www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Ed Davey urges regulator to go after Musk over X 'crimes' - Musk has backed the far right here and across Europe, he’s also called for the overthrow of the British government. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk is right, time for action. www.bbc.com/news/article...

If the media reported the million serious things, the Lib Dems wouldn't need the stunts.

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage? BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country. Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right? BBC: Lib Dems: Right?

Spectacular #cyclamen spotted this morning. It must be #autumn

The 'illegal' migration is not illegal. #bbcaq

Happy Batman Day!

Maria Ressa, "By design, social media platforms spread lies six times faster. If laced with fear, anger, hate, it goes viral. They change the way we vote" This is how they got Brexit over the line in 2016

The European Union stands firmly in solidarity with 🇪🇪. Today's violation of Estonian airspace by three Russian military aircraft is another unacceptable provocation.

The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’ Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros. The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it

🇪🇪 Estonia will completely stop importing Russian natural gas from 2026. The government announced the decision on September 18. Currently, the country can import Russian liquefied natural gas as long as it is not used in the distribution network.

Nice one @theguardian.com front page & Carol Ann Duffy ❤️. 

This is the standard approach through history: The community of the free. We've always had people insist on liberty, but only for their group, typically white men with property. Progressive liberalism was about rolling out those rights for everyone, a process that is now being reversed.

Early morning shot of Hereford Cathedral today

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

A totalitarian movement must never achieve its goals, as that would eliminate the need for the movement itself. Even in victory, new enemies must be created in order to justify further cruelty and domination.

Dear Reform voters, These guys are laughing at you. They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place. Get some self-respect. The rest of the UK.

Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.

Today's random #German word of the day is this. 📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl... This saying's so old, no origin can be unearthed. But most recently we watched eggs deciding entire elections, so ... #LearnALanguage

“I can either confront & own the consequences of every policy I’ve supported & every leader I’ve cheered for, or I can pretend they had nothing to do with me & become Nigel Farage’s slipper-warmer. No contest.”

Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law. These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

It should be simple: people who cheer on violence in the UK can't enrich themselves with British taxpayers’ money. That means Elon Musk – no government contracts for you, no energy supply license for you.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

Bright and blustery this morning at #Hereford Cathedral. Choral Evensong tonight at 5.30 includes Psalm 78, #Sumsion in A and an anthem by #Loosemoore - all welcome

A rally organised by Tommy Robinson should be a slam dunk for a Labour government. Most people will recognise it as being led by the far right (and will not identify themselves as such). Violence is predictable too. The PMs and ministers should have been ready to respond immediately.

These mass rallies of 5 or 6 men with England flags reminds me of 2017. There was a Remain march in Westminster. I saw 2 guys in Union Jack outfits. "So, I suppose you're here as the UKIP counter-march are you?" I asked. "No, we're going to Proms In The Park. No idea what this is all about..."

Today of all days the mass of blue EU flags at the BBC Proms are a very welcome sight.

BBC News Channel now seems to be The Charlie Kirk Channel.

Cost of Brexit and leaving the Single Market & Customs Union for farmers and SMEs. This reduces growth and raises prices for *everything*. Example, £855 of beef Before Brexit: £545 With Brexit: £1,130 Meat Management trade magazine, Jan 2025, Page 21: emag.meatmanagement.com/html5/reader...

Fascinating thread

Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism