One is allowed to disrespect Farage, you toxic numpty. #wato

Has anyone bothered to look into whether this ‘affordable’ private school is objectively any better than the state school? #thearchers

It has now been 10 weeks and three days since Nigel Farage last turned up to vote in the House of Commons

It's all kicking off in Canterbury.

Least of issues I know but this "veteran" campaign strategy really winds me up. Kenyon isn't a veteran and was never mobilised. He was in the British Army Reserve. People like my father meanwhile fought in actual wars - and though my dad also served as a councillor he'd never ever mention it.

Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.

Remember if you ever consider doing a fraud, don’t buy amusingly naff stuff with the money, it sticks in the memory. Embezzle £10m and shove it in crypto? Cheat HMRC out of a few million through phoenixing? People will soon forget! Buy an overpriced wine coaster and a gaming headset? You’re stuffed.

Four years since the Elizabeth line opened. Transformative.

Absolutely spectacular, no notes.

Ah - Susan Hall. Never makes sense 🙄 #wato

Absolutely loved ‘Quartet in Autumn’ adapted from Barbara Pym’s novel at @arcolatheatre.bsky.social Funny, sad and beautifully cast. Do see it if you can.

FT Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase. ft.trib.al/dtJOxC3

KITTENS ON THE PICCADILLY LINE

The government isn't forcing churches and community centres and town halls across the country to fly the Ukrainian flag. People are doing it themselves because we see a battle and we know which side we are on. There are lots of ways in which Reform is wildly out of touch with Britain.

Robert Jenrick's wife was warned that his campaign had accepted an unlawful donation of almost £40,000 from a convicted American fraudster, according to the Times. Police are investigating allegations that Jenrick's campaign illegally funneled the money to his campaign via a UK-based company

Oh what a tangled web they weave... Farage now admits he bought the Clacton house, having told everyone last year that his partner Laure Ferrari bought the house.

crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house

..says man who wouldn't hold a by-election when he changed parties.

This is Joshua Kim, a migrant from South Korea who said "I am especially troubled by the influx of migrants into the UK". When he was elected to the Senedd for Reform he wasn't even there, because he never expected to win. Let's see if he lasts the week...

We've uncovered how a content creator in Pakistan was earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in the UK – while lining the pockets of Big Tech – all without properly understanding English.

Narrator: the Conservative party fell to 4th place in England and Wales, and fifth place in Scotland

One London election vignette: now the Tories have retaken Westminster council, they will take legal action to try and stop the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. Good news for those who like fumes, road danger and a gradually declining flagship shopping street.

It is important to note how staggeringly bad it is for a first-term opposition to not even be making miniscule gains. Until now, there's basically always been the rebound effect, because the previous opposition overshoots right before a change in govt, leaving easy gains. Not anymore, apparently.

Reform has done well nationally but flopped in London. They only won Havering (which is basically Essex) and lost all their other targets heavily.

Tories going to lose all six of their county councils and it's not remotely close. Losing nearly every seat on all of them (bar Hampshire where they won 26).

David Gauke is a fine choice for a knighthood: the definition of a public servant who put country before party over Brexit, championed penal reform and also had the guts to stand as an independent.

As I said last week, I'm starting a substack focused on social affairs, public services, policymaking etc - and I'll be launching it soon I've given it the unglamorous but self-explanatory name Policy Matters. Free for now, and for a while yet I imagine Sign up here! chamindajayanetti.substack.com

In Leeds, the leaflets I saw promised a new tram and nationalised locally run bus services, which Labour legislated to allow councils to run and a tram funded in the Reeves budget. Others promised solar for schools - an Ed Miliband policy - and fair deals for renters - which Labour legislated for.

As parts of The Renters Rights Act 2026 come into force today I am thinking of and remembering the wonderful Giles Peaker @nearlylegal.co.uk who tragically did not live to see it.

Go Hilary Benn! #bbcaq

Another glorious day in London

He took a £5mn donation, didn’t tell anyone, and it is from someone who has a business interest (crypto) that his party is loudly in favour of, it’s wild IMV.

This is a great idea.

Some excellent words from Darren Jones this afternoon in the Commons. Seriously calling out the LOTO for this motion about the PM and listing many Labour achivements. 1/2

Really good!

Another American spouting nonsense. Why give air time to these numpties? #wato

If anyone has any suggestions for Sam and her lovely cat Lucy please get in touch. London area preferred but not essential.

I will not consent to die this day, that’s certain.

Everything is terrible. So here is a NICE THING.

This is awful news. One of the original legal bloggers and one of the very best. nearlylegal.co.uk/2026/04/gile...

Tory MPs talking about Erasmus as if it’s a sleeper cell recruitment programme.

If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 The internet never forgets!

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Dash him to pieces!

The absolute state of Nigel Farage… He comes to Aberdeen for what Reform call a ‘local election’ rally (it’s the Scottish Parliament, Nigel) and seems to suggest he’s opposed to devolution? He has no clue about Scotland and does not care about Scotland.

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

Lord Glasman - why oh why? 🙄 #bbcpm