Q: “Did Trump ask the DOJ to close the Homan bribe case, and does he have to return the $50,000?” LEAVITT: “He didn’t take the money, he did nothing wrong, he is a brave public servant.” (It’s reportedly on tape. also: Biden “weaponized the DOJ”… but never released this?)

Worked out perfectly for Farage & his wealthy donors though. Like his calls to leave the ECHR, it's not really about immigration.

As well as the fantasy £234 bn, journalists should also be clear Farage's claims most new migrants don't work, and those who do are on low wages, are entirely false. In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed). migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

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

So a lie on Indefinite Leave to Remain travels twice round the world, into newspapers, interviews, Farage policy announcements, and 24-hour news channel headlines.... before the truth whispers something in a tweet?

Crypto coins are fraudulent Ponzi schemes where the initial investors get hugely wealthy and everyone else gets some digital tokens with zero intrinsic value. It's no surprise that career criminal fraudsters like Trump are big fans.

Very poor/implicitly hyperpartisan reporting from @lbc.co.uk - a) uses pejorative term ('handouts') b) leaves the false impression that migrants in general receive 'handouts' (rather than those legally resident/contributing for five years) c) omits the deportation element of the policy

Shame SHAME on SKY & BBC. I absolutely blame them for quite needlessly allowing and aiding this vile piece of 💩 to spread his petrol and light the fires to the ever widening field of view Sky and BBC provide.

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Corrupt grifter who has never done a full days work for 30 years and has no integrity whatsoever, slags off hard working professionals.

Is Farage simply reading from The Golf Club Bore's Handbook?

Farage reckons kicking legal migrants out of the country will save "£234bn". So I did the sums, taking into account % of immigrants vs natives who are working, paying tax, claiming benefits, average salaries etc. If Farage is right about immigrants, then natives would cost Britain £1.92 trillion.

That was not a memorial service. It was a Christian Nationalist rally. Let's be clear.

1/ Great to see the Bylines Network, and citizen journalism generally, getting a shout-out from George Monbiot in the Guardian @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

A lot of sensible people get squeamish at labelling Nigel Farage “far-right”, but his policy of cancelling the legal status of tens of thousands of settled immigrants can not be politically described as anything else. Reform are campaigning on a policy of cruelty & xenophobia.

Sam Coates and Chris Mason are part of the same breed of political journalists. They both see their job as more court correspondent than in depth analysis. Their ability to shamelessly tickle the tummy of Farage and Reform is remarkable.

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

As last time, I expect senior ministers will soon realise the levels of anger among MPs and members abiut their cowardly response and be forced to act, but for this to keep happening is a dreadful indictment of this government bsky.app/profile/char...

The government is, y’know, the government. They could announce policies of their own in Monday’s papers, which the media would cover. But instead they just leave an endless news void, and end up chasing their tails trying to keep up with Reform on its strongest issue. It’s woeful.

When has a British journalist ever confronted Farage over this? God knows how many of his interviews I've seen, because he's never off our screens but I don't recall this happening once. bsky.app/profile/impl...

The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth. That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.

Honoured to be invited to witness the raising of the Palestinian flag at the newly renamed Embassy of the State of Palestine in London today.

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Brilliant from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

For those who still don't believe there are bot-farms and bot-farmers manipulating social media ...

Billionaire oligarchs: you will pay #WealthTax. Accept it. Stop funding far-right grifters buying votes with false promises. The more your puppets promise, the more we’ll tax you when they lose. We’ll call your bluff— and raise you. We’re making lying risky again. For you. #EndImpunity

BBC's chronic America-brain in action. The brand name "Tylenol" means zero to most license-fee payers.

Labour' s cowardly appeasement continues.

Reform is top headline on BBC. Again. Why does this continue? Why is BBC platforming this, with the vile cruel policy? Reform isn’t govt. It’s LibDem conference this week, and there’s virtually no live coverage of it, despite lots of policy announcements, and 72 MPs.

The BBC justify their saturation overage of the Farageists on the opinion polls. Stangely enough when Farage was pollng 5% he was still all over the BBC news and politics coverage. Anyone who believes that if their polling dropped it would make any difference to BBC promotion of Reform is a fool.

"history is also going to remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen—whether it was for money, convenience, or just comfort. Use ... the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: F**k you. Make me.”" www.pajiba.com/news/john-ol...

Bozo Johnson is pocketing £115k a year from his ex-PM allowance, all while facing investigation over shady money-making deals! That is why more than 58,000 have signed a petition calling for his taxpayers allowance to be suspended until the investigation is completed. Sign up too! 38d.gs/cuni

What is surprising is how supine the rank and file BBC employees are. Where are the leaks and protests? It's obvious there have been meetings and memos from the 5th columnists at the top to follow a line. Where are they?

That the BBC’s editorial judgment was fatally flawed and skewed to the right was there for all to see at the very latest when Lord Hall ordered editors not to question or raise doubts about the decision to leave the European Union. It has been downhill ever since with wall-to-wall Farage coverage

I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”. So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

This is unbelievable.

Never, ever underestimate the short-term damage that fascists are capable of. When Idi Amin told thousands of Asians that they had just 90 days to leave Uganda, lots of people laughed. “He could never do that! That’s ridiculous.” But then the violence started. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

Reform hold a press conference every Monday, for which they trail a policy announcement in that morning’s papers. Given Monday is a slow news day, that often means they lead the papers – and so the breakfast shows, and so they set the agenda for the week. It’s a good trick, but easy to counter!

A simple "It's fucking wrong and wicked" is what's needed.

Doesn't Dana Bash know that Democracy means always portraying the leader in the best light?

#BorisWave? It's actually the #FarageWave, courtesy of his #Brexshit. #ReformUK. Although, of course, Johnson is just as culpable.

Farage: "All over the world, you apply for a work visa - that visa is for you. Not to bring your family... That is how a normal work visa works." Entirely untrue. Most work visas allow dependents, including in countries that the UK competes with for labour - US, Canada, Australia and 27 EU states.

Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status. “They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. “Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”

Item on BBC News website asks whether Lib Dems (72 seats) can learn from the example of Reform (5 seats).

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