A thing I've made www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqg...

Had reason to call the emergency services today, in the UK where I live and am from, and realised afterwards to my surprise that I'd dialled 112. Am I one of them citizens of nowhere?

{deep sigh} this is an art project will you all calm down please. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Please please stop having Mathew Syed on as though he's some kind of neutral voice. Jesus. #bbcpm

We need to stop reporting as "peace plans" Trump's various ultimata. #bbcpm

Labour's plan to appease Reform voters who think migrants are driving down wages is to make immigrants work for free? Perhaps they should also give them free bumble accounts to make sure they can take our women AND our jobs.

"cursory look at the issue before I came on the Radio" yeah mate, there's your problem #bbcaq

Can we afford Andrea Jenkyns? What's she contributing to our society? #bbcaq

Woah. Just had a YouTube ad encouraging Aliya. It shows how ace Israel is, then a mother in the plane taking them there says to her young son "soon, it will be even better". In case we thought this was only because of what he will bring to the country, she half-closes her eyes in painful prayer.

Some Reform politicians betray the country for money; the others do it for free.

Ming Campbell is a loss. It does, though, naturally make one wonder about the far-off day when Ed Davey follows him. Viking boat funeral conflagrated with an archers' volley of flaming pitch? Or perhaps it will be more fitting if he has his body zorbed into a quarry on the grounds of Crinkley Bottom

That unreal erasure of women in modern country music from the Ryman boss while a male cover of Tracy Chapman played was very well done... #bbcpm

Trump meekly accepting Kimmel's return is surely the weakest he's looked. Could it even be a turning point?

At some point America's going to have to discuss why the 13th amendment – abolishing slavery – includes the word "except".

In some contexts (eg mainstream western politics pre-Facebook) Right–Left is a mostly socioeconomic question. In the US now, it is objectively instead a question about the use of state power to control society, which boils down to how the government monopolises violence.

What is a "fake barber"? #wato

If I was a nepo baby given endless minutes on national radio I'd absolutely keep a million miles from the phrase "hyperconfident supersmart but wildly inexperienced intern" #bbcpm

Fed up of hearing from his reckless feckless stans that the man's a real estate developer. No, he's the most powerful man in the world leading its most powerful country, and if he thinks he's building a skyscraper he needs to be told he's wrong.

Unhinged as it may be, this sounds like an attempt at political testament. I don't suppose he believed he was to be hoovered up today in the rapture, but has he one eye now on the hourglass?

At least you could sleep through Fidel.

Bit emotional, just discovered I'm a father 🥰

"...a world in which the BBC gives lavish coverage to the President's unhinged and dangerous health advice; a world in which they cover Farage's every nose-pick" #wato

I've just heard a fuller explanation during the #r4today headlines of the Bleach Guzzler in Chief's brain fart aboit Tylenol and vaccines than the programme has given of any government or opposition policy in months, or allowed a guest to give. Why?

So glad my mum didn't drink any blue Slush Puppies while she was pregnant with me - proven link to brain freeze.

Maybe we simply shouldn't pay any attention AT ALL to health tips given by the bleach-guzzler-In-chief? Even this story will have made women think they can't safely treat their fevers without endangering their pregnancy! #wato

"I deliberately didn't ask you about being in a wetsuit, I was asking you about policy at all stages" It's ok for an interviewer to ask about the stunts (though I wish you hadn't spent *quite* so much time on it), but it's really weird to then claim this #r4today

Good to recognise a Palestinian State and also the absolute state of Israel. #wato

(I think a lot of the BBC’s written output can likely be explained by them interpreting “need to write for a reading age of seven” as ”need to write for a moron with an adult reading age”.)

Great work from the American panelist there as she seeks to prove Trump's US isn't a bully #bbcaq

I'd have thought Chris Philp would have embraced the general election defeat as sweet release, but no, here he still is, batting for the insane Rwanda scheme. #wato

Disgraceful headline on #r4today: "Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air for suggesting the man charged with murdering Charlie Kirk was aligned with Trump's MAGA movement". He certainly did NOT do that. He accused some on the right of exploiting the murder to attack the left. Which his sacking proves.

No, YouTube, this is not a "forgotten favourite", in fact I think about it most days. youtu.be/ekeq4szDmJo?...

The bullshit engine on the US right is out of control. That the murder of Charlie Kirk is a standout crime with no comparisons possible to political assassinations of Democrat politicians is a done deal. And so the right is the only legitimate government. Things are just going to keep getting worse.

Took a look at the US bill of rights. Looks like only 2, 4 and 7 aren't under direct attack, and I suppose 4 – which should be a historical artifact about not billeting soldiers in private homes – might not have long.

Valentina Gomez here spoke at the London Rally, giving voice to legitimate concerns, including sword control. www.youtube.com/shorts/HclFC...

Call me Tarry McBrushface, but whether you're Reform, a Jenrickite Tory or you're marching through London with Tommy for Musk, there's no distinction worth drawing between you. You're everything your granny warned you not to tolerate. #bbcwato

Exceedingly Good Take

One of the big things we all wanted after the Five Bad Emperors was leadership - some direction. Labour got in partly on that. And I bet it would be a particularly strong factor for potential Reform voters.

Typical, isn’t it? You wait 14 years for a Labour Government and then none come along all at once.

How it started. How it’s going

Just been watching a hummingbird hawk moth in the garden. What an amazing thing it is.

What link is there between Rayner and Mandelson, other than "September"? Rayner was an excellent member of government, and the process that led up to her removal was exemplary. It might be a politically unfortunate conjunction, but it hardly contributes to a pattern. #bbcwato

Unbelievable from Chad Cohen. Coming onto the radio claiming to want a return to political decency and a retreat from violence, and then pretending the problem is exclusively violence from the left wing. America's broken and anybody actually wanting to fix it needs to be honest. #bbcpm

Come on to Bluesky and see how much "celebration" there is, Justin. That's a ridiculous point lifted straight from the rabble-rousing US demagogues your editor has managed not to platform this morning. #r4today

Does any country in the world other than the US try to look at all of its political problems through the eyes of a group of men who lived 250 years ago? If it helps - I'm not sure it's what they would have wanted.

Jake Berry is in Reform. Reform supports Trump. Jake Berry thinks Mandelson needs to go for his friendship with Epstein. Uhm... #Newsnight

10 mins ago I put capers in a toastie and a Michelin man has already turned up and nailed a star next to my front door.

Has Trump explained how Poland provoked Russia yet?