Why is it that all the policy Labour brings out always feels like it was drafted 10 minutes before a Government Minister announces it.

Reform keeps arguing immigration is an issue when it isn’t. There is a by-election right now in Caerphilly and Nigel Farage’s party keeps saying that immigration is an issue there. BUT over 97% percent of people in the area were born in the UK. We need to debate based on facts not scaremongering.

Theatre of the absurd.

"In charge of a bike whilst brown skinned" is the charge

Masked ICE agents slammed a 79-year-old U.S. citizen to the ground during a raid at his Van Nuys car wash. Now he’s suing DHS for $50 million.

We need to start taking Russian interference in British politics more seriously. ReformUK and Nathan Gill is just the tip of the iceberg - our democracy is under threat.

This is what the Dems need to do. Recognise US politics has changed, come down off their moral high ground and fight!

Trump's America.

And check out the Beatrix Potter museum alongside the magnificent cathedral which should be seen even if you're not religious.

Ran pretty deep in a lowstakes online #poker MTT. Doubled up the table shortstack who then flopped a set against me twice in four hands before rivering a flush on the next orbit to take me out. Easy game.

This is a very good thread

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Farage, Banks and now him. These prominent Reform types sure like getting involved with Russia.

Now I wonder if he has any personal interest reasons for doing that?

Last wek: Fiona Bruce interrupts Bonnie Greer, downplaying her point by saying, "Maybe half of you are applauding" This week: Fiona Bruce interrupts Billy Bragg, downplaying his point by saying, "I must point out there are plenty of Reform supporters in the audience as well"

45 years ago today. One of the GOATs. R.I.P John 'Bonzo' Bonham

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

It’s in two weeks.

Unfortunately, everyone who predicted the rapture still seems to be here

If you think Tylenol is bad for children, wait until you find out about guns.

Dan is correct. Lordy!

Coz Mason knows what he's done.

This, it seems, is what the BBC had in mind when it drew up plans in March to alter “story selection” to win over Reform voters.

The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…

It's those Concerned Citizens yet again.

Shouldn't he be off to El Salvador or something??

This is what passes for 25 pence worth of a chocolate bar in this godforsaken country. All is truly lost.

"People have the right to peaceful protest. It is core to our country's values" - Keir Starmer, Sunday.

Any news on how Putin's party got on in the Russian local elections last weekend?...

Utterly ridiculous. 12 votes in the Commons tonight means 3 hours of tedious trudging through voting lobbies. What a total waste of time and energy when MPs could do it in 3 minutes with a modern voting system. It’s long past time to drag Parliament into the 21st century.

This was the only post that genuinely made me laugh today. Evidently never saw the Eurovision voting back in the day!

"If you've had enough of politicians, if you don't trust Westminster, join us." What a revolting, cynical statement for a man who was an MP of the party that ruled for 14 years until five minutes ago - and David Cameron's speech writer before that. What contempt for voters. ~AA

Who better to represent the interests of the working man than Danny Kruger, he being an old Etonian son of a wealthy property developer & Dame Prue Leith, as well as having been political secretary to old Etonian Boris Johnson. He’ll smash the metropolitan elite in no time.

Centrism www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

He gets somethings right, then.

EXCL: In August Ben Houchen told BBC Radio Tees he'd been "working directly with Sabic" in relation to 300 redundancies on Teesside. He actually didn't make contact with the company until after I submitted an FOI request the following week.

Heartbreaking.

It's those concerned citizens yet again.

*Ping* - one of ours *Ping* - one of ours

So.... Let me get this straight: Charlie Kirk wasn't rightwing enough so he was offed? Jesus......

The rot set in a year ago when McSweeney won the battle against Sue Gray, and she was ousted. It’s been a disastrous journey for Starmer ever since

His propaganda piece from the Reform conference was atrocious but this is just as bad. Either someone needs to inform Mason his bias is showing or it is deliberate policy from the BBC. Could be both though, I suppose.

Go on, Gary lad. Richly deserved.

Would love to hear the reasoning from anyone present in Number 10 at the time as to why keeping the very capable Dame Karen Pierce – who’d proven she could do business with Trumpworld – in post would’ve been worse than this totally foreseeable shitshow.

Play the game by the rules. The new game by the new rules. The Republicans started it and the Dems need to adapt. This is very welcome.

Imagine if these people put this same effort, time, and money went into housing homeless veterans or picking up litter or running a food bank. You know, ACTUALLY looking after "their own".

Trump's buddy, Netanyahu bombs Qatar and now another mate, Putin is flying drones in Polish airspace. That Epstein letter must be playing terribly with the MAGA audience.

Keir Starmer in June: "I've also spoken to the Emir of Qatar to express our solidarity after Iran's unacceptable attack" So you'll be confirming you've spoken to the Emir of Qatar to express your solidarity after Israels unacceptable attack, right?

What on God's green Earth is this from Mason?! Should never of been allowed through. May as well just post 'I ❤️ Farage!'

My response to Trump as a proud resident of the city of Chicago: Go fuck yourself. Stay the hell out of our city, you fascist.