Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

What a victory! Today MPs narrowly backed our bill to cut the Brexit red tape and end this economic nightmare. The PM must listen to Parliament and the public, drop his self-imposed red lines and go for growth with a new customs union.

Thank you to everyone who credited the original UK outrage calendar. As ever, the calendar is kept under review. For example, both September's events are in jeopardy after a poor showing for the past couple of years, while confected Proms rage also seems to have subsided for now.

💙 Happy birthday to the European flag! Adopted 70 years ago by the Council of Europe, it became the #EU emblem in 1985. 12 stars. Blue sky. A circle of unity. A symbol for the whole of Europe and shared values. Learn more: go.coe.int/HmDIt

It’s time to chainsaw the Brexit red tape and end the cost of living crisis. Labour MPs should back our plan for a new customs union.

Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times. So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too

Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.

This is wake-up call for Labour MPs. 👋 Vote for our EU customs union bill on Tuesday so we can start to undo the damage done by Brexit.

Listening to the latest episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social . Learning more about the panel members: Raf last watched 2001: A Space Odyssey before Marie (aka Sultana) was born.

They couldn't organise a revolution on a fairground waltzer

🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

#BBCNews - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives. Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks

I've already got my *hilarious* post for when Scotland beat Denmark tonight drafted. It's a shame you'll almost certainly never see it. #SCODEN

Elect clowns, expect a circus.

The latest @steverichards.bsky.social Rock and Roll Politics podcast is great, as usual. One throw-away line really caught my attention. The BBC coverage of the scrapping of Police and Crime Commissioners was outrageously one-sided. They only ever quoted the PCCs and not the other opinions on this.

Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"

This last part in particular is so poorly understood. Part of winning an election is “appealing to your lot”, part is “not upsetting or terrifying the other lot”.

Crazy few days. First the BBC eats its own legs, then the Government eats its own legs.

Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.

Lancashire's Reform-run council is planning to save £4m a year by closing 10 council-run care homes and day care centres, and moving them into the private sector. In unrelated news, Graham Dalton (Reform) is Lancashire council's Head of Adult Social Care, and owns a private care home business.

Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.

Wow! This is a great episode.

Surrey Heath's MP will be on Any Questions tonight!

We just stopped Nigel Farage’s plan to drag Britain out of the ECHR and tear up people’s rights. Farage wanted to scrap Churchill’s legacy and bring us closer to Trump's America.

Liberal Democrats defeated Farage in Parliament today, after laughing at him and humiliating his pathetic bill.

When you’ve protected British people’s rights from the authoritarian regime Nigel Farage craves.

We just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into a version of Trump's America. We stopped him.

Wait what?

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Well, two actually. @markpackuk.bsky.social

🎥Think I’m gonna apply to be in this TV ad. Sarah Pochin MP, will you be my reference? #racism

The Conservatives plans to deport hundreds of thousands of legal residents of the UK are far more extreme than anything Donald Trump is proposing Piece from me on the horror show of the right morphing into the far right open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

"This is a more extreme policy position than, say, the BNP’s 2005 manifesto."

Lib Dems are the winners of by-elections Super Thursday! 💪 Won 7 out of 10 local by-elections ↗️ GAINS from the Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party 🔶 6 from 6 seats in Surrey as what remains of the Blue Wall crumbles away Congratulations to our brilliant campaign teams and new councillors!

Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.

This is incredible. I'm a local councillor and I can't conceive of a council leader being so abusive to their councillors. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Another stonker of a week for us - gaining from the Conservatives and the Green Party in Surrey and from Labour in Preston. The media might not tell you this but the Liberal Democrats are winning all over the place. This week's by-election scorecard 💪 Lib Dems 7 Reform 1 Con 1 Ind 1

6 by-elections in Surrey yesterday - 3 LD wins and 3 LD holds. Will the media still spin this as a Reform UK Ltd story?

Elon Musk is stoking far-right extremism on our streets. The Prime Minister should order a security assessment of the threat Musk poses to our democracy. @libdemdaisy.bsky.social #PMQs

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

"During Hate Crime Awareness Week, we call on everyone - individuals, organisations and political leaders - to stand up against hate, support those affected, and help build a society where everyone can live free from fear, prejudice and discrimination." @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social

Will the police now arrest all the MPs who didn't vote to proscribe Palestine Action?

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...