So surprised to hear that Farage is a racist, antisemitic twat-now awaiting further investigations into the Pope’s religious affiliation and ursine activity in forested areas.

We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.

🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The police have banned anti-monarchy protests in Windsor. This is an attack on British democracy and the right to free speech. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly." "With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this." "I blame you for that."

"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.

If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933. #JimmyKimmel

Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor. What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig

Anyone watching the press conference. God - Trump is waffling . He's already dissed Biden, lied about the seven wars and is wittering on about trillions. How anyone could think this is a man is capable to run a bath - let alone a country is beyond me.

BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.

In London, hate will never win.

At the next General Election, We have to come together, Voting to keep out the far right. We’ve been doing this every week at by-elections. StopReformUK.vote At #GE2024 1.5m of us helped an extra 91 Tories lose their seats. This is an invitation to other campaigns to join forces. Get in touch

Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate

"Reform is more popular now than Labour or The Tories, but when you dig into their policies the public will be absolutely horrified by what comes out of their mouths." Why platforming anti-vaxxers and Lucy Connolly was a 'disaster' for Farage and co www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...

Off to do a school governor walk around and, as I prep, I am reminded that school senior leadership teams deal with absolutely every aspect of education, running a large business and social work. They work incredibly hard.

Two things can be true at once. Rayner was foolish in her conduct and right to resign. It’s also true she was always despised by much of the right wing press because she was a working class powerful woman.

Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

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Adil Ray, "Robert Jenrick has decided to join a protest where some there are far right" Jonathan Ashworth, "When Jenrick was immigration minister, his policy was to refuse to process asylum seekers, so they ended up lumbered into hotels, eventually being sent to Rwanda"

"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents. “He’s much more of a criminal than I am”" streetsensemedia.org/article/home...

I am so sick and tired of seeing MPs and the media shit themselves over refugees arriving in small boats over the channel. If your initial reaction to seeing these boats is anything other than “those poor bastards, I hope they make it across” then you have failed as a human being.

Genuinely one of the smartest things the department can do. Inflation is reasonably predictable as are trends on recruitment and retention. If schools and trusts know their income (which they do) and also their major costs for the next 3 years, it helps planning and efficiencies immensely.

I've lived in London for 30 years. It's safer, cleaner, more at ease with itself by far now than it was when I came here and the only people who believe otherwise have either never set foot in the place or have a massive chaos agenda. Check out homicide figures in that time 1/2

The UK is one of only four OECD countries that allows state-funded schools to discriminate against children on the grounds of faith. It's unfair, unjust and extremely corrosive to social cohesion. Check out @natsecsoc.bsky.social's campaign here: www.secularism.org.uk/admissions/

Watching the tennis. Got my prosecco and flicking the Vs at the TV when they show any Royals. It's my #wimbledonfinal tradition.

You’re watching BBC News x

I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I didn’t agree with her position on welfare, but tearing Reeves down for mild tearing up during PMQs is infuriating. She’s absolutely knackered. She’s trying to do this giant job which she cares about while also parenting. And probably being in perimenopuse (🧵- you fucking bet there’s more)

"This week, we crossed a new rubicon..." @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social is sensing bad vibrations in the latest edition of his American Week:

Can you give blood?

Pete Hegseth is jealous of Harvey.

My #drwho Billie Piper theory. She is the Watcher. She's basically a locum.

An absolute masterclass in exposing hypocrisy. Stop what you are doing and give it your time.

@nhm-london.bsky.social Hi I have been a member for years and recently I have had trouble skipping the queue. I have been told (several times) by staff to go to the back of the queue. Can you please ensure your staff are trained on this? Thanks.

Happy one year anniversary of Rishi's general election announcement for those who celebrate.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Love that the latest Doctor Who shows us who the real villains are we need to look out for: Men with podcasts

I think that instead of giving birth American women should focus on strength and resistance training.

a cloud of cotton candy vape emerges from the pentagon indicating we have a new defense secretary

Behold: the least grim article I have written in many years www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...

Our response to the words used by every domestic abuser? 800% tariff effective immediately.

Years ago, I used to work with this bloke – let's call him Dave because that was his name. Dave was a right pain in the backside. Not in a malicious way, mind – more like a jovial chaos genie with a tie. Always cracking jokes, always smiling – and always fucking things up.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Liberté, Egalité, Fuckaroundité and Findoutité.