Meanwhile, in Cuba:

I'm so proud to be a member of this party.

Well, then!

@iandunt.bsky.social great substack this morning, Ian! I commissioned a ranked preference poll at the weekend, and it confirms the Australian system would absolutely obliterate Reform’s electoral prospects. Labour would have to radically up their game as well.

@podsavetheuk.crooked.com @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social @adamramsay.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @theweekinpolls.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social

The Green Party leads Labour by 10 points in people's first preferences if we had a ranked preference voting system. In a ranked favourability poll conducted in the days after the landslide Labour victory in 2024, Labour led the Greens by 11 points in people's first preferences...

As ever the opposite is the case. What they're all arguing for here is dominance over Muslims. Dominance over a religious minority's right to worship, to freely assemble, to be visible, and to exist as equal members of British society. The complete opposite of what Britain fought for in World War 2

A well-timed (written before Nick Timothy's tweet) set of remarks about freedom, religious freedom and minority groups.

The full text version of Rayner's comments on Mahmood's "earned settlement" proposals is very good indeed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes. Joe Kent is a White Nationalist, a conspiracy theorist, and an anti-Semite who should never hold an official position. Yes. Joe Kent is right that this war did not need to happen. When even the far-right is sounding the alarm, you know this reckless war has gone too far.

Sadiq Khan: "It's Muslims today, who will it be tomorrow? Jewish people? Who the day after, Hindu people? This sort of mono-ethnic, mono-nationalistic view is a carbon copy of President Trump. These guys are pound shop President Trumps, they should be ashamed of themselves."

Where are the Conservative MPs speaking up against Nick Timothy and Kemi Badenoch's defence of him? What has happened to the party that not a single senior figure is now willing to stand up against this stuff?

Open Iftar's mission statement Everyone is welcome, Muslim and non-Muslim. That's the point

How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded when I asked if she agrees with her Shadow Lord Chancellor that Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square is an "act of domination"

Absolutely bonkers to see Joe Kent, National Counterterrorism Center Director, accuse Trump of falling for an Israeli misinformation campaign.

Why does Labour propose young Pascal Banque, 7, should get settlement aged 10 because his Dad is a banker, but classmate Marie Marigold, whose mum is a cleaner at the bank isn't eligible until she is 22. (Big barrier to her university prospects, as faces international fees under current rules!)

SHOCKER: Trump lied.

I am th3 parent who gave him it. I made sure I put it in his hands. I also gave him letters from families begging him not to ban blockers and explaining the harm the ban was doing. He promised me he would come back to me, and he never bothered.

The crime is not just the killing of people who surrender. The crime is telling the enemy that if they surrender, they will be killed. Because when the enemy hears that they cannot surrender peaceably, the war changes from a strategic conflict to a blood-soaked deathmatch.

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science #ICYMI www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Oh, just trying to prevent the apocalypse. How's your night going? ewanhoyle.substack.com/p/carneys-mi...

I’m clearly out of touch on where UK university fees had got to 😱 Genuinely shocking table

Declaring that no quarter will be given is straightforwardly prohibited under international humanitarian law. When done to threaten an adversary, the declaration itself amounts to a war crime. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

I remember taking a college class where the professor said before the world wars if you asked Americans what made their country unique they would usually talk about freedom, liberty, or the constitution, whereas Germans were likely to say “we have a really good military.”

Bear in mind that this is written by an ex Editor of Sunday Telegraph and Wall Street Journal, Europe and an ex-Tory peer (now non affiliated)

This woman is amazing. Listen to her.

The @greenparty.org.uk supports full decriminalisation of sex work Incl the right to: 🟢 Unionise and access labour rights 🟢 Seek legal redress against employers or exploitative managers 🟢 Expect zero tolerance of trafficking, coercion, violence, or child exploitation 🟢 Access free health checks

Love this so much! 💚👏🏼

I'm told some Labour MPs are unhappy with this latest act of hostility towards trans people being blamed on Streeting. That feels silly or naïve. It's happening because Wesley kept in place in the NHS, indeed encouraged, the ideologues that Kemi Badenoch *told us* she introduced to key positions.

The reason the middle-class media has not reported Hannah Spencer being attacked by right-wing transphobes is that it needs to preserve the nice, coffeee-round-the-kitchen-table, middle-class view of transphobia, not the thuggish fascist reality.

So I’m clear 3 countries, all whose government’s are propped up by religious fervor & impotent rage, are converging on each other with Putin stirring But the End Times are coming because I’m sharing a bathroom with someone whose mom accidentally named her Steve at birth. Have I got that right?

Hitting desalination plants is so bad. Not just evil but strategically incomprehensible. Without desalination 75% of the entire population of the Middle East will be refugees. Israel and Kuwait depend on desalination for 90% of their water and other Middle East states aren’t far behind.

Don't vote Labour. Vote Green.

Sooooo, I encouraged the @greenparty.org.uk to commission a ranked favourabilities poll in October that showed the Greens had already overtaken Labour in people's 1st preferences despite being 11 points behind in voting intention. I've now raised the funds necessary to commission my own poll...

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Erm... maybe the Greens want to look into *why* he left Corbyn's office before celebrating this too much.

There is “no evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed in the UK” and the condition could even be “underdiagnosed”, a team of experts has said www.itv.com/news/2026-03...

As Zack Polanski pledges to legalise and regulate drugs, Sarah Sinclair dives into the detail of this controversial policy – what does the evidence say?

A few days ago we announced 200,000 members. The Green Party has 215,000! 🚀 Join us making hope normal again: Join.greenparty.org.uk

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

An excellent letter, showing humanity and compassion and demonstrating how MPs can change their views once they get a cabinet position in a party of hate and division.

Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.

Adam Fleming: “You’re living in a place where you can face 2 years in prison & a fine of £40k if the authorities don’t like what you post on social media” Isabel Oakeshott: “I have no issue with the authorities here…” AF: “And if Starmer introduced that law?” #PoliticsLive

bloody HELL

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

Just joined UK’s Green Party for a few reasons. Starmer himself suggested ppl like me leave the Labour Party when he assumed leadership. Request granted. But the Greens’ recent success & polling (and more importantly their policy goals!) show them to be robust & viable. join.greenparty.org.uk

I didn't have any money when I sent @garyseconomics.bsky.social this tip-off about the odds of the Greens being the largest party after the next election. I should have been bolder and lobbied friends and family Just as he saw what was wrong with the markets, I saw what was wrong with the polls. 😔

If I were Labour, I'd be using the cushion provided by having 400+ MPs to race to implement PR in time for the 2029 GE. It could literally be the party's last ever chance to participate meaningfully in UK politics if they don't shake the electoral system up.