Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

It's going to get a lot worse... That is the damning verdict from these young people. Brexit has devastated our economy and stripped our children and grandchildren of the rights we took for granted.

80% of Reform's funding comes from people who avoid tax by hiding money offshore. Our idea of true patriotism is to hoard money while contributing nothing towards public services. Just ask Richard Tice.

The smell of BS in the morning…. Farage is clearly very worried about this £5m bung from Harborne. And rightly so - British voters really don’t like big money in politics, Reform voters as much as anyone So Farage is trying everything to distract from the crypto bros bankrolling Reform.

Laura Kuenssberg wanted to ask questions about me being in the pocket of a billionaire and our candidate being a misogynist. So naturally I sent Robert Jenrick, the man who intervened to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.

It's called flooding the zone. Spewing wild allegations so the damaging truth gets lost.

4 years ago, we opened the Elizabeth line 💜 Today, it’s the UK’s busiest railway - transforming journeys across London and beyond, making them faster, smoother and more connected than ever. Here’s to many more years of moving the city forward.

With Farage claiming his phone was 'hacked by Russian spies' I'm reminded of the time he thought he was the victim of an attempted assassination because one of the wheels on his car was a bit wobbly.

@pimlicat.bsky.social Observer today . A mention on the pod please to raise awareness

Reform's candidate Robert Kenyon said abortion was a "cowardly act of murder" and implied that people falsely claimed to have been raped He said: “Don’t dole out the ‘what if someone is raped by their brother’ arguement... don’t want babies? Use contreception! [sic]” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Reform: the party of the worst guy you've ever met.

@humanists.uk @andrewcopson.bsky.social The Observer today archive.ph/P7WpJ#select...

@antireform.bsky.social @reformwatch.org Todays Observer

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The Observer archive.ph/P7WpJ#select...

Not sure anything symbolises the mind-crushing tedium of Brexit more than these queues whenever we try to get away in the summer. What an utterly pointless waste of everyone’s time. “Nimble global trading nation” What horseshit. 1970s backwater more like. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Carol Vorderman attacks "disgusting online abuser" as said Reform by-election candidate... who posted creepy sexual message about her remains Farage’s man in Makerfield www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

@reformexposed.bsky.social Trump playbook yet again taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-o...

It’s a warm morning, so the parkrun plan is to enjoy the view and keep putting one foot in front of the other

The American-led negotiations in Ukraine prolonged the war by encouraging Putin. The Russians dangled ludicrous business"deals" in front of Witkoff and Kushner who were too gullible to understand that they were being manipulated. Good to hear the US has abandoned this failed policy.

Nigel Farage has gone all quiet about his friendship with Trump. Let’s not let him distance himself from the trainwreck. Please share this fawning video.

Blobby Charlton

THERE we go @reformexposed.bsky.social Reform are now officially in the 1% club! www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln... refukked.lovable.app

FIFA is panicking: World Cup hotel cancellations are surging as global fans ditch the U.S., citing soaring costs, visa bonds, and Trump’s dictatorial behavior. Turns out nobody wants to pay $1,000 a night just to experience an authoritarian simulation.

Reform UK which was elected as the largest political group at the local authority just over a year ago with 28 members is now down to 21. Ben Maguire, the Lib Dem MP for North Cornwall, said: “Reform UK in Cornwall is in chaos yet again.” www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2613147...

I absolutely saw this coming and I can wholeheartedly say that Marc Guehi is more British than Lucy White.

Don’t know how I feel about the new season of Teletubbies

So a trans woman I know, almost 70, now has to use male toilets? Why? She had gender reassignment surgery in the 1980s and has been using women's toilets for 40 years. She has never been a threat to anyone. Will she be safe in men's toilets? Where's the law to protect her?

If you’re wondering why Turkey is struggling to join the EU, here’s the last 24 hours, via Middle East Eye: • Court sacks main opposition leader • Central Bank sells $8bn to stop panic in the markets • Erdogan closes Bilgi University in the middle of the academic term

Why would Trump want to dangle nigh on 2 billion dollars in front of a group of people who showed themselves willing to storm the Capitol to keep him in power? It’s a real mystery.

Stephen Colbert has been a gift for 11 years- brilliant, stunningly knowledgeable, kind & hilarious . From his home, he with his family, helped us thru dark pandemic times. He won 11 Emmy Awards, 2 Grammys & 3 Peabody Awards. Thank you for all of it Stephen. We'll miss you ❤️

Got the stomach for a quick 🧵on Trump bullshit? Trump: “i hate having lunch with somebody who’s really, really successful, because he or she keeps bragging about how great they are and it stops me from talking about the fact that I became president.”

Mayo. Because he neighs.

You can't, in fact, withdraw someone's comments from the record on their behalf.

Appears that Johnson’s producer tells her that Goodwin’s comments have to be ‘withdrawn from the record’, presumably because they are racist. What they did expect from a man of his calibre? A rational, evidence-based analysis provided in good faith?

This is appalling venomous bigotry from Goodwin, and while I'm no big fan of Rachel, that's not her fault. This man should not be treated as a normal public figure.

This result sees the Liberal Democrats REGAIN their majority on Dorset Council.

"Fossil fuel generation in the UK fell below 1 GW for the first time in April, marking a historic milestone" www.energylivenews.com?p=361766#:~:...

What's refreshing is that Burnham didn't take it lying down. He engaged this excuse of a "journalist" online and as soon as he did Calgie seems to have gone "offline" Funny that

Well said, thank you. People in our charity shop often tell me there are a million asylum seekers coming in every year. And alas, it's not just rags like the Mail that feed them this bollix. The once respectable BBC is a disgrace.

Charity demands apology from Farage for ‘intimidating’ uninvited visit

the list of people involved with the egregious centre for social justice is an eye opener

An absolutely 🤌🏻 example of why the Left is deserting the Labour Party. 👇🏻

'Solar farms have a surprising silver lining: they're turning into accidental wildlife sanctuaries, especially for rare and declining bird life species. Certain nature friendly practices are the key. Renewable energy and nature can thrive side by side.'

Lucy White, Restore Britain member & vocal racist, objects to Marc Guehi playing for England - ostensibly because he was born in the Ivory Coast (coming to England aged one) but in fact because he is black. She agrees with another user - a Restore branch organiser - about the other black players

"All we're doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic whilst ignoring the huge iceberg that's actually causing it to sink." 🚢 British politics is broken. It's been broken for a long time. Just replacing this or that politician won't fix it. It's time for system change.

💥 79,000💥 now! Well that IS fast progress. Let’s get it to 80,000 tonight people. Sign and share - you know the drill.

Satuday's @theguardian.com cartoon #transrights #EHRC #LGBTQ

This cartoon by Ella Baron from the Guardian today actually made me well up a little. We will keep fighting. Together.

Green cllr on yesterday's Kent County Council meeting: Reform "pushed through [enforcing] prayers & the national anthem, and cutting opposition speaking time and then lifted our motion on water on a constitutional technicality to prevent it being debated... "The worst meeting I have ever attended"