🧵 “Time, after time, after time, Corbyn has defended, excused, or apologised for Russia’s hostile foreign policy positions, and the evidence for that is stark & overwhelming. Yet his supporters continue to present the lie that he has always stood on the right side of history.” He SO has not.

The case for calling them “Farage Boats” #BrexitBoats #FarageBoats

The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory

“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏 PM Keir Starmer

An extraordinary Telegraph article from 2014 that reminds us where Nigel Farage stood on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Mr Putin 16 years ago.

Have you ever heard of GUGI? Russia’s directorate of deep sea “research”? Military Unit 40056 I hadn’t, but I have been aware of the threat of aggression by cutting of undersea cables. There has been a resurgence of activity of GUGI - including over areas where UK-US intelligence cables lie

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

America: pay attention. The grift is off the charts. While Americans are paying more for groceries, Trump is making shady backroom deals. He's selling out our national security and economic dominance to enrich himself and his family.

Another day, another Wall Street sexual sadist involved in trafficking women. These psychopaths need to be weeded out of positions of power in our societies, not selected for.

Good summary of Trumpism

We are all connected.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Trump diagnosed by his first and closest political aide. Trump is an idiot who has learned nothing, is interested in learning nothing and is never challenged by any outside information that disagrees with his opinions.

Reform has so many wife-beaters they should be getting funded by Stella Artois.

Good morning. A quarter of Reform UK MPs are convicted wife beaters. news.sky.com/story/domest...

Trump only 'cares' about people who die when it fits his agenda. He doesn't care. He's never cared. He's incapable of empathy. If you have even a basic level of knowledge of human psychology, his behavior screams dark tetrad.

Americans have "Trump Always Chickens Out", in Britain we have "Farage Isn't Being Serious" - FIBS.

Donald Trump's 2025 United Nations speech wasn't just a performance—it was a dangerous act of diplomatic vandalism. “America First" is quickly becoming America Alone, and our rivals are taking note. Read more on my Substack.

Hillary Clinton: "When I hear people like Kennedy talking about getting back to a time where we aren't vaccinating, we're drinking raw milk - yeah, & people didn't live! I mean, this is so crazy, it's so wrongheaded, it's so shortsighted and it's going to cause deaths... it already is costing lives"

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

Tories can’t call 2025 the “worst year ever” on small boats. Rwanda has been cancelled, yet crossings are down. Aug 1–Sep 23 2022: 15,902 arrivals. Same stretch in 2025? Just 6,752. August hit the lowest since 2021, September the lowest since 2020. Facts > Tory spin. #ukpolitics

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

Sensible news.sky.com/story/sir-ed...

It’s easy to take democracy for granted. It’s easy to assume that the Constitution is in stone. It’s not. This is a moment when your courage and your activism are most needed.

Anyone surprised?

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.

Every single person described in this story and who is a source for this story is morally reprehensible. Devastating that any Americans watch this reality show with admiration instead of abject horror. nymag.com/intelligence...

2024 Election: Harris won! Politico has broken the story about the election being rigged. I bloody knew it had connections to Trump and Epstein. This makes the Epstein cover up even more important. Do not let it go!! thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whi... thisbritslife.com/2024-us-elec...

"There are only three operating [small modular nuclear reactors] in the world... The cost overruns on the China SMR was 300%, on Russian SMRs 400% and on the Argentina SMR (so far) 700%.” All promised to be up and running in three to four years and all took 12 years or more to complete."

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.

#Pinks #ProudBlue As they have shown us time and time again. 🎯 🎯 🎯

.@SadiqKhan responds to Farage’s deportation plan “Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”

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.

I'm looking for 5 people to sign my 'Stop Replacing Our Doctors With Non-Medics' before it goes live. It's asking for the retention and recruitment of qualified doctors over PAs etc. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... @weownit.org.uk @keepournhspublic.bsky.social @leedskonp.bsky.social

oh bravo @privateeyenews.bsky.social 🏆

I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.

Reform are filth. They represent hatred, extremism, ignorance and irresponsibility. They'd make us a wretched vicious hateful little island. If people don't stand up to this, they won't stand up to anything.

This should have been a moment of profound national learning - about the corruption that serves our elite - but the Cabinet Office which ran the VIP Lane sought to close the discussion down and Labour unaccountably let them. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Take a breath. Look behind the hostile headlines. What this government is on the verge of doing is to expand this one-in-one-out deal into, essentially, a safe and legal route from France. It is - and has always been - the only solution to dangerous crossings and what has been needed for years.

On Kimmel, Dems should say clearly that those who carry out Trump's corrupt orders will face consequences. Tell Brendan Carr that he can expect to face harsh scrutiny for potential lawbreaking. Say right on ABC that the network caved to an autocrat. Thoughts on this: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

Ruffalo: I'm reaching out to all of my brothers and sisters in the entertainment industry, to join us...They're coming after celebrities because they know we are the last ones to actually be able to have our freedom to speak. So use your platform wisely, use it generously for this movement. #NoKings

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

🔴 More than 30 ex Tory defence ministers and senior civil servants have taken lucrative jobs in the booming defence industry in past year New @lucasamin.bsky.social investigation on Democracy for Sale raises serious questions about 'revolving door' democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantir-a...

Hi Adil, would you like a copy of this book I’m about to publish?