You wouldn't know how serious this is from the coverage. Why is that?

A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a London hotel housing asylum seekers. This is where we are now. Where are the politicians to call this out? Or do they not want to upset their right wing base? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It seems simple to me that what’s driving this surge in Reform support is small boats & migrant hotels. So rather than join in with all the dehumanising rhetoric & go off on tangents like ID cards & illegal workers labour should just 1/ create safe routes to claim asylum 2/ process claims quickly

The idea that "small boats are an existential problem for the country" should disqualify Abdi Duale from Labour NEC membership. And from wearing lace-up shoes. #r4today

Digital IDs are a terrible, dangerous idea for numerous reasons. But, even on their own terms, what's the gap they're supposed to fill? It seems many people don't realise that we already have eVisas. All migrants get this "digital record" of their status and permission anyway.

Anti Digital ID campaigners should focus on the usage of identity data, not privacy of identity data. Main concerns should be about being targeted and/or discriminated against based on core attributes of who we are. Identity as vulnerability.

The whole idea is so transparently batty. It's like "Well, you're going to play chess against Kasparov tomorrow, Sir Keir. What are your tactics?" "I think my main one is going to be to just hand him all my pieces at the start of the game & let him decide what to do next."

Let that sink in "Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

The Epstein Shutdown looms. Yes folks, the U.S. government must grind to a halt so that a vote to see the Epstein files can’t happen.

Good job Reform politicians have such a blemish-free track record in terms of who they accept money from...

As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.

The answer from the TV news is "apparently not"... The news that the former leader in Wales of the party that our BBC and Sky friends keep telling us is on course to win the next election worked on behalf of Moscow is not worthy of bringing to the attention of their viewers. Bizarre.

One of the really neat things about the fantastic video quality you can get from a handheld camera these days is the ability to choose any frame as your still, as this video superbly illustrates... Why take static photos anymore?

Michael Crick: “today's Nathan Gill accepting Russian bribes conviction storh wasn't mentioned on either the BBC Ten O'Clock News or Newsnight. Gill, Farage and Reform must be delighted.” @cornwallchar.bsky.social @rosatkins.bsky.social

Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Horrific: Doctors Without Borders is suspending medical work in Gaza City due to Israel's violence, including airstrikes & tanks less than 1KM from their facilities. Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.

Trump demands that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Anybody from the party of small government have an issue with this or nah?

Half-expecting ICE to raid the European Ryder Cup team if the US is still trailing before the final day...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court greenlights Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress. Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, has a sharp dissent. She says this "result conflicts with the separation of powers." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

"Epstein collaborated with Trump and Musk’s inner circle during the presidential election. Epstein reportedly arranged meetings between influential Trump backers Peter Thiel, Thomas Barrack, and Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin." #OpDeathEaters spookyconnections.com/2024/10/26/e...

Yes sir we're chanting "Release the Earhart Files"

BREAKING: The US Supreme Court sided again with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fiscal year as the Republican president pursues his 'America First' agenda reut.rs/3KgfxvA

Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results. So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.

They continue to act guilty as hell www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

The ADL criticizes Mamdani for not meeting with "mainstream" Jewish groups, but they define "mainstream" in such a way such that if any Jewish groups meet with Mamdani, as many have, they no longer count as "mainstream." It is a game that cannot be won.

MAGA: "The violent left needs to tone down the rhetoric!" Also MAGA: "WE CHOOSE VIOLENCE!!!!"

We really need Starmer to say this, but what's the point when, in announcing the ID card policy (whatever its general merits), he frames it solely in terms of, precisely, the populists' "lies" & “industrialised infrastructure of grievance” about "uncontrolled" migration & asylum seekers? 1/2

Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E

Always curious as to what people think Hamas surrendering would mean given that the PLO abandoned armed struggle in the 1990s and was met with continued occupation and settlement

We’re against Starmer’s Brit-card.

98-99% of those crossing channel seek asylum. Asylum seekers already have to carry ARC cards as id. Majority of undocumented individuals in UK become so due to Home Office cock ups. Absolutely nothing about a digital id would "deter channel crossings" or stop people working as undocumented migrants.

Open Rights Group email on Digital ID:

Good for the LibDems. Let's spend money on stuff that matters, not waste it on dangerous white elephants...

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

One more Digital ID card post before I leave the topic alone for today*: You usually need to prove entitlement or attribute (e.g. age) and NOT identity. The conversation remains skewed. *until I see something that triggers me again. Can we please stop talking nonsense about stuff I know too well?

🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE: They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet. DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

SNAP POLL/ From what you have seen or heard, do you support or oppose the proposal to introduce a digital ID card system in Britain? Support: 42% Oppose: 45% By 2024 vote Lab: 51% support / 35% oppose Con: 50% / 44% Lib Dem: 49% / 39% Reform: 22% / 69% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.

Pete North has been arrested.

Anyhoo, good to see that Starmer and co have continued to fight division by ...prompting an unnecessary argument amongst the anti-Reform folks who usually agree on stuff...

Doctor Quack’s Travelling Medicine Show.

Please, I implore anyone commenting on Digital ID to go through the NAO report on HMG Verify. This isn't our first attempt at this. Some discussions are not theoretical... www.nao.org.uk/press-releas...

You have got to watch the video! I don't have words. To think these people are given power is unbearable.

Over a million signatures for this already. Let's keep it going.

The depressing thing about today is that it was sold as Starmer's answer to Reform. This is apparently what he has to offer as a vision of a confident diverse nation: ID cards. Just utterly joyless and emotionless.

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Not just a Nazi but an alleged member of Turning Point USA!

The most infuriating thing for me, is that instead of spending £400 million for this bullshit, they could give 400 schools £1million pounds

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.