I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: political norms won’t protect you, the law won’t protect you, the constitution won’t protect you. None of it matters when those in power decide they just don’t care. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery. UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

#SundayPix #SundayPixRed Danger Mouse’s headquarters near Baker Street.

Catching up on podcast episodes and my sleeper agent trigger has been activated with the mention of Lodoss War. So here's how that happened and the effect of it. In 1985, Shinwa Corporation began translating the BECMI books into Japanese and publishing them, complete with new art. 1/X🧵

The main argument against rejoining the EU is that it would "embolden Farage". Bullshit. It would expose Farage. It would force him to oppose the majority of voters, remind them that his last "Great Crusader" left us poor and powerless, and force him to admit he wants us to remain that way.

Tory defections to Reform UK rose by 462% in 2025 compared to 2024. Vote for Reform UK and get the worst of the Tories. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/minister-calls-reform-retirement-home-for-failed-tories_uk_698f1b34e4b0e13a41757b0c?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

It doesn’t really matter *why* Trump’s desire to destabilise & divide Europe precisely mirrors Vladimir Putin’s - whether kompromat, self-interest, naked bigotry or something else l. What matters is that Europe treats both regimes like the enemies of progress & democracy they so clearly are.

I feel that 6 nations results are far too much determined by red and yellow cards these days. Maintaining discipline matters but this isn't doing the sport any good at all. Referees are not making rugby union better right now.

You honestly can't make this shit up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘You, Boy! Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!’

i appreciate labour taking a stronger line on racism but it's a little incongruous when they're separating families, smearing asylum seekers as "illegal", & making the lives of legal residents harder to appease that same bigotry

The proscription of Palestine Action failed on all counts: - Raised support/sympathy for PA - Made convictions of PA activists less likely - Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots - Will end up having cost a ton. Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.

STUDY: “Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter.” Follow great scientists here like @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

By the late 80s you'd find nigh on all old people were on waiting lists for some treatment or other. All of them, and these were pre war folk remember. And after a decade of Thatcher that was normal. This is what Tories do to Britain. Every.

Talk about a big pile of stinky car brained BULLSHIT!!!!

Over 50 academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Starmer says “We are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more. Because we know that, in dangerous times, we would not take control by turning inward - we would surrender it” - All true, but real progress won’t be made until the Government abandons their ridiculous red lines! Brexit must go!

Here we go AGAIN! 🤬 
Russia wants to make a deal… Capitulation is neither a deal nor a great opportunity.

Jaw dropping. I don't even know how to process this.

Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them! The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

Children are a drain on national resources for at least the first 18 years of life. The most patriotic way to replenish our population is to support immigration.

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Why does the BBC continue to allow the openly transphobic Justin Webb to continue to report on trans issues? "BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team" #r4today

Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so) The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%) www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...

Labour are in free fall. If your prime concern is stopping reform, I'm by-elections right now, vote green or libdem, depending on who has the best shot. Labour are not a tactical vote.

DEFRA has put together a list of the major livestock diseases in the UK, along with guidance for farmers. Worth bookmarking: defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/livestock-di...

Smoking and vaping bill just being discussed on the news. Doesn't go anywhere near far enough - the evidence is unequivocally clear that forced smoking outdoors is a significant health hazard. We absolutely should ban smoking in outdoor pub gardens and restaurants.

Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek

Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health. A pay-off for fossil fuel bosses who funded Trump's election campaign. Science and common sense plays no part in Trump policies- just money. US auto makers will produce cars that other countries won't buy.

GREAT: Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans www.latimes.com/environment/...

There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.

Not an apology. Also not a retraction of the entirely wrong statement he made. His numbers were wrong, his language choices offensive and basically racist. Saying Britain is being colonised is racist. Simple as. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The British public doesn’t ’foot the bill’ for immigration. The opposite. Immigrants foot the bill for Brits.

This is a unremittingly grim tale. Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge. Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle. The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon? www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...

Notable how little UK Govt, and specifically the health secretary, have to say about this. No sense that they can shape public behaviour. Very passive.

Don't do the Geordie accent @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Victoria Embankment this morning. Why should hard working cyclists taxes go on these wide car lanes when motorists don't bother using them?

🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...

Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London

Wind your neck in Jim, the immigrants you're complaining about make a net positive contribution to UK revenue. They do so by paying pay more tax than you do. www.ft.com/content/8e28...

What's been such a revelation in the Epstein releases is that so many creepy and unpleasant conspiracies are happening. For real. Yet the conspiracy theorists have, all along, been substantially wrong about everything. They've been guided into exactly the wrong things.

Look it's this simple. Labour are wrong on this. Tories are wrong on this. Reform are wrong on everything. LibDems almost get it. But the greens are bang on correct here.

Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’) Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...

“Are you firmly in favour of rejoining the European Union?" - Robert Peston “Firmly very much in favour. Brexit has been a disaster under any criteria, under any measure" - Zack Polanski

What's missing is "and we will be reviewing government contracts with Ineos, we do not work with or appease racism" At best we get crap half measures against racists from this government.

Time for England to call in that debt. Stop it America, we forbid you from using our language until you get rid of Trump. Until then, I dunno, y'all got German or something.

I know I’ve been getting some attacks on this, but there’s nothing progressive about strict immigration controls. Yes, some on the left have pushed for them over the years - hence Lexit - but that wasn’t progressive. ‘Workers of the world unite’ isn’t ’workers of England unite’.

I saw a clipped up Piers Morgan thing with some incredibly posh woman defending Andy Windsor, she was so ghastly even Morgan put her in her place. I suspect she's a regular conspiracy theory bobble head. Insisted on being addressed as Lady something. Anyone able to remind me of her name?

Manchester United would be pretty fucking shit without immigrants.