Poor take by Curtice. This is a disaster for Farage. Polls had RefUK closely winning. Losing by 11% signposts Plaid to all of Wales as THE tactical choice for Senedd Elex and drains RefUK momentum. "Something is happening out there", alright. People are uniting to tell Farage to feck right off.

My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...

Why is a Labour Home Secretary perpetuating this myth in The Sun? Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage

No further action against men arrested for projecting Trump/Epstein images on to Windsor Castle www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dona...

The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...

NEW Either public safety is an absolute priority at sporting events or it is not. Reflections on the Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv match By me emptycity.substack.com/p/either-pub...

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

How brilliant is this! youtu.be/oygIWCseYI0?...

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career. Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV. My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

He is a fantasist, a hysteric and a conspiracy theorist. The coverage of him really does deserve this tone and these labels rather than the mock seriousness he enjoys.

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Absolutely hilarious. She can’t even manage to get lunch right.

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday. Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Donald Trump avoided the draft 5 times and later claimed he had bone spurs and couldn't serve. That wasn't unusual for middle class college kids. And Vietnam was a horrendous and pointless war. But you'd think he'd shut up if he had even an iota of awareness.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A fighting innings in his 100th First-Class match to get his childhood county promoted 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ Throw in your praise for Kiran, who has had a terrific season with the bat 👏👏 #OhGlammyGlammy

My first season as a full @glamcricket.bsky.social season ticket holder and Glammy go and get promoted!

GLAMORGAN WILL PLAY DIVISION ONE CRICKET NEXT SEASON AFTER 20 YEARS 😍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏏 What a season, what a turnaround, and WHAT A TEAM 👏👏👏👏 #OhGlammyGlammy

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @bwianair.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20! Yes, that's right. TWENTY POUNDS. So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch. UK only.

Oh. yeah. We should definitely vote in this demigod to run the country. 😂

Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from. I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR." It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.

Cancer is a cunt. Always appreciate the NHS. They are the best people and my thanks go out to everyone who works in it.

Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...

This is just next level insanity. In January this year, Reform picked Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, to run as their Croydon Mayoral candidate. There was just one rather significant problem. She had sadly died in July 2024. insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...

Not for the first time I am wondering why there is so little understanding in the UK of common law - particularly among those who seem to think this would be part of what makes Britain great if only judges didn't keep making law...

Someone asked me what they could do to stop this wave of hate sweeping the country at the moment, and the answer is very simple: use your voice. Call out that racist on Facebook Write to your local paper/MP/ decrying flagshit vandalism and asylum accommodation hate. Don't just be a bystander.

Funny they don't seem so bothered by Jenrick's three homes (including a grade 1 listed manor) plus his forth home in his constituency rented at taxpayer expense. Wonder why.

WHAT. A. DEBUT. 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥 Just for context, this is what Ben Kellaway did tonight ⬇️ 2️⃣ wickets 3️⃣ catches 1️⃣ diving run-out 1️⃣ sensational effort for a catch Can’t keep him out of the game AT ALL 🤯🙌 Watch Kellers' highlights 🔗 bit.ly/45MDG3Y #OhGlammyGlammy

Not one mention of an opposing viewpoint. The idea asylum seekers should be treated with compassion or dignity is apparently beyond the spectrum of acceptable opinion. Balance simply does not apply in these circumstances.

I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying. I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention

Self-styled slayer of unelected elites.... demands unelected representatives in the unelected House of Lords. The absolute turnip. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Now turned into a short piece. open.substack.com/pub/georgepe...

This test match is nervewracking.

The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.

Since it's #DanHannanDay let's run through the "brain of Brexit's" 5 greatest moments since 2016. First up The One Where Dan Predicted Independence Day in 2025

Absolutely ludicrous narrative. Nobody sends their kids to private schools out of some altruistic instinct. And moreover all the schools that are closing seem to have been struggling already. When independent schools closed under the Tories nobody blamed the government

It is 22 years ago today that my best friend, Nick Everton, died. He was 17 years old. Not much time to leave a mark on the world you would think. But those of us who knew him came away irreversibly altered by even the short time we shared together.... 🧵

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the oil and gas windfall tax Imagine her shock when she finds out energy companies have made BILLIONS in profits while millions can't afford heating How out of touch can you be? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...

Truly shocking even by Reform standards

Dear England cricket announcer. It is the Riverside End. Not the River End and not the River Taff end.

This remains one of the best days of my life.

‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t afford to go on five holidays’ This is a GENUINE article published just now in The Telegraph.

"For about an hour" was, in fact, for seven-and-a-half minutes each, with the UK PM getting the last word, then leading a Q&A session with media. But this is such an excellent example of the mendacious, awful, biased reporting that has been the hallmark of the entire Brexit debate for a decade. ~AA

I cannot state this strongly enough: If you are upset about the way this government is treating trans people and immigrants, and you have a Labour MP, for God sake write to them.

It's been a busy 24H for Trump. He: - Declared a 100% tariff on films produced outside of the USA - Said he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison - Hasn't ruled out taking Greenland by force - Stated he doesn't know whether he must uphold the US constitution ["I'm not a lawyer. I don't know."]

"He donated his £3,000 prize money from his BBC Young Musician award to keep the school’s cello lessons going. 'It’s completely different now, if I’m honest,' he says. He still has one sister at the school, and visited her. 'Everything is reduced.'" www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

This isn't particularly complicated, 20 years ago the diagnostic criteria for autism was pointless. It focused on 13 year old, white, middle class, boys. As we get better at diagnosing autism more people will be diagnosed, it doesn't mean more people are autistic. 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...