A lot of our discourse seems to assume that 1) these wrong beliefs somehow arise naturally and 2) politicians have a duty to behave as if these wrong beliefs are true. It saves asking questions about old and new media, or doing anything brave, but it’s rotting our society and economy.

What's the form of government called where the country is run by ghouls?

Imagine watching the Labour government capitulate to the far right while losing more and more support for the last 2 years, while safely outside Westminster's collective psychosis, and then deciding that when you're in power, you'll do exactly the same thing. Incredible unforced error.

Absolutely horrendous, and I thought adult social care was bad.

Ils sont partis!

A lot of people don't know, but 'democracy' actually comes from the Greek meaning 'power of 30%'.

Can anyone who knows Morse code tell me what secret message he's blinking?

Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform

This is what 'taking responsibility' actually looks like. Kier Starmer should follow her example.

The conclusion "Reform won the seat from Lab therefore biggest vote swing is Lab to Reform" does not follow from this pattern. There are multiple vote flows here: Lab to Grn, Lab to abstain, Lab to Ref, Con to Ref, abstain to Ref...Lab to Ref is only one part of this, not typically the largest

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

An often overlooked point. Less politically engaged voters tend to have much more elastic political views/allegiances. A big part of the reason Reform is doing so well currently is they focused on one issue (immigration) and controlled the narrative around it. Most Reform voters aren't die-hards.

Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found

Many powers exist for protest conditions (location, timing) and for policing unlawful conduct on them (intimidation, harassment, proscribed orgs) - A high threshold to ban a specific event re public order - Almost certainly a disproportionate restriction on speech rights to ban any specific theme

403 MPs and they don't think any of them should be Prime Minister.

A sobering reminder that the police are unable and unwilling to protect vulnerable people. They will abuse their power and then lie in court about it. This is not a matter of a couple of 'bad apples', it is two constabularies working together. We need more social workers instead.

There‘s no universe in which you can make this sort of claim without impacting on how actual victims of domestic violence are treated in the immigration system. Since Phillips isn’t an immigration minister it’s unclear how she could’ve “seen a growing number” of allegedly false applications

“We found two of the worst men in politics to replace one woman who was competently doing her job”

Can't believe there might be a place in AI for massively overconfident self-proclaimed geniuses who believe you can data-logic your way through any complex societal problem if you just reject complexity, empathy, morality and legality as obsolete weaknesses.

I've just seen this gem in Mayor Perry's re-election material. Truly astonishing lack of shame.

How can it be that The Independent heard Mandelson failed the vetting in September 2025 (and raised it with No 10 for comment), but the Prime Minister only found out about it on Tuesday? This might be the worst attempt at a coverup I've ever seen.

What an embarrassing thing to write, let alone publish in a newspaper.

If Robbins were truly responsible for it, surely Starmer would have fired him as soon as he found out, rather than after the Guardian found out. So, either Starmer didn't discover that Mandelson failed the vetting until just now, or he knew all along.

Surely the 'forensic' Starmer wouldn't have missed such a massive red flag.

Nothing convinces you to not vote for Reform better than the experience of being governed by Reform.

The Labour Party never misses an opportunity to fight itself.

Two households, both alike in indignity.

The party leading in the polls, ladies and gentlemen. Pro death, anti workers' rights.

A European Defence Union is looking more and more sensible.

This regime's behaviour makes a lot more sense when you interpret it not as the actions of a government or even a terrorist organisation, but as the actions of a nihilistic death cult who believe in nothing except their own supremacy, and they are willing to kill anyone in an attempt to prove it.

I'm starting to think they shouldn't have given this much power to the most insecure man in America. He should, at most, be ruining someone's D&D campaign rather than the whole world.

Glad to see the Met Police are tackling dangerous criminals like *checks notes* the Quakers.

The Chief Magistrate accidentally demonstrating here why juries are so important: Magistrates are out of touch and excessively deferential towards the police.

My favourite thing about this poll (other than Reform becoming more unpopular) is the idea that 3% of people are thinking 'The Lib Dems have gone TOO FAR and must be STOPPED!'

Nothing to worry about, just the world's most powerful military in the hands of a death cult.

'If the past is a foreign country, its shores often defenceless against the whims of the present, then Matt Goodwin, to use an analogy he might enjoy, is a plundering flotilla of small-boats.' Excellent profile by @manchestermill.bsky.social on Matt Goodwin's evolution.

It's worth noting that the value of gold goes up when the economy does badly. Direct Bullion is investing in an economic spoiler.

Proving the haters wrong again and again.

Dangerously stupid of the government to go after jury trials instead of trying *literally* anything else. I assume some advisor told them it would be popular with Reform voters, because it has absolutely nothing to do with fixing the problems with the criminal justice system.

Happy International Men's Day to Banao and nobody else.

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Budapest Pride thread, from the ground

He's back baby!

I can't wait for the sequel to Alien: Romulus, Alien: Numa Pompilius.