"Europeans should reflect on the fact that if Russia attacks Europe tomorrow, and the US chooses to stay out of the fight, Europe’s biggest military asset will be the Ukrainian army."

Tony Blair and Rishi Sunak snapped after they bumped into one another outside Trump Tower in New York, four days ago.

David Howarth joins @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social on Quiet Riot to explain why Britain should be part of the EU’s Common Asylum and Migration Policy. They also dive into the debate on ID cards - spoiler: they are irrelevant in reducing illegal immigration. bit.ly/4mG4sRT

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

I like that. “some might reasonably say: “Brexit Boats” “Farage ferries.” “ReFuk returns” Consequences, consequences.

So necessary, so welcome, so late, and so insufficient from our Government.

Corbyn's party now has more leaders than members. And he's not one of them.

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

YouGov have asked this 594 times in the last 14 years according to their dataset. In only 7 have the net ratings been worse than, or equal to, this one. Four were in the aftermath of the Truss mini-budget and the last instance was Sunak's penultimate before the GE. It's that bad.

Very worrying for all supporters of a tolerant society to see the London rally this weekend. Besides the the many violent incidents recorded, there were so many blatantly racist signs and Christian nationalist slogans in the crowds. 🧵

In Northern Ireland, where humanist marriages are legally recognised (& only since 2018), they've become the 3rd most popular type of marriage. Mind boggling that the UK Government is yet to follow suit for England and Wales! www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...

Gotta love the British public 👏 #TrumpVisitUK

How do we fix this mess?

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

Improvement to London gothic monstrosity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ICYMI - this from former Obs Pol Ed Toby Helm is WELL worth your time today

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

The thing the authoritarian left seem to forget when they float policies like introducing ID cards, is how the authoritarian right will abuse their use when they take power. Labour certainly won't be in power forever, and under FPTP especially, it could turn v nasty, v quickly.

Before long they’ll be offering parole to prison inmates willing to abuse immigrants for a steady paycheck 🙄😡

Labour's strategy since the election seems designed to appeal to right-conservative voters. This strategy hasn't worked on its own terms because they have lost the (very few) right-wing voters that they had, while also losing (much) larger numbers of left-wing voters.

NEW from the BES, 'Labour's lost voters' tells them exactly what any reset needs to achieve. Stop pandering to the right, deliver on policies to win back progressives or be consigned to opposition benches. www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorize...

🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers. Not just in fleeing persecution abroad. Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores. But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.

It seems the only way to clean up our act is to join the EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OMG; Dr David Strain, expert on everything medical so long as it gets him in front of a microphone. Giving it large on diabetes BBC Radio 4 Today (pre 7:00 BST this am). Strain took Maeve off the list for admission under specialist CFS service and advised eating disorder ward "7-10 days of NG" feed

Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.

The deadline to make your submission to Ofgem is this Friday. Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.

Great to be on @lbc.co.uk with @lewisgoodall.com discussing whether Musk is fit and proper to supply energy in the UK. Nearly 14000 have written to Ofgem now. You can too: www.bestforbritain.org/ElonMusk

Our own @pimlicat.bsky.social explaining why giving Musk a foothold in our energy infrastructure is a REALLY bad idea, to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk just now. "If you were a UK regulator, why would you think somebody who has said 'I don't give a damn about regulations' is fit and proper?" ~AA

This week we co-organised with the Jewish + Muslim Greens online hustings for roles of Deputy Leader, and Equality & Diversity Coordinator. Recordings of the events can be found at: jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/events/. Esp useful for Party members who've not cast a vote for these position yet.

My piece for The RCP Commentary Magazine for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth. This is my lovely Mum and Dad in 1969. Immigrants helped build the NHS www.rcp.ac.uk/78702?utm_so...

Interesting article by Fergal Keane on Irish 'cultural identity'. I was born in England to Irish parents; from an area where Irish was often the 1st language. I now live a few miles from Ed Sheeran, in Suffolk. I describe myself as Anglo-Irish.... and European. #Irish www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Clip: Sarah Boothby tells Natasha Devon about her daughter, Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died of malnutrition caused by severe ME. She says doctors decided the risk of fitting a feeding tube was greater than the risk of allowing her to starve to death.

Full Article - The Times As my daughter died of ME, the state met in secret to blame me Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s mother had no idea she was being accused in private of causing or fabricating the illness that would take her life aged 27 archive.ph/2025.08.09-2...

I regret to inform you that Starmer’s been tweeting dehumanising videos of migrants again. These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration. He has to go.

Extraordinary that anyone gives creedence to Osborne’s views on economics. Clearly thinks he knows more than Bailey about financial stability.

67/ The first public PR elections in Europe were caused by residents of the Swiss canton of Ticino being so outraged by unfair election results they kidnapped and imprisoned the cantonal government (killing one). Anti-unfair result riots were a regular occurrence in Switzerland until PR's adoption.

What do these diseases have in common? Asthma Syphillis Multiple Sclerosis Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Ulcerative colitis High blood pressure Stomach ulcers Vaginal discharge Huntingtons chorea

The Times reports that 1/8 (i.e 12.5%) of prisoners in England and Wales are foreign-born. But somehow, they’ve overlooked the inconvenient truth that this means foreign-born people are less likely to be prisoners. (1/2)

I don’t think the Green Party of England and Wales has been hurt electorally by its support for NATO membership, and I can’t see how backing withdrawal would improve its position.

We're deeply saddened to learn of Lord Desai's death. Meghnad gave so much to so many people and campaigned tirelessly for humanism, secularism, and Enlightenment values in politics and across society for many years. He will be missed. humanists.uk/2025/07/30/h...

FIxed it

The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.

Ukraine takes first small step towards same-sex partnership recognition. Russia goes backward, criminalising all public expressions of LGBT+ identity. Another reason Ukraine must win & Russia must be defeated. FOLLOW @ukrainesol.bsky.social @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social @ukrainesolidus.bsky.social

pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing

A brief moment of celebration for this, my favourite online dog video www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kJl...

One of the things that people don’t understand about Keir Starmer is that he’s an authoritarian. I first met him in 2011 when he was DPP and drew that conclusion then. I know he has a human rights background, but it’s not where he is now, or has been for some time.

Incredibly powerful watch about the government plan on ME from @binitakane.bsky.social and Sarah, whose daughter Maeve died from ME. NHS urgently needs to commission specialist services for the 100,000s people living with this debilitating condition. watch here youtu.be/GZbSrdtiA9k?...

Thank you Adam and huge thanks to @channel4news.bsky.social for covering this tonight, and to @nickbenton.bsky.social for bravely sharing his story.

What is striking in the release of The ME Delivery Plan, is the strategic silence of @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social - no comment - no mention - no press - not even a tweet or RT Yet, it's under his watch, this echo in the void tells us much about the NHS's priority for ME. We have noticed Wes.