The period 2018-24 was dominated by particular cliques of MPs unifying with the press, recognising that they can get whatever they want so long as they pick their agreed stories then scream them at the public in unison, without deviation. Look at what they’ve done with the power they gave themselves

Mark rightly identifies here one of the most concerning but thus far underdiscussed elements of this white paper – it seems to imply that Article 3 (which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) should be made a qualified right. That is, in my view, genuinely terrifying.

Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.

For whatever reason, work has decided to update to the new outlook which has wiped the templates app. Fewmin!

my religion is that i'd like to believe when you die you have to actually Hear Yourself and then the damned will crawl into Hell of their own free will

Stella Creasy MP writes that the asylum proposals of the Labour government are "performatively cruel" and likely to be ineffective in securing control or going after the smuggling gangs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have a serious loving and being loved in return kink

Oh this little chestnut?

Antony Gormley popped off with this ngl

Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson. That's it. That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.

Today is not the day to argue "oh so you want Reform to win then" as an argument for Labour's indefensible and inhumane anti-asylum policies. At least be honest and own that you're defending racist policies promoted with genuinely far right talking points. Don't try and pretend this is "progressive"

A day of rest but not for me

What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?

It can't be emphasised enough that the Government's current approach: - Increase ILR to 10 years, - Increase Asylum ILR to 20 years, - Removal "immediately" if your home country becomes "safe," - Loss of permanent refugee status, Is exactly the sort of thing they dismissed as radical extremism.

There does come a point at which pinning your hopes on "vote for us, we're not Reform!" runs into difficulties as you gear all your policies towards Reform voters.

Let's just enjoy the fact for a moment that Bill Clinton getting a blowjob really could bring down the government this time.

Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only

well this is how I spent 5 minutes of my precious weekend

This is such a beautiful illustration of the whole Your Party fiasco, AI generated art romanticising a bygone age of “proper” labour.

Trump allegedly noshed off Clinton?? It is too early for this

Tonight’s DnD session - met our first tressym

Clang clang clang went the pint glass

Like a meteor, breaking up in contact with the atmosphere

two splits and a book before the party formally exists is sensational going, you have to say

Went onto Twitter because of reasons, instead got the latest Your Party psychodrama

There is nothing going on upstairs today

It's a Ming vase strategy that involves repeatedly smashing the vase

Dunno mate, if you're earning that much I feel like you're probably enjoying life a lot more for getting up in the morning than someone who isn't paying that rate of tax.

I am obliged to report that when the No 10 spokesman gave this part of the statement there was a brief but heartfelt outbreak of laughter from journalists, one of whom later asked if the PM might thus be interested in a bridge he had to sell.

NEW: Keir Starmer spoke to his senior No 10 team this morning and said briefings against ministers are “completely unacceptable” and would bring consequences, No 10 say. He was “assured that no No 10 staff briefed against ministers” and accepted this assurance.

Tired, cranky, chopped and unc

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Get a room!

It’d be so easy to label these loons as anti-British who don’t care about taxpayers money if you’re into that sort of thing

This whole Streeting vs Starmer story is such a Westminster bubble inanity from a bored media class that has gotten addicted to toppling governments and abdicated any responsibility for what they're actually meant to be doing in a healthy society

What if the rake was on fire

White bird with black bird on its back, your pattern too chic, they could write songs about you

I would prefer it if Wes Streeting did not become Prime Minister

Thank you ChatGPT MP for Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix One

I’m thinking Berghain x Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Well it’s easy, you cast Billie Piper in a last minute shock replacement until you figure what to do next

The dookie I just dropped

"Hey boss, got that mosaic of Hercules and Antaeus, real fuckin homoerotic just like you asked"

It’s only Tuesday and I’m already fed up with people not doing what I’ve asked them to do

I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for. on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT

Mes pronoun? Blue/hair

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting