I've been Labour my whole adult life, but I can't disagree with this. Reform are indistinguishable from the National Front in 1995. And Labour are indistinguishable from Tories in 1995. That's not a progressive option. That's the other thing. It's complicity when we need radicalism. It's failure.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Trudeau named not reforming the voting system as his big regret. Starmer shouldn't repeat his mistake. The stakes are now much higher than just who wins the next election. When there's such a disconnect between how people vote and who wins seats, trust in democracy is at risk.

20 days. We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members. We're just getting started. Join.greenparty.org.uk

It’s funny because it’s true

Current listening. Surprisingly cool. youtu.be/OFE-XKD-Q2o?...

In case you didn't know, I published 2 books this month. I'm really proud of them both. One is about some unbelievable shit committed by horrific and highly improbable crooks. And the other is a crime novel. Both ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoy. www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath... www.amazon.co.uk/Tories-End-E...

How is it possible for Owen Jones to still understand so little about the essential nature of the Corbyn project?

My grandad was a member of Antifa, at Arnhem in Sept 1944 www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

What I'm wearing to the Rapture...

Kimmel Fixed It.

"I'm cancelling your show ... for a week!"

Can you die from face-palming? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reader reviews "Brilliant, just brilliant" "You won't be able to put it down" "An astounding first novel" "The tension was almost unbearable." "Brilliant from the first page" "Superb" "Fabulous" "Unputdownable" "A perfect book" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Amazon) www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

Trans people are not a threat to women’s safety. Over 52,000 women have signed the open letter to say not in our name. Will you join them? notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy. Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.

Farage reckons kicking legal migrants out of the country will save "£234bn". So I did the sums, taking into account % of immigrants vs natives who are working, paying tax, claiming benefits, average salaries etc. If Farage is right about immigrants, then natives would cost Britain £1.92 trillion.

Farage's latest spasm of ugly, senseless xenophobia made me reach for this recent thing I did for @bylinetimes.bsky.social If you want to shrink immigration, you need to explain how the country keeps working. Here's the reality. What's the plan? www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

If the folks marching in London today got their wish and a Reform UK government deported everyone not born in the UK, here’s what would happen. Instantly, over 15% of the population and 20% of employees would be gone overnight. The shock would hit GDP, tax revenues and public services hard. 🧵

There are 4.24m people with Indefinite Leave to Remain (or equivalent). 82% are in work, compared with 74% of Britons 3.8m are in relationships with Britons They have about 2.4m British-born children. This bullshit is never going to happen. Again. But... www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I took a year off of twitter after Musk took over, but now I've gone the whole hog and deleted my account. So if you see anybody on there looking like me, it's not me.

Good morning, autumn

Roast potatoes are the only proof of the existence of a higher power that I am prepared to countenance.

Good. Now stop arms sales to Israel, implement hefty sanctions on the Netanyahu regime and its members, and use your place on the UN Security Council to back up Resolution 242 with action. It's fucking genocide. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

It ends with Carl Sagan. Honestly - beautiful

I love the new Pixar, Elio, although that may be because the first 5 minutes are custom-designed for an amateur astrophysics nerd who's into Talking Heads. The next 90 minutes might be crap, but who cares after a start like that?

I'm not asking for any special treatment. If you hated my book, you hated my book. But if you're one of the hundreds who gave it a 5-star review on Amazon, would you mind adding it to Goodreads to counter the organised right-wing attack on me? #BabysBreath

More on this. In the last hour my average score on Goodreads fell from 4.9 to 4.2 It's probably impossible to prove anything. But it shows the techniques free speech absolutists use to silence opposition. And all because I presented some data.

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world. 10 mins later a right winger linked to my book. 10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all. But that's how it works.

I touched on some of this in The Decade In Tory, but I'm really looking forward to reading this one. It's part of a big ITV documentary too. Absolute corruption in the heart of government. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/vip-...

It's kind of impressive to cause an ideological schism in a party that isn't a party, hasn't got any policies, hasn't decided on a name, and only has two members.

Baby's Breath ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9) Just £3.99 "Brilliant from the first page" "A perfect book" "Absolutely outstanding" "The tension was almost unbearable." "Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!" "An astonishingly accomplished crime novel" "Fuck me, this book is good!" www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

Sun too hot to sit in and a pool too cold in which to swim, sitting in the shade with a great book seems a sensible thing to do.. #BabysBreath #Sorrento @russincheshire.bsky.social

First Colbert, and now Kimmel. Trump wants to appear as a strong man. Strong men don't fear criticism from comedians. Name a previous administration that demanded no jokes about it. Name a previous media landscape that caved. This, this right here, is the cancel culture you used to hate.

Buy it, it's bloody good.

I’ve finished. It’s excellent. Complex dark and twisty. Recommended.

Someone needs to put a new light-bulb in Melania.

Trump says journalists asking questions about him and Epstein are "disgusting people". Now, THAT'S unlawful projection. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Are these left wing terror cells in the room with us now?

I might have added some alt text

Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.

I'd like to thank my mum for pretending to be all of these reviewers on Amazon. #BabysBreath www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

Cover of one of my favourite bits of one of my favourite Bowie songs - the remarkable Mike Garson solo, maybe the most astonishing piano part in rock. If this isn't your thing, nothing about this will make any sense at all. youtu.be/G6Yyxv5cPVo?...

Hello gorgeous scamps who bought #TheCutThroatTrial and haven’t yet blocked my orgy of promotion. May I ask a favour? If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference… Thank you ❤️

I wish racists would just admit to being racist. It's so much quicker than saying "Immigrants don’t work… apart from my GP, my nurse, my teacher, my cabbie, my IT guy, my plumber, and the woman at the corner shop"

This is how you go about reaching people. It's not a difficult argument to make - we just need politicians to make it.

I once joked that Trump would be the 47th and final president of the USA. I may have been right. There's a large minority of Americans (GOP and Dem) that openly supports the idea of splitting up the nation. And it's surprisingly popular. Here's the polling ...

I see the uniting of the nation has gone well

Finished it this morning. Very much enjoyed it. Would recommend. (Am recommending right now.)

Baby's Breath ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9) Just £3.99 "Brilliant from the first page" "A perfect book" "Absolutely outstanding" "The tension was almost unbearable." "Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!" "An astonishingly accomplished crime novel" "Fuck me, this book is good!" www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...