Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.

Do as it’s blowing up on the other place do people have views on the Alaa El Fattah guy? If what’s posted is correct seems a very strange person to waste political capital on?

Merry Christmas from Dubai! ❤️

FFS Labour. Increasing inheritance tax to 2.5 million where it should be massively lowered but pay a lower rate to pay for social care. Useless absolutely useless

Dog sitting. Not exactly sure where I sleep

Labour finally announcing a few really big and good policies. Housing and joining Erasmus. Also the employee rights bill - which while I’m mostly in favour I do have a few concerns…

Fucking public got it wrong again on strictly.

Mass shooting at Hanukkah in bondi beach. Sounds horrific.

Just read this by John Oxley and it’s so spot on. Well worth a read open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...

That is a huge drop. Huge. Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear. Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'

British right wing twitter crying about young Brits emigrating after completely disregarding their views on Brexit and often telling them “if you don’t like it leave” I guess they listened

@rolandmcs.bsky.social I think you are also going to have to watch the moral decay of the left

Yep! Just so very very disappointed. They haven’t got a clue what they are doing! A manhood I’ve majority completely wasted. Don’t think they will get the chance again.

no no hear me out, roll the heads of former Conservative candidate Tim Davie and chief dickhead Robbie Gibb, replace them with people who've got nothing to do with the Conservative Party, tell Kemi you followed her wishes

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

What a month. - Passed my qualification - Got new job - Met new boyfriend - got decent rebate from HMRC Had a bad few years so fingers crossed this is the change! Happy as a pig in shit

One of the best integration memories I have is my ex boyfriend’s Vietnamese family who fled during the war. The kids named Quan, Tuan, Thang, Richard, Maggie, William, Elizabeth. Guess which ones were born in UK and named after royals, political figures

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"There is no universe in which Sam Ashworth-Hayes – or any of Britain’s array of overpaid columnists, commentators and ideological wonks – is more valuable to this country than a care worker" I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...

Incredible amount of China-panic over at the other place, apparently they might be trying to influence the UK away from democracy. Funnily enough not mentioned is the other superpower whose leaders have explicitly stated their intentions in that direction.

#welcomehome 🤞🏻

I used to live in Handsworth with my Vietnamese boyfriends family while I was studying my masters. Best pork spring rolls and Pho ever! If that’s not integration I don’t know what is?! FUCK OFF BOB

Gosh how the Israeli representative spoke to Kamali on Sky News. I’m disgusted

Just not sure, really not sure, that I'd follow Kemi Badenoch as an example of the USA as a country that is protecting human rights without being in the ECHR.

Gawd Badenoch is awful, awful

In the long term, this does slightly dilute the 'moral' need for a referendum on rejoining the EU. But I suspect the Right has given up on the long term.

'In the video, an officer can be heard ushering members of the public away from the scene, saying: “If you’re not involved, move back, get away... he has a bomb, go away”.' But the cop didn't go away. He stayed. Despite the possibility that there was a suicide bomb.

Richard Tice has made up a fake quote from the PM to claim he incited violence against his political opponents. It was not sufficiently challenged in the Sky News interview that he did not say it, because the interviewer didn't have the text. Ofcom should rule uk.news.yahoo.com/no-keir-star...

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Unfortunately yes. Just checked in on my Jewish family. No shock whatsoever - which is a sad state of affairs

Business has paid a lot to support decarbonisation and sustainability. Invested tens of billions. Most of it under Tory-led governments. And now the party is saying it was all a waste, and pointless? Just not serious people.

I’m sorry that you feel my racism is racist

Thanks for letting us know, Kemz.

lol

Lord Glasman personally apologising to Nigel Farage on his own GBeebies show for his party leader "making false slurs of racism against him" should be enough reason to kick the brownshirt peer out of the Labour Party, and enough reason to properly implement broadcasting rules

Definitely not the language of Nazi Germany here. I can call out the Israeli government and the actions in Gaza without calling all Israelis “parasites” disgusted by someone I used to quite like on Twitter

Dan Hodges is bang on the money again

Justice! Mone ordered to pay the Government 122 million

"This morning on BBC News, an in-depth profile of Nigel Farage, followed by a vox pop of old people in a market on why Nigel Farage is so popular, then a look at how Nigel Farage has changed the political landscape. After that we'll be asking why Keir Starmer is so obsessed with Nigel Farage."

And Farage wants looser gun laws in the UK

Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.

Politically I think it makes sense to go for larger tax rises than ‘required’ to hit the fiscal targets. 1. A larger buffer means far less likely to have to do it again. 2. More room for some politically salient spending. 3. Political pain from, say, 3p on income tax/NICS not that different to 2p.

Shocked I tell you

"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.

This year nearly 8,000 students from the US applied to British universities, according to official Ucas figures — a record high and up by 14% on the previous year

I might have a slightly different perspective from many in the uk after living in the Middle East for most of the last 18 years. Tony Blair has made massive connections with multiple governments here in the Gulf. However It’s TONY BLAIR in the Middle East. You know THAT Tony Blair.

Things hopefully looking good for Moldova 🇲🇩 🤞🏻

Cheaper to go on Ozempic these days….