So the Renters Rights Bill has finally passed. S21 evictions will soon be no more. A few reflections on the long road to get to this point 🧵

"Today is a momentous day" says Housing Minister @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social, rightly proud of the Renters' Rights Bill as it passes its final hurdle without needing a vote. Waiting for the King's signature in next week or so, when date will be set for ban of Section 21 'no fault' evictions!

Update: on Wednesday the Commons ~ Renters' Rights Bill – Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part) ~ Builds on the Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the last government but didn't make it through Parliament before the July 2024 general election.

Kemi Badenoch ignored the former Conservative voters who believe in the rule of law, protecting our home for future generations and human rights for all our people. With the help of a snazzy van we made sure people could hear a different message in Manchester today. Join us

that is clearly Johnny 5

"Farage wants 'free speech'? You got it: that leaflet was racist. Condemn it. Apologise. And to immigrants: Farage says 'go home'? I say, you 𝘢𝘳𝘦 home." Wes Streeting calls a Reform UK leaflet suggesting Anas Sarwar would prioritise Pakistanis racist.

excellent expose of the far right by Niko Omilana www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez1c...

Every time..no matter what the orange dickhead says Fartage has never got the guts to say it's a load of bollocks. This man is an absolute danger to this country

Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan: "Nigel Farage wants to impose Trump's dangerous anti-science agenda here in the UK. Peddling this kind of nonsense is irresponsible and wrong. "It seems Farage would rather see pregnant women suffer in pain than stand up to his idol Donald Trump."

#Starfield and no mans sky mentions in #ldconf debate on space ♥️🚀

Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage): 1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party 2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories. (1/x)

Loving the star trek references in the space debate at #LDconf 🖖

Sure. I left Twitter because I do not intend to legitimise an Apartheid-nostalgic, Sieg-Heiling, drug-fuelled narcissist by lending my weight to his right wing propaganda platform, knowing that he minimises my reach anyway. Each to their own though, I suppose.

Elon Musk is no friend of our United Kingdom. He should be held to account for allowing truly vile and illegal child abuse content on his platform.

Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people. We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.

Tim farron (and the rest of us) take back the flag from the nationalists at #LDConf 🇬🇧

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.

If you have a problem with ABC's Jimmy Kimmel *correctly observing* that the guy who fired at Charlie Kirk was raised his whole life in a far-right—and eventually MAGA—family, but have no problem with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade saying that all homeless people should "just be killed," FUUUUUUUUUCK YOU.

Jimmy Kimmel taken off air for this?! Is that it? As a british politician said this week, CrAvEn CoWaRdS youtube.com/shorts/Zvd5O...

In London, hate will never win.

The highest levels of racism are in the whitest areas. It’s fear of the unknown. Racism falls when areas become diverse because people see it’s not a problem.

Whoa.

Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. “As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.”

oooh yes gurl! you work that tarmac

Approach of the @greenparty.org.uk - #RefugeesWelcome

Absolutely brilliant 👇😀😀😀

Despite the focus on hotels, most asylum seekers are accommodated in housing - often HMOs. But the pushback against HMOs is growing, esp in the north. A series of councils has moved in the last 6 months to tighten restrictions, while Reform bang the drum locally and nationally on.ft.com/41J5aGk l

Making good progress with @blueprincegame.bsky.social . Hit a wall a couple of weeks ago and took a step back but back in the groove again and unlocked some chunky stuff. As ever, two steps forward and one step back but such a deep game!

Hundreds of charities have written to all party leaders urging us to take a strong stand against racism and hatred. I strongly agree – here’s my reply👇

rewatching #StrangerThings in time for the final season. *THAT* max episode is just incredible....

BREAKING: Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali resigns after it was revealed she had moved out tenants in her rented home and then raised the rent. More soon

right-wingers getting angry about refugees keep talking about how none of them have passports or documents.. I was totally confused about why they thought this. Then it clicked "undocumented migrants" - meaning no visas - is being interpreted (arguably intentionally) as being 'they have no papers'

excellent post from Tower Hamlets MP Apsana Begum: "we are clear: refugees are welcome here. ...we continue to stand with migrants for their rights to safety and dignity. It’s the far-right and their hateful ideology that are not welcome here." www.facebook.com/ApsanaBegum/...

If we want to introduce AI into government, can we at least start with things like approving expenses or booking meeting rooms, and not stuff where lives are at stake?

Stories of innocent asylum seekers in Epping having to be moved because of far right dickheads .. who are already targeting the rumoured new location for them to stay 😡

this is extremely fucking funny but also i cannot stress enough that LLMs are just outputting stuff that looks kinda like the stuff they've been trained on and when you ask them why they did something, they're just outputting even more stuff that looks kinda like the stuff they've been trained on

I let a goat from my local zoo run SQL commands against prod without protection and it nuked my data The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat

appalling that members of the England team are subject to racism. However what I don't get is why this then leads to them *stopping* the anti-racism gesture of taking the knee before the game? I think the men's game used a similar argument? Yes its not enough of itself but do other stuff too....

Absolutely horrific attack. We have been warning that vigilante mobs are being encouraged by the political narrative. Reform, Tories and Labour are all putting real people in danger. It is fascism that is a danger to the country, not people who have moved to the UK. metro.co.uk/2025/07/15/a...

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

urgh. this needs to be done and done now. #RentersRights

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Just "completed" @blueprincegame.bsky.social , what an incredible original game! And then I go and see that the achievement for "completing" is the easiest out of 20 or so to get. Guess I have more secrets to find!

The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.

Reform UK’s ‘British DOGE’ - Led by 28 year old entrepreneur Nathanial Fried - There are 5 members - Businessman Arron Banks is an adviser - Launched at Kent County Council today with Zia Yusuf - Team will visit all Reform UK led councils to identify ‘wasteful spending’ @lbc.co.uk

breaking police advice and idly speculating about Liverpool... unfortunately it seems all too familiar to me. Too many drivers think if they beep their horn they can carry on going forward, eg this lady who joined a marathon route www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl... 1/

A new faction has emerged from the shadows to protect humanity from potential threats... and identified YOU as their latest target. Watchtower by @kinggathcreations.bsky.social: coming to #Starfield on May 20. beth.games/4jAjc3Y

Timely speech by the doctor this week ❤️ no spoilers till after BBC 1 airing #doctorwho