It’s even worse. This is out of date. England took 8 more seats from Wales and 2 from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 543 seats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales 32 seats. There was a law that Wales would never have less than 35 seats, otherwise Wales would have no voice, but English controlled Westminster repealed that law!

Huh? How do you do a "balancing" program when one candidate did an insurgency trying to overturn the election and the other...didn't? Would Prescott have been satisfied with an hour of people telling BBC journalists why they didn't try and stoke a riot to overturn Trump's second win?

Hot take here but it will completely destroy any trust that it still had. Caving to (literally) demented wannabe fascists is not a good look.

This is unbelievable. Just a complete lack of belief in objectivity. And the BBC fucking caved to it

Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’ More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

Incredibly sobering post but do bear this section in mind when you hear Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick getting on their high horse...

How can Scotland have a 'soft touch' approach to crime, and the biggest prison population in history, hitting just under 8400 last month? asks Andrew Tickell ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...

Labour needs control via cooperation in the channel + to clear hotels to defend refugee protection from populist xenophobia Politically, rhetorical toughness on asylum (we're too generous; we prefer temporary asylum) will hurt Labour: won't be believed on right & splits the anti-populist majority

Mostly Brexit as deregulation was founded on the misconception that only Brussels regulates rather than this being a global phenomenon that incredibly even includes supposedly free and easy (ha!) Singapore. A flawed premise that therefore couldn't succeed.

Even I thought this was one of mine!

"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate."

"The honest truth is that people come to this country because they believe we are more generous than other European countries" - little evidence for this claim + good evidence against it We will "ensure we are no longer the destination of choice" - v hard to give a definition that this is accurate

Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...

New impartiality study: Contrasting media coverage of the Caerphilly by-election in Wales with UK-wide news: how did broadcasters balance parties and leaders? Thread 1/10 www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/caerphi...

I have a new blog post out with The UK In A Changing Europe on how lower migration will be bad for the UK economy: ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position." Analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

On 4 November, the Home Affairs Committee met with the Migration Advisory Committee to discuss the proposed changes to ILR. They brought up some very interesting points. Part 1

X is designed to radicalise people. The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain. Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

In the House of Lords, Bishop David spoke to his amendment that seeks to lift the ban on asylum seekers undertaking paid work. @bishmanchester.bsky.social

A particularly important result: the Dems retained all three seats on the PA supreme court which means the GOP can't get a majority before 2028. State supreme courts matter a lot in the fair running of Presidential elections and PA is one of the key swing states.

A gesture compelled is a gesture without meanimg

good thread

In a year of disaster, last night was finally a very good night for Democrats -sweeping the board in Virginia and New Jersey (two states where they went seriously backwards in 24) -Mamdani win -California redistricting win Foreshadows potential blue wave in midterms

“… fact checkers have also previously weighed in on the figure when it was repeatedly used [by UK Labour in Scotland] during the General Election. In June 2024, Full Fact said that the calculation method used by [UK Labour in Scotland] “misrepresents the data”.” #OptionalIdentityMark #Liebour

NEW: The UK Government accidentally leaked internal emails on the Huntingdon train stabbing to The National. Number 10 inadvertently sent confidential materials to us - including lines prepared for ministers and info not yet made public. www.thenational.scot/news/2559307...

The audible disappointed from the punditeriat that the suspects are British nationals has immediately been replaced by questions over "what KIND of British nationals??"

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”" www.prb.org/resources/se...

These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance… 345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities 50 still missing Likely to traffickers How could this have happened? Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is so awful!! Our priorities are so wrong.

We cannot be, after years of elections in which was hammered home repeatedly, still in a position in which our media class is crosstab-diving and reporting that data as accurate.

I keep seeing/hearing versions of the claim that immigration is now in the top three issues for Scots (that specifically from The Scotsman's politics podcast). The most recent Scottish issue polling was done in the summer, by Ipsos, and immigration wasn't in the top ten. Where is this coming from?

The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.

Congratulations to Josh Fyvie - now the youngest councillor in Scotland. Great result in Stirling East for the SNP. Well done to all who worked so hard on the campaign. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

More information coming out now on this. Looks like a Cabinet Office scheme led by Georgia Gould… planned savings of £10m-£30m a year (back up lower Premier League full-back price) don’t really seem worth the candle if this the result IMO.

Unbelievable thread. (You should be following Emma btw.)

In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses. Needs a new editor badly.

It's 23 April 1940 ... and the House of Commons is debating whether refugees fleeing Hitler should be interned oh ... and whether Oswald Mosley.... the leader of the British Union of Fascists....is a fascist. After all - he had once been a minister of the Crown.

Exc: one family flew out of Belfast and came back thru Dublin. Another went to England and back via Dublin. Using UK flight data HMRC thinks these Northern Ireland parents have emigrated, so stopped their child benefit in a new govt crackdown on benefit fraud www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Normal service on #TrevorPhillips & #BBCLauraK. Days after Plaid Cymru sensationally won the #Caerphilly by-election there is no room for Plaid on either programme. But Trevor Phillips has room for the losing party: Farage's Reform & Zia Yusuf. Ever get the feeling you are being cheated?

Some key stats on UK immigration

The way things are spun. As this report shows Reform got MORE coverage from both BBC1 and ITV1 despite it being a historic win for @plaidcymru.bsky.social No interview with Plaid’s charismatic leader @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social - absolute disgrace. This needs a letter!

Correction this is about coverage of the last week of the campaign not the result. Still it shows how the UK wide PSBs. in this case BBC ITV centred on Reform with little coverage of @plaidcymru.bsky.social or its charismatic leader. Time for a letter www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/final-w...

Yep. @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's analysis seems more accurate and more knowledgeable of 'regional' (according to Rentoul) issues. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour: gets hammered by a party to its left six months before devolved elections in which its main competitors are to its left, and local elections in which its losing more voters to its left than its right. UK political media:

The extent to which the news media cycle is focusing on Reform rather than the wider strategic goals of Plaid Cymru as the party that actually won is a sign that much of the media and political establishment is going to again end up blindsided by trends that were visible long before

Great to see the European Movement shaving regular meetings to discuss all things European. If in Glasgow, do pop in and say hi! #euromovement #glasgow4europe

A large untruth from shadow minister James Cleverly here

Thanks to @sundersays.bsky.social for providing the full quote from Shabana Mahmood. What she is claiming is not the 'honest truth". It plays into the hands of racist politicians. I hope that some MPs will indeed demand that the true facts are put on the record.