The “reading out very obvious bullshit WhatsApp messages from brazen liars on the Ten O’Clock News” situation has developed not necessarily to Britain’s advantage

And in Lancashire Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country. Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

Why does today keep opening doors to darker places than I hoped I’d ever imagine?

Perhaps McSweeney is one of those political animals who is great in opposition and campaigns, and useless in government. I mean.. they are very different situations aren’t they? @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?

At Byline Times we’ve published dozens of articles on Sir Robbie Gibb’s role at GB News, the Jewish Chronicle, and of course BBC News for nearly five years Tomorrow’s headlines today bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...

BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special The new Private Eye is out now.

COP events drive the annual climate reporting season. The State of the Cryosphere 2025 report however, stands out. The report shows that critical thresholds have already been exceeded - its a must read. My summary and thoughts: drtomharris.substack.com/p/we-cannot-... #climatechange #cryosphere

This is utterly disgraceful.

'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them' Winston Churchill, 1936

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump. Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader

A thoroughly lovely thread to remind us all of the genuine generosity of spirit that the ivory towers can foster.

I don’t even think Otto is OTT in saying this. Farage consistently works against British interests, whether Brexit, Russia and praising Putin (including his mate being bribed by them) or now conspiring with a proto-fascist foreign moron to destroy a flawed yet still vital national institution

When ever there is any major story in the news with any political impact ask a single two parted question: Who is telling me this, and why does it matter to them? The BBC story is from a particular group and serves them well.

This is a genuinely intolerable reality…

You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help

Evan Davis described Chris Patten as a voice from the left on BBC PM tonight.

Just in passing, this would be the same ‘Panorama’ that had its budget cut savagely by the two people just resigned? Huh. Mkay.

The people trying to create a Britain of race hate are as follows: Elon Musk - X Tabor-King - Global & #Lbc Murdoch - Talk Radio Rothermere's - Daily Mail Zuckerberg - Facebook Paul Marshall - GB News Chris Harborne - Farage & Johnson, donor Chris Chandler - Legatum

Marshall and his associates can spot rising stars and give them early media coverage, and op-ed slots. If you agree with what he thinks, Paul Marshall can make you a star, and rich ✏️ @jamesrball.com

Elon Musk is not set to become the world's first trillionaire because this pay package has a bunch of preconditions he will never meet. The 600,000 people he killed are dead for real, though.

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

No public agency should be posting exclusively on Xitter. I understand that they might have to post on all major platforms, but posting only on Musk's propaganda mill should stop.

I know how they got to that point. Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.

[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!

You can't prove to me that's not three 8.5x11 sheets of paper taped to the wall

It is not, I will grant you, anywhere near the top 1000 injustices of this world, however the fact that ginger nuts taste so bad dunked in coffee when they are sheer heaven dunked in tea is a matter of deep and profound regret for me.

Vogue's absorption of and closure of Teen Vogue feels like -- is -- a direct attack on a new generation of queer journalists who were committed to excellence and the power of journalism to illuminate the stories of people at the margins. And it impacts all of us, no matter our age.

This auction is now live on eBay. 1500 credit Orlock gang. 9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs (Scenery not included) www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454... Starting at £50. Oz will get the money, not me. DM me if you have any questions. #Nerdlings #Necromunda

A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

worth reiterating again that “the executive can raise and spend money however he likes” has been anathema even under monarchies for centuries we’re not rolling back anything in US history here, we’re rolling back the English Civil War

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

A deeply interesting and intelligent discourse episode podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t.... @theresthistory.bsky.social

There's an amusing moment in the 1780s where the Admiralty send a couple of likely-looking captains to the West Indies to mess with American trade. Unfortunately the West Indies kind of relied on American trade, the two captains were Nelson and Collingwood, and things went horribly right...

Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar. Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet. Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵

On Trafalgar Day, here is a great rendition of one of Britain's greatest battles by one of her greatest artists:

The Battle of Trafalgar, which took place on October 21, 1805, was the decisive naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. It took place near the city of Cadiz, in Spain.

'The Immortal Memory!' Today is the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Happy Trafalgar Day, most particularly to all who serve, or have served, in the British Fleet. #RoyalNavy Image: Lemuel Francis Abbott, 'Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson' (1799), National Maritime Museum.

The Battle of Trafalgar happened on this day in 1805. One hundred years later, on this day in 1905, as part of Southampton’s celebration of Trafalgar Day, the Trafalgar Dry Dock was opened by the Marquess of Winchester. It was the largest dry dock in the world at the time. 1/4

Trafalgar Day. The most interesting bit of Trafalgar isn’t the battle, it’s the preceding cross-Atlantic chase.

Happy Trafalgar day! Saved this for today: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Thanks @theresthistory.bsky.social

Tory Conference debate on free speech. You see? Sometimes being "cancelled" is a mercy.

Nighty night

Because of course in the world according to Robert Jenrick there are only two groups of people - white people and 'other' people who need to integrate.

Very late to this party I know but OMG the midnight city birds of a feather mashup is giving me all the fields.

The Denver shooting that happened the same day as Charlie Kirk's assassination was carried out by yet another radicalized kid from the true crime community (TCC). They idolized prior school shooters and had engaged with nihilistic extremist violent contet. coloradosun.com/2025/09/12/e...

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.