Father and son George and Josh are reaching the last 2 weeks of their absolutely amazing year plus round the world #cycling trip. Check out their posts on Instagram and elsewhere. So many followers, like me will miss their updates. They're also raising money for UNICEF - donation link below.

Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda . Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc. And nowadays not in the Guardian either.

🗳️ Last chance to register to vote! Register today - before 11.59pm - to vote in the local elections. 🚨 https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/hours-left-register-vote-deadline

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the - £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends - the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022. He's now offering to "put things right". Go on then Richard - resign. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Fun placement opportunity. German is also one of the languages sought. The Prize Papers are "500,000 letters and documents taken from ships between 1652 and 1815....They reveal the everyday realities of European colonialism, global trade, migration, seafaring, and warfare at sea."

BBC today correct Nigel Farage's false claim to Nick Robinson on Political Thinking (13th February 2026) that net migration was only down due to an "exodus" of people leaving the UK since 90% of net migration fall was a fall in immigration. After my 3rd complaint! www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedb...

And yet mouth breathers say that people cycling need id plates so they can be identified. It works so well with drivers doesn't it?

On the topic of vetting rows, shouldn't there be calls for Farage to resign given how many dire candidates have actually passed Refuk's vetting...?

"The UN special rapporteur on freedom of assembly warned MPs that she has never encountered legislation like this anywhere in the world and that it could serve as a blueprint for authoritarian Governments globally. Let that sink in."

This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right

Voters in Wales and Scotland don't need to show ID to vote (for non-Westminster elections), so this applies to voters in England.

One month left to apply: People voting in the upcoming local elections in May can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, a free form of ID that can be used to vote at a polling station. The Electoral Commission is calling for people to get hold of one if they don't have other photo ID

Right, here comes the library soapbox. The work of evaluating and categorizing books belongs to—if not a credentialed librarian—adequately trained staff. Not AI. Not volunteer parents. Not a council. Not a principal or headteacher. Libraries being what they are is because of careful education.

You may recall the serious allegations by Reform about voting offences at the Gorton and Denton by-election. This detailed thread sets out what happened next. All too late, and this won’t get the same circulation as the original allegations.

Great post and loving the #riveting comments

What difference have Reform-led councils’ made? Little in terms of economic performance. The “money wasted on ‘woke stuff’” was lies & they have to provide statutory services, so rates up as usual. Main difference: toxic, uncooperative atmosphere and added racism. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Too many people are too polite to say this. But holding mass rituals in public places is an act of domination. The druids are taking over.

Luke Murphy MP: "Since 1970, half of our country's recessions have been caused by oil and gas price shocks." "The UK is paying the price of for a broken energy system" "Research has shown that the cost of cutting UK emissions to net zero is less than the cost of a single fossil fuel price shock."

If you want to give REFUK the chance to reuse their literature this may be useful:

Right now, the UK is running mostly on wind and sunshine. When the Tories and Reform argue we should scrap Net Zero, fossil fuel companies and countries are speaking.

Made these, spinning and dying Jacob's sheep wool with my friendly Spin-offs gang at my local city farm. #spinning #dyeing #handspunwool #logwood #knitting #mittens Also had some really interesting chats and consumed lots of tea and biscuits in the process.

Whatever else happens, this war is a disaster for the advocates of oil and gas, including Trump, Farage and Badenoch. Clearly, renewables give us the only possible route to energy independence. I don’t know why the Government doesn’t make more of this. They need to start.

If you are one of the people criticising the decision that 'nature' will be the theme of our new banknotes, please note: You are not criticising the government, nor Labour, nor the Chancellor, nor the Bank of England. You are criticising the public, who chose 'nature' above all other options.

In the news today, a cyclist on the pavement who killed a man is charged with manslaughter. By contrast, here's a van driver who killed a little girl. He was driving on the pavement: common, and illegal. Killed her. Only charged with dangerous driving. Fully let off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

So that’s that, right? We don’t have to put up with endless drivel about how expensive it is to save the planet abd ourselves ever again? Cool.

Decimated!

🚗 💨 Pollution alert! Walk, cycle, catch the bus, tube or overground and avoid driving if you possibly can! This will help people with asthma or other lung and heart conditions to get on with their days safely.

I knew I had seen a similar thing somewhere before Labour is a far right party

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This is a great initiative "Ms Helen Khinich, Kilburn Grange School’s Headteacher, said: Over the past 12 months, we have reduced our electricity use by 35%, and the installation of 28 solar panels on our roof is projected to save our school a further £3,000 a year in energy costs."

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

A useful record of Farage’s failure and his inability to cope with it. A cheat and a very bad loser who would happily trash democracy to get the result he wants. And then remove our rights to stop us holding him to account. Such a corrupt, egomaniacal liar should have no hope of getting power.

So, any other news yesterday? Anything important?

Measles is on the rise in London. It’s highly infectious and can be passed on even before a rash appears. Protect yourself and your family from becoming seriously unwell by making sure you are all up to date with your MMR vaccinations.

Absolutely. “I’m not racist, I just care deeply about ‘lifetime net fiscal contribution’ for reasons I can neither articulate nor defend.” In one way, it’s just the latest in a long line of bigotry-shaped fig leaves. In another, it’s worse because it devalues public service & caring professions.

Matt Goodwin crying and now a calculator to model changes to Student Loans? This is the most Blessed of Bluesky Days. (Read the thread. It is interesting)

How extreme weather is leaving many homes uninsurable - The #climatecrisis is making insurance unaffordable for many but it should worry us all - it's the 'invisible backbone' of developed economies By me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm in the archive this week (more on this later). In the meantime, it's interesting to hear that the archivists are getting more & more enquiries from the public asking if they can access a collection the archive doesn't actually hold. Turns out ChatGPT is to blame. It's still hallucinating, I see

GOVERNMENT APPEAL GRANTED, PROSCRIPTION REMAINS IN PLACE The Divisional Court has granted the government permission to appeal the Judicial Review ruling. The ban on Palestine Action is unlawful and we will continue to defy it until it is lifted. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hu...

I don’t see how a democratic society can allow a political party to illegally pretend to be the official opposition and openly campaign on a platform of illegal ethnic cleansing

The Stop Reform UK tactical voting campaign recommends a Green vote on Thursday in the MP by-election to stop Reform's Matthew Goodwin. Will be interested to see how well this holds up. Labour are still throwing everything at the seat from what I can tell. Messy under FPTP.

Former UK PM Gordon Brown is providing - voluntarily and not for the first time - information to the police about abuses of power relating to the Epstein files. As PM Brown was briefed against by people such as Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson as being ‘psychologically flawed’ ….1/

This is a really genuinely useful and interesting thread that debunks an alleged example of Muslim intolerance in London. The truth? Several American far right Islamophobic preachers stood and hurled abuse at Muslims for days and days and experienced zero violence as a result.

The best protection against measles is making sure you and your loved ones’ MMR or MMRV jabs are up to date. Contact your GP to check. Learn more about the vaccine and the symptoms of this potentially serious infection: www.nhs.uk/conditions/m...

Concerning.

Debt-ridden Worcestershire, eyeing a £71m government bailout, is the latest Reform authority to propose council tax rises – against party pledges and plans to save by cutting “unnecessary expenditure”. 🧵1/3