Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

Total clown show. The entire world knows he’s bluffing. Iran knows he’s bluffing, and that’s why he can’t get them to make any concessions. He’s a complete fool who has no idea how to get out of the war he started by getting anything in return.

This is an authoritative analysis by an outstanding journalist the BBC was careless enough to lose.

This really is essential reporting from Alan Rusbridger in Prospect. The deliberate weakening of regulatory bodies such as Ofcom cannot be ignored - or tolerated.

Marvellous novel. Patrick White is absurdly underrated

This is a seminal moment for Nigel Farage. For years, he protected his image by distancing himself from Tommy Robinson, this latest move suggests a shift. Now that Reform UK has secured a mandate, taking control of 14. Farage is emboldened to show us who he really is.

I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions

In the run up to the 10th anniversary of Brexit I think we need to remember what was promised by the Brexiters and what threats they made about what would happen if we didn't leave. Here's Farage 10 years ago this month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...

NO END OF QUESTIONS www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Superb writing - utterly terrifying Squillions www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Excellent. Richard Tice spent all of the Sunday rounds deflecting questions and defending this pile of crusty wanksocks, only for him to be sacked a few hours later.

Thanks

Listen to this little edit of Zia Yusuf that I put together and tell me how RefUK are different to 'traditional politicians".

THIS IS THE INVESTIGATORY JOURNALISM WE NEED Thank you Alan Rusbridger www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/734...

STOP REFORM. Tactical voting. Don’t let the corrupt bullies get away with destroying Britain

It's not a political party. It's an engine of enrichment for greedy millionaire white men. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

That special relationship

I wonder if #Trumpipumpipiddlipoo's gamma mind can work this one out? Or even his 'second-Bismarck', the vacuum-cleaner salesman Witloof!

1/6 🧵The Pope has put his finger on Trump’s greatest weakness on foreign policy. With his narcissistic delusion of omnipotence, he doesn’t understand how Great Powers maintain hegemony. Along with Hegseth he thinks it’s all a matter of brute force. Alliances, diplomacy & soft power are ‘woke’.

In short Rayner had to resign due to concerted media & political pressure over a single stamp duty mistake. Millionaire Tice bankrolled his party through deliberate, dodgy, tax-avoiding corporate tricks and yet the media pressure is limited to a few outlets. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This is the second Kindertransport statue in London Liverpool Street station. It’s on the main floor, to the left of the main tube station entrance. This one is “Fur Das Kind - Displaced” Stop and have a read of the plaque next time you’re there.

So here’s something that surprised me. I was talking to progressive middle aged Germans at an event discussing Frankfurt in the 1930s and several said they had only recently heard about the Kindertransport, which is barely known in Germany. I suppose there’s only so much anyone can take in.

NEW: Alf Dubs, Kindertransport refugee & Labour peer, says he — had more success on immigration policy under Tories than he does now — hasn’t met w Mahmood whereas Tory home secs used to invite him to meet — agrees w Rayner: immigration changes are “unBritish” www.politicshome.com/news/article...

I'm still absolutely puzzled that the Kindertransport is hailed as a good thing and not an appalling compromise

Farage has previously stated he would deport all those whose parents were not born here. That’s windrush/ Kindertransport people. And me

I'm always skeptical of BBC-bashing, but BBC News website hasn't reported on the Tice tax scandal since 12 April, when the headline was "Tice £91,000 tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims".

In "bears crap in the woods" news.

I’m reading this lawsuit Kash filed against The Atlantic. I’m struggling to find where they were wrong.

Yes, there's an important question about the Integrity Of The Prime Minister, but in 100 years' time this is not a story of 2026 that historians will regard as having reshaped the course of humanity, and there are plenty around that don't get this kind of intense debate in Parliament.

This all sounds a bit silly. I am sure everyone knew that Mandy was as 'dirty as a dog's bum' (expression I heard once and liked), but that was exactly the point - so was #TrumpyPumpy! The alternative was gorgeous George Osborne for God's sake.

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

Get these crooks out of parliament!

Terrific, surprisingly raw without being maudlin (and therefore moving) interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/m...

Crooks Party Richard Tice failed to pay £100,000 tax using this web of firms www.thetimes.com/article/9ed8...

I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs to collect debt. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. Can you sign and share? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Coming soon…

A shambolic insult to left leaning voters. Take your inflated egos somewhere else… Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘deeply flawed’ Your Party collapses in Scotland www.thetimes.com/article/6682...

Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

The Dream Team failed. Total shock. We sent two of our most mediocre real estate developers and a fraud. Who could’ve guessed this outcome?

It is hilarious in every way but my fingers are still firmly crossed for Hungary today.

A lucid abd terrifying expose of Trumpian evangelism. It is fundamentally genocidal www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Since discovering that today is the anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s execution by the Nazi regime (Apr 9, 1945), I thought it would be appropriate to repost this thread of some key, and timely, lines from his Prison Letters. 🗃️

Never forget these arse kissing fools who cheered on the worst president in history.