Happy Friday everyone - here's another quick update on what I've been up to this week as your MP!

YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏 😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!! "In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️ It's. that. simple.

Am I alone in being irritated by the replacement of the common or garden, everyday verb 'to give', by the pretentious 'to gift'? To gift has a very specific meaning: to make a formal donation or bequest. It's a pity to lose the original meaning. But why do people want to sound like Hyacinth Bucket?

So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil” Is this not just theft

The new Countdown Podcast drops at midnight. In it: it's time. A reporter who stands up to Trump, to his face, and returns his insults and tells him to shove his threats and lies will be fired - and will then get a new job paying twice as much - and become a national hero

This is true and it's a great stat... but it doesn't tell the whole story, in the sense that a lot of cases since 1998 have been settled in domestic courts courtesy of the HRA (which gives domestic legal effect to ECHR rights).

Fantastic news that former Tory MP Ben Bradley has joined Reform. With his history of advocating police violence and suggesting the unemployed be prevented from having children, he will fit right in!

Russia’s shadow war: How the Kremlin uses sabotage to wear down Europe www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...

I don't like being lied to, that is what immediately turned me away from frump the last time. him and his administration lie about everything, big and small. I have NO USE for liars, you cannot trust liars in any way. they have one purpose, only to spread confusion and chaos. every day more lies

If we can't even get rid of this president, who is clearly criminally insane, how in the world will we deal with the next one?

This petition is gaining traction... GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - it was completely biased and failed to tackle clear falsehoods. "GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom must investigate them for breaching its rules." act.38degrees.org.uk/act/gb-news-...

Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

The release of the Epstein files is required by law to happen on December 19th. On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela. Bank on it.

Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders

The UK government are in 'moral retreat' says Amnesty International. Well said, and to think Starmer was a Human Rights lawyer. 🤔 shameful.

Yeah, this happened.

"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee." Not surprising, but some observations (1/n) www.ft.com/content/10da...

And all without painting any roundabouts…

Fair trade principles like decent pay and working conditions, environmental protection, and respect for human rights should be normal business practice, not an optional add-on. I pressed the Minister to legislate for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence.

Farage's memory being 'fluid' again.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."

A band-aid on a festering hand wound open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a “second Nakba.”

This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding

When you look at Nigel Farage, never forget that he idolises a US President who sucks up to Putin and despises our continent, culture and values

Though the scale of casualties in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are many times greater than Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the main difference was the entire West abhorred Putin and enabled Netanyahu The only change is that Trump is now enabling both

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”

We’re at a tipping point. As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.

How many billions of dollars are the Trump family now worth?

There's also the small matter that British schoolboys wanted to be on Churchill's side.

A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault. This has been in the press for 2 days. The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it… And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼‍♀️

MY box.

Not sure how long Farage is going to get away with this sort of thing…. Long enough to get into No.10 where he can fully screw the country over? Or could he (for love of god) be investigated before then? Racism aside (which should end his career), he’s just so bloody corrupt… (Private Eye)

The ITV News top headline is a 90-year-old man dying in a hospital corridor. I don't want to diminish this awful event but this has been going on for ages. It is nothing new and has certainly not caused by the Labour govt.

Down Cemetery Road on Apple TV is fantastic — Emma Thompson is on spectacular form as a misanthropic PI, Ruth Wilson is fantastic as *no spoilers*, and the supporting cast are having a blast. If you like Slow Horses, this is very much for you

🔥 The “Friends of Bylines Network” scheme… …and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume. Community roots go deeper than broadcasters. Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...

The US says it has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. This is an act of war? What next? With Trump&Putin snuggling up to each other, what's to stop the US rolling its military down through South America. Who has got the power to stop them? Possible or not, I think that's Trump's dream.

Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.

Both are abhorrent, but Russia has done a much better job covering up the crimes in the occupied territories of Ukraine than Israel has done in Gaza. There are over 50,000 people missing from Mariupol alone

I think this is actually a threat….dont you?

How many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Another depressingly tone-deaf performance by Badenoch at #PMQs. Our continent is threatened from East and West, and Kemi wants to talk Westminster gossip. Rarely have I seen anyone as witless, be so pleased with themselves. Truss springs to mind. Johnson. Cameron. WAIT - I think I see a pattern.

Thinking of visiting the States anytime soon? The NYT reports that soon, under new Homeland Security regulations, before tourists & students from countries like Britain, France, Germany, & South Korea can visit America, they will have to hand over as much as five years of their social-media history.

Jim Dickson MP: "The so called 'Doge' unit that we were told would eliminate waste actually stands for deluded, overconfident, gormless and embarrassing." 🎯

Trump talks about "decaying" Europe. Decaying? When I look at the world what is decaying? Physically before our eyes - Trump, a great lump of decaying flesh. Metaphorically, the democracy of the country he leads, the freedom of the people to live without fear. He is not a joke. He's an abomination.

This is horrible: ecohustler.com/technology/c...