Your regular reminder that Nigel Farage stood in front of this poster on the morning of the day Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist. This is who he is. It's who he's always been.

This is demonstrably true.

Eco chamber From the latest Private Eye, out now.

When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...

Fortunately, Britain has a Bermuda-registered mass circulation newspaper owned by a French-domiciled billionaire, a television station owned by a Dubai hedge fund and a political party backed by a Thailand-based crypto tycoon to remind us of the importance of patriotism

I know that the world moves on, but I can’t help feel sad that such a brilliantly efficient and effective system is fading away, and livelihoods with it…😕 Mumbai's famed dabbawalas fed millions for over 100 years - now they are disappearing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

While Farage pockets millions as a "reward" for Brexit, the rest of us are left with soaring energy bills, political chaos and a broken economy. He only cares about himself and his wealthy donors. It is up to all of us to make sure he never becomes prime minister.

The perpetual tone of “Phew! What a scorcher!” should have shifted to “oh shit, this is what we were told” years ago.

What does it mean to be a humanist, anyway?

When even the app is predicting a new record high you know there's something afoot

Since 2010 the number of UK billionaires has doubled. If wealth trickles down, then why aren't we all richer?

Farage’s crafty crypto fortune. Full version: youtu.be/SqObceUurRs?...

Labour: Get your sh*t together! JonathanPie.com

Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.

Lest we forget - the man who hissed “Gas em all…” at young Jewish schoolboys.

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

This is the best summary of this that I’ve read: “Blaming British Jews for the policies of the Israeli government is as logical as blaming me, a Roman Catholic, for the plight of… sub Saharan Africa because of the Vatican’s policies on condoms” 👇

If you are appalled by the gains Reform has made, one effective way you can actually do something to resist it is by subscribing to The New World Join us today: buff.ly/C7cl4nm

OK, let’s see if I’ve got this right… Labour lost votes to Reform “Up North” Labour lost votes to Greens in big cities Tories lost votes to Reform everywhere Tories lost votes to Lib Dems “Down South” Under FPTP the next General Election is going to be a mess 🤷‍♂️

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

I 'borrowed' this from an anti-Reform group on Facebook. I wish I knew a name to give the credit to, but I don't. It's a very useful summary of the career of that nice Mr #Farage. Such a fine, honest, upstanding fellow...

RIP Ted 🌈🐾😪 www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

There's a lot that's wonderful in this piece but this was my favourite part open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

Seven peers tabled over 800 amendments between them in a deliberate strategy to cause the assisted dying bill to run out of time. They are: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Baroness Grey-Thompson Lord Carlile of Berriew Baroness Coffey Lord Goodman of Wycombe Lord Moylan Lord Sandhurst Shameful.

The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass took place on this day 1932, organised by Manchester communist leader and Jewish anti-fascist Benny Rothman, secretary of the British Workers' Sports Federation. The Peak District was designated the UK’s first national park in April 1951.

Mathematically it’s still possible…🤷‍♂️ If we do make the playoffs, it’ll cap a memorably mental season!!

This evening my timeline is the usual cavalcade of crap, given the state of the country and the wider world, but thankfully lightened by the glories of #wildflowerhour where for one hour a week the wonders of the natural world push the craziness of politics to one side. And long may it continue 💚

I’ve only recently come across the term “Baader Meinhof effect” and now I’m seeing it everywhere, which must be the most meta thing ever 🤷‍♂️

Gardeners beware! You may want to cover any tender plants you've already planted out because there's a chance of a frost tonight in prone locations in the countryside 📉🌡️

Tough advice to take, but science suggests it's for the best.

A critical moment for the #AssistedDyingBill. Join our protest at 09:00–12:00, Parliament Square, 22 April, and send a clear message to peers: stop using delay tactics to block one of the most important pieces of legislation to pass through the Commons in a generation. humanists.uk/events/prote...

It sounds trite to compare the current US Administration to the Third Reich, but given the threats to kill an entire civilisation… There is a lot to admire about the US, as there was about Germany before its politics was hijacked by a psychopath and his sycophants… Plus ca change…☹️

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien

Any gardener will confirm 👇 Everything is early this year

With the price of fossil fuel going through the roof, the personal economic case for EVs becomes a no-brainer: Using cheaper overnight electricity costs, per mile, less than a fifth than my old petrol Golf. As we move into summer, the surplus from our solar panels provides essentially free power

You make a fair point - Availability of reliable charging facilities remains mixed. We recently did a 600 mile drive to the north of Scotland and the charging network on the main roads and motorways was very good. Off the main roads it’s still patchy - more advanced planning becomes necessary

Can’t see this being beaten today 👇 Genius 😀

Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. Three big stories. First, the Russian Spring Offensive is almost two weeks old, and Ukraine remarkably still seems to be gaining territory in places. 2026 looks to be starting much worse for the Russians than 2025. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Didn’t want to get affected like this giving evidence. Caught me by surprise. We all lost so much. We have to act on the inquiry’s recommendations. We have to be better now, so that we can be better next time.

The universe is a glorious, stunningly beautiful place, and it’s offensive & gross when people produce or share fake space imagery. There’s a video floating around on here pretending to be the night sky viewed from Mars. It’s extremely fake, has been polluting the internet for years. Don’t share it

Whilst I’m on my hobby horse: Entitled types who want me to subsidise their holiday because they’re “Raising money for charity” by littering Kilimanjaro or adding to the erosion at Machu Pichu or somewhere else that requires long haul air travel and the associated carbon footprint

This Trump tweet is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.

A sobering article. One aspect of how climate change is discussed is the focus on 2100, as if everything plateaus after that. If only: Many of the systems involved have response times on the order of centuries or longer, so temperature rises, sea levels etc are only just getting started by 2100

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

As good a summary as you’ll see anywhere 👏👏👏

A Royal Reckoning. JonathanPie.com youtu.be/yiOvAgw4hwE?...

There's a super-viral post going around on here with replies and quotes disabled that is just a rip-off of someone else's image from more than a decade ago. See old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinte... for what *might* be the original source but it's hard to say.

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover

Hugely enjoying the Snowboard Big Air competition - not least the enthusiasm of the commentators, even though I have no idea whatsoever what they’re on about. Or on…