Left: Konstantin Kisin denies calling Rishi Sunak a 'brown Hindu' on #BBCQT Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"

Given his appalling remarks about Sunak its absolutely shocking that Konstantin Kisin is anywhere near the mainstream let alone on #bbcqt

Wonder if Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin remembers this.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”

‘You, Boy! Fetch me Jacob Rees-Mogg and Liz Truss. I’m turning Reform UK into the f*cking Conservatives!’

Well played NYT

Lies, lies, and damn lies.

Exactly the same thing BBC and Sky did with Renee Nicole Good. "A says X, but B says Y." Sure, but Y is on actual fkn video, so maybe just watch it.

I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.

‘You’re repeating a far-right load of nonsense that it’s all to do with migrants in hotels.’ @matthew-wright.bsky.social goes head-to-head with caller Patrick over the reason why ‘the country’s gone broke’.

The empathy of instructions seths.blog/2026/01/the-... Yes - don't make assumptions!

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?

Once upon a time there lived a funny little man called Trumpy Wumpy. He had straw hair, orange skin & smelled horrible. But he could do magic! He grew back his ear once & he had a strange power called Redaction which made things he didn’t like disappear. He was jolly nasty…

Identity violation and pricing seths.blog/2026/01/iden... Great insight on the art vs science of pricing

Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people

Sunday run @nationaltrust.org.uk #Wimpole #loverunning

“Well, I hope I’m militant. I think it is possible to be militantly nonviolent.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolence is not weakness. It is disciplined resistance to injustice, rooted in courage and care. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

Bigger, and better.

Great job opportunity!

Yes - too often people think their offer will appeal to everyone!

Going the extra mile. Even if it's much less than a mile it can make a huge difference.

Left: Yvette Cooper criticising Iran for "repression of peaceful protestors" Right: Labour's Baron Hain criticising Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer for conflating non violent protest with terrorism, effectively the "repression of peaceful protestors"

People have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a different story. Last year saw: The lowest murder rate per capita since records began The fewest murders of those aged under 25 this century One of the lowest numbers of homicides for almost three decades

Ah yes... Lord "Ha Ha" that famous Nazi sympathiser. If I remember correctly, he was the chap who put all those fiendish ditches in at stately homes. Great to see Reform's mayoral candidate is on top of her history.

It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files. Redblad.com

Holiday Inn turned away homeless men despite rooms being paid for

A trip to @rspb.bsky.social #Fowlemere at dusk to check out reports of murmurations. No starlings but, as always, a lovely visit #fingerpostFriday

I'm a slow reader but I still love the escapism that novels enable #lovereading #lovebooks

There is no instance in history of an authoritarian far-right leader taking over that did not end in disaster for those who voted for them And, unfortunately, everyone else. It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

With no UN Security Council mandate and unable to claim self defence, it is difficult to conceive of possible legal justifications for the US strike that captured Nicolás Maduro. Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️

This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.

Nobody could have predicted this.

Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about healthcare. Richard Tice uses ‘independent’: "Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."

Yes. Starmer could very soon be on the wrong side of history. I'm guessing he knows that.

Amazing record for the FIFA

Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.

Britain left the EU because people told us we had greater security and financial relationships with the USA. Happy now?

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.