"I am not defined by my scars But by the incredible ability to heal" Lemn Sissay
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We need more of this from the MSM, not just what he dodged in stamp duty, but how much tax he's dodging by paying his GBNews income into a private company (25% instead of 40%), how much he's earning from off shore Texas oil cos, or private equity vultures after our NHS, etc, etc. #makeFaragetetchy
I've got to go and secure my new planted bulbs against squirrels*, but thanks for an interesting exchange. * That's not a metaphor btw 😉
The Brexit question was a simple choice, yes or no. That was part of the problem. You may have a point, but I'm not sure there's any legal requirement for a referendum in this case. We don't have a written constitution, so theoretically a govt with a massive majority could just introduce PR anyway.
Fair comment, and it is a tricky one, although the ConDem referendum on AV got nowhere because it was too complicated and ppl didn't get it. According to this article STV looks like the best option to me, with FPTP the worst! Global Ranking of Electoral Systems share.google/08jDA7sNMupi...
PR. PR. PR.
Starmer can use that huge majority now to introduce PR. There won't be another chance.
Complaints | Contact the BBC share.google/HgQ15rMgHuxO...
I taught some little twerps in my time, but thank God I never had one quite as insufferably twerpish as him. His parents did the other kids a favour by home-schooling him.
If everyone complained about Chris Mason's soft pedalling, instead of grumbling here, the odious little creep's BBC masters might just take notice. It's worth a try. Complaints | Contact the BBC share.google/HgQ15rMgHuxO...
Doesn't bode well that they can't even spell Britain...
Pretty disgusting to drag the royal family into his rant - or anyone else who's had cancer. Any of the 'patriotic' England flag waving royalists kicking up about that? Rhetorical question, btw.
That picture. Definite Hitler Youth vibes..."Tomorrow belongs to me."
The Uriah Heep of political journalism.
Bird flu, now there's a potentially killer virus san frontieres...Thanks, MAGA, let's hope it gets to you before it gets to the rest of us.
The presumption of innocence is such an outdated concept....😯
Give them about 5 years, 🤞they'll grow out of the tadpole stage and become real human beings.
Yes please, I'm a tone deaf, flag waving, racist insomniac, and my hearing aid's off.
If it's Armageddon I'd rather not know anyway, but thanks for the tip.
If you don't start them young helping with household chores they won't do them when the horrible hormones kick in.
There needs to be a relentless focus on Farage's devious tax evasion schemes. At least as relentless as that on Angela Rayner... I won't hold my breath.
Incels in suits...
Hardly surprising when the US Christo-fascists are bankrolling Reform via Texan shell companies. Our abortion rights are in their sights as well.
Now that really is a tough one!
Robinson gave Tice a grilling about Farage's disgraceful comparison of the UK to North Korea, he was as evasive as usual but there was definitely a squirm or two. Well past time BBC journos started giving these fascist con men a drubbing.
Lying toe rag.
Very occasionally I think it's a great pity the King's no longer allowed to have someone carried off to the Tower and beheaded....I expect he does too. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He'll grow up, look back, and cringe.
Ooh, I love a bit of yearning...nowadays it's mainly for chocolate though 🤦
It's no good banging on about the economic and moral disaster Farage's immigration policy would be, or the ECHR. The 'patriotic' mob don't care. His hypocrisy about taxes, and lavish earnings from GBN but absence from Clacton etc, etc, that's his Achilles heel. Led by Donkeys take note.
Well done!
I too think Labour has got some things badly wrong, not least Gaza, but they inherited a terribly poisoned chalice and the good things they have done are consistently underreported; that means, God help us, we're doing Reform's job for them.
This old lady wishes you a lovely day.
Sorry, but I was around in the Thatcher years, and that's an exaggeration. Like it or not, LGBTQIA+ is far more complex, than mere homophobia. Seeing this govt through the lens of a single issue is shortsighted.
Not quite sure why you think I'm criticising simple acts of kindness. But smiling, carrying shopping, food bank donations are v different from springing a public surprise on someone at a till and filming it. Many older people are very proud about accepting charity, even when they badly need it.
Why would any govt call a GE when there's a fixed term parliament and they have a massive majority? It's just another Trump style deflection.
There's an army of bots out there persuading people that Starmer is even worse than Truss, the Labour govt of 1 yr worse than 14.5 yrs of Tory misrule. Farage is rubbing his hands in glee as left, right and centre all fall for it. 🤦
"Most of us like to think we would have been one of the rebels or refusers, that we would have been brave. But the statistics suggest that most of us would not. Almost all of us would have stayed silent." A timely reminder from history as fascism rises again? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I hope she damn well sues them for assault. There's no way she should have been handled like that. Are these trained security men or hired thugs? I'd be happy to contribute to a crowdfunder for her legal fees.
It's time to start taking Farage seriously. No one really cared or knew anything about the EU before Brexit. Farage succeeded because people hated Cameron, Osborne and austerity. Trump got in on a similar wave of anger about inequality. We can't make the same mistake twice.
The kindest acts of charity are often done out of the limelight, a lot of older people would feel shamed by this being done so publicly. Why be filmed doing it? It looks like virtue signalling to me.
Given the shambles of Angela Rayner's resignation, and Reform rising relentlessly in the polls, it's time Starmer introduced a bill for PR. Labour has a big enough majority to get it through and it will stop Farage getting into No.10 and putting the final nail into the UK's coffin.
I misread that as an alien asking "Is Earth any good?" Fair question.
A billboard went up outside the Reform Conference about Farage proposing to pay the Taliban to take back asylum seekers. The mob don't care about that, but they will take notice of his tax dodging. This is the information that should be on billboards everywhere.
Now why on earth would he want to do that? 🤔
They're an extraordinary family, far more representative of so called 'British values' than the flag waving mob baying for blood outside asylum hostels.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/six_reasons-...
They've been very brave to go public, and social media is full of comments about the danger of doing so. How many are real and how many a veiled threat is the question.
While an undergrad at St John's College, Cambridge, Jenrick stood for election as President of the JCR. He was so well regarded by his peers (I paraphrase) that he barely got a single vote.
"Traditional voting patterns across the UK have shifted"... And the BBC is proud to have played its part in that.
RFK Jnr is not just a threat to the US, but to the whole world. Viruses know no borders, and once herd immunity is lost modern travel will ensure they spread well outside the US.
Westminster bollocks are definitely the problem.
Please sign and repost this petition. We cannot allow Farage to ally us with Russia and Belarus. ECHR Petition - European Movement share.google/8OUwJ64x3ruK...
I like Victoria Derbyshire but Newsnight has never been the same since the inimitable Emily Maitliss was booted off.
Isn't someone only under oath if they've been subpoenaed? Farage was there voluntarily. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.
Nailed it! 🌟
Birthed by Ronald Reagan.....
The media hate a working class woman with red hair. See also Barbara Castle.
Guess who his role model is?
Have you seen the news, or the front pages of every single UK paper? They all served up Angela Rayner's head on a plate. There's been barely a glimpse of Farage's evisceration by Raskin.
I've seen plenty on social media, but how much, if any, has been on the msm? Luckily, for the odious little toad the relentless Angela Rayner witch hunt has kept him well out of the limelight. Every single front page was dominated by her.
Farage had kittens last year over a few Labour activists campaigning for Harris - "we shouldn't interfere in politics in another country", yet here he is encouraging the US to interfere in our law making process. Sovereign parliament be damned.
And if the press stop running his campaign for him... Note to Starmer: PR, and pdq, or the way it's going you'll have to hand him the keys to No.10
And the front pages of UK papers are all having a go at Angela Rayner....
A media dominated by the right wing and a cowed BBC terrified of losing the licence fee?
There are things I'm unhappy with the Labour govt about, Gaza for one, but calling it 'odious' is stretching it. They were handed a poisoned chalice and there are are lots of things they've already done that are praiseworthy but never reported. Don't do Farage's job for him.
After Farage sat squirming while Raskin eviscerated him yesterday I naively hoped it would get plenty of coverage by the UK media. Yep, 'naively' is the word.
Anything about Farage's evisceration by Senator Jamie Raskin in Washington? Go on, surprise me...
Thank you, thank you Mr Raskin. Seeing the odious little toad squirm was a joy to behold. Let's hope this encourages more of the same at home. We badly need someone to call him out, each and every day.
Usual weasel words from Farage, no, we don't have a constitutional right to free speech because we don't have a written constitution. But Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 guarantees our right to "freedom of expression." And Farage wants to ditch it.
Quite, and Starmer said he agreed, which it was even worse. I've written to the BBC to complain, and also to Starmer. I've no illusions it will achieve much, but we have to challenge this insidious narrative wherever we can. Complaints | Contact the BBC share.google/qzN5b6xJxZFr...
That was Hereford - and come climate change they will...
Noooooooo, not Hertfordshire! 😲
Add endless spots on QT etc for Farage and co to spew their lies, and a BBC journo on R4's PM asking Starmer on Monday if he'd be happy for his daughter to walk past an asylum hostel, a better question is who's actually paying the piper?
My thoughts exactly, although I might express them slightly differently 😉
Absolutely brilliant. I can heartily recommend the episode on Cassandra - the only other one I've listened to so far. All I can say about this one is that Greta Thunberg's withering response to Andrew Tate was 💯 spot on!!
Starmer agreeing on the PM prog last night that he wouldn't be happy if his daughter had to walk past an asylum hostel if there were one at the end of his road, was a new low for him and for the BBC journo framing the question with a classic racist smear. Shocking.
Good analysis. I'll never forget seeing him bully the brilliant Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Newsnight. The man's a thug in a suit.
Don't forget the rotten eggs...
Why would Putin kill off his best asset ever?
Lots of rumours about Trump's health at the moment. Wouldn't it be a crying shame if he can't come? They'd have to pack the Trump baby away again...
Goodness, who would have guessed that putting a 19yr old twerp in charge of adult social services wasn't a great idea? 🤦
Good morning, campers. Here's some good news for once. Look across the pond and count your blessings. We must NEVER stop fighting to save our wonderful NHS from predators like Farage. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is one helluva big gaffe for a woman who claims she never makes any. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If it was discussed pre interview and the answer agreed on that makes it even worse. The excuse that Starmer got caught off guard by a curve ball then becomes nonsensical. Why did he not veto the question, or prepare a robust answer to challenge it?
I was horrified when I heard Matt Choi ask Starmer that on the PM prog tonight. The BBC normalising r/w smears about asylum seekers harassing or abusing women is completely unacceptable when tensions are so high, as was Starmer's failure to challenge it. At this rate Farage will walk into No.10
With all these rumours about Trump's health, will he be well enough for his state visit on 17th? Perish the thought he's not up to it. We've all been so looking forward to welcoming him...
Some very good advice here. American friends take note - and British ones too or we'll end up with that other fan of Orban, Nigel Farage www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oof, that's a really scary thought!
I was a teacher and it's as easy as pie to see when the work's not the student's own. Whoever wrote this (AI?) can spell, punctuate, and write clear, coherent sentences. That's not Trump. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
A close friend who's a well respected professional working in HE, recently applied for and got Barbadian citizenship for herself and her son, because as a black British woman she doesn't feel safe in the UK any more. This is where we are. 🤦
Done!
Absolutely appalled to hear Matt Choi, BBC journo,on PM today asking Keir Starmer how he would feel if there was an asylum hostel at the of his road, and his daughter had to walk past it every day! When this kind of racist rhetoric is normalised even by the BBC, we're in serious trouble.
No wonder tourism figures have plummeted. I wouldn't set foot in the US if you promised me a first class flight, 5 star accommodation and a chauffered limo.
They loaded up those planes with children - some as young as 10. I don’t believe they had a safe place to go in Guatemala. And the government did not care. This admin is the least compassionate of any in my lifetime.
They have great compassion for the unborn. The born, not so much.
If only we had a government that would fight back against Reform's insidious rhetoric instead of pandering to it...
Oops, I sense another Tory leadership contest coming. Jenrick will be licking his chops... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who the hell is advising Starmer? He and Cooper seem intent on doing Farage's job for him. Do they seriously think singing from the same hymnbook will win the election for them? They're handing it to him on a silver platter www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...