Parliament reopened today, but Nigel Farage was in Washington DC on his 10th trip to the US since becoming an MP. You don't get to earn £1m from 12 jobs by wasting time on what is meant to be your full time role.
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Parliament reopened today, but Nigel Farage was in Washington DC on his 10th trip to the US since becoming an MP. You don't get to earn £1m from 12 jobs by wasting time on what is meant to be your full time role.
What do Jenrick, Farage, Goodwin, the Telegraph etc think will be the consequences of their actions? And what does Starmer think will be the consequence of his inaction?
What a traitorous piece of shit Farage is… (Sunday Times)
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
7/10 great guesswork between two of us. 🤷♂️
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.” And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out. What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is so reminiscent of Brexit… Farage loudly whipping up fear and hatred, in front of a huge ‘Breaking point’ poster with tiny little fact checks whispered far behind the bullshit headlines. His immigration ‘plan’ would be a cruel and incompetent shitshow. We’ve done this all before. (iPaper)
Radio 4 reported on the demo in Liverpool as if there were more far right than counter-protestors, even though the far right were heavily put numbered and had to cancel their march. R4 failed to mention this, and then only played a recording of the fascists chanting. It gave an inaccurate impression
This is what Farage represents. This ignorance. This racism. This hatred. This social media radicalisation. Shame on every single politician, newspaper, hack and pundit who has helped pave the way to this vicious, stupid, nationalistic version of England. (Times - a complicit disgrace of a paper)
2/10 ☹️
Dear UK press, in your vain attempt to make yourselves relevant in a digital age, you're following the wrong herd. There are far more anti-racists in Britain who embrace diversity and compassion, try click baiting them, it'll pay dividends & help your reputation no end, trust me 😉
And just yesterday, SI 2025/753 was slipped through. It quietly adds new beef quota for the UK–US Economic Prosperity Deal, embedding 🇺🇸 trade terms into UK law with no debate, no vote, no scrutiny. This is how deregulation is being done 👉eroding democracy. www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/75...
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
What is concerning about US is not ultimately about Trump. There are always Trumps. It is the legislature and judiciary that should check and balance, but shrug instead. It is his party and the media who should hold him to account, but shrug instead. Trump is doing what he can get away with.
What happened to Everything Electric North?
The land of the free and free speech. 🤷♂️
Britain can’t afford Elon’s next power trip. Today I’ve written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.
Morning Bluesky. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has banned the sharing of US intelligence on Russia-Ukraine peace talks with Five Eyes partners - the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, CBS reports.
Action needed on plastic additives linked to sperm decline, experts warn
How shameful is this for the US? Russian troops flying the American flag alongside their own .This is something I never thought I would see in my lifetime. How can ANY Republican continue to support this traitor posing as the POTUS😡
A giant of a man meets the biggest **** of the 21st Century.
Those decorations are so gaudy. 😱
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them." "...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
It’s toad in the hole! 😊
Reform is made up exclusively of unserious, irresponsible, race-baiting grifters, hoping to be swept to power on a wave of vengeful ignorance and an absence of any scrutiny. If they were held to account - by papers like the Times - then maybe they’d be nowhere. And certainly not eyeing up peerages.
The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost. Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions. No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.
Every single bloody reminder… tedious, inconvenient, regressive, demeaning… Brexit is just a relentless fuck up. And the tragedy of pretending it isn’t will make fools of us for years.
Which one?
What a complete wanker.
Yet again the North pays the price for decisions made in Westminster and the government wash their hands of any responsibility. Shameful.
Once again Farage demands all the trappings of power while continuing to shirk the responsibilities. An endless grift which the media refuses to challenge.
Putin has arrived in Alaska, and there he is 100% being welcomed as an important guest. A dictator who started the biggest war since the end of World War II, who killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of people, who abducted tens of thousands of children, is still being received as a guest.
Poll: 8 in 10 Brits would support the UK generating more energy by expanding the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure, including nearly two thirds (65%) of Reform supporters. The new YouGov survey for Friends of the Earth also finds broad public support for fair climate policies.
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
The racism that was needed to get Brexit over the line has now metastasised into pretty much the *only* thing the right is selling. That and climate change denial. Why anyone thinks that’ll lead to anything other than catastrophic national failure, god only knows.
Just like Trump inviting the Taliban to Camp David, inviting Putin to Alaska stinks. The only legitimate reason for Putin to set foot in the U.S. is to arrest him as a war criminal and send him to The Hague for trial. Trump looks like a weakling trying to “Reset” with Russia.
4/10 between two of us. 😊
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I bet it’s a secret recording device.
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Those mRNA vaccine programs that RFK Jr. is killing because he claims they don't work? The people who invented them got the f***ing Nobel Prize. And they've saved literally millions of lives already. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
“Whatever happens, the damage that has already been done by the constant media indulgence of Farage and his divisive, inflammatory and outright racist views will take many years for this country to recover from.” Yes. A disgraceful, unforgivable failure. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders,” says Nigel Farage Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Now let’s ban domestic cats to save millions more wild birds.
🔴 NEW: Foreign billionaires are using UK companies to pour millions into British politics — legally. We found £6m+ in political donations from UK firms owned by foreign nationals — people who can’t vote in Britain. New on Democracy for Sale (🧵) democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-h...
Quite a story www.theguardian.com/business/202...
1/10 😳
Feelin' great yet everyone?
Was there ever any doubt the BBC were helping Reform? www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Reform -Net Zero is stupid. Meanwhile China.
They are almost Guardian fashion section worthy.
I can’t stop laughing. They’re not good are they.
It’s Nobel not noble. FFS this ignorance is just so wearing.
I’m just so tired of all these American fantasists. It’s so wearing.
Why do Americans elect morons?
Christ, fourteen hours to get to Tenerife Mind you Ryanair probably landed in Morocco 🇲🇦
This isn’t a one-off. This is what happens when you rip up 40 years of food security frameworks without a plan and replace it with “get it on the shelf fast and cheap.”
If they don’t know the answer to this they shouldn’t be running a newspaper.
I couldn’t agree with you more.
They talk about our ‘deal’ and the EU ‘deal’ with the US… as if they’re wins, rather than (probably) temporary agreements to reduce import taxes from ruinous to just damaging. Meanwhile, we continue to scrabble around for growth, having slammed the big door marked ‘GROWTH’ in our own faces…🙄 (FT)
It's funny what we can and can't do when money is involved. The markets trump all, even life and death. And politicians wonder why they don't have moral legitimacy anymore.
The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
I worked there in the 80’s for a couple of years and I look back on it with good memories.
My friend, Nabil, does not want to die. He doesn’t want his wife and six children to die, he doesn’t want his friends and neighbors to die. He doesn’t want the Israeli hostages to die. He doesn’t want Jews to die. He just wants food to eat, a shelter to live in, and to live his life, peacefully. 😡😡😡
I’m sure the people of Grimsby couldn’t care less.
The right gave us austerity, they broke social care, they fucked up our public services, they couldn’t deliver HS2, they created a prison and a justice crisis, scapegoated immigrants, dumped us in a brexity dead end and now whip up riots on our streets to dodge being held to account for any of it.
The right has gone absolutely nuts. The Tory party is chewed up with its brexity failure and the prejudice ticket that once gave it power. Reform’s rise from their ashes is the toxic aftermath. And the media dance along like it’s all so exciting, rather than a goddam nightmare for us all.
We won’t pay for Prince Harry’s security but we will for this walking shitstain. It’s a disgrace.
Severe malnutrition among under-5s in Gaza City has tripled in two weeks, charity says
I hope the US are footing the bill for this massive inconvenience.
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
I tried to do the face recognition but it didn’t work. Happily it’s working just fine without it.
Goldman Sachs chief says Brexit has left London’s financial status “fragile” as banks move to EU cities www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
In any sort of normal presidency and media environment, this would destroy the entire administration and force multiple cabinet resignations as well as the president himself.
To be clear, this now a massive cover up involving the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress.
Accidentally stole? 🤷♂️
Ironically, Northern Ireland, who remained in the EU SM (for goods) is experiencing more growth than other regions in the UK. NI is like a canary in the mine for brexit but nobody is taking any notice. Least of all Labour. 6/7
This majority wanting to rejoin the EU continues to grow, slowly but relentlessly…
What’s a bus?
Richard Tice says Reform UK would rip up green energy contracts if elected - putting countless jobs and investment at risk. Reform’s policies hurt both our climate and our economy. ⚠️
🇳🇴 VIDEO: Disappearing wild salmon spark concern among Norwegian anglers Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change.
That’ll be because you’re not fully Yorkshire.
Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns tells Times Radio that she doesn’t believe climate change exists, and that it’s just a “racket” for some people to make money. If Reform win the next election, the UK could become a very different place quite quickly.
The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday
Trump says he's "surprised" Jerome Powell was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve. Powell was appointed by Trump in 2018.
No more football PLEASE!
How about trying out how shit Brexit is?
Trump's UK state visit was just announced for 17 September. 💥💥💥 JOIN THE PROTEST! Let's make it absolutely massive. stoptrump.org.uk
Poll in 4 largest EU countries show that Britain would be welcomed back into EU if it chose to rejoin… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Very well put.
Pair it up with solar panels and it’s perfect.
The rest of the world can see there is something seriously wrong with him. Why can’t Americans?
Nor do they want to.
Happy2BeHere 
