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Ross Burton@burtonini.com · 3d ago

When I’m Emperor of the World I will mandate comprehensive maps of airports by the entrance. I want to know where the good food options are before going too far!

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d ago

I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.

Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2w ago

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2w ago

New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer

Line chart titled 'GB News has lost £142m to date', showing cumulative losses in pounds rising steadily from around £3m in 2020/1 to £142m by 2025. The red line climbs most steeply between 2021/2 and 2023/4, reaching roughly £110m, then flattens as growth slows towards £142m. A note states the latest figures cover the seven-month period to 31 December 2025. Chart by Press Gazette, source: Companies House
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy cheese day to all who celebrate. And a good moment to remember that our political system is so broken that this woman, who is visibly inane, became prime minister.

Josh Self@josh.politics.co.uk · 2w ago

#Onthisday in 2014: Liz Truss delivers impassioned speech on cheese and apple imports “At the moment we import two-thirds of our apples. We import nine-tenths of all of our pears. We import two-thirds of our cheese. “That is a DISGRACE!” www.politics.co.uk/history/that...

Bart⚓️@bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

Dan Snow@thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 3w ago

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.

james@james.claims · last mo.

I was told by a Labour MP this week that this couldn’t happen and I was wilfully ignorant. Damn, I guess she was wrong. I guess I do know what I’m talking about after all.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.

A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England." The post text reads: "Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet. His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets. In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet. He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets. I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now." The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · last mo.

Reform UK has been removed from the Alliance for Proportional Representation. It comes after a Q&A at conference where Reform MP Danny Kruger said: “On PR there is a significant danger [Lab.] will try to introduce it...Reform’s position is we support First Past the Post.” Reform's 2024 manifesto:

Proportional Representation Voting for the House of Commons Large numbers of voters have no representation in parliament and new parties are shut out of the political system. Voter turnout could be some 10% higher with PR. A referendum is needed.