Carl Walters

@carlwalters.bsky.social

Politics, history, sport

In case anybody who has to work for a living (rather than - like Nigel Farage - born into a rich family, and now a millionaire) thinks Reform UK are on their side "Both Reform & Tories voted against workers rights." meme via Leighton Pickering

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Tadej Pogačar is a cycling phenomenon. Yesterday he achieved his 25th stage Tour de France win, and he's well on course for his fifth overall victory. This will put him joint first most Tour wins. At 27 he has time for a few more.

Tadej Pogačar's dominant victory on mountainous stage 14 of the Tour De France.

Wow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives

If Farage wants a byelection, he should pay for the byelection out of the £5m gift he received. Otherwise he should be barred from standing. What a waste of public money.