And I continue to think a) politicians shouldn't endorse calls for other politicians to be killed *even when it looks like it's probably a joke* b) Farage has tried to make the idea that he's uniquely under threat of violence because the left hate him part of his strategy, maybe don't help him?

One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.

Have the British public always been so self centred? I’m staggered by how many people I’ve seen saying ‘I don’t use buses so what good is that?’ Or ‘pubs aren’t for me so who cares?’ Millions of people do use each and they are both pretty vital for our economy and society

I think...the Daily Mail has a crush on Andy Burnham

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w ago

2026: this comes across as a bit weird/desperate.

We’re sourcing our reshuffle news from an alternate timeline of the 1980s…

Australia is planning some of the world’s toughest AI regulations. There will be restrictions on water and energy use. And AI companies won't be able to train on Australian creators' work without their permission.

Keeping Lisa Nandy as Culture Sec and Shabana Mahmood as Home Sec:

Some spad on Labour's right is furiously asking their chatbot why manifestation via aggressive briefing doesn't actually work about now

I wonder if Shabana Mahmood thought she could brief Burnham picking her as Chancellor into reality the same way Wes Streeting thought he could brief getting 81 nominations for the leadership into reality...

Burnham hasn't got a podium, that's insane to me.

A good way to test whether someone on the left is just a misinformed contrarian addicted to outrage or not is to ask them about the Falklands.

We urgently need enforced disclosure of AI usage in TV shows & other media. These AI models use stolen work to displace human labour. It is reasonable to demand disclosures that let you avoid media made with them. variety.com/2026/biz/new...

Labour needs to stop treating its large core vote in London as a weakness rather than a strength. Few remember now but the Tories used to lead in London under Thatcher/Major. Changing that is *a political success*.

The media was responsible for SOME of the unpopularity. Doing unpopular stuff was the bulk of it. People on the doorstep STILL bring up the winter fuel allowance being cut. A Labour gov’t decided that should be its first announcement. The media didn’t make them.

It's tough being Welsh during the World Cup because you start out dreading the idea of England winning because of how insufferable they'll be but at the same time the closer they get the more you start involuntarily rooting for them and then they inevitably lose and you feel all conflicted...

Ah well, at least *our* currency didn't depreciate by 0.0075% during this.

Alastair Campbell: "No he is not. Farage, finally, is being treated as a politician rather than a cheeky chappy commentator. He got away with so much for so long he thought he could do anything for ever."

Brexit, Boris Johnson, points based immigration system - Every time the Right gets what they want they end up complaining about it

David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Spectator going full on ethnonationalist

Funny as we're quite capable of doing that ourselves... (More seriously, there is huge complacency across large parts of Westminster - in both politics and media - regarding the threat from malevolent foreign actors...)

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 4w ago

Experts say Russia's efforts aren't necessarily about making Brits pro-Russian, but "making the UK feel dysfunctional, hypocritical, exhausted, divided": "For Russia, it suffices to identify divisive issues to pour gasoline on, intensify them, and benefit from the resulting chaos"

So Reform UK is funded by Russia, GB News is owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.

Why the fuck are these guys not proscribed?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4w ago

Kai Stephens is running for the British Democrats in Clacton. He was radicalised into far right politics when a teenager & has been active in Patriotic Alternative & Homeland. He promotes violence, such as posting that he wants to see "killing fields" of migrants & minorities, not deportations

BANKRUPT HIM!

If the only names on the ballot in Clacton are Binface and Farage, and Binface wins 52% to 48%, I believe we get David Bowie back.

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 4w ago

On my way, Clacton.

If Count Binface actually manages to beat Farage though... It will be the stuff of legends. A moment talked about in British culture for decades to come.

ALL MAJOR PARTIES ENDORSE COUNT BINFACE LET'S GO

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: Labour is not standing a candidate in 'circus' by-election A party spokesperson said in a statement: "Nigel Farage is engulfed in a sleaze scandal and he's desperately trying to change the subject. It's pathetic, and the Labour Party is not going to indulge it.

Farage's speech in a nutshell: #UKPolitics

"Burnham has no mandate but if I win a by-election in my own seat then I deserve to be PM and no-one is allowed to criticise me anymore"

Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly

This article doesn't take into account some key Reform voter behaviours: They are barely paying attention to the news When they are paying attention they're getting it from dodgy FB pages They don't know anything about Reform apart from "Immigration = Bad" and they have no interest beyond that

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · last mo.

"He's raking it in for an MP. He is loaded." For a politician who plays the role of a 'man of the people' how long can Farage sway voters when he's promoting gold bars online, and owns a £4m property portfolio, all while voting against workers' rights? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...

If Nigel Farage was such a man on the British people he would know that one thing they can't stand it's someone getting paid lots of money for sod all.