We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d ago

And why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?

Serious cuts to humanities courses - including English Literature, Creative Writing and Journalism -- it's such a great loss and it doesn't get reported enough... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial

Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed

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It’s about time all water companies were nationalised and the illegal dumping of shit into our rivers and seas stopped. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast

Firm pleaded guilty to 13 offences over discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stations

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Glorious

Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

On my way, Clacton.

I would like to be surprised but I’m not. Raise the flag organisers in my area have been arrested for assault and also shown to have previous criminal convictions. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...

Raise the Colours Oxfordshire leader to stand trial over 'indecent child images'

A leading figure in the Oxfordshire's Raise the Colours movement is due to stand trial accused of making indecent child images.

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Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃

Labour calls Farage a "security threat" but the real threat? His Brexit promises that sold people a dream and delivered nothing but higher costs, less trade, and broken trust. Farage didn't deliver freedom. He delivered chaos. And now he plays victim.

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

Certainly put its stamp on this country.

And last but not least this man... who promoted a disaster and yet somehow flourishes still as a result

Third this liar and all his many, many lies which he lied to us with in order to make this liar Prime Minister

Next up Brexit Paddington Dan Hannan and his promise of the great glory that would follow 2/5 www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...

It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5

It’s now on the Labour Party to stop publicly loathing each other and let the good communicator they wanted try to save us from a Reform government. You got rid of the guy with the mandate, now live with it.

Ros Taylor@rostaylor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Most voters do not want to see the Labour Party having a long and healthy debate about its future direction. Worth bearing in mind.

. Britain needn't join the Euro or the Schengen area if the UK rejoins the EU, says former French PM Michel Barnier. All the more reason to go on the National #Rejoin March in London this Saturday! #r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #PoliticsLive #C4News #Newsnight #toriesgone714 .

"[The Brexit] 6% hit to the economy means roughly £33-35 billion less available for public spending. That’s less money for: 🕳️ Fixing potholes 🏥 The NHS 🏫 Schools 🚌 Local transport" www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends

For the ethnonationalists who treasure the British Empire as our heritage, it may come as a surprise that it was the second largest Muslim Empire in history with some 100 million Muslim British subjects in the early 20th century. www.economist.com/1843/2017/10...

Remembering Britain’s Muslim soldiers

A project is helping to remind Britons that multi-racial, multi-faith armies fought to preserve their freedoms

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Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such. And:

This should be on every front page. The vast majority want Brexit reversed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says

Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be ‘perfectly possible’

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Thangham Debbonaire: "Last week there was effectively a pogrom in the UK in which people were burned out of their homes because of the colour of their skin. I will stand up to anyone who stirs up hate and ... that enable other people to go out and be violent.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour peer and Reform MP clash over ‘brown people’ and domestic abuse

Thangam Debbonaire and Sarah Pochin argue in Sky News interview at Makerfield byelection count

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Still no apology from Brexiteers who fed us a pack of lies "These estimates suggest by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. Investment, employment & productivity were all affected" cepr.org/voxeu/column... meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends

Many congrats to my friend & colleague Sir Patrick Vernon, just knighted in the King's Birthday Honours list for services to racial equality and social justice. A steadfast campaigner for the Windrush generation + for writing Windrush into the national story www.expressandstar.com/news/wolverh...

Caroline Lucas: "We need to recognise that what happened on the streets of Belfast was being orchestrated by the far right, by Elon Musk, by a network of people who actually want this to happen, so it wasn't quite as spontaneous as it looked.. and that has to be stopped"

Absolutely wild how right-wing commentators and politicians are just completely ignoring the attempted pogrom in Belfast. Families with kids rescued from homes set on fire. And these same people who smear peaceful protests against genocide as hate marches say NOTHING

EXCLUSIVE: @bylinetimes.bsky.social exposes the Russian neo-Nazi network – promoted by Tommy Robinson – pushing 'White Lives Matter' propaganda to sow division and race war across the UK and Europe. Founded by a sanctioned oligarch close to Putin bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...

Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson

As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak

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So glad that Luqman Saeed - an academic at Ulster University - has written this piece about the Belfast riots. I hope I could write this clearly and perceptively were I under similar pressure right now. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 2mo ago

From a friend in Belfast.

Hilary Benn: When asked by Sky News whether these were racist riots rather than protests, he said: “Well, if you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin how else can you describe them? That is racist thuggery, there’s no question about it at all.”

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