At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'

NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...

THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)

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So many concerns on the latest ‘watering down’ of the proposal to curb jury trials. Excellent piece from Joanna Hardy-Susskind giving real examples of cases to show why there are still issues and this really isn’t the victory some, particularly the media, are spinning it as. #JusticeNeedsJuries

Joanna Hardy-Susskind@joannahs.bsky.social · 6d ago

Be under no illusion: this is a significant victory for everyone who stuck their neck out and defended jury trials, day after day, clause by clause. But it is not a comprehensive victory. Magistrates should not be allowed to send people to prison for two years.

Govt backs down on jury trial plans. However, the change of heart doesn’t go far enough IMHO. The Bar Council & Criminal Bar Association agrees. Further info below ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials

The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.

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From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage

Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt

So… I’m going to say it. I feel very uncomfortable about some people pitting the young vs old on the whole state pension triple lock issue. As a parent to young adults, I recognise how very hard it is for them today. Saw a post on FB of a pensioner saying their personal tax allowance should be £18k

This line though… 🔥

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · last wk.

PM Burnham on privatisation: "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget: They are the ones that gave it away in the first place."

Now that Nigel Farage has had his demands answered in the RAF Fairford investigation can we all demand an update from the Parliamentary standards commission and Met police regarding their investigations into him and Reform.

Sadiq Khan: case for faster transition away from fossil fuels has only strengthened London Mayor argues for accelerating shift from oil and gas inews.co.uk/news/politi...

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David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just been listening to Charlie Mullins saying that he'll only return to Britain if Farage becomes PM. Labour should put that on their election leaflets.

How is this even allowed? He’s a bloody MP & leader of a ‘party’ (well, kind of). It’s about time Ofcom either grew a spine or moved out…

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 2w ago

Don't miss GB News to hear me spout Reform propaganda and talk absolute bollocks completely unchallenged because for some reason I'm the only MP allowed to get away with this.

Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it.

Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

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Interesting. Imagine Farage making up statistics to suit his lies and whip his hard of thinking fans into even more of a frenzy…

darkdaysusa-uk.bsky.social. @darkdaysusa-uk.bsky.social · 2w ago

How are tax threshold freezes impacting pensioners? fullfact.org/economy/nige...

Absolutely this ⬇️. Hostile foreign actors are stirring the pot & funding circles of U.K. thugs. But let’s not forget once they’re agitating & behaving criminally the Govt/law enforcement have a duty to condemn & deal with them swiftly on our shores. To be effective it needs a double-edged sword.

Nick Davies@njdavies.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI

This should have been strongly condemned by the PM & Home Secretary the first weekend it started, with extra emergency power given to law enforcers. Instead we were told the racist thugs had “legitimate concerns” - batshit crazy and totally out of order. Burnham & his cabinet need to grow spines!

Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · 2w ago

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

“We think it will be of public interest that the most expensive house in British history was acquired in a way that saved £18.5m of stamp duty.” Sold by Reform's treasurer, no less open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

London’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax bill

A £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?

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Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:

Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain

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This week on his TV show, Nigel Farage laughed at a clip of a woman in tears because of the racism she’d experienced. “I can’t stop laughing,” he said. When people tell you who they are, believe them. And then don’t vote Reform.

Absolutely this - the media and pollsters didn’t get enough flak in this #donorsting - unsurprisingly the media just pushed the obvious story on Reform. A few scapegoats thrown under a bus, and all is well! Except it shouldn’t be. I believe these polls & media lit the torch of hate on KS/RR.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 3w ago

British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...

Yet another Reform UK councillor suspended... The party once again makes clear that it's unfit to govern.

Essex Reform councillor 'suspended'

He has been suspended after an investigation

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Pleased for Canada… Meanwhile I feel sick in the UK… Brexit broke us. The biggest act of self harm 😒

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 3w ago

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.

Sorry to hear of the death of Andy Burnham’s dad today. He had Alzheimer’s - such a cruel disease.

And this is what Reform idiots are going to push while throwing their toys out of the pram. Do not let them. The funding is NOT the same. But it does tell us donations in politics need urgently cleaning up. Many of us have said it for years. And now it’s all hell breaks loose… 🙄 #NotSurprised

Disillusioned With Conservatives@neverevertory.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you see this graphic floating around, do not believe it. Fact checked: Since 2021: Reform has taken £110M not £74M. Since 2024: Reform £113M, Labour £57M & Tories £54M. Reform has out-raised both combined!

Yep… Horse, stable door springs to mind. This should never have happened. Burnham caved. Now there’s egg on faces and back pedalling. Starmer & Creasy were right on this. You called it too, tbf Josiah.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4w ago

TUC Gen Sec Paul Nowak just now: "We need a proper conversation about how we clean up our politics that doesn’t push workers to the margins – but does stop the super-rich corrupting our politics.” This is the unions shifting a bit on a UK political donations cap (after lobbying hard against it).

The retrospective element of the Bill was discussed earlier in the yr. But as usual, Reform & Dubai Dick are barely in HoC & have no idea about the rules & regs they’re meant to abide by (or may have to moving forward). When the public knows & he doesn’t, it just shows his ignorance. Embarrassing.

Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺@andygjburge.bsky.social · 4w ago

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... Tice serving up his usual lying bullshit - he's known about the Bill since Feb of this year and specifically about the retroactive element since it was accepted as an amendment by the gov't in July - a full 2 months ago.

I’ll give him his due, it is great to see Andy Burnham run the #GreatNorthRun today for @changinglivesuk.bsky.social It is amazing to see 63,000 people running and raising greatly needed funds. 👏

An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...

James Waters

I'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000!

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100% — no political compass, no strategy, just reacting to whatever happens next. Unsurprisingly, no real progress either. Fits perfectly with Burnham’s habit of tinkering around the edges with minor, populist crowd-pleasers instead of tackling the difficult stuff.