At this rate, Elon will be switching his funding from Restore to the Tories.

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 15h ago

*stares* I'm sorry, this guy is going to be your advisor on culture and integration? The one who makes these videos?

No word of a lie, this was the signer as Sophie Raworth said the word "Conservative".

If this is really true - and surely it can't be - then the US has suffered one of the most remarkable diplomatic and military defeats in its history. Total victory for Iran.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h ago

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

you can't build a big enough coalition if Gavin Barwell is too radical for you but an ex-Neo Nazi who broke into a police station isn't

As politics newsletters continue to come in highlighting dinghies in the Channel - yes, a problem, but nothing like as dangerous as many others - I continue to feel like I'm losing my mind. The media class have just lost all contact with reality.

Weird day of news … Restricting the early release scheme (to exclude rapists) generating more rage than would have happened if it had been left alone (because manslaughter not excluded) And most coverage completely ignoring the dangers, not least for public safety, of explosive crowding in jails

BBC reporting on the early prisoner release scheme today has been disgraceful, bordering on intentionally dishonest.

Kemi Badenoch last month: "We are recruiting serious people who understand common sense, can get stuff done and can unite the country...Candidate selection is... one of the first serious tests of whether the Conservative Party has actually learnt from defeat." www.jewishnews.co.uk/former-neo-n...

Former neo-Nazi selected as Tory candidate despite antisemitic convictions - Jewish News

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted after targeting the Jewish former MP now peer Luciana Berger

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The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.

Good piece. A thread on some comments I made yesterday on Times Radio. Two things can be true at the same time: 1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths. 2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d ago

Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The last man on earth that I would take health advice from.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking

Diana Abbott calls Putin's invasion of Ukraine and bombardment of its civilians, a "NATO campaign against Russia". Because when you give a speech at a Stop the W̶a̶r̶ West Coalition conference, there is only one narrative: America is the villain and NATO equals America. youtu.be/SMBjoiMskxA?...

Diane Abbott MP

YouTube video by StoptheWarCoalition

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RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.

"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings

Robert Jenrick (7pm) tweeting about "30,000 military age men rampaging through Spanish territory" long after the return rate was over 90%

Last month, Diane Abbott stood up at a conference in London and described Ukraine’s defence against Russian invasion as, and I quote, “the NATO campaign against Russia”. Labour are genuinely mad to let her back in.

It's grotesquely fascinating to see a bunch of people whose brains have been melted over the last few years going with *Israel instructed Morocco to pressurise Spain via sending a wave of immigrants*. They managed to find a way to push Great Replacement Theory from the far-left.

This is a clear example of why it should not be one or the other. We can and should do both. Read the full article here: buff.ly/GmJuVpQ

Ok, this one is the most fucked up.

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last wk.

Evening.

Nigel Farage needs to urgently explain why he welcomed Glenn Gibbins back into Reform just last month. Throwing this man out of his Party should have been the easiest call possible for Reform – but yet again Farage has proven he’s unfit for office. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

North East Reform UK councillor Glenn Gibbins charged over social media comments

The councillor was elected to represent the Hylton Castle ward for Reform UK in May

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What I like most about him is he’s a moron who thinks he’s cleverer than us. Homer Simpson the flim-flam man

Ciaran@ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · last wk.

He's genuinely a moron

Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree

“The fact that the shadow home secretary should use transparently absurd statistics to promote his xenophobic and economically illiterate policy shows that he is either a liar or grossly incompetent at his job." >insert 'why not both?' gif

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social · last wk.

False reports about migrant care workers came from Conservative party 'research' The Times was forced to issue a correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 dependants to UK

Q: Zelenskyy says Russia is giving Iran satellite imagery of US bases in the Gulf to help them target. What can you do about that? TRUMP: We'll find out if that's true. I'll ask Putin about it. Hasn't had much impact.

I am *absolutely sick* of hearing about young people as 'benefit scroungers'. Nearly 60% of welfare spending goes on pensioners! The people writing this stuff know that too.

Zack's seen the polling. He wasn't saying this a couple of weeks ago, was he?

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last wk.

Zack Polanski calls for a "reset" in relations with the Labour party under a more "left" wing leader in Andy Burnham. Polanski tells Byline Times he is open to working with Burnham on issues like PR after years of "toxic" relations between the two parties under Keir Starmer

❗️We are on the right side of history. We are on our land and in our home. This is my family, this is my country. I love this country, and no one can drive me out of here. — Zelenskyy​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Today, Zelenskyy will be discussing this phase of the war with Russia, which began four years ago, with his fifth UK prime minister. Really brings it home, doesn't it.

Fundamentally unserious

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · last wk.

tfw you say you're willing to work cross-party on a total reform of social care but then rule out any of the revenue-raising steps needed to pay for it. #Cakeism is clearly alive and well.

Farage represents the Lord Lucan set. It's the one the former Prince Andrew also belonged to and that Boris Johnson flits in and out of. Flashmans, all of them.

Phil Brickell MP@philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 2w ago

Farage struts around lecturing us all about supposed establishment stitch-ups and dodgy elites. But look at what's actually behind him: a cabal of convicted fraudsters, mystery millionaires and offshore fixers - while Farage asks for your vote and hides who's pulling the strings.