I am finding it absolutely heartbreaking to read & listen to the experiences of non-white NHS staff of direct racism & hatred from patients. In the current UK climate it is clear that this disgusting behaviour is now just accepted by society. The racist genie is out of the bottle. Shocking

What mad fools are we?

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · yesterday

Oops. We developed new technologies as if we were communists believe that they would reduce human toil, and create conditions for flourishing lives. But actually they dominate us, alienate us from each other, reduce us to servants to machines, and diminish our creativity, just as Marx noted in 1844.

Chris Philp the Tory Duracell Bunny & Shadow Home Secretary says the reason that the boat crossings are down is nothing to do with Shabana Mahmood’s immigration policies but it is all about the height of the waves in the Channel that have become more challenging 🌊

OK, I’m calling this out now. I have had my absolute fill of the broadcast media’s blanket indulgence this morning of Reform UK’s immigration week

Restore & Reform could begin collaboration talks. Rupert has reached out to Nige in his hour of need. The Burnham bounce is proving to be impactful but aren’t they sworn enemies? Rats in a sack

Have seen that former contestant, comedienne Ellie Taylor who partnered Johannes will be the new host of #strictly Take Two this year. It’s all change

The so-called Keminaissance isn’t working at the ballot box despite her personal polling. Have the Tories got anything to say today for their latest failure? She is supposed to be making the Tories a credible choice again. It’s a tall order I know but that’s her job

Am keeping everything crossed for Pedro Sanchez & they ‘cannot keep a good man down’ 💪

Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺@pilargomez.bsky.social · 5d ago

President Pedro Sanchez has had everything thrown at him bar the kitchen sink. He really is doing a remarkable job as leader managing each crisis with intelligence, composure and integrity despite continuous desperate attacks from opposition. An example for all progressive leaders.

I wish there could be more media focus on the news that around 80% of the people who arrived in Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday have now returned home. Farage & Co will be going hard on immigration this week & the media need to push them on facts that the stats are heading downwards 👇

Reform UK demonstrating that they have their finger on the pulse

Thangam Debbonaire@thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 5d ago

“A fortnight ago, Reform-led Suffolk County Council voted to rescind motions on climate emergency…and removed references to the climate emergency from council policies, strategies and communications “where appropriate”.”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reform UK and Nigel Farage are now so knee deep in scandal and investigations, their attempts to deflect and divert are failing. They’re running out of faux outrage.

Why isn’t the BBC showing any coverage of the Commonwealth Games? The future of this tournament must be pretty precarious if our national broadcaster is not covering it?

If you missed last night‘s BBC, Front Row, do listen to Graeme Garden talking about the rebel genius that was Bill Oddie. Link below…

Samira Ahmed@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · last wk.

Graeme Garden is going to talk about his friend Bill Oddie on tonight's BBC Front Row.

Mamdani isn’t the real resistance against Netanyahu — Israelis are Israeli voters are quietly doing something New York’s mayor can’t: putting Netanyahu’s coalition on track to lose. forward.com/opinion/8403...

Mamdani isn't the real resistance against Netanyahu — Israelis are

Israeli voters are quietly doing something New York’s mayor can't: putting Netanyahu's coalition on track to lose.

forward.com

Lovely to see Prime Minister Burnham & President Zelenskyy meeting up in matching outfits today

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts

Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.

campaignforthearts.org

Great work as per by @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Redundant former Labour Minister Darren Jones is first out of the traps this morning to challenge Burnham’s cost of living allowance decision to cut VAT on electricity bills. Is 2 hours a record?

Pep Guardirola could be taking on the the mammoth task of reviving the Italian national team. Not qualifying for this World Cup was a badge of shame here & it was definitely weird being resident in a country not engaging with the tournament

Wow! New PM’s Downing St speech nice & SHORT. Let him crack on with telling us who’s in the Cabinet today

The problem with appointing a Prime Minister in the Chinese Dining Room is that 30 minutes later you want another one.

Ruritanian Britain when a Prime Minister must go to a Palace rather than Parliament to resign to a nepo baby King then the next PM must go to the same Palace and hereditary monarch to be appointed. Vive la révolution!

Now that the football is done, please can we get back to interrogating the Farage/ReformUK crypto long con? Thanks

Everything about this final is just plain wrong & BORING, even the crowd. It just doesn’t feel or look like a final. Everything is very muted

Could not see the King of Spain properly because of the bulletproof glass that is there because of stupid Trump

Is it usual for the host country to have their national anthem sung at the World Cup final when they are not playing?

Farage’s close associate Posh George has written a book called How to Launder Money. Even the late Ronnie Biggs never had the imagination to pen a book entitled “How to Rob Trains”. The stink off Reforn’s funding is overpowering app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74154/...

Nigel Farage is swimming in crypto—and has never looked closer to drowning

The Reform UK leader’s man-of-the-people act is losing its magic

app.prospectmagazine.co.uk

Anyone who has looked at Reform UK finances has always sensed there was something dodgy going on, but this level of subterfuge and double dealing is quite spectacular. As @carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains in her excellent new piece in @thenerve.news this thrived all in post Brexit impunity

Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · 3w ago

“In the six weeks between the snap election being called and polling day on July 4, 2024, (retired stylist) Fiona Cottrell apparently gave more than 35 per cent of all funding to Reform UK, either directly or indirectly.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

I have a particular problem with the super failure that Kwasi Kwarteng is being invited on to #SkyNews (last night) but also #BBCNews #ITVNews as a political pundit. I am open to a broad range of views but do not want to hear from someone who literally trashed the economy. He deserves no airtime

Activists in Clacton-on-Sea have been putting up signs reading: 'FOR SALE, NIGEL FARAGE, OFFERS AT £5M AND ABOVE.'