Looks like Reform in the UK has more in common with Trump than we thought.

Robin Bannks@robinbannks.com · 2d ago

I'm shocked.

This is outrageous, BBC News does not even hide the fact it supports one form of politics. I really think we would be better off without the BBC. All the good shows could go to C4 or even ITV.

Marlowe_UK@irishdreamer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just searched the BBC news website for “Farage” and not a single mention of his deal to come back as leader of Reform. The BBC must go.

Chris Philp is a plastic politician who believes he can win votes with lies (5th in the Manchester mayoral election). There will always be snakes like Philp but why does our system allow these snakes to get away with it? www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

False migrant care worker data came from Conservative Party

The Times is forced to issue correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 family members to UK

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The Mail & Express can’t stand the fact that Andy Burnham is doing well so drum up fear of migrants, and ignorance of geography, to knock him down.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d ago

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.

I rarely say this but Simon Jenkins is right, our prisons policy is a national disgrace. Who would have thought that forcing a vulnerable individual into a tiny, overcrowded, rat/cockroach infested cell for 23hrs a day surrounded by drugs/violence would fail? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy | Simon Jenkins

England and Wales’s prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry state, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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He talks such a load of crap.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last wk.

Another Trump bullshit 🧵 from the White House. Brace. Trump: “Aberdeen, Scotland, was the oil capital of Europe. Aberdeen was the capital of Europe. “They don't drill oil anymore. Nobody can understand why.”

Newsnight were the last decent fair and balanced news programme on the BBC but no more it seems. What is the point of the BBC now? The World Cup every 4 years?

Sam Vimes@mistersvimes.bsky.social · last wk.

Farage's Reform Ltd better be on their best behaviour messaging wise, they may have made a rod for their own backs by setting this as the standard. Imo Newsnight has shown Farage to be an establishment figure, Anti-establishment figures get treated like Zak Polanski youtu.be/GMvJys0zxi0?...

How many down from the Congressional Medal of Honour is that? They must be really brave.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

Absurd.

“Palestine protests are treated differently in Britain to all other forms of activism. Direct action is regarded as terrorism and words on a placard are rendered illegal…” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed

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The banality of evil: “…the Home Office has stated that the family members, including small children, pose a security risk because they come from a “territory where terrorists operate”… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territory

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I heard the Tory spox on Today this morning and it’s quite clear that, if they do work with Burnham on anything, they will be as obstructive as possible. He claimed Helen Whateley had come up with the solution yet, if that was the case, why didn’t they do it when in power?

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · last wk.

Burnham: Social Care is a huge challenge that demands a proper longterm solution. It can be done if parties work together. Most parties: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. Tories: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. BUT ONLY IF HE CAN DO IT FOR FREE. Grow TF up.

But these guys seem so honest.

South-East London for Europe (Selfe)@selfe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Not Tice too! Who'd've thunk it! #ReformSleaze

Zia Yusuf is going to really lose it when he discovers that prisoners are regularly transferred to hospitals for treatment of physical conditions too. Britain is not supposed to be a country of monsters who leaves prisoners to suffer illness untreated.

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

Thank goodness Zia Yusuf is an expert on mental illness and high security hospitals, not just an unelected gobshite.

I saw a publicity photo for this and Johnson is even trying to adopt Churchill’s posture.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2w ago

Watched that Boris Johnson documentary last night in which he went into the "kill zone" in Ukraine. On the plus side he was warmly welcomed by service personnel putting their lives on the line. On the downside it was one of the most self serving, self mythologising bits of tv I've ever seen.

This sums up the billionaire class and their data centres. They want to use our resources to take our jobs, our children’s jobs and thereby make more money. We live in utopian times.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

Justin Pearson on data centers: We are being asked to sacrifice our drinking water to cool computers whose main use case is to take our jobs.

The boards of these water companies are showing they have utter contempt for the govt and the people of Britain. No amount of spin can disguise their destruction of our waterways. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution

Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal

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I thought this was untrue but it isn’t.

Gillian Martin@gillmartin.bsky.social · 2w ago

How it's going on Twitter... X just suspended the account of the UK Embassy in Israel after it posted this thread

It seems Reform UK has serious questions to answer. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...

‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures

Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...

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I’m sure sources will insist this is all above board and we should take their word for it.

Fionna O’Leary@fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was around the time Cottrell was funding Farage/ ReFuk. Where did the money come from? “The Polymarket account was filled in late October 2024 from two sources. First, $7mn was transferred into the wallet from the OKX crypto exchange in five tranches, each worth $1mn or $2mn.

This is great, British journalists, generally speaking, are such sycophants that they don’t need to be bribed.

Kathy O'Donnell@kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 2w ago

You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to. - Humbert Wolfe

Once again, Farage just doesn’t recognise hypocrisy.

Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Quite funny Nigel Farage calling for a general election and claiming Andy Burnham has no mandate when he isn’t even an MP and is locked in an electoral struggle with a bin.

“What’s the point of MPs if they simply channel corporate demands?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot

Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

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This is a really good review of the Burnham appointments by Ian Dunt. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

EXTRA: The Burnham reshuffle

Lots of good news and one very bleak bit of bad news.

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As the new Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper must prioritise investing in the NHS & social care instead of boosting corporate profits. That means a total rethink of: the US-UK pharma deal, new PFI, job cuts, increased outsourcing & the Palantir contract.

Yvette Cooper must prioritise investing in the NHS over boosting corporate profits — Just Treatment

The new Health Secretary inherits a health and social care system still in crisis, and must not repeat the same mistakes as her predecessors.

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The article doesn’t mention it but are these sometimes deadly ICE operations being driven by Palantir crunching the data to locate hard working migrants? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again

The fatal shootings of two men, both killed in their vehicles by ICE agents, have rekindled anger over the US’s militarized deportation push

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Did Kemi Badenoch make this statement following breakfast with oil industry lobbyists? #Kuenssbergshouldbefired

Dan Grey@dangrey.bsky.social · 3w ago

Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not

From the former MP that told us that Britain has had enough of experts. Michael Gove also claimed his father’s fishing business folded due to the EU. His father said it was sold as a going concern. Judge the Spectator by its editor.

Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱@dailyherald.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Spectator should really be embarrassed over this, especially the Deputy Political Editor that championed it.

This is pure horror. The Israeli govt and, it seems, military are acting without limits. If Vladimir Putin did this, they would be universal outrage. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank

Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal

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