If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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This is such an important thread. It is so easy to rebuff the narrative about welfare spending being out of control, but no - the BBC enables untruths to be propagated and dishonest actors to set the tone and direction of the debate.

I Am Incorrigible@imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Resolution Foundation: "Is welfare spending out of control?" (Nov 2025): 🔗 resolutionfoundation.org/comment/is-welfare-spending-out-of-control DWP official data: gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables Primary sources. Govt data. Not opinion. #bbcpm

Very good!

The Marsh Family@marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 2w ago

Karoline Leavitt has been celebrating her imminent departure from the White House Press Secretary role, so we figured we'd do the same - but via a parody of ABBA's "Thank You For The Music": youtu.be/o9l1xArp2RM

Kemi Badenoch failed to mention this unbelievable truth in all interviews this morning - and regrettably was not pressed enough about this rather prescient detail.

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

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.

This is superb. Anne Applebaum is a brilliant writer and explains so clearly why people choose to collaborate with hideous regimes.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2mo ago

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Brilliant!

Cold War Steve@coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Quite something indeed that an elected member of the London Assembly is not on the electoral roll. Was he, when elected I wonder. This is bizarre and it makes him look very silly.

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Quite something to be a major politician who not only forgets to vote, but doesn't even bother putting himself on the electoral roll.

Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived.

As an adoptee this is such a lovely post!

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · 3mo ago

I marvel at the courage of those two little girls to come home with us. How difficult it must have been to put trust in us. I know “proud dad” is anything from a cliche to a red flag online, but I am proud of them. They are beautiful people and every time I’m called Dad it’s a New Year’s honour.

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years

In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.

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Pencil pleats, pencil cases, pencil me in - but not seen pencil bollards before!

He’s “just a good businessman”. Not contributing to the national pot and then moaning his moneyed arse off about public services. Reform’s real motive for power: a race to the bottom for wild profiteering for people like Tice. There’s less than nothing in it for anyone else. Just cost. And regret.

Well done us @cbffjuk.bsky.social who brought this complaint. Tory Peer committed 5 breaches of standards over £50m Covid PPE deals and “did not act on his personal honour”. Our campaign for accountability continues..... @chrischirp.bsky.social @russellscott.bsky.social

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Tory peer to leave House of Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over £50m Covid PPE deals

The wonderful Brian Bilston giving The Daily Fail both barrels.

Brian Bilston@brianbilston.bsky.social · last yr.

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

Brilliant from Bedford Borough Council!

Bluesky Jan@janetleicester.bsky.social · 7mo ago

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.

If you are on your own or feeling lonely don't forget joinin this Christmas.

Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Alone at Christmas? #joinin is always good.

I think that is a charitable interpretation.It is more group think and an underlying right-wing bias.I still can't get over Alexander Armstrong slagging off VAT on private school fees in an interview. A direct criticism of the govt-nothing said. Rylan Clarke too. No reprimand at all.But Gary L....

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 9mo ago

For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...

Emma's debunking is usually very good and a welcome balancer to nonsense in MSM.

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

WTAF: Next week - we've looked into gravity and found it really is a thing and no, the government isn't banning people having letterboxes. What is going on and why has this nonsense been viewed and shared thousands of times on Facebook?

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 10mo ago

Videos seen thousands of times on Facebook claim the government is banning people from using their central heating after 9pm from 1 November. But this is completely false. There is no such policy.

What an awful man he is. So unprofessional, so sexist, so unable to provide answers under any sort of scrutiny. He has peaked far too early and is now looking out of his depth, seedy and not up to it.

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 11mo ago

"That is not how a prime minister behaves." https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lbc-presenter-takes-aim-at-farage-for-calling-female-journalist-love-during-interview_uk_68fb3b5fe4b004dff450b8b5

PM Starmer has got this badly wrong. It is not who they are, but how they behave. I do not want any govt interfering in local decisions like this made by people who have knowledge and experience and who are keeping local communities safe. No 10 has got this badly wrong mm

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has some choice words… …for a PM who aggressively inserted racially-charged accusations into a local safety issue, seeking, seemingly on personal whim, to override well-informed local law & democracy mechanisms, and risking public safety.

Hardly a mention in MSM. Not on front page of BBC News. Maybe it was yesterday. It should be huge. A Reform Russian stooge in the European Parliament. They are no patriots - just grifters.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money 10.15pm, ITV1 Sunday 21st September 2025. Thanks to the taxpayer-funded largesse of the government, lots of people did very well out of Covid. Many of them were connected to the Conservative party. This enraging documentary is a story of greed.

This is an important statement from a number of prominent and influential women.

Charlotte Church@charlottechurch.bsky.social · last yr.

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.” I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this

Total non-story but good to hear you pushing back on the ridiculous Ferrari Tory Fan-boy show. Such double standards, such hypocrisy - such a load of nonsense.

Marina Purkiss@marina-purkiss.bsky.social · last yr.

Then there’s the bit they left out…

This needs saying again and again. Very good.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last yr.

Outstanding.

His outburst was a disgrace. He stoked the crowd and made it impossible for his opponent to play on. Where was the tournament referee? He should have been penalised straight away and this lack of control should be a serious concern

Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · last yr.

Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open. Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.

Gosh. Astonishing indeed. A former Tory Attorney General having to explain the basics of our legal system to a current Tory Shadow Home Secretary.

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · last yr.

Dominic Grieve. 👏👏👏

Appeasing Conservative and Reform voters by “being tough on scroungers” will not win admiration, they will simply bank the win and shift the goalposts again. Meanwhile, Labour’s core supporters - those who believe in dignity, fairness, and solidarity - will feel abandoned.