it’s imperative these shameless buffoons not be allowed to wriggle out of this www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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it’s imperative these shameless buffoons not be allowed to wriggle out of this www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter They said Farage had hoped he would be able to catch Trump for a conversation as the US president was scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that evening. However, Trump had a change in his itinerary and decided to stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s drive away The Reform leader's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders who famously formed a close friendship in the vears before and after the 2016
Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.
Today we have a double debunk:
1. A debunk of the idea that 67 dog breeds are being banned in Britain
2. A debunk of what the usual suspects are saying online (because they are so tediously predictable!🙄)
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Knocking Off Time, Salford Docks, painting by Tom Dodson (1911-91).
“The sky over Tehran is black. Like the night sky…” a friend
“i cannot breath, I am breathing through a wet towel”. My mum
10.000.000 people are being choked to death. Tehran is surrounded by mountains. There is very little wind.
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
A monochrome ‘spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?
From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
Videos shared online falsely claim Keir Starmer banned New York mayor Zohran Mamdani from the UK, after Mr Mamdani supposedly said the UK had “lost its moral compass” at an event they both attended.
But no such event happened, and he hasn’t been banned.
Absolutely insupportable. Labour have a massive majority. It’s a hugely popular issue. To fail to act would be a dereliction of historic proportions, and utterly inexplicable.
Nigel Farage is in Mar-a-Lago tonight (not Clacton, obvs). Via Politico: "What Farage should be doing: Sorting out his Reform documents with Companies House. The party is overdue on submitting a [legally mandatory] statement."
Composite image of the BBC HQ building in London, a selection of Chris Mason articles listed on the BBC website, and photo of Chris Mason as an insert.
No single headline is inaccurate, writes Stephen McNair. No rule on impartiality appears broken. But does repeated talk of “predicament”, “backlash” and “U-turn” frame a misleading story of permanent crisis?
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...
I have been through Reform's manifesto for Wales so you don't have to.
(Spoiler, there are a lot of holes in it)
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/scrutinisi...
Reform are denying me access to the Welsh manifesto launch...
Remember a few weeks ago when Reform UK threatened to defund Bangor University in the name of "free speech"?
Well despite repeated requests, Reform are not allowing me to attend their manifesto launch.
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Fingers crossed.
NEW: MoD assessment is that the drone attack on Akrotiri base in Cyprus last night was launched before the PM’s statement - ie was not a retaliation for it.
@martamiori.bsky.social and I have been writing, since 2024, about why Labour's 'Reform' challenge and emphasis was based on a misunderstanding of Labour's vote. Here for anyone interested: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
HMRC collects extra £16bn from big business with more ‘hands-on’ approach ft.trib.al/z9NOKoG
On settlement and citizenship, it is crucial that the government rethinks its major reforms. Ten years to settlement - which only Switzerland has adopted - should be the ceiling, not the norm. To introduce the longest periods of “unsettlement” in any democracy – and applying them to people already here – will harm integration, not promote it. Applying these retrospectively will create an enormous constituency of grievance that will wreck any attempt to rebalance Labour’s voice on immigration. Labour may be tempted to change its tone of voice more than its policy on immigration. Indeed, the party’s comfort zone may be to try to avoid the topic, so as not to give more oxygen to Reform’s favourite issue. But changing the subject has its limits. If one of Labour’s central arguments in 2029 will be to reject importing Trumpism into Britain, it will need to find a distinct voice to articulate its alternative agenda too. What Labour needs is not a “lurch to the left” as much as a significant rebalancing of its voice to find an authentic centre-left account of how to manage immigration and integration. A liberal party membership will want to see its values reflected in policy – while remaining mindful of balancing the electoral pressures of different constituency contexts. Controlling immigration fairly means fairness for those who come to Britain and the communities they join – with more confidence to reject rather than echo the authoritarian hard-right politics of remigration and racism.
"Labour needs to rethink its major settlement reforms"
"Applying these retrospectively to people already here will create an enormous constituency of grievance that would wreck any attempt to rebalance Labour’s voice on immigration"
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator...
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Reform mayor of Lincolnshire has voted to slash ESOL.
A clear signal of the damage Reform intends to inflict on our communities.
Demanding migrants speak English then cutting the very provision that makes that possible.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...
Poems for Lent (Day 7)
• Philip Larkin •
I cannot watch any more of this. .
Fuck everyone who voted third party, who didn't vote, who told others not to vote.
This is stenography, not news reporting. The BBC ought to provide some context, such as putting the scale of the changes which Reform claim are possible into context. This omits the major policy of revoking ILR and deporting legal migrants at unprecedented scale.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
A tall and solid pig who is selflessly allowing his shorter friend to lean on him so he can obtain a clearer view of the beginning of what is promising to be one of the most attractive sunsets of the year.
THREAD.
Some excellent pigs I have met on walks in the British countryside.
You will find the caption to each photo in the alt text.
‘I've gotten to know Robert [Jenrick] since he joined Reform...’
‘And, don't tell me, you now *don't* think he's a 'liar' or 'dishonest'?’
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesman, on how he changed his mind about his party's pick for Chancellor
#Newsnight
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
Perhaps I’m too harsh but I don’t have it in me to sympathise with “roll the dice” voters anymore when the dice keep coming up snake eyes
It’s these people that scare me the most.
