Lucy Webster

I fear these people have simply never (knowingly) met a queer person, which.... says some things

between this and the new The Devil Wears Prada, a good few months for Lucy's eclectic taste in culture

finally something to look forward to

You know what would be nice? If companies all wanted invoices in the exact same format from freelancers.
Even nicer? Not making freelancers fill out multi page supplier details forms.

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

regular reminder that m***n is a slur against people with learning disabilities. stop using it for fascists

A reminder: Matt Goodwin lost heavily in spite of an almost total lack of tactical voting, not because of it.

The combined Green/Labour vote was 66%, versus 28.7% for Reform.

If Labour and the Greens split the vote 50/50 – a total coordination fail – he'd have finished third, not second.

I am immensely disappointed that the Government has today scrapped permanent refugee status. Refugees will now face reviews every 30 months and be forced to return if their country is deemed 'safe'.

We know that countries listed as 'safe' aren't safe for everybody, particularly LGBTQ+ refugees.

Anyone gonna ask Farage about being mates with Trump today?

Well, no, they’re not just as wrong. The bigger error is not seeing that “trying to win over voters from a party on the opposite end of the spectrum, whose values your core voters oppose” is not same as “chasing voters from party on same side ideologically whose values your core voters like.”

UK ‘took far too long’ to let US use its airbases to attack Iran, Trump says US president also ‘very disappointed’ in Keir Starmer over UK government’s deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Bend the knee and he’ll cut off your head.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Just seen an AI generated image making it look like Trump has Downs syndrome

The ableism on the left is truly off the charts

Fwiw I don't think someone with Downs has ever started a war on a whim

This is just straight up racist

Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen.

Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

If I made a very successful podcast that relies on my expertise I simply would not advertise generative AI

Starmer really does do everything possible to back away from a popular position

Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.

Keir Starmer is going to end up with his trademark u-turn here – where it becomes obvious to those paying attention it was entirely forced by backbenchers. So he gets no credit for the u-turn by people who wanted it, and attacked for dropping the policy by others.

As I scroll through triumphal pro-war tweets, thinking about this image a lot today:

Lucy Webster’s book spotted on the shelves in paperback in the disability politics section at Bookhaus in Bristol

@lucywebster.bsky.social Spotted in the wild @bookhaus.bsky.social

I love that this section exists!!

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

highly recommend expecting the absolute worst and being absolutely thrilled when it doesn't happen

saaame

well this is bad

I'm old enough to remember when Labour was to the left of the Tories

Two years ago

Reform UK plans to scrap Renters' Rights Act spark fury

Reform UK has pledged to scrap the Renters' Rights Act if the party secures power. It has angered renters waiting for no-fault eviction ban.

THEY TURNED OFF HER WHEELCHAIR AND PUSHED HER AGAINST HER WILL

That's the equivalent of someone just picking you up and carrying you off

A complete denial of bodily autonomy/consent that if it wasn't for ableism would be seen as assault

Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels 'betrayed' Lucinda Ritchie, who has full mental capacity, was transferred from a hospital bed despite her refusal.

Imagine being in your 30s, going into hospital and then being denied the right to go home again

The state of disability rights in the UK in 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Horrifying

But we need to talk about how this has been enabled by Farage and the Tories