Steve Crowther

Behave,

MPs write to Yorkshire Water over £1.3m payments The MPs pose questions about £1.3m in payments to Yorkshire Water's chief executive.

This is shit:

'exceedingly good cakes', if you don't mind

BBC Verify Live: Russian TikTokers held over drone strike video, and UK 'wealthy exodus' claim checked Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.

Is there an exodus of wealthy people from the UK, as Reform’s @Nigel_Farage says? Of course not.

Well, would you Adam & Eve it? Yup.

Joe Root, not bad either

🗞️ What Happened to The Times? From the paper of record to a pipeline of panic, prejudice, and celebrity skin.

“NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR”? Please.
The Times, 2 August:
• Immigration scare
• Ozempic panic
• Remote worker mockery
• Lohan in lavender

Prestige tabloidism in a broadsheet suit.
Murdoch didn’t kill the British press — he dressed it up.
#MurdochPress #MediaCriticism #TheTimes #BritishPress

Open Source Intel on X: "Senior Hamas official Razi Hamed: "The initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of October 7. We have proven that victory over Israel is not impossible, and our weapons are a symbol of Palestinian honor." https://t.co/u9jJymTEf3" / X Senior Hamas official Razi Hamed: "The initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of October 7. We have proven that victory over Israel is not impossible, and our weapons are a symbol of Palestinian honor." https://t.co/u9jJymTEf3

Unbelievable, just un-effin-believable.

Imagine that in Trumpton.

'Installing one of his executives to preside as truth-teller in chief over the machinery of government feels like magical thinking. I hope I’m wrong.' So do I.

And now I'm dead.

And you'd be right.

Why do you dignify this utter gibberish with a response?

Really impressive interview with
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on @politicsinsideout.bsky.social
I wish the Labour Government could communicate a sense of purpose and direction as effectively as Wes can.

God looks the other way. He generally does.

This is exactly where it's at. A good woman, a good public servant and we got a bloated, egotistical, self-serving tw*t. Life eh?

NI hike didn't help.

Calling Labour “the Genocide Party” Is Crude, Immoral—and a Gift to the Right Zarah Sultana’s fury over Gaza is justified. But this kind of rhetorical divorce from Labour isn’t just self-defeating—it arms the Tories and Reform.

🧵 Zarah Sultana called Labour “a genocide party.”
Jesus.
Gaza’s horrors demand outrage — but flattening all distinctions isn’t resistance.
It helps those who enabled Britain’s complicity in Gaza — or would make it worse.

Lucy Bronze is a professional, international footballer: talented, courageous and proud to wear her shirt.
Joey Barton is none of the above.

Sorry, but this made me laugh. I'll try some Hail Mary's before I go to sleep.

How utterly refreshing is this?
A Skegness sweet shop worker calmly schools the likes of Nigel Farage on something he’ll never understand: basic empathy.
🎥 [Video via @loucalvey.bsky.social]
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#RefugeesWelcome #ReformUK #Farage

A meeting of minds?

Brexit in a nutshell.
Stephen Flynn invariably talks sense—and even washes his hair.
📺 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (20 Jul 2025)
🎥 youtu.be/n8h6XvbQR_E?...
#Brexit #StephenFlynn #UKPolitics #LauraKuenssberg

Some of the media.

If I understand @steverichards.bsky.social on his excellent #Rock&RollPolitics podcast, a real realignment policy is quietly being pursued by Nick Thomas-Symonds. This will not stand-up to public scrutiny & Starmer is very wary of re-opening the Brexit wounds.

YouTube video by John Anderson Media "I Don't Want Them to Live Here" | Douglas Murray on Illegal Immigration

It's complicated. The psyche of these right wing thugs is driven by a toxic cocktail of nationalism and violence. I am old enough to remember Powell, the racist climate and the skinhead thugs in Bradford. They scared the shit out of me. I am more frightened, however, by Douglas Murray:

Having seen the seriously unpleasant footage of these pissed-up thugs in Southport, I can't say that it comes as a complete surprise.

Good analysis.

Refreshing to read some positivity about the Labour Government. So thank you @josiah.writes.news @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Ignore the headline. Instead, focus on Marco Rubio's comments re Macron's formal recognition of Palestine state, calling it reckless and 'only serves Hamas propaganda...it's a slap in the face to the victims of October 7'. This confirms the fate of the civilians in Gaza.
#MarcoRubio #Macron #Gaza