Michael

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

Tree of the Day

Michael I Jackson on X: "@DPJHodges I just wish all this madness would stop. 1. She pleads guilty 2. Appeals turned down 3. Tory laws at the time 4. Released having part served sentence. 5. Goes straight to media, maybe in breach of release conditions 6.Says it's all Keir Starmer's fault 🤷‍♂️" / X @DPJHodges I just wish all this madness would stop. 1. She pleads guilty 2. Appeals turned down 3. Tory laws at the time 4. Released having part served sentence. 5. Goes straight to media, maybe in breach of release conditions 6.Says it's all Keir Starmer's fault 🤷‍♂️

x.com/legaleagleja...

The majority of Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs are now on Bluesky

And many of these MPs appear to be regularly posting on this platform

Reform UK’s Richard Tice says it’s ‘absolute garbage’ to say human activities are the main cause of climate change

Heaven help us

EBOF 2.14.25 A3 + Fred Pleitgen This is "EBOF 2.14.25 A3 + Fred Pleitgen" by EBOF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Vance used the word “firewall” yesterday. It was a clear signal. Here’s why Vance’s AfD meeting matters. Important that not only did he NOT meet with Germany’s actual leader, but the AfD leader came to Munich for one meeting only - w/Vance. vimeo.com/1056952652/f...

How world leaders are reacting to Jimmy Carter’s death | CNN World leaders have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away Sunday at the age of 100.

World leaders have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away Sunday at the age of 100.

Not sure she is going to be LOTO for much longer tbh.

John Caudwell: ‘Starmer is doing things I highly approve of’ The billionaire talks about why he stopped supporting the Tories, his fears of a Trump-Musk-Farage axis and why climate change should be the government’s priority

The billionaire who supports Starmer bit.ly/4inGA4A

This CD player was my birthday present in 1997 along with the incomparable Fresh Hits 1997. I found it recently and COULD NOT BELIEVE how rich the sound was, after years of streaming Spotify on my phone. My column today is about this phenomenon, which I’m calling “qualitynesia” on.ft.com/3ZlwHf5

I’m still pinching myself!

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY

“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

I’ve seen a lot of Lib Dem MPs campaigning against the IHT changes to farms and don’t quite know how it fits with the preamble to their constitution:

“The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth”

liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Hi, Can you ask your other BBC News chums to come over onto this please.

Great.

Ukraine fires US-made longer-range missiles into Russia | CNN Ukraine has fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, after the Biden administration gave Kyiv the green light to use the longer-range weapons against...

BREAKING: Ukraine has fired US-made long-range missiles into Russia's Bryansk region, Russian state media reports

There are very few far right accounts on BlueSky.

So if you block the likes of Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Laurence Fox, GB News etc. as soon as they show up, they'll find it very hard to gain traction.

(They're counting on the network effect of YOUR outrage. Don't give them the satisfaction.)

Biden authorizes Ukraine’s use of US-provided missiles to hit targets inside Russia | CNN Politics President Biden has authorized for the first time the use of powerful American long-range weapons for Ukraine to fire inside Russia, according to a senior US official familiar with the decision, as th...

President Biden has authorized the use of powerful American long-range weapons for Ukraine to fire inside Russia, according to a senior US official familiar with the decision, as the US watches with concern as North Korean troops deploy in support of Russia.

A record number of households are getting help with paying their water bills - up by 250,000 to make £1.6m in E&W in n 2023/24, but why are there so many different schemes? @bbcdanw and Andy White of @CCWvoice explain and how to get help @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

Hello folks. Giving this a good try. Labour folks and sensible opponents/ commentators need to come over here to chat. Follows get follows back.

MPs Approach 'Tipping Point' To Move Away From Elon Musk's X A growing number of MPs are weighing up whether to leave social media website X and move to alternative platforms, with some encouraging the Govern...

I’m seeing more people from different political camps on here and other platforms now.

Which is great.

As I said to @zoecrowther.bsky.social, this shouldn’t be an echo chamber, we need to have good arguments, not foul ones. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Headline reads Elon Musks X collapse.

A little something to brighten the day of all Bluesky users.