Andy May

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Amazing @ledbydonkeys.org

Farage: epic grifter

Interesting piece. But it's not just about channels, it's about a larger crisis in government comms - and in society - which is not a new thing and goes back perhaps 15 years. Put simply, the Whitehall comms machine has lost the ability to win arguments.

Her website landing page: Baroness Michelle Mone of Mayfair OBE

If Michelle Mone has "no wish" to return to the Lords as a Tory peer, as reported this weekend, she should probably stop boasting about being a baroness

This is a really useful piece of work well done @pimlicat.bsky.social

To remove indefinite leave to remain from people who already have it they'd have to dismantle our entire system of rights legislation and probably end judicial independence.

But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.

t.co/1Gg7aiZzIT

Probably not popular to say it... but this FT piece explains how excessive spending on pensioners is why we are in a fiscal hole. The reality is things like triple lock are unsustainable and causing huge wealth inequalities [link below]

How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

a group of men are sitting in front of a sign that says judean people 's front ALT: a group of men are sitting in front of a sign that says judean people 's front

Current vibes between Greens and Your Party?

YouTube video by Jimmy Lee Stewart Lee - Damned Immigrants

Stewart Lee's sketch 8 years ago remains the best response any public figure has given on the migration debate www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cge...

True public service broadcasting would be for the BBC just to play a bit of it for 'balance' every time they interview a reform politician about immigration

This would be a strong entry in normal years, but unfortunately for Maurice, the bar for “vapid and useless suggestions to the UK’s soluble problems” is now set at “remigration”. Good luck in next year’s tournament, Mo!

The racist riots would not have been possible at that speed and scale without the personal contribution of Elon Musk. Both his acts and omissions made a real difference. He amplified both lawful misinformation and unlawful hatred. Yet so little haa been done in 11 months to Make Twitter Lawful Again

Spot on - if the Govt is serious about tackling rise of misinformation and racism (and with it some of the interest from voters in reform) it should be acting on this.

Staying silent / doing nothing is a dereliction of democratic duty.

Chart showing workers on flexible contracts’ relative likelihood of experiencing negative mental states compared to other workers: UK, 2023-2024

Giving workers access to more secure jobs should improve wellbeing.

Workers on flexible contracts are also likely than other workers to experience low well-being overall, and depression and anxiety about work more specifically.

Read more: buff.ly/0OSArrI

Agree though I'd be more keen on seieng them take on platforms like X at a more systemic level, forcing them through legislation or opening doors to fine/block to operations. More of an opening now he's fallen out w Trump? At the very least put an independent investigation on them (as per EC moves)

This new strain of “I went to London. I saw some social problems that were the predictable cause of not spending enough on the safety net and on infrastructure. I decided it was the fault of immigrants. Also, London is finished but also too expensive” talk, among other things, is just loser talk.

Dozens of Labour MPs back bid to block benefits changes MPs including senior Labour figures sign an amendment that could sink the welfare reform bill.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"direct phone calls from Sir Keir and Chancellor Rachel Reeves that were supposed to placate would-be rebels had instead "been entrenching people" to vote against the bill."

Says it all really - the credibility gap of the PM and Chancellor widens.

Agree - it's a good paper and nice to see it doing alright circulation wise

Credit where it is due - govt is tranformingschool food with this and breakfast clubs

An extension of Free School Meals to every child on Universal Credit is on the cards. While the No Child Left Behind Campaign, coordinated by the NEU, is seeking for an extension to all children, it's a huge victory for them and a cause for celebration, It will improve the lives of 500,000 children

Well, this is exciting... After years of campaigning by school leaders, civil society, unions, health experts, the Daily Mirror (who ran a massive campaign on it)
and many others

Sorting out the UK’s sick pay problem is unfinished business For too long, UK workers have laboured under a set of shocking double standards. Work that is physical, dirty, or dangerous often leaves people with the weakest rights. Desk-based jobs, meanwhile, are...

“It is simply wrong to argue that working people shouldn’t get these most basic protections many of our European neighbours take for granted”, writes Labour MP @richardquigley.bsky.social

🗣️ Sorting out the UK’s sick pay problem is unfinished business
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

This fits with a thing that was already happening where the “written word news website” just becomes a Googleable resource that can be screengrabbed and shown to a real mass audience on a viral post/video/podcast. (Obvs means no money for the original publisher and horrendously open to abuse.)

My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation, we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will double our giving.

Fantastic commitment - and much-needed piece of good news - from Bill Gates, one of the few thoroughly decent billionaires out there!

www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...

Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow

This is outrageous (as is this whole policy) Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP carer's allowance rules by £1.92 a week www.theguardian.com/society/...

Starmer’s spokesperson leaves after less than a year in No 10

Hopefully, more under control now in terms of the communications changes and expertise at no.10 but damage was already done.

Objectively, you've got to look at the PM & Chancellor and ask: huge uphill task to turn this round given personal poll ratings both pre- and post-election

Poor poll ratings come with poor policy prioritisation for the big signature moments of communications that set the tone of your new leadership, and no authenticity or ability to connect with the public when it comms to communicating them. Starmer and Reeves as a pair are a bit of a disaster.