Madame Defarge

Be fair. He’s never been bonny.

Why doesn’t the Speaker deal with this? Farage was asked to respond, stood to speak, then prattled on about a totally unrelated matter. Surely the Speaker should have told him to address the matter in hand or shut up?

Why has it taken them this long though? It’s good that action is being taken but those victims have been speaking out for a long time.

Why are you expressing the ‘saving’ in energy bills in yearly terms when the price cap only applies for the 3 months from April to June? #BBCBreakfast

How did I know Peter Mandela’s lawyers would be Mishcon de Reya ?

Nigel Farage has not introduced a ‘Parliamentary Allegiance Act’ – Full Fact Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking charity

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Dogs are always great judges of character. They can pick out a wrong ‘un every time.

Reading that article has merely strengthened my antipathy towards Reform and those who follow them.

Laura Trott: Hold my beer…

I foresee brake failure while he’s negotiating a tricky bend in a heavily-wooded area

I suspect it’s the headline writer who’s ‘surprised’, not Rachel Reeves. I’m no fan of hers, but nowhere in the article does it state that she’s surprised by these figures.

Kompromat. It’s the Russian way.

Imagine being the coppers who got told they were being sent on that job 😂

Fabulous trolling by the police there

I’m thinking the brakes in his car may fail while he’s navigating a particularly tricky bend in a heavily wooded area 🤔

Just like Trump

Would he have taken the same tone if the FT journalist had been a man?

Once a prat, always a prat

Emily Thornberry shouldn’t have risen to the bait. She should have called out his whataboutery and asked him again about Farage’s admiration for Putin

Lose their deposits?

Trump is turning the USA into the most reviled country in the world.

This guy representing the Tories on #bbcqt wouldn’t have looked out of place in an SS uniform in 1939

Ex-Tory Nadine Dorries: Tory MPs are always plotting and scheming. They have no morals
Also Nadine Dorries: I wasn’t a plotter and schemer
Nadine and self-awareness do not go together
#bbcqt

Next week, Matt announces compulsory wearing of red cloaks and white hoods for all women of child-bearing age 🙄
#BlessedBeTheFruit
#MayTheLordOpen

Sad to hear of the death of James van der Beek but was struck by this in an article:

“He later also began selling jerseys from "Varsity Blues," for both his own medical costs and to help other "families walking the same path."”

We in the UK must never let anyone destroy our NHS

Yes, Epstein, but Starmer’s biggest political missteps and fate-sealers were some time ago: the winter fuel allowance, and alienating swathes of the people who elected him to to woo voters who’ll think he’s a raging communist whatever he does.

They may well want that, but it’s highly unlikely.

Does he think we’re stupid? Does he think he can pull the wool over our eyes? I wouldn’t trust Wes Streeting as far as I could throw him.

What does he know about hard work?

Anas Sarwar doing a great job of promoting the cause of Scottish independence here.