Tom Scott

The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.

Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.

It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.

UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months - edie Great Britain’s maximum wind generation record was broken on Friday, 5 December, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has confirmed.

A new record - on 5 December wind power produced enough electricity for 3/4 of UK homes

At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs

Still a way to go though....

www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...

More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan Barghouti

I signed the letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. Overnight, I've received some 2,000 attack emails, identical text but different purported senders and subject headers. Still coming through now. Other signatories also getting it. Definitely an op.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

My wife Bunty & I had the privilege of visiting Nigel Farage in his campaign office during the last election.
He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below).
There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud.
😊

3/ Green councillors will press for a councillor-led inquiry into how behind-closed-doors agreements made by unelected Council officers led to the wholly unnecessary destruction of valuable natural habitat - without public consultation as legally prescribed & at huge expense to the public purse.

2/ Dozens of local residents made a last ditch attempt to stop this brutal act of ecological vandalism.

After pointing out that the felling was unlawful, a protester was manhandled by police & had her head bounced off the pavement by them (she is badly bruised & lucky not be more badly injured).

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees...

All that remains of the 3 much-loved lime trees in #Falmouth that local residents fought for many months to save.

#Cornwall Council contractors & chainsaws arrived before dawn, accompanied by many police & "private security" heavies 🧵

The fascistic musings of AI luminary Joscha Bach with his enthusiastic pal Jeffrey Epstein.

This stuff is commonplace among the techbro "masters of the universe".

They're not just as bad as you imagined. Behind closed doors, they're worse. bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you

The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imagine the reaction to allegations that Corbyn had made hissing gas noises to Jewish kids as a schoolboy - and then if he had responded to those allegations by shouting 'Bernard Manning!' at the journalists

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YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski Why There’s No Such A Thing As A ‘Perfect Green’ | Femi Oluwole | Zack Polanski

And this week's episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with @femi-oluwole.bsky.social

Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!

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UK governments - Tory & Labour - have handed contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to Palantir, the US corporation run by this far-right lunatic.

NHS data, Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office & various other government departments.

What the hell were they thinking?

Fraudulent, Ignorant, Fascist Assholes
#FIFA Peace Prize
#FIFAWorldCup #FIFAPeacePrize

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Help us take on the establishment for a politics beyond the scrooges and hateful stooges.

"You're a government of cowards"
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society

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The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration.

Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.

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Big rise in mental health diagnoses in young people

Failure of UK productivity

It's bizarre that people don't put these two together and realize that modern management crushes people's creativity

And is a threat to our economic success

Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete There had been calls for Israel's exclusion over the war in Gaza, as well as unfair voting accusations.

Dear BBC, the objection to Israel is not its "war in Gaza". It's its *war crimes* against the Palestinian people, in Gaza (and let's not forget the illegal occupations).
Tell it how it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A very warm welcome Femi! 💚

Great to have Femi on board! He's an exceptionally powerful communicator who gets up all the (far) right people's noses!

Question time fans rage defund the BBC after small boat migrants planted in audience.

The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.

The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.

And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.

Be clear about what’s happening here...
All the Westminster gossip was that Starmer would be pushed out soon after taking the fall for awful May ‘26 election results.
The PM is trying desperately to cling to power - by postponing as many May ‘26 elections as possible.
#Simples.
Pse repost!
TY…

Question time immigration special with mike Tapp, Kieran Mullan, daisy cooper, Zack Polanski and Zia Yusuf.

Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.

To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.

In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!

Families in my constituency are fighting to protect farmland which has been productive for generations. Without stronger support and practical measures for drought and heat, their livelihoods and local food security are at serious risk.

Since 2020, three of the five worst harvests on record have hit the UK.

This year, we saw the hottest and driest spring on record, then the hottest summer. Drought conditions spread across the country, resulting in the second-worst harvest since records began.

RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...

If Russia is banned for its war of aggression and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, Israel should be banned for its genocide in Gaza.

This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.

www.rte.ie/entertainmen...