Jane McNicholl

Great stuff from @stephenkb.bsky.social And while I think the Brexit was a disaster denialism is clearly most pronounced in the Conservative Party, it continues to affect the rest of the political spectrum in the form of we have to make the best of it / the situation will never change etc.

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong' No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

"No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire"
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

2/ And Farage may not have taken Russian bribes, but he certainly took substantial sums of money for his many appearances on RT (Russia Today) - a key propaganda arm of Putin's mafia state. Bizarrely, RT even had him "knighted" on air.

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

#MigrantsWelcome #GoodNews

Let's all get together to tackle our mutiple crises, in a world where human time, energy and talents are a scarce resource

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises? We have the receipts, Nigel...

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage and the Brexit cabal are frothing with rage because their immigration promises came true.

The receipts show they all advocated for this exact immigration system 👇🏻👇🏻

Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Trump’s Political Persecution of Comey is Flagrant Criminal Abuse of Power CALLING DEMS "GNATS" TO BE "GOTTEN RID OF" IS A DANGEROUS NATIONAL DISGRACE

James Comey is not a GNAT to be gotten rid of.

Trump’s turned the DOJ into a revenge machine — staging show trials through Pam Bondi and a beauty-pageant lawyer. This isn’t law & order. It’s a dictator auditioning for absolute power. ⬇️

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school - he's wrong about race • NEW The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn't see'another white face. You can't judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian Sathnam Sanghera

I hoped that the outrage about this scandal across the political spectrum demonstrated we were finally moving away from such thinking. But Jenrick's remarks show that we are, in 2025, in an even worse place. The comments are a symptom of a new cult of ethno-nationalism, imported from the USA and supercharged by bad actors on social media. Suddenly, a great many people - including, bizarrely, Suella Braverman - are keen on the racist idea that you simply can't be English and non-white.

We all hoped the Windrush scandal would be shame enough. But no. The Tory party plumbs new depths with its vile rhetoric. Nothing good comes from their prejudice. But our communities prove them wrong every day.
Important response to Jenrick from @sathnam.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/3af4...

Nigel Farage has no idea how to be a prime minister The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country

Orwell wrote: “In England all the boasting and flag-wagging... is done by a small minority. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Someone tell Reform, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Mass protests from Amsterdam to Istanbul denounce Israel’s Gaza genocide Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The Tory Party has been the worst thing about this country for my entire life, and without being complacent about what replaces it, it’d take a heart of stone not to rejoice at its final flappings

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.

The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.

If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)

Excellent piece, thank you. I can't stand the moral relativism which says that something which is popular can't be wrong. I think that it doesn't matter how popular a point of view is - if it's morally wrong then it remains so however many people support it. Otherwise we're in 2+2=5 territory.

I just hope Ukraine supporters in Europe haven’t wasted more time fantasising about what Trump will do for Ukraine. This is now Europe’s responsibility

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.

Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.

Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

oh, this is fantastic, Rory! So proud of you xxx

somehow an under-reported observation by many news orgs!

Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt

“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"

Reminder that the UK was the only nation on the entire planet which handed out fraudulent 'VIP' contracts for millions or billions of pounds to anybody because a handful of people like Michael Gove and Boris Johnson said they were fine.

Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - part of a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.

The thing is, the racist anti-immigrant and anti-asylum seeker ranting of various politicians not only *could* encourage violence, it *has* encouraged violence.

Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.

Tbh my Great G’dad and uncles probably did too but no women in my family did. Potteries and then munitions during the war.

My G’dad and Dad worked there.