Roisin McCann

That final point is absolutely crucial.

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.

No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals The national flu immunisation programme for 2025 to 2026 slideset Professor John Robertson OBA The above is from the Over 5 million under 65s with a long-term health condition could miss out flu va…

No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...

Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.

Election day live updates: Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race Democrats are also projected to win governor races in Virginia and New Jersey as Californians vote to redraw election maps.

Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani.

Hope wins - and it resonates far beyond New York.

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

Elon Musk thinks that JR Tolkein based the Hobbit on pipe smoking yokels he met in Hertfordshire...

Riiiight mate. Well I'm definitely going to listen to you.

This could be an Irish woman

Several innocent people were stabbed by unknown attackers on a moving train in Cambridgeshire, UK Police arrested two suspects at the scene. The sad reality is, Britain is now less safe than many places people call "dangerous." Today, London feels more like Kabul than Uk

Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.

I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.

1/3

Good morning.

The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.

'Come on Keir Starmer - be brave and be bold to stop Nigel Farage' "The whole world isn’t going down the right-wing plug hole and Starmer, if he opened his eyes, would find ­inspiration to confront and beat Farage’s divisive, fear-based politics with fairness and dec...

“The whole world isn’t going down the right-wing plug hole and Starmer, if he opened his eyes, would find ­inspiration to confront and beat Farage’s divisive, fear-based politics with fairness and decency in Britain"

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech Reform UK leader to set out ‘pro-entrepreneurship’ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledge

Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation.

Translation - Human, employment, consumer, environmental rights will be thrashed. Real wage cuts. Corporate abuses, profiteering unchecked.

Pledge to cut govt spending - cut pensions/benefits. impose austerity. Don't be old, poor, sick, disabled.

Green party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy w... Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok

"Polanski has blended anger with hope.

“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”

Let's make hope normal again!

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These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

Elon Musk’s latest tweets prove it’s time for the UK government to take action against him Elon Musk's latest posts inciting violence in the UK should serve as the final evidence needed for the government to take action against him.

Elon Musk’s latest tweets inciting violence in the UK should serve as the final evidence needed for the government to take action against the billionaire

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/elon...

Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.

And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.

I’m a huge fan of Trawl Pod, and have just listened to The Trawl Meets Zack Polanski. At last we have a relatable voice on the left, and he’s taking no sh/t! Suddenly the future holds a ray of hope. @thetrawl.bsky.social @marina-purkiss.bsky.social @jemmaforte.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Reform-led council slammed over plan to spend £75,000 on flags The 164 flags are set to be displayed across 82 locations, costing Nottinghamshire council £475 each

Nottinghamshire Reform led County Council is spaffing £75,000 on new flags and flag poles... even as council tax is set to rise by almost 5%

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Such a relief that Russia lost in Caerphilly.

Photos of the 14 civilians murdered on Bloody Sunday.

No British Justice.

The man whose presence might lead to Tel Aviv football fans being “falsely associated with his far-right activities,” has just visited Tel Aviv as an honoured guest of the Israeli government. Riddle me that.

How is it taking them this long to work this out?

The Tel Aviv police appear to be antisemitic.

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Happening now. Hundreds are gathered outside the US Embassy in London. #NoKings

#NoKings

The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.

Labour has a green problem

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU