Please listen to this podcast in which I am wildly disrespectful about many people, because if the figures drop they’ll never let me do it again. Thank you

I believe for more complex dental work you can get a bridging loan?

‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations

💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school

“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".

Read on for more...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

When a lamppost isn’t a lamppost What on earth is a “stink pipe”, when it's at home?

This week's newly unpaywalled post: What on earth is a “stink pipe”, when it's at home?

an embarrassment to herself, and the country. the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of former UK prime minsters, basically:

Fuck Farage.

#BackTheBEEB

Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?

The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it

We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.

My fear is that Reeves has created the least conducive environment to have this conversation. But we are were we are. There is a very rare political space to make the case for tax reform: you're going to take the hit anyway, so why not do it in a way that could maximise growth?

In addition to everything Dylan says in this thread, it’s just a bit tragic for *a government four years from an election* to be saying “they hate him more than us“. That just shouldn’t be your focus four years out!

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?

What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?

The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.

That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.

As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.

He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

I did a lecture for @keeleworldaffairs.bsky.social
on the challenges confronting the UK. Watch it here, if you're bored youtu.be/BkQTGOVaFxU?.... #britishpolitics #brexit #ukintheworld

YouTube video by Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Mikie Sherrill and Barack Obama rally voters in Newark

Hello, New Jersey! There’s a lot at stake in this election, and I’m here tonight to talk about why @mikiesherrill.bsky.social should be your next Governor. Watch live:

'My sin was having Parkinson's': Presenter left stranded Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.

Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s

www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)

1. Prison and Probation Service (and CJS generally) brought to its knees by cuts, subcontracting, & endless 'efficiency reforms'.

2. Bad consequences follow.

3. Outrage from those who brought the service to its knees.

Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address on tariffs is trending again. Here’s what he actually said about trade, protectionism, and American leadership.
Full transcript: www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...

Huge news - Parliament is going to debate the #parkypetition on November 17th

Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry

My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong

How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?

How mRNA Vaccines Can Help Fight Cancer Turning "cold" tumors "hot"

How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer?
A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...

The Trump Supremacy Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order

this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA

www.ft.com/content/1377...

President Zelenskyy:

Yesterday, Russia attacked a kindergarten.

The "second army in the world" fighting against Ukrainian children. This doesn't show that they want to stop this war.

It’s probably time I told the story about how I was detained as a suspected jihadist while crossing one of the world’s most contested and violent frontiers … t.co/Y6vSpa6Y5B

🧵 It’s flu season. I’m on call this weekend. I want to use this opportunity to explain to you why this matters to a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, and should matter to you.

Or, more to the point, how I as a simple bone surgeon see healthy kids try to die on me every year. 🧵

My statement on the most recent credible death threat against me.

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king