Jason Bell

Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament

Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox

Threads post from Channel 4: @channel4 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.

Today’s Times.

babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel

The real asylum scandal Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events

Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"

That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims

A story in Private Eye, headlined "Minority representation on TV causes outrage". The article reads: "There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television."

Private Eye nailing it.

Reform UK are racist liars, the proof:

Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget

Boss of the UK’s main betting/gaming lobby group tells MPs there is no “social ill with gambling”, warns govt against higher taxes on the sector.

Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.

Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.

BBC, Sky, all UK media - you NEED to do better.

This isn’t “balance”.

Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!

Stop it!

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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.

Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.

You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!

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My new Apple Watch lighting up to say 'it looks like you're working out' when I'm in the middle of a particularly challenging poo, marks a new low in my life

DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.

This is about Taylor Taranto. He attacked the US Capitol and was convicted. Trump pardoned him. He went on to take a gun and a machete to Obama's house and vowed to car bomb a federal building. The fired prosecutors were arguing for a heavy sentence for those crimes.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...

'Siri, show me something that really sounds like a revolting euphemism but isn't'

Sign the Petition Stop Reform UK from installing costly flags in Nottinghamshire

c.org/2y9h6tD2Ky

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

Roomba should have been a warning.

Clippy MK II strikes again!

‘Hi! I see you’re trying to look something up! Would you like me to summarise it for you by not doing any fact checking at all and hallucinating about half of it anyway, making everything I tell you at best meaningless, at worst downright dangerous?’

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

"Until now, public knowledge about the relationship between Reform U.K. and the A.D.F. was limited to a single quote Mr. Farage gave to the group, which they pushed out in a press statement. But the A.D.F. has quietly been courting the party since at least 2024."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

The ventriloquist act they booked for the Tory Conference looks a bit shit.

Ruthless EU has just taught Starmer a painful lesson Steel tariff threats are a reminder of how Brussels really feels towards post-Brexit Britain

Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.

This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

I’ve got a lot of insight into why these failures happen.
And I know where they’re getting the 98% success rate from and why there is the discrepancy with all the complaints. Happy to chat in more depth if needed and happy to help.

@vicminett.bsky.social Hi Vic, I’ve just heard your brilliant piece on the situation for Deaf BSL users in Coventry and Warwickshire. I’m a sign language interpreter, and a director of an interpreting cooperative in Leicester. We provide BSL interpreters for UHL and have a unique off framework SLA.

The leader of the Pentagon, the US secretary of state for war, casually doing the KKK double "white power" symbol at a sports game.

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:

“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Pure, undiluted, Berlin 1934.