Mark Norbury

“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”

Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.

65% of white Britons say they ARE well represented in advertising.

So why lead with the far smaller figure?

Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT

"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"

Either way, it looks like Falkner's desperate scramble to get these *extremely* draconian rules into place have failed. The tide has been halted.

I'm with you: it would be a welcome shock if political leaders actually did what they thought was best for the country

I would call this a strategy: focused governance and delivery, driven by our mission and values, tackling 2-3 core social/economic issues.

A strategy based on 'well, what if everything political science tells us, everything economics tells us and everything history tells us is wrong?' is ending in a predictable fashion.

Both of you are right: the prob is Blue Labour is ghastly unintelligible divisive crap.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Indeed. You cannot give human beings that much power and money, and not expect them to turn into raging megalomaniacs.

It's why so much of the history of political thought centres on the dangers of unconstrained power.

A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Great piece @stephenkb.bsky.social - grown up leadership = vision, values + bringing broad coalition with you. It is not chasing Reform, focus groups or polls.

POLL Should trans staff be allowed in female locker rooms? Menu No, it's not right 37.5% Yes, it's not an issue 62.2% I'm on the fence 0.3%

The Sun’s attempt at punching-down on trans people with a poll positioned slap-bang in the middle of a leading transphobic propaganda piece, has spectacularly backfired on them! 😆

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

Rishi Sunak only politician to see witness statement in China spy case Statement from security adviser, viewed by then prime minister, did not describe China as enemy

Well well well...

Security adviser, Matthew Collins, removed the word "enemy" from a draft statement in the China spy case because calling China an enemy did not reflect government policy at the time.

Guess who was in government in 2023?

Over to you Badenoch

@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social anything you might do with parliamentary colleagues?

And so it begins...

To go from "Who is Katie Lam?" to "Everybody hates Katie Lam, the Tory Idi Amin" in less than a week is exemplary "rising star" behaviour

Surely a lengthy stint as a Daily Mail columnist beckons

Sadly it's always been a fast learner

Man it happened 262 times last year. What a mess of a system.

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Scale of Plaid win in Caerphilly is significant, not least because of what it says about the potential for progressive tactical voting in (relatively) high turnout elections to block Reform. Voters in this race knew it was a Plaid-Reform contest and voted accordingly.

Great... well deserved: powerful investigative journalism with integrity and guts

Reasonable conclusion. Probably worth saying that this Elon Musk thing is not a surefire winner either...

Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post Exclusive: In fresh controversy, the women write to Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood to speak up for safeguarding minister * UK politics live – latest updates Five survivors invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel have written to Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood to say they will continue working with the investigation only if the safeguarding minister Jess Phillips remains in post. The women have contacted the prime minister and home secretary outlining a range of conditions for their continued participation. They say Phillips has “devoted her life to hearing and amplifying the voices of women and girls who would have otherwise been unheard”. Continue reading...

Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post

Potential grooming gangs chair accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'weaponising' inquiry Jim Gamble was the second candidate to chair the probe to pull out of the process - and said Ms Badenoch and others were using victims as a "political football" and using their voices to lau...

Getting messy

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‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaitin... Two other MEPs joined Nathan Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests – and 6 weeks later repeated his talking points in Parliament

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv

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A screenshot of a post on X that reads: Cuomo, talking to conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg this morning: "God forbid, another 9/11—can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asks. "He'd be cheering," Rosenberg says. Cuomo paused and chuckled before saying: "That's another problem."

Just disgusting.