Neil

It's real, and it's mind-blowing.

A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.

Trump-proof the BBC The BBC is our national broadcaster, we must defend it against those who want to destroy it.

www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.

That final point is absolutely crucial.

Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.

Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

Reform on 350 seats, a 60 overall majority, even though 70% of us didn’t vote for them. We can hope Reform will fail or tactical voting will help but is this a risk we want to take? Does anyone still support our ridiculous, unfair voting system. Please say if you do, I’m interested to know why.

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

Rosalind Franklin at her microscope

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.

But beware...

What Would Dinosaur Meat Taste Like? (And Could We Safely Eat It?) "Depending on the species, probably quite delicious."

Could we eat dinosaur meat?

And I don't mean chicken or turkey. But T. rex or Brontosaurus!

My friends @iflscience.com asked me this fun question, and here's what I think:

www.iflscience.com/could-we-eat...

ICE agents detain teacher at Chicago daycare Rayito del Sol in North Center ICE agents detaining a female teacher inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, in front of children.

I think most normal people would agree it's sadistic for armed men to barge into a daycare and arrest a teacher.

Even if she is an illegal immigrant (which she's not).

The children are so traumatized that the daycare is closed for the week.

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Being super-rich is not a good indicator of what you’ve put in, it’s a measure of what you’ve taken out.

The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

The Nanotyrannus debate has gotten heated at times. But what I truly respect about (most of) the people involved is that we've kept an open mind, tried to follow the evidence.

Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie . ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .

● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.

●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed

● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years

● Sleep well serfs.

● Know your place.

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

Researchers discover new tyrannosaur species in ‘duelling dinosaurs’ fossil Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rex

Nanotyrannus is real.

For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.

But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.

Isn’t science fun?!

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Well that looks like an excellent reason to turn my television off

With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics.

Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.

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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Remember, if you are at all troubled by lawyers pursuing actual terrorists being punished by their government while the actual terrorists go free, then you are suffering from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’.

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending

No fan of Labour, and amply ready to believe corporate lobbyists hold massive sway, but this is pretty weak. The donors are huge multinationals who donate to and win contracts from all Governments and official oppositions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is Reform! We have to defeat them, it won’t be done by always dividing the progressive vote!

Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics It takes 30 seconds

Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to ‪@electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to cap how much they can donate and get big money out of politics
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

That's racism. Plain and simple.

No other word for it.

It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.

Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".

Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

A story in the parts

A story in three parts

Drew Struzan’s Best Movie Posters Celebrating the work of one of the greatest poster artists in the history of film.

In honor of the great Drew Struzan’s passing, I picked 15 of his best posters.