Simon Pease

This is worth a watch.

Don‘t threaten us with a good time.

I keep asking myself, "have we reached peak Trump"? My answer is, "no, not by a long way". And I think we all underestimate the impact peak Trump will have, not just on US politics, but on our own, and others.

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Many different responses to this. My view is that the Conservative party ceased to be “centre right” some time ago, but many of those who voted for it didn’t notice. I’m not convinced it is a bad thing for them to put their votes elsewhere.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Just another day of Reform making things up as they go along.

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

Think an underpriced 2029 scenario is "ungovernable mess".

Yes.

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are.”

Andy Street is spot on. Birmingham is a brilliant city. Vibrant, diverse, wonderful.

Badenoch was on Times Radio a short time ago defending and excusing Jenrick.

Summary: 'That's not really what he was saying'.

"Kemi Badenoch has chosen to back Nigel Farage and join Vladimir Putin by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights – a proud British creation championed by Churchill that protects everyone's rights and freedoms. "This will do nothing to stop the boats or fix our broken immigration system – problems caused by the last Conservative Government that Badenoch still hasn't apologised for. "I say to former One Nation Conservatives who have been abandoned by their party’s lurch to the extremes: you have a home with us. The Liberal Democrats will always fight to defend our fundamental British freedoms and the rule of law." Ed Davey

Kemi Badenoch has chosen the side of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage with her plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.

Warning about the dilution of the Sentencing Council’s powers, & condoning the idea of ‘two-tier justice’, 6 months ago. If you normalize this sort of thing, it becomes harder to argue against the extreme authoritarian proposals by Robert Jenrick now.

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Now enjoying our electric car. Solar panels next year.

YEAH! 👍 Renewables ☀️ 💨 💦 overtake coal globally for 1st time on record, per records from 88 countries representing 93% of demand globally

Let’s just walk over the screaming naysayers & push on, leaving them in a squabbling mess in the corner

We’ll just step up harder

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This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Jenrick has gone from forgettable nobody to frothing-BNP-styled dickhead. Why does this corrupt little man get to strut around the media blowing his racist dog-whistle?
He should be shamed and shunned out of political existence. We all despise the Tory party for a reason. He’s one of those reasons.

There is a decency agenda absolutely in tune with majority feeling in the country that would be an open goal for the government if it wasn't also inclined to lurch towards an unpleasant space. Indeed it is one Keir Starmer could have personified if he could escape "Blue Labour" unpleasantness.

Not very long ago, this would have meant the end of his career.

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick complained of v 'not seeing another white face' in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

And yet, if anyone in the press calls this racist (which it patently is), they’ll face more outrage than the man who lamented a shortage of white faces.

So we’ll politely rebrand it as “unwise,” perhaps “ill-judged,” or “not in keeping with the spirit of inclusivity.”

Sick. To. The. Back. Teeth.

Taking control of cities is about taking control of the elections.

Truth 💣 from @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Every morning now as I read the news I can feel myself morphing into my inner Jackson Lamb.

Politician struggling with Britain's intractable problems? This one neat trick will enable you to see easy solutions for everything: simply lose the election! My SKETCH of Tory conference.
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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.

No further comment necessary.

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Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

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"In the hour and a half I was there, I didn't see another white face"

Newsnight cover Robert Jenrick's leaked audio which some suggest are racist