A reminder that Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the entire Conservative-supporting press have spent the past week lambasting Keir Starmer for not joining the Iran war.
Here's what has happened since then to public opinion
It’s 13 years old, but I’m watching this little film today. Riding a c90 through Iran youtu.be/_2LEgowbzSc?... via @YouTube
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
🫠 Good to see politicians committed to public service rather than their personal bank accounts.
Great piece about masters athletics on the BBC’s #MorningLive. Lovely interviews with the wonderful Iris Holder and Melanie Garland.
And if you don’t want to go all the way to the National Portrait Gallery, you could buy this plate in an Exeter antique shop for a tenner.
Put Trump’s criticism of Starmer and other democratic leaders against his consistent syrupy praise for authoritarian, brutal leaders.
Starmer is in good company. Just remind yourself how Trump praises authoritarian antidemocratic leaders in this thread. It’s an eye opener 🧵 1/
So Nigel Farage who the right wing media tout as the next British PM, is meeting Donald Trump today at his holiday club to undermine and work against the present elected British Prime Minister?
Donald Trump is the POTUS of a hostile nation. Trump wants to hurt this country.
This is who Farage is.
Downing Street has shared a behind the scenes video of the PM responding to the Iran strikes in recent days.
Includes snippets from his calls with the French president, German chancellor, and Cypriot president
Starmer along with Mark Carney and their allies are planning life without the US.
You keep the insults coming, you thick orange piece of shit.
This is not Franklin D. Roosevelt we’re dealing with.
This classic BBC documentary about the loss of so many railway stations is wonderful for its footage, language, interviews, editing. Nothing like the offerings of today, which would extend this material to at least a padded hour. youtu.be/uke3Y43F-BQ?...
Karl Turner claims the Labour government isn’t delivering manifesto pledges.
Is Kier Starmer sticking to his manifesto let’s ask “Full Fact”
Your party leader’s fascist mentor was best mates with Epstein but please, lecture away…
I urge you to watch this. For the like me who do not have Instagram, click “OK” when prompted, then “continue on web”. This clip is from a film 84 years ago and very relevant to current times.
www.instagram.com/reel/DSyOFbf...
David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’
The once-respected historian has descended into public racism again on his podcast. The even bigger problem is, he’s now an adviser to the hard right
@sangitamyska.bsky.social 's Nerve debut 🔗⏬
Watching the Reform political broadcast. You’re not the fucking Shadow Home Secretary.
“Suella Braverman asked for my help to get maternity leave when she was Attorney General. As first pregnant AG she needed new rights. (I helped ofc, she took mat leave and returned to govt office) Depressing she now plans roll-back of rights for aother women”.
Harriet Harman
I applied for a new passport on Monday (sending my old one off by signed-for delivery) and my new one arrived on Thursday morning. And that was the standard service. Very oleased!
Incredible nonsense 'data' scenes....
Some royal commentator on #bbcnews seemingly horrified that Andrew might be held by police in “an actual police cell”.
Side point: it is literally Andrew Windsor’s birthday!
Reform have been telling people that refugees go to the top of the housing list - this is a lie.
While claims are processed asylum seekers have no access to social housing.
If granted legal status then they still get no special treatment - and are typically at the *back* of the queue
this something is the shingles vaccine btw.
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
Fancy that. I’ve realised I’ve become a curling expert, simply by watching the telly and commentating.
‘The gutters leaked like secrets, and the rain rain-rained like rain at Rawlinson End.’ #VivStanshall
If you don't know how all this works now here is a perfect example....
Yesterday: Reform were asked about minimum wage and the outcome was that they will reduce it - worrying people and getting some negative press.
Today: an unsourced, anonymously briefed, speculative story is 'revealled'...
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Another excellent thread about the ever-increasing workload of an MP and their constituency office staff.
ITV News at 10 had absolutely nothing about Farage/Reform and his so-called new front bench. BBC News take note #ITVnews #Newsnight #BBCNews
