We should never underestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices. 🧵

“Bye bye, don't let the door smash you on the backside…” James O'Brien bids farewell to the Conservative Party.

Au terme de cette campagne de second tour, Volt appelle chaque Français⸱e à voter et à faire échec à l'extrême droite dans toutes les circonscriptions où elle peut gagner dimanche. Le risque d'une majorité RN exige la mobilisation de toutes et tous. #legislatives2024 1/3

#LaFrance: le UK a dit non au populisme & fascisme après 14 ans de règne destructeur. Tirez les leçons du UK, n'attendez pas de connaître la destruction inévitable que le RN ferait si élu au pouvoir, dites non au fascisme le 7 Jul! #ElectionResults #ToriesAreOut #legislatives2024

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Newly elected members of the French parliament refusing to shake hands with the far right is extremely satisfying. A particular shout out to the rock paper scissors gag.

BREAKING So so happy The increasingly impressive ⁦Rachel Reeves⁩ has just formally announced the appt of COVID CORRUPTION COMMISSIONER will take place within weeks Many of us have campaigned for this & everyone who has supported (that’s you)…this is great news👍🏼

Someone, please think of the anti-woke brigade tuning in to watch the Paris Olympics opening ceremony…

But how did they do it? Welcome in Europa! Beautiful #OlympicGames

I 'enjoy' the clips of protesters talking utter bilge without the vaguest idea of how stupid they sound. But it's important to remember that many Telegraph, Spectator, Mail etc columnists are just as bigoted, fact-free & ignorant. They just use slightly longer words.

It's rare that James O'Brien and Nigel Farage are in the same room. So when the Reform UK leader was leaving the LBC studios after his phone-in with Nick Ferrari, James O'Brien delivered a one-of-a-kind handover.

"A man with no impulse control, no plans, a desperate need for flattery and no ability to separate fact from fiction." A neat summation of Elon Musk. theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

This is the darkest morning. For Ukraine. For the US. For all of us.

What fresh hell is this?

God help us all.

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