If you'd like to stay in touch, pls sign up to my newsletter. We've seen what Musk has done. And Guardian, in this moment of crisis, is seeking to sell our dearly beloved Observer, my home for 19 years. We can trust no single platform nor publisher. 🙏 substack.com/home/post/p-15…

The least popular PM since polling began A budget that upset certain groups of people Race Riots on the streets A newly created party getting a lot of support That was Margaret Thatcher in her FIRST yr as PM If you’re old enough, you’ll remember If you’re not, read a book

As it happens I was leading a debate in Parliament on the UK fishing industry while you were tweeting this Richard - it is a shame no one from Reform had the time to join. There is more to life than Twitter!

A Conservative Party spokesman says Louise Haigh “failed to behave to the standards expected of an MP", as she hadn’t thrown a lockdown party, bullied a civil servant, given a PPE contract to her mate, gone on reality TV instead of doing her job or crashed the economy

“My name is Amos Goldberg. I am an Israeli Professor of Holocaust Studies. For nearly 30 years I have researched and taught the Holocaust, genocide and state violence. And I want to tell whoever is willing to listen that what’s happening now in Gaza is a genocide. A year ago

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)

Left: Sky News report that Romania has canceled the results of an election after they declassify intelligence to show Russian interference Right: Four UK Prime Ministers, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak all refused to investigate Russian interference in

That's it. That's the tweet. Sold by selfserving conmen for the good of our enemies to weaken us and our allies.

Fortunately 🇩🇪elects it’s representatives by a proportional system. PR may allow extreme parties representation, but unlike FPTP (🇬🇧) it does not gift a majority on a minority of votes. PR generally requires coalitions, so any govt needs support of other parties. #getPRdone

Man castigates me for saying Brexit hasn’t worked then admits Brexit hasn’t worked, but says it’s because no-one has a clear plan, then gives his clear plan, which is ‘Identifying what the opportunities are, mapping them out and figuring out how we’re going to exploit them.”

The President of Argentina asserts that his country has sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. Reform MP calls him a hero. 255 British servicemen lost their lives defending the Falklands. He owes their families an apology.

Rewriting history doesn’t make it true Under Starmer’s leadership we finally tackled these abuses, which had previously been handled poorly He put me in charge,we brought 100s of offenders to justice & gave voice to 1000s of victims A simple google/twitter search would show this

Elon Musk The Crown Prosecution Service does indeed have to give approval for police to charge suspects in serious crimes. But where is the evidence that when Keir Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions the CPS wrongly refused such consents in rape and child grooming cases? There is

Also the amazing dystopian thriller 2073 that inspired this post in cinemas across uk tonight with a q&a with me & its brilliant director Asif Kapadia. Details at 2073 dot film

Since Suella Braverman is in the news for being an idiot, let's remember that time she made such a good job of explaining why membership of the ERG is kept secret.

So pleased to see this. I think Asif’s 2073 could be a sleeper hit. Every time I’ve seen it with an audience , there are people genuinely freaked out. You might want to check it out Nick Clegg

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

I'll just leave this here for the likes of GB News and other right wingers out there. theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

Tony Benn’s 5 critical questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How do we get rid of you? And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”