Five police officers arrest an RAF veteran in a wheelchair for holding a piece of paper. So weird how Elon Musk Nigel Farage MP & all the free speech warriors are silent on this?

Quite a feat by Israel, striking Qatar and uniting France and Iran in condemnation. #Qatar #qatarattack

If we’re going to acknowledge words can beget violence and dangerous radicalisation, fine. But then I don’t see how you can seek to defend Lucy Connolly or some of the words used against members of the Trans community or migrants. So what is the standard now.

I very much agree with this, indeed a few weeks ago I tweeted my appreciation of Keir Starmer’s work on this front. I am not in the Labour party, I think there have been myriad mistakes (appointing Mandelson without full diligence!!) but I’m prepared to cut the guy some slack.

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

It’s now clear from the attacks on the police, the nature of the speeches from the main stage, and the comments and conduct of a significant proportion of the marchers yesterday’s rally was an extremist, Far-Right rally. There is no longer any ambiguity about that.

Watch out for The Firm on BBC4 at 10.0. The late, great Alan Clark’s last film. A young Gary Oldman at his very best, Lesley Manville, a bit of me. The first of the football hooliganism films. Made in 1989 it’s a stunning piece of work.

Has Melania joined witness protection?

OK, who put Melania into 'sleep' mode.

David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."

🚨Rolling Stone is now confirming what we all knew happened with Jimmy Kimmel’s show. According to their reporting, executives at ABC and Disney didn’t think Kimmel said anything outrageous but they feared retaliation from Trump. This is a blatant attack on free speech.

I know it’s hard to remember, but there genuinely was a time when Matt provided an interesting and unique academic perspective on issues of immigration, race and social diversity.

You may not like Keir Starmer. You may object to his policies. But arguing he is “ushering in fascism” is as unhinged as anything you would get from the propagandists of the extreme populist right.

“I haven’t heard the recording” what a pathetically weak response from the Tory leader to Robert Jenrick’s racism #r4today

'A better brand of conservatism would do the country good; the alternative is terrifying. But it may be too late and the party too far gone, about to be eaten alive by Farage.'

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.

When middle aged women bring their “whole self to work”. Invisibility and dismissal of struggle captured so beautifully here, along with the ageism too many middle aged women just have to live with. #ActingYourAgeCampaign #DontCastHerOut #RiotWomen

"...it's driving political volatility, ppl are moving to extremes." 🎯 First and last rungs of the property🪜 are toxic. Find a way to achieve the quicker abolition of leasehold Matthew Pennycook MP. Leave a legacy you can be genuinely proud of by transforming Eng. & Wal housing.

Christ only Badenoch could conflate the death of David Amess with the China spy case. #PMQs

Starmer: 'Not a lawyer or a leader' Ouch! #PMQs