Are UK politics going to be influenced by US-style right-wing Christianity? A politics of identity which at its core is anti-Christian. It is "a reminder that anti-trans, anti-queer and Islamophobic positions do not spring from nowhere." theguardian.com/world/commenti…

A typical 'calm down, nothing to see here' take from the Westminster political commentariat. The British state's capacity to do the basics is falling apart all across society. That is the big takeaway from the latest fiasco.

Such a tragedy that while we have this ineffective, clueless, self-destructing government we also have an ineffective, clueless and self-destructing official opposition.

Translation: Sheffield United's American owners have absolutely no idea about English football.

"If only Your Party could find a leadership that combines vision with realism, and flexibility with clarity… the kind of leadership that turns disillusionment into hope, and hope into votes." scottish-liberal.blogspot.com/2025/12/this-i…

A Scottish Liberal: This is not how to launch a new party scottish-liberal.blogspot.com/2025/12/this-i…

As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency. The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries. Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.

Lammy seems to have forgotten the concept of the presumption of innocence. "If you steal an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon why should you have a jury trial?" he asked, in a lame attempt to defend the indefensible. 🤔 What if you actually didn't steal the iPhone and were

Lame Lammy forgot something important this morning. The presumption of innocence. And the importance to most of us of not being convicted of a crime we did not commit. If I were falsely accused of stealing an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon, with my whole life and career

We were told that the right to trial by jury for many cases must be abolished because of the criminal cases backlog. But David Lammy just confirmed in Parliament that even without any backlog, "it's not my expectation that these rules will change". So this isn't about backlog.

There are many politicians I don't like. But I don't think there has ever been a politician I have been more disappointed in than David Lammy.

The Scottish Socialist Party has refused to even work with Your Party at the next Holyrood election. So much for Corbyn and his new fan club uniting the Left. thenational.scot/news/25667136.…

There may well be a significant rebellion on the Labour benches, but probably not enough to derail these proposals entirely. Looks like the House of Lords will be called upon to prove its value.

This is utterly DAMNING for David Lammy. "We are not looking to convict people as quickly as possible, we are looking for justice." A Barrister clinically dismantles David Lammy's disgraceful decision to scrap jury trials. Watch until the end. It wont even fix the backlog.

The sewer that is GB News. Now promoting repugnant ethno-nationalism & racism broadcasting calls to remove ethnic minority MPs from the UK Parliament. Even Enoch Powell at his most odious did not stoop this low. Meanwhile the supposed regulator Ofcom is asleep at the wheel.

Dinosaurs still roam the world of the Daily Telegraph.

This is utterly embarrassing.

I never thought David Lammy would turn into someone who dismisses jury trials as "tradition" and suggests those who argue in defence of them are championing "tradition for [its] own sake". This is not a bold decision, its a stupid one. And hopefully a career-ending one.

Infantino makes up an award to massage Trump's ego. There, fixed it for you. (There will almost certainly be no future such "awards".)