The majority are right that borders matter; love of nation is admirable; illegal immigrants should be deported; biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sport; people should be judged on merit, not colour; & western history is admirable, not shaming thetimes.com/article/632163…

Recently appointed Chief of RAF Air Staff, Harv Smyth from Lurgan up at Stormont, proud to be back in his native Northern Ireland:

How to make slimy Farage uncomfortable thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-two…

This is fascinating - really details what’s going on with the new hard left party

It’s interesting and he makes good points, but he misses sthg too: Labour has to be a big tent to win, and Labour winning is the *only* hope for making Britain work for ordinary people. And compromise is messy. I don’t love the party either but it’s the only show in town really.

theguardian.com/music/2023/sep… My album Hit Parade came out 2 years ago today, in the middle of a controversy. Having been told previously by music journalists that it was already “album of the year” when the controversy broke I was instructed by the same people to admit “ignorance” and

EXCL: A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson’s private office reveals how the former PM has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules. All the details here 👇🏼 theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s…

David Thompson Alliance are themselves so far invested in this cult they've now no way out. Tough. They shouldn't be near child safeguarding or women's rights bc their agenda is biased.

Cool FM News Alliance Party Naomi Long MLA Eóin Tennyson MLA James Bullying? Here they are bullying another party. They've tried bullying women online and in person, bullying colleagues like Timothy Gaston MLA, bullying parents through RSE. We'll take no lectures from this party of charlatans and Sunday Boy can do one. The tide is turning. #HoldTheLine

This is beyond remarkable. Guyatt is presenting himself as a leaf in the wind. An absentminded person who willy nilly signs statements of the most dire consequence - "I'm a dope," he says. Under a little pressure from Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley he folds immediately.

Best laugh I've had in ages.

Who Were The "Household Names" Who Were The IRA's Money Launderers? irishpeaceprocess.blog/2025/09/09/who…

A little update on something that has been going on for me behind the scenes now for nearly a year, which I've put in front of the paywall. I'll be writing more about this for the Critic. thehelenjoyce.com/p/being-target…

Every second a Labour MP spends campaigning for a wealth tax is a second that could be spent campaigning for real tax reform that could make the tax system fairer, boost economic growth and (unlike the wealth tax) actually happen. A thread:

Fifty years ago today, Viking 2 launched on its journey to Mars in search of signs of life. 5️⃣ 0️⃣ Together with its twin, Viking 1, NASA's pioneering Viking missions laid the vital groundwork for our future human exploration of the Red Planet.

There's been a lot of people coming out to say that the next deputy leader has got to be A) a woman and B) northern. But I feel like this analysis misses the whole point of Angela Rayner. Yes she's a woman. Yes she's from the north. Yes she has an incredible back story. But she

Now I am genuinely confused.

Russia flying into Poland, on Trump’s watch, is yet another reminder that appeasing dictators NEVER works

This is who Sinn Féin are; these are their values. To them, ethnic cleansing of the Other is a “heroic struggle”