NEW BLOGPOST: Why did the jury acquit Ricky Jones? thesecretbarrister.com/2025/08/16/why…

Something very concerning is happening in Hull & East Yorkshire. The new Reform UK Mayor has launched a website for a “£1m Community Fund.” Here’s why residents should be worried 👇 1/10

This is a big part of why our media loves Trump and is actively agitating for PM Farage. Clicks, excitement, zero insight required, zero consequences suffered. Is it too much to ask that they understand the weight of a moment? Its seriousness? Isn't that a minimum requirement?

Anyone fancy seven minutes of prime time morning TV on what on earth is happening to government bond yields? Thought so. Here you go👇

Not at all totalitarian in imagery.....

The irony barometer has just erupted…

How many illegal immigrants are living in the UK? Are they put up in ‘four star hotels’? Are phones and iPads provided? Following comments made by Rylan Clarke, BBC Verify Policy Correspondent Ben Chu goes through the data and information for #Newsnight

🚨🇬🇧 BREAKING: Tommy Robinson: “It’s official. I was innocent. The media lied to you.” Reality: He got a Notification of No Further Action (NFA). That’s not innocence. It’s not proof that the media lied. Let’s unpack how Robinson always plays the victim🧵👇

The graphic being shared, below, has the following title: "Sex crime arrest rates for foreign nationals in England and Wales" Then there's a table and rates per 100,000 population. The methodology used to produce that table was complete garbage, for the following reasons. /1

Congress did its homework on Nigel Farage:

Staggering that someone just released from jail after admitting a crime of racial hatred is invited to speak at a major party conference. Completely undermines Reform’s modernisation narrative.

Delicious from Led By Donkeys.

So can I just be clear. What some people are arguing is it's not dangerous incitement to tweet "Set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the bastards for all I care". But it is dangerous incitement to tweet someone is "Far Right".

Steven Barrett has well and truly ventured to a dark place. He has Tweeted that Hitler and his regime were socialists. This is quite a common debating point around the use of the word socialist in the full party name. It is the level of sixth form debating. 1/11

Jenrick appointed judge gives his summing up... youtu.be/Kyos-M48B8U?si… #generic #jenrick

On the positive side --- I think this is an excellent graph in the FT on the breakdown of taxation in the countries of the OECD.