Surprise surprise, that ‘research’ about millionaires leaving the UK because of tax changes was absolute junk! Time for Rachel Reeves to stop listening to the anti-tax 'millionaire community'* and start taxing wealth fairly?

Labour leadership saying the party will go further and faster in the same direction. They don’t seem to understand that, it is our current direction that is the problem

Reform councillors will soon find that contact with reality doesn’t work like they think: try explaining why you deprioritised flood defence after people’s homes get swamped. (Even though the council likely couldn’t afford to do it anyway, whoever was voted in).

These results are just breathtaking. In any normal world there would now be a clamour for the dismissal of the architect of Labour's electoral policy, Starmer's Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney. This is a test of how tight his control over his phalanx of client journos is.

The EHRC guidance that spaces and associations of over 25 members for gay men stipulates that these spaces should not admit trans men. This is a massive and concerning overstep. It is the government interfering and telling gay men who we can and cannot associate with.

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Are Labour going to start delivering the change this country needs? Or will they continue pandering to – and empowering – the far right?

Said Reform cllrs also are clueless on statutory obligations which are almost entirety of budget and can’t be cut. I’ll bet they don’t understand funding either, or how much it’s been cut to the bone. This could get very interesting. (I chaired Brent finance scrutiny.)

We were told Labour is listening, but anyone on the doors in Runcorn would have heard voters complain about winter fuel allowance, cost of living and general Govt incompetence. But rather than address these issues it engages in race to bottom with Reform theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

Netanyahu’s plan to ‘move’ Gaza’s people would be a vile act of ethnic cleansing against a population already facing genocide. Two months of total blockade have starved Palestinians. It must end now: reopen crossings, deliver aid at scale, and stop assaults on civilian lives.

🚨 It’s easy to stand up for minorities when it’s popular. Starmer & Streeting both did that. To stand up for them when they’re under attack, that takes a spine. “We are at risk of making the lives of trans people almost unliveable.” - Nicola Sturgeon

She's right, and all the nasty bullying and pressure from "Gender Critical" feminists hasn't bowed her at all. Including some very nasty lesbophobia aimed at her because she stayed with a lesbian friend when split with husband. A friend who was married at the time!

There is genuinely nothing more homophobic than thinking lesbians and gay men aren't attracted to people but simply sets of genitals. It's as bad as the bigots who scream "stop discussing your sex life" if anyone even mentions they're gay.

I genuinely wanted you to prove I was wrong not to trust you, now you’re taking the PIP I need to be well enough to work and blaming it on low paid immigrants and refugees

Great speech from William Dalrymple at the march in London over the weekend in solidarity with Gaza. If you haven't listened to the Empire Podcast episodes about the history of the region, I highly recommend you do ✊🇵🇸

They're literally doing the meme

Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread 🧵🔽