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Farage tying himself in angry knots here ... as he refuses to answer the basic question: Is it racist to call Kemi Badenoch a "Nigerian scammer"?

"Consultant pay sounds like a high number" says consultant rep. News flash: it is a high number #wato

Oxford Street plans throw media into total measurement confusion. A mile is apparently "almost a kilometre" #wato

If Reform think FoM is "mad", then that surely qualifies it to be adopted as a Reform policy #wato

Reform wanting to return to imperial measures is possibly based on the fact that news sites like LBC can't do simple conversions. Since when was a mile "almost a kilometre"?

If only there had been some clue...

The bigger question is how Musk can hold a security clearance or oversee the operations of a company with supersensitive and classified government contracts. Several FBI agents bluntly asked that question. They all got fired or reassigned and their supervisors were unable to answer their questions.

A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

a spectacle of fascism as Trump demands Ilhan Omar resign and says Democrats have conceded her seat, and the 20-something dude bros behind him leap up and start cheering

The idea the BBC can’t afford an Education Correspondent is crazy 13 million pupils/students & a similar number of parents adds up to more than a third of the population It seems to be managed by people who don’t clock the need not to alienate the people who’ve always defended it

I asked our web designer and he said "The company I use to host all my websites updated all their servers yesterday at 2pm with the security patch from PHP", so maybe small businesses are worrying unduly? #wato

In addition to cyber criminals trying to exploit vulnerabilities, there will doubtless be a surge in scam emails offering "protection" services. #wato

"Ukraine getting in the way of Trump making money by trying to defend themselves" Succinct but true #wato

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Harriet Cross's long answer to Sarah's "would the Tories invest in renewables?" disguises a very brief one - 'no' #wato

What you get when you send a jumped up estate agent to negotiate with an ex KGB officer #wato

Jackdaw - My somewhat conflicted view: Won't affect consumer bills - gas traded internationally. Will also only cover max 3% UK need. We should be more reliant on renewables - but we aren't,& households need gas *now*. That need won't go away & belated investment in alternatives won't cover it #wato

. Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock etc are responsible for the dreadful covid death toll in care homes - when it was obvious from Italy how serious it would be. They were more interested in making money from dodgy PPE deals... 🤦‍♀️ #politicslive #wato #CovidInquiry . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Farage's "he used to be a Tory" defence is preposterous, given how many used to be Tories. #wato

Definitely no cover-up going on. Honest, guv. #wato

We need a “Gutted by Grayling” ® Kitemark #wato

If it's all a hoax, Farridge, how do you explain the sudden drop-off in bot responses on twitter since Ukraine destroyed two of their data centres? #wato

"Trump cruelly passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize" - nowadays you're never sure when people on BBC are trying to be funny. #wato

"What goes up must come down" is one of those silly aphorisms. Try asking prices in shops. #wato

Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.

You are convincing nobody with your claim that confronting the lasting consequences of brexit and how to mitigate them is a "confected debate", Cleverly #wato

Cleverly on Tories: "When circumstances change it is right that we review policy positions" Cleverly & co on Labour: "U-turn!!" #wato

Pro Palestinian does not equate with pro Hamas, Mrs French news presenter. #wato

Jeffrey Archer: a politician ahead of his time. He’d fit remarkably well into today’s post-truth political landscape. #wato

FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?

Voces populares are just as unreliable when broadcast in Spanish #wato

It doesn't exactly scream "We are the most powerful nation on the planet" if you run away when there are vague indications of a possible threat. But am I the only one not too bothered if the US take their planes home? #wato

Missing panels from the Tory crapestry found. #wato

It's only "extraordinary" Jonny because you view the French propensity to demonstrate at the drop of a beret from the perspective of an English 'mutter quiet disaffection from the safety of a keyboard' approach. #wato

You could almost say that Zionism is more ethno-nationalism a la Braverman #wato

"Zionist" is such a fluid term which cannot be reduced to "believing in the right of Israel to exist". Which is one reason why debating it can only lead to chaos and confusion, IMO. #wato

This is the same minister who invited Tommy Robinson to Israel for an official visit last year

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

Again #wato

Can we take Ben Gvir's words at face value? Answer in words of fewer than 3 letters. #wato

I'm conflicted on triple lock. I see it is expensive to maintain, but also see how low UK state pension is in European comparison (my German state pension is 1.6x my UK one, pro rata). Maybe preserve it only for those reliant solely on state pension? #wato

Rejoining the EU is not in the UK's sole gift. The EU have a bit of a say in it as well. Not sure they want all the upheaval involved - yet. #wato

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

It would be a start if the BBC could get a grip of access to iPlayer. An occasional "Have you got a licence?" pop-up is frankly ludicrously inadequate. #wato

"A member of the Israeli UN delegation went round noting the names of people who didn't attend Netanyau's speech"?? #wato

Whatever happened to conflict of interest policies? #wato