David Ford

South Antrim deserves delivery, not division. Better healthcare, a lower cost of living and stronger public services. If you want to move beyond tribal politics and build a better, brighter, shared future, vote for John Blair, @allianceparty.bsky.social, next May.

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So the Scottish Greens think that Scottish police should not provide mutual aid to the PSNI for events that "inflame tensions". I thought the role of police officers was to maintain public order and seek to reduce tensions. Presumably Ms Chapman won't ever want help to Scotland from NI (or E&W).

Why has this live-streaming serial criminal not been arrested?

If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.

I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

"Last Sunday in October is a different date this year." Is there a competition for the most clueless headline in a generally reliable publication?

Matt Frei, "You heard the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham also say that Brexit was a big mistake, it led to a lost decade" "Must be music to your ears that government is finally being honest about this?" Daisy Cooper, "Partly, he's diagnosed the problem, but he's refusing to administer the cure"

EXC - Andy Burnham will face an immediate test of his backing for electoral reform in his first week in parliament as prime minister, with almost 100 Labour MPs supporting a bid for a new national commission. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Imagine!

Thank you Count Binface, we'll take it from here.

Yet still we're told "The economics of doing what's required to combat climate collapse don't stack up." And this will keep rapidly worsening until the fossil fuel tap is turned off. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Submitted for your consideration ...

Busy day out with the grandchildren yesterday and met a few friends at the Fleadh. www.facebook.com/share/r/1caK...

Believing in climate change as real but rejecting every plan to try & mitiagate it and deal with the disastrous consequences as not possible or not going to make a difference is not a political policy it is at best a surrender to disaster. If not this then what? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Huge wasp nest takes over wildlife trust's office 🏆 #LiberalEnglandHeadlineOfTheDay liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/huge...

The #ClimateChange crisis is also a #PublicHealth crisis. Warming temperatures affect health on a global scale. #MedSky

Nuclear power VS a 40°C summer is not going great 🌡️ When rivers get too warm or too low, nuclear reactors have to slow down or shut down ⚠️ Romania literally used explosives to redirect the Danube and help cool its reactor ⚠️ Hungary is on the verge of shutting down its only nuclear reactor 🧵

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

Have your say on Northern Ireland's new Nutrients Action Programme (NAP)! Following concerns over last year's proposals, NFFN NI helped shape a revised draft.  ⏳ Closes on 7 September 2026 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/dkttxlujsw

Do not adjust your screens: Daily Telegraph, purveyor of hard-core #climate denial, has temporarily noticed reality. Don’t panic: normal service on behalf of its energy industry sponsors will be resumed shortly.

Farage used to say, "Leave means leave." Now his latest stunt is triggering a by-election before the investigation is complete. Clacton deserves the facts before it votes. @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

Rachel Reeves may have a funny line about a bin, but the Chancellor has let Farage off the hook by giving him a by-election before Clacton voters see the outcome of the Standards Enquiry.

Only someone with a heart of stone wouldn't laugh at the demise of Jenrick's political gambit... playing out here in real time

Across multiple news bulletins yesterday, BBC led with report that Reform Ltd said Farage did no wrong re his £5 million "gift". For those old enough to remember the 1960s, MRDA. "Well he would say that, wouldn't he."

How better to spend the first Saturday of the holidays than visiting Rathlin to support my three amazing daughters on this charity fundraiser/wee* run. * just 16 hilly miles 🙄 www.facebook.com/share/1EY4Zb...

Meanwhile, in the interest of "balance" the BBC will spend hours trying to find one of the 4%. A bit like economists for Brexit and climate crisis sceptics.

All MPs' outside earnings by party: The Conservatives come out top at 66% of total earnings from second jobs, while Reform (with just eight MPs) account for 20%, and Labour (with 400+) just 7%. But taking into account their size, Reform has by far the highest outside earnings per MP of any party.

When people complain about the lack of delivery in Stormont, here's a quick look at what my @allianceparty.bsky.social colleagues have done.

BBC journalist Sally Nugent had Nigel Farage bang to rights as she grilled him on BBC Breakfast this week over his secret £5m gift from Christopher Harborne 👏 #GetFarageOut #Corruption If no-one cares, why are so many of us asking?

#BrexitBenefits #RejoinEU

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

Stop-go politics isn’t working for people in Northern Ireland. But Alliance has a plan to fix it. It’s time to reform Stormont.

I agree with Koulla. There is strong evidence from the Youth Justice Review (shortly after DOJ set up) that MACR should be raised. This has been blocked by the inappropriate use of the Petition of Concern, with appearance of improper pressure applied to UUP MLAs. Clear evidence of need for reforms.

Finally terminating the X account I have barely used for months. Elon Musk’s latest attempts to divide and destroy the country I love were the final straw. Only sorry that my attempts to persuade Parliament and its committees to leave X, or at least to post here too, have not so far succeeded.

On Anne Frank’s birthday today , let us remember what happens when extremists indoctrinate the majority and good people stay silent. #VoteBlue2022 #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #BOTD June 12, 1929

Belfast is a city in shock this morning. Disgusted, Ashamed, Angry, Frightened. The virus of far right violence is eating our humanity far more profoundly than Covid. This is destroying our souls.

I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.