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My latest article for @freedompress.bsky.social freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/17/a...

Here is your easy to digest summary of today's Shadow Cabinet Reshuffle:

We're talking water tonight - heatwaves, droughts and whackinng great new AI centres. Plus whether a garbage person is going to become Clacton's next MP, the pogrom in Thetford and more! With Tab, Andy and Simon www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0_N...

I’m petty sure that Farage and Reform are going to carry on heading down in the polls. Friday’s by-election result is likely to harm him whatever. Even winning will look and sound ludicrous.

Britain’s first Prime Mayor Comment, Jul 27th Burnham’s decentralisation of power from Westminster still represents undemocratic centralisation at the local level ~ Jon Bigger ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/27/b...

Nigel, Nigel, Nigel. It’s all about Nigel. That’s what Nigel says.

Chris Mason, BBC I get very excited about by-elections. So much so that my mum cuts down my sugar intake in the run up to them. This is the most important by-election in my lunchtime. In fact I’d go as far as to say this is the most important by-election since the last one. Etc etc. Night.

This is brilliant.

Michelle Gatting has been a brilliant addition to the Le Mans world feed commentary. Brilliant insights. This race is set to superb too.

A fresh episode of Little Bigger Anarchism for you. I really enjoyed this chat with @stephaniewanga.bsky.social and of course @shanealittle.bsky.social

I thought nobody wanted the role. #DoctorWho

This has just arrived. It looks amazing. Hopefully I can get some time over the weekend to delve in.

John Rentoul isn’t wrong about everything. But he certainly puts the effort in.

The PM thinks it’s his business to decide what protests are allowed and which should be banned I find that disgusting. The continuing rowing back on democratic rights should worry us all.

Happy Taco Tuesday to all who observe it.

Remember when Iranian protesters were being leveraged to manufacture consent for this war? Now, Trump calls all Iranians "animals" and says he will bomb the country "into the Stone Age."

An example of Douglas Camfield's attention to detail, in 1965 writing quite a tall order for avant-garde composer Tristram Cary. It includes one of the earliest character sketches of Katarina. Also a nice early instance of the serial's overarching title. #DoctorWho

I’ve enjoyed watching the recently rediscovered Doctor Who episodes today. Onto watching Lincoln City next. What a season we’re having.

Always a pleasure to try and make sense of the world. Hopefully we did!

Amazing news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A friendly reminder to people in power: saying you take responsibility for something isn’t the same as taking responsibility for it.

Oh Mandy You came and you took without giving And they led you away Oh Mandy…

Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

The state must now back down and end the ban on Palestine Action. The continuing proscription is an abuse of freedom of expression and assembly

Leaving the court now, the government lawyers look... pissed

It’s a good job MPs are two sword lengths apart in the Commons. I thought Starmer was about to butcher Ed Davey in PMQs. I don’t think I’ve seen him so angry.

I can believe that Keir Starmer isn’t resigning. I’m not sure I believe that he’s concentrating on the job in hand.

I listened to Steve Reed on Radio 4 this morning defending the indefensible and then Starmer himself waxing his untenables all over the shop. The only thing he should have been saying this morning is “I quit”.

I can’t see Starmer being PM now. He can’t carry on.

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My Fantasy Parliament team of MP’s came in 7th overallthis week. I’m pretty good at this. I have a league set up for A Level Government and Politics students and teachers. Contact me for details. @fantasyparliament.bsky.social

Much though I have enjoyed all of my many trips to the USA over forty or so years I have realised that I cannot go there any more until there is what we might call ‘regime change’ Like Iran they are killing their own citizens. Tragic

I got a late 50th birthday present - a crocheted Weeping Angel. #DoctorWho

Lincoln City were superb tonight. A fantastic performance.

Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world. Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.

Boris Johnson’s purge of the One Nation Tories in 2019 continues to haunt the party. The subsequent swing to a more hardline position and Reform-like policies looks inauthentic and unapologetic. They lack the sort of talent to change this I feel.

I was just writing about how the bad guys in Doctor Who often have buffoonish master plans only to read in the actual news that Trump intends to raise punitive taxes on Americans until Europe gives up & gives him Greenland

God, I am so sick of the word "franchise". It's a corporate term that should never be applied to creative works. It reduces them to units of product with no lasting value. McDonalds is a franchise. Starbucks is a franchise. Lord of the Rings, James Bond, Doctor Who etc are fictional series.

A Reform staffer grabbed ITV News journalist Peter Smith when he asked questions its new Scottish leader didn’t appreciate. You can watch the footage here: www.itv.com/news/2026-01...