Fraser Wylie

Torsten Bell@torstenbell.bsky.social

What is Kemi Badenoch’s new big idea? Exactly the same as the Conservatives’ old big idea: unfunded tax cuts. It’s the lack of imagination as much as the fiscal incontinence that stands out torstenbell.substack.com/p/kemis-big-...

torstenbell.substack.comKemi's Big Idea? Unfunded Tax CutsWhy the political economy of modern Conservatism is based on selling out Britain's tomorrow.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk

Brexit was the greatest act of economic self-harm in our country’s history, leaving Londoners nearly £3,400 worse off on average.

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦@angel-shalagina.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk personally proposed slowing down Ukraine’s Starlink access, and Trump agreed, The Telegraph reports, citing four sources. Musk reportedly later feared backlash from European customers and publicly denied responsibility, blaming the White House instead.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Ukraine is winning, Musk and Trump are losing.

chadbourn.substack.comWho Betrayed Ukraine?Musk? Trump? Or both?

Juan Pablo De Wes@juanpablodewes.eurosky.social

And consumers should move away from using US companies where possible…. It’s not always easy, but perfect doesn’t have to be the enemy of good

Alex Hall Hall@alexhh.bsky.social

Bravo, that man. Thank you to all the people of Ukraine.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Traitor.

Bridget Phillipson MP@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

The Tories’ position on pensions is falling apart. A Shadow Cabinet member wants to replace the State Pension as we know it with something that offers 'dramatically less'. Only Labour will protect a rising state pension while building a new National Care Service. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

thetimes.comSenior Tory privately urged ‘radical’ shake-up of triple lockIn a leaked recording in June, Katie Lam appears to break from Kemi Badenoch’s position, saying an ‘entirely new pension system’ may be needed

Dan Snow@thehistoryguy.bsky.social

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social

While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible

JoJoFromJerz@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

If a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin had paid for Hunter Biden’s lavish island wedding while his dad was the PRESIDENT, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 from now until the midterms and beyond.

Ash Oro@ashoro.co.uk

1/20 I have held back from a full threat assessment of Bab al’Mandeb. The reported capture of Perim now makes that necessary, because this is about more than another threatened strait: it puts the Suez through-route and part of the alternative to Hormuz under greater pressure. #MaritimeSecurity

Gerri McGerriface@messmonstergigi.bsky.social

Morning all, ever the victims.

Ash Oro@ashoro.co.uk

I debunked this months ago… sartimes.com/when-border-...

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Re the Channel 4 investigation: We said James Orr was up to something... @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...

bylinetimes.comPalantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦@eugenemcparland.eurosky.social

🧵#PepsiCo is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage giant that has remained in russia despite the country’s unprovoked and illegal war against #Ukraine. b4ukraine.org/what-we-do/p...

Ash Oro@ashoro.co.uk

1/20 I have been gathering information across the Gulf regions since Friday, but held it over so I could set out the whole picture this morning. The short version is that this is no longer one #TheHormuzCrisis. #IranUSAWar #Trump #Geopolitics

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Foreign students don’t get UK student loans. Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Latest leaflet from Count Binface in Clacton "This by-election is a farce...[If Farage wins] there could be ANOTHER by-election here soon... "Vote for me and there won't be...which means together we'll have saved taxpayers an estimated £350,000 before I even start work. Lovely stuff."

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social

1/3 Now to the latest Ukraine strike on a Wildberries warehouse. This logistics hub in Vladimir region is one of the bigger ones in the chain. FP-1 drones were allowed to sail over Moscow and wipe another few billion rubles from the economy and military gear too.

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social

For days, Reform politicians claimed that significant numbers of migrants who surged into Ceuta would be heading to Calais and onwards to Britain Not only have most already returned to Morocco, but Moroccans have made up just 0.07% of small boat arrivals since 2021 inews.co.uk/news/no-thou...

inews.co.ukNo, thousands of migrants won't come to the UK from Ceuta - here's whyFears of a new migration crisis impacting the UK are misplaced despite the chaotic scenes witnessed in Ceuta, an expert has said

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Geopolitics and Security Studies Center analyst Dionis Cenusa on the Ceuta crisis: “The timing chosen for this hybrid warfare operation was not accidental… 1/

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

I have to admit some sympathy with Burnham here. It wasn’t ever their policy. This report has been doing rounds for at least 18 months, journalists have written it up at different junctures as its authors have Labour MPs backing it. It’s been punted out at budgets, reshuffles, to lots of outlets.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social

A longer version of this thread is here, complete with statutory references and an explanation of why the analogy is so close to how social care actually works. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/27/s...

victoria1921.bsky.social@victoria1921.bsky.social

👀 👀 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comLiz Truss wheels out a series of C-list ghouls for drab London CPAC event | John CraceFormer 49-day PM helms a Conservative Political Action Conference that’s a far cry from the glitzy US version

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Trump has no cards, but Americans are still stumping up the stakes.

chadbourn.substack.comNo Way OutTrump has trapped the US in Iran and the costs are rising

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social

I don't usually write personal stuff, but a few words about my experience of being interviewed by Gary Stevenson. It started with a nice chat, comparing taste in hoodies... then the tone changed. He demanded to know why I'd deleted a tweet criticising him.

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social

I think it would be quite hard to pitch a victory as a "triumph against the establishment", if the candidate you have bested is an intergalactic space warrior with a waste receptacle for a head

liverpoolecho.co.ukOne bold move that could show this Farage stunt up for what it isPolitical editor Liam Thorp says other parties can form an agreement to highlight the ridiculous nature of Reform leader's latest plan

Virginia@virginiagjh.bsky.social

My first swear word on blue sky but …imagine if Farage had to put up with a fraction of the shit Sir Keir Starmer had to over the past 2 years 🤯- bloody snowflake